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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

l-Arginine Improves Solubility and ANTI SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Activity of Rutin but Not the Antiviral Activity in Cells.

Luca Sancineto, Carmine Ostacolo, David Ortega-Alarcon, Ana Jimenez-Alesanco, Laura Ceballos-Laita, Sonia Vega, Olga Abian, Adrian Velazquez-Campoy, Silvia Moretti, Agnieszka Dabrowska and 6 more

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Luca SancinetoGroup of Catalysis Synthesis and Organic Green Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via del Liceo 1, 06122 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6199-7399
Carmine OstacoloDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Napoli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3715-8680
David Ortega-AlarconInstitute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), Joint Units IQFR-CSIC-BIFI and GBsC-CSIC-BIFI, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1885-4365
Ana Jimenez-AlesancoInstitute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), Joint Units IQFR-CSIC-BIFI and GBsC-CSIC-BIFI, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.
Laura Ceballos-LaitaInstitute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), Joint Units IQFR-CSIC-BIFI and GBsC-CSIC-BIFI, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7223-1719
Sonia VegaInstitute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), Joint Units IQFR-CSIC-BIFI and GBsC-CSIC-BIFI, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.
Olga AbianInstitute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), Joint Units IQFR-CSIC-BIFI and GBsC-CSIC-BIFI, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5664-1729
Adrian Velazquez-CampoyInstitute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), Joint Units IQFR-CSIC-BIFI and GBsC-CSIC-BIFI, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5702-4538
Silvia MorettiEco Tech Engeneering e Servizi Ambientali srl, Via Bruno Colli 4, 06135 Ponte San Giovanni, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8177-7254
Agnieszka DabrowskaMalopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Virogenetics Laboratory of Virology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7a, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1499-4950
Pawel BotwinaMalopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Virogenetics Laboratory of Virology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7a, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9006-1568
Aleksandra SynowiecMalopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Virogenetics Laboratory of Virology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7a, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9846-6922
Anna Kula-PacurarMalopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Virogenetics Laboratory of Virology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7a, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8404-2176
Krzysztof PyrcMalopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Virogenetics Laboratory of Virology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7a, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3867-7688
Nunzio IraciDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1359-8684
Claudio SantiGroup of Catalysis Synthesis and Organic Green Chemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via del Liceo 1, 06122 Perugia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7698-8970
Universidad de Zaragoza · ESJagiellonian University · PLUniversity of Perugia · ITUniversity of Messina · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak prompts an urgent need for efficient therapeutics, and repurposing of known drugs has been extensively used in an attempt to get to anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents in the shortest possible time. The glycoside rutin shows manifold pharmacological activities and, despite its use being limited by its poor solubility in water, it is the active principle of many pharmaceutical preparations. We herein report our in silico and experimental investigations of rutin as a SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitor and of its water solubility improvement obtained by mixing it with l-arginine. Tests of the rutin/l-arginine mixture in a cellular model of SARS-CoV-2 infection highlighted that the mixture still suffers from unfavorable pharmacokinetic properties, but nonetheless, the results of this study suggest that rutin might be a good starting point for hit optimization.

Indexed as

COVID-19 Drug TreatmentA549 CellsAntiviral AgentsArginineCoronavirus 3C ProteasesHumansMolecular Docking SimulationProtease InhibitorsRutinSARS-CoV-2Solubility3C-like proteinase, SARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsArginineCoronavirus 3C ProteasesProtease InhibitorsRutinl-argininemain proteasequercetinrutinSARS-CoV-2

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PMID34641606
PMCPMC8512140
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