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ArticleScientific reports2021

Effect of drug metabolism in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 from an entirely computational perspective.

João Paulo Almirão de Jesus, Letícia Cristina Assis, Alexandre Alves de Castro, Elaine Fontes Ferreira da Cunha, Eugenie Nepovimova, Kamil Kuca, Teodorico de Castro Ramalho, Felipe de Almeida La Porta

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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João Paulo Almirão de JesusLaboratory of Nanotechnology and Computational Chemistry, Federal Technological University of Paraná, Avenida dos Pioneiros 3131, Londrina, Paraná, CEP 86036-370, Brazil.
Letícia Cristina AssisDepartment of Chemistry, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, CEP 37200-000, Brazil.
Alexandre Alves de CastroDepartment of Chemistry, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, CEP 37200-000, Brazil.
Elaine Fontes Ferreira da CunhaDepartment of Chemistry, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, CEP 37200-000, Brazil.
Eugenie NepovimovaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, 500 03, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
Kamil KucaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Rokitanskeho 62, 500 03, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. kamil.kuca@uhk.cz.
Teodorico de Castro RamalhoDepartment of Chemistry, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, CEP 37200-000, Brazil.
Felipe de Almeida La PortaLaboratory of Nanotechnology and Computational Chemistry, Federal Technological University of Paraná, Avenida dos Pioneiros 3131, Londrina, Paraná, CEP 86036-370, Brazil. felipelaporta@utfpr.edu.br.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the effects of metabolism on the rational design of novel and more effective drugs is still a considerable challenge. To the best of our knowledge, there are no entirely computational strategies that make it possible to predict these effects. From this perspective, the development of such methodologies could contribute to significantly reduce the side effects of medicines, leading to the emergence of more effective and safer drugs. Thereby, in this study, our strategy is based on simulating the electron ionization mass spectrometry (EI-MS) fragmentation of the drug molecules and combined with molecular docking and ADMET models in two different situations. In the first model, the drug is docked without considering the possible metabolic effects. In the second model, each of the intermediates from the EI-MS results is docked, and metabolism occurs before the drug accesses the biological target. As a proof of concept, in this work, we investigate the main antiviral drugs used in clinical research to treat COVID-19. As a result, our strategy made it possible to assess the biological activity and toxicity of all potential by-products. We believed that our findings provide new chemical insights that can benefit the rational development of novel drugs in the future.

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COVID-19 Drug TreatmentDrug DiscoveryAdenineAdenosineAdenosine MonophosphateAlanineAmidesAntiviral AgentsChloroquineCOVID-19Drug DesignHumansMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMolecular Docking SimulationNitro CompoundsPyrazinesAdenineAdenosineAdenosine MonophosphateAlanineAmidesAntiviral AgentsChloroquinefavipiravirgalidesivirnitazoxanideNitro CompoundsPyrazinesPyrrolidinesremdesivirRibavirinThiazoles

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PMCPMC8497625

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