ArticleBioorganic chemistry2022
Synthesis, antimicrobial, molecular docking and molecular dynamics studies of lauroyl thymidine analogs against SARS-CoV-2: POM study and identification of the pharmacophore sites.
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Abstract
Nucleoside precursors and nucleoside analogs occupy an important place in the treatment of viral respiratory pathologies, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic. From this perspective, the present study has been designed to explore and evaluate the synthesis and spectral characterisation of 5́-O-(lauroyl) thymidine analogs 2-6 with different aliphatic and aromatic groups through comprehensive in vitro antimicrobial screening, cytotoxicity assessment, physicochemical aspects, molecular docking and molecular dynamics analysis, along with pharmacokinetic prediction. A unimolar one-step lauroylation of thymidine under controlled conditions furnished the 5́-O-(lauroyl) thymidine and indicated the selectivity at C-5́ position and the development of thymidine based potential antimicrobial analogs, which were further converted into four newer 3́-O-(acyl)-5́-O-(lauroyl) thymidine analogs in reasonably good yields. The chemical structures of the newly synthesised analogs were ascertained by analysing their physicochemical, elemental, and spectroscopic data. In vitro antimicrobial tests against five bacteria and two fungi, along with the prediction of activity spectra for substances (PASS), indicated promising antibacterial functionality for these thymidine analogs compared to antifungal activity. In support of this observation, molecular docking experiments have been performed against the main protease of SARS-CoV-2, and significant binding affinities and non-bonding interactions were observed against the main protease (6LU7, 6Y84 and 7BQY), considering hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as standard. Moreover, the 100 ns molecular dynamics simulation process was performed to monitor the behaviour of the complex structure formed by the main protease under in silico physiological conditions to examine its stability over time, and this revealed a stable conformation and binding pattern in a stimulating environment of thymidine analogs. Cytotoxicity determination confirmed that compounds were found less toxic. Pharmacokinetic predictions were investigated to evaluate their absorption, distribution, metabolism and toxic properties, and the combination of pharmacokinetic and drug-likeness predictions has shown promising results in silico. The POM analysis shows the presence of an antiviral (O1
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