Discovery of highly potent SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors based on benzoisothiazolone scaffold
作者:Weixiong Chen、Bo Feng、Sheng Han、Peipei Wang、Wuhong Chen、Yi Zang、Jia Li、Youhong Hu
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2022.128526
日期:2022.2
strategies such as small molecular compound development. In this work, a series of SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) inhibitors were designed and tested based on the active compound from high-throughput diverse compound library screens. The most efficacious compound (16b-3) displayed potent SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibition with an IC50 value of 116 nM and selectivity against SARS-CoV-2 Mpro when compared to
COVID-19 大流行严重影响了全球经济和公共卫生。尽管疫苗开发取得了成功,但它不足以对抗包括 Delta 变体在内的更具传染性的突变株,这表明需要替代治疗策略,例如小分子化合物开发。在这项工作中,基于来自高通量不同化合物库筛选的活性化合物,设计并测试了一系列 SARS-CoV-2 主要蛋白酶 (M pro ) 抑制剂。与 PL pro相比,最有效的化合物 ( 16b-3)显示出有效的 SARS-CoV-2 M pro抑制作用,IC 50值为 116 nM 并且对 SARS-CoV-2 M pro具有选择性和 RdRp。这类新化合物可用作进一步优化抗 COVID-19 药物发现的潜在线索。