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Structural and molecular modelling studies reveal a new mechanism of action of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine against SARS-CoV-2 infection
Fantini et al., Int J Antimicrob Agents, 55:5, doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105960 (Theory)
Fantini et al., Structural and molecular modelling studies reveal a new mechanism of action of chloroquine and.., Int J Antimicrob Agents, 55:5, doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105960 (Theory)
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In Silico analysis confirming the antiviral properties of CQ, showing a new mechanism of action of CQ, and showing that HCQ is more potent than CQ.
Fantini et al., 3 Apr 2020, peer-reviewed, 4 authors.
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Abstract: Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 55 (2020) 105960 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijantimicag Structural and molecular modelling studies reveal a new mechanism of action of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine against SARS-CoV-2 infection Jacques Fantini a,b,∗, Coralie Di Scala c, Henri Chahinian a,b, Nouara Yahi a,b a b c INSERM UMR_S 1072, Marseille, France Department of Biology, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France INMED, INSERM U1249, Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Marseille, France a r t i c l e i n f o Editor: Jean-Marc Rolain Keywords: Coronavirus Pandemic SARS-CoV-2 Ganglioside Spike Chloroquine a b s t r a c t The recent emergence of the novel pathogenic SARS-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for a worldwide pandemic. Given the global health emergency, drug repositioning is the most reliable option to design an efficient therapy for infected patients without delay. The first step of the viral replication cycle [i.e. attachment to the surface of respiratory cells, mediated by the spike (S) viral protein] offers several potential therapeutic targets. The S protein uses the angiotension-converting enzyme-2 (ACE-2) receptor for entry, but also sialic acids linked to host cell surface gangliosides. Using a combination of structural and molecular modelling approaches, this study showed that chloroquine (CLQ), one of the drugs currently under investigation for SARS-CoV-2 treatment, binds sialic acids and gangliosides with high affinity. A new type of ganglioside-binding domain at the tip of the N-terminal domain of the SARSCoV-2 S protein was identified. This domain (111–158), which is fully conserved among clinical isolates worldwide, may improve attachment of the virus to lipid rafts and facilitate contact with the ACE-2 receptor. This study showed that, in the presence of CLQ [or its more active derivative, hydroxychloroquine (CLQ-OH)], the viral S protein is no longer able to bind gangliosides. The identification of this new mechanism of action of CLQ and CLQ-OH supports the use of these repositioned drugs to cure patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. The in-silico approaches used in this study might also be used to assess the efficiency of a broad range of repositioned and/or innovative drug candidates before clinical evaluation. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. and International Society of Chemotherapy. All rights reserved.
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