๐ Identification of novel small-molecule inhibitors of severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus by chemical genetics
The severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infected more than 8,000 people across 29 countries and caused more than 900 fatalities. Based on the concept of chemical genetics, we screened 50,240 structurally diverse small molecules from which we identified 104 compounds with anti-SARS-CoV activity. Of these 104 compounds, 2 target the SARS-CoV main protease (Mpro), 7 target helicase (Hel), and 18 target spike (S) protein-angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)-mediated viral entry. The EC 50 of the majority of the 104 compounds determined by SARS-CoV plaque reduction assay were found to be at low micromolar range. Three selected compounds, MP576, HE602, and VE607, validated to be inhibitors of SARS-CoV Mpro, Hel, and viral entry, respectively, exhibited potent antiviral activity (EC50 < 10 ฮผM) and comparable inhibitory activities in target-specific in vitro assays.
keywords
๐ severe acute (1373)
๐ main protease (44)
๐ respiratory syndrome-associated (90)
๐ converting enzyme (162)
๐ respiratory syndrome (2004)
๐ angiotensin-converting enzyme (112)
๐ acute respiratory (1734)
๐ syndrome-associated coronavirus (88)
๐ viral entry (91)
author
๐ค Kao, Richard Y.
๐ค Tsui, Wayne H.W.
๐ค Lee, Terri S.W.
๐ค Tanner, Julian A.
๐ค Watt, Rory M.
๐ค Huang, Jian Dong
๐ค Hu, Lihong
๐ค Chen, Guanhua
๐ค Chen, Zhiwei
๐ค Zhang, Linqi
๐ค He, Tian
๐ค Chan, Kwok Hung
๐ค Tse, Herman
๐ค To, Amanda P.C.
๐ค Ng, Louisa W.Y.
๐ค Wong, Bonnie C.W.
๐ค Tsoi, Hoi Wah
๐ค Yang, Dan
๐ค Ho, David D.
๐ค Yuen, Kwok Yung
year
โฐ 2004
journal
๐ Chemistry and Biology
issn
๐ 10745521
volume
11
number
9
page
1293-1299
citedbycount
89
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