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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

Development of a Biosafety Level 1 Cellular Assay for Identifying Small-Molecule Antivirals Targeting the Main Protease of SARS-CoV-2: Evaluation of Cellular Activity of GC376, Boceprevir, Carmofur, Ebselen, and Selenoneine.

Yasunori Fukumoto, Noriyuki Suzuki, Reina Hara, Yu-Ki Tanaka, Yasumitsu Ogra

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Carmofur Exhibits Antimicrobial Activity AgainstAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yasunori FukumotoGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8675, Japan.ORCID 0009-0008-3126-8970
Noriyuki SuzukiGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8675, Japan.
Reina HaraGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8675, Japan.
Yu-Ki TanakaGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8675, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8298-7408
Yasumitsu OgraGraduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8675, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8268-1828

Funding

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 19H05772Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 19K07079Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 21H04920Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 22K05345Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 24K09793
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While research has identified several inhibitors of the main protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2, a significant portion of these compounds exhibit reduced activity in the presence of reducing agents, raising concerns about their effectiveness in vivo. Furthermore, the conventional biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) for cellular assays using viral particles poses a limitation for the widespread evaluation of Mpro inhibitor efficacy in a cell-based assay. Here, we established a BSL-1 compatible cellular assay to evaluate the in vivo potential of Mpro inhibitors. This assay utilizes mammalian cells expressing a tagged Mpro construct containing N-terminal glutathione

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Antiviral AgentsAzolesCoronavirus 3C ProteasesIsoindolesOrganoselenium CompoundsProlineSARS-CoV-2COVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentHEK293 CellsHumansLactamsLeucineMolecular Docking SimulationProtease InhibitorsSulfonic AcidsAntiviral AgentsAzolesCoronavirus 3C ProteasesebselenGC376IsoindolesLactamsLeucineN-(3-amino-1-(cyclobutylmethyl)-2,3-dioxopropyl)-3-(2-((((1,1-dimethylethyl)amino)carbonyl)amino)-3,3-dimethyl-1-oxobutyl)-6,6-dimethyl-3-azabicyclo(3.1.0)hexan-2-carboxamideOrganoselenium CompoundsProlineProtease InhibitorsSulfonic Acidsbinding energy calculationboceprevircarmofurebselenGC376MproSARS-CoV-2selenoneine

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PMID38891954
PMCPMC11172239

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