Discovery of highly potent covalent SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro inhibitors bearing 2-sulfoxyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole scaffold for combating COVID-19
作者:Fu-Mao Zhang、Ting Huang、Feng Wang、Gui-Shan Zhang、Donglan Liu、Jun Dai、Jian-Wei Zhang、Qing-Hua Li、Guo-Qiang Lin、Dingding Gao、Jincun Zhao、Ping Tian
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115721
日期:2023.11
owing to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 mutants. This highlights the urgent need for the discovery of more effective drugs to combat COVID-19. As an important target for COVID-19 treatment, 3C-like protease (3CLpro) plays a crucial role in the replication of SARS-CoV-2. In our previous research, we demonstrated the potent inhibitory activities of compound A1, which contains a 2-sulfonyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole
由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 引起的冠状病毒病 (COVID -19) 大流行已成为重大公共卫生危机,对人类福祉构成重大威胁。尽管有疫苗,但由于 SARS-CoV-2 突变体的出现,COVID-19 仍在继续传播。这凸显了迫切需要发现更有效的药物来对抗 COVID-19。作为COVID-19治疗的重要靶点,3C样蛋白酶(3CL pro)在SARS-CoV-2的复制中发挥着至关重要的作用。在我们之前的研究中,我们证明了含有 2-磺酰基-1,3,4-恶二唑支架的化合物A1对 SARS-CoV-2 3CL pro具有有效的抑制活性。在此,我们对A1的结构优化进行了详细研究,并对构效关系进行了研究。在所测试的各种化合物中,亚砜D6 对 SARS-CoV-2 3CL pro表现出有效的不可逆抑制活性 (IC 50 = 0.030 μM) ,并对宿主半胱氨酸蛋白酶(如组织蛋白酶