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ArticleInformatics in medicine unlocked2021

Evaluation of drug repositioning by molecular docking of pharmaceutical resources available in the Brazilian healthcare system against SARS-CoV-2.

Matheus V C Grahl, Allan M Alcará, Ana Paula A Perin, Carlo F Moro, Éderson S M Pinto, Bruno C Feltes, Isadora M Ghilardi, Felipe V F Rodrigues, Marcio Dorn, Jaderson C da Costa and 2 more

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Article in Informatics in medicine unlocked, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Matheus V C GrahlBrain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (BraIns), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Allan M AlcaráBrain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (BraIns), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Ana Paula A PerinGraduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center of Biotechnology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.
Carlo F MoroBrain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (BraIns), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Éderson S M PintoGraduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center of Biotechnology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.
Bruno C FeltesLaboratory of Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Institute of Informatics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.
Isadora M GhilardiBrain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (BraIns), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Felipe V F RodriguesBrain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (BraIns), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Marcio DornLaboratory of Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Institute of Informatics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.
Jaderson C da CostaBrain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (BraIns), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Osmar Norberto de SouzaSchool of Technology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Rodrigo Ligabue-BraunDepartment of Pharmacosciences and Graduate Program in Biosciences (PPGBio), Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Instituto do Cérebro · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BRPontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2020 SARS-CoV-2 reached pandemic status, reaching Brazil in mid-February. As of now, no specific drugs for treating the disease are available. In this work, the possibility of interaction between SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins (open and closed spike protein, isolate spike protein RBD, NSP 10, NSP 16, main protease, and RdRp polymerase) and multiple molecules is addressed through the repositioning of drugs available for the treatment of other diseases that are approved by the FDA and covered by SUS, the Brazilian Public Health System. Three different docking software were used, followed by a unification of the results by independent evaluation. Afterwards, the chemical interactions of the compounds with the targets were inspected via molecular dynamics and analyzed. The results point to a potential effectiveness of Penciclovir, Ribavirin, and Zanamivir, from a set of 48 potential candidates. They may also be multi-target drugs, showing high affinity with more than one viral protein. Further

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COVID19Drug repositioningMolecular dockingSARS-CoV-2SUS

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