Superiority of cilostazol among antiplatelet FDA-approved drugs against COVID 19 Mpro and spike protein: Drug repurposing approach.
Drug Dev Res
; 82(2): 217-229, 2021 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-798845
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) was first identified in Wuhan, China near the end of 2019. To date, COVID-19 had spread to almost 235 countries and territories due to its highly infectious nature. Moreover, there is no vaccine or Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug. More time is needed to establish one of them. Consequently, the drug repurposing approach seems to be the most attractive and quick solution to accommodate this crisis. In this regard, we performed molecular docking-based virtual screening of antiplatelet FDA-approved drugs on the key two viral target proteins main protease (Mpro ) and spike glycoprotein (S) as potential inhibitor candidates for COVID-19. In the present study, 15 antiplatelet FDA-approved drugs were investigated against the concerned targets using the Molecular Docking Server. Our study revealed that only cilostazol has the most favorable binding interaction on Mpro (PDB ID 6LU7) and cilostazol, iloprost, epoprostenol, prasugrel, and icosapent ethyl have a higher binding affinity on spike glycoprotein (S) (PDB ID 6VYB) compared with recent anti-CoVID-19. Therefore, cilostazol is a promising FDA drug against COVID-19 by inhibiting both Mpro and S protein. The insights gained in this study may be useful for quick approach against COVID-19 in the future.
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Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
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Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
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Coronavirus 3C Proteases
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19 Drug Treatment
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Topics:
Traditional medicine
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Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Drug Dev Res
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ddr.21743
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