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ArticleViruses2023

Multi-Targeting Approach in Selection of Potential Molecule for COVID-19 Treatment.

Varalakshmi Velagacherla, Akhil Suresh, Chetan Hasmukh Mehta, Usha Y Nayak, Yogendra Nayak

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Article in Viruses, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Varalakshmi VelagacherlaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Udupi 576104, India.
Akhil SureshDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Udupi 576104, India.ORCID 0000-0001-8184-5125
Chetan Hasmukh MehtaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Udupi 576104, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1895-8562
Usha Y NayakDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Udupi 576104, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1995-3114
Yogendra NayakManipal Centre for Infectious Diseases, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Udupi 576104, India.ORCID 0000-0002-0508-1394

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Abstract

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a pandemic that started in the City of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, caused by the spread of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Drug discovery teams around the globe are in a race to develop a medicine for its management. It takes time for a novel molecule to enter the market, and the ideal way is to exploit the already approved drugs and repurpose them therapeutically. We have attempted to screen selected molecules with an affinity towards multiple protein targets in COVID-19 using the Schrödinger suit for in silico predictions. The proteins selected were angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2), main protease (MPro), and spike protein. The molecular docking, prime MM-GBSA, induced-fit docking (IFD), and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were used to identify the most suitable molecule that forms a stable interaction with the selected viral proteins. The ligand-binding stability for the proteins PDB-IDs 1ZV8 (spike protein), 5R82 (Mpro), and 6M1D (ACE2), was in the order of nintedanib > quercetin, nintedanib > darunavir, nintedanib > baricitinib, respectively. The MM-GBSA, IFD, and MD simulation studies imply that the drug nintedanib has the highest binding stability among the shortlisted. Nintedanib, primarily used for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, can be considered for repurposing for us against COVID-19.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antiviral AgentsCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentDrug RepositioningHumansMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2Antiviral AgentsSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2induced-fit dockingmolecular dockingmolecular dynamics simulationprime MM-GBSASARS-CoV-2

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PMID36680253
PMCPMC9861341

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