Abstract
At the health emergence, no such potent prophylactic therapy is available to control the deadly emerged Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). However, existing antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antimalarial drugs is the only option against SARS-CoV-2, but it may be harmful to patients without more clinical evidence. As an alternative solution, we proposed a newer hypothesis using the selective 10 potent anti-HIV drugs and flavonoid class of phytochemicals from previous reports to use in combination against SARS-CoV-2. Primarily, 10 anti-HIV protease inhibitor drugs and 10 phyto-flavonoids as ligands in molecular docking study against the putative target, the SARS-CoV-2-main protease (M pro ) ID: 6Y2E), as an essential enzyme in viral genome replication. According to molecular docking and drug-ability scores of each ligand, the anti-HIV drug, the darunavir (with a docking score, -10.25 kcal/mol and drug-likeness rating, 0.60) and the quercetin-3-rhamnoside (with a docking score, -10.90 kcal/mol and drug-likeness rating, 0.82) were selected for further analysis in combined effect. Perceptibly, the combined ‘anti-HIV drug and phyto-flavonoid’ docking complex has actively interacted with eight strong H-bonds with stability, briefly elucidated through RMRD-, RMSF- Rg-plots and MM/PBSA-binding energy calculation during 100 ns than the individual against SARS-CoV-2-M pro . Thus, the ‘anti-HIV-drug-phyto-flavonoid’ combination therapy could be used against SARS-CoV-2 after some experimental validation.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
Keywords: Coronavirus; anti-HIV drugs; molecular docking-simulation; phyto-flavonoid; severe acute respiratory syndrome.
【저자키워드】 coronavirus, anti-HIV drugs, Severe acute respiratory syndrome, molecular docking-simulation, phyto-flavonoid, 【초록키워드】 SARS-CoV-2, Anti-inflammatory, Antiviral, molecular docking, quercetin, combination therapy, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, drug, docking, protease, severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus, drug-likeness, Protease inhibitor, anti-HIV drugs, Severe acute respiratory syndrome, Health, stability, flavonoid, Patient, molecular, respiratory, Antimalarial drugs, MM/PBSA, Combination, Ligand, RMSF, Hypothesis, Analysis, darunavir, antimalarial drug, combined effect, acute respiratory syndrome, enzyme, ligands, individual, complex, Molecular docking study, M pro, clinical evidence, docking score, selective, viral genome replication, genome replication, H-bond, prophylactic therapy, selected, eight, in viral, anti-HIV drug, 【제목키워드】 molecular, Combination,