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Hepatitis C virus drugs that inhibit SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease synergize with remdesivir to suppress viral replication in cell culture.
Bafna, Khushboo; White, Kris; Harish, Balasubramanian; Rosales, Romel; Ramelot, Theresa A; Acton, Thomas B; Moreno, Elena; Kehrer, Thomas; Miorin, Lisa; Royer, Catherine A; García-Sastre, Adolfo; Krug, Robert M; Montelione, Gaetano T.
  • Bafna K; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA.
  • White K; Department of Microbiology, and Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
  • Harish B; Department of Biology, and Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA.
  • Rosales R; Department of Microbiology, and Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
  • Ramelot TA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA.
  • Acton TB; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA.
  • Moreno E; Department of Microbiology, and Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
  • Kehrer T; Department of Microbiology, and Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
  • Miorin L; Department of Microbiology, and Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA.
  • Royer CA; Department of Biology, and Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA.
  • García-Sastre A; Department of Microbiology, and Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; The Tisch Cancer Institute, Ica
  • Krug RM; Department of Molecular Biosciences, John Ring LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. Electronic address: rkrug@austin.utexas.edu.
  • Montelione GT; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA. Electronic address: monteg3@rpi.edu.
Cell Rep ; 35(7): 109133, 2021 05 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1201632
ABSTRACT
Effective control of COVID-19 requires antivirals directed against SARS-CoV-2. We assessed 10 hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease-inhibitor drugs as potential SARS-CoV-2 antivirals. There is a striking structural similarity of the substrate binding clefts of SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) and HCV NS3/4A protease. Virtual docking experiments show that these HCV drugs can potentially bind into the Mpro substrate-binding cleft. We show that seven HCV drugs inhibit both SARS-CoV-2 Mpro protease activity and SARS-CoV-2 virus replication in Vero and/or human cells. However, their Mpro inhibiting activities did not correlate with their antiviral activities. This conundrum is resolved by demonstrating that four HCV protease inhibitor drugs, simeprevir, vaniprevir, paritaprevir, and grazoprevir inhibit the SARS CoV-2 papain-like protease (PLpro). HCV drugs that inhibit PLpro synergize with the viral polymerase inhibitor remdesivir to inhibit virus replication, increasing remdesivir's antiviral activity as much as 10-fold, while those that only inhibit Mpro do not synergize with remdesivir.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Antiviral Agents / Coronavirus Papain-Like Proteases / SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Drug Treatment Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Cell Rep Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.celrep.2021.109133

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Antiviral Agents / Coronavirus Papain-Like Proteases / SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Drug Treatment Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Cell Rep Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.celrep.2021.109133