Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
An oral non-covalent non-peptidic inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro ameliorates viral replication and pathogenesis in vivo |
| Authors: |
Nian E. Zhou, Su Tang, Xuelin Bian, Maloy K. Parai, Inna V. Krieger, Armando Flores, Pradeep K. Jaiswal, Radha Bam, Jeremy L. Wood, Zhe Shi, Laura J. Stevens, Trevor Scobey, Meghan V. Diefenbacher, Fernando R. Moreira, Thomas J. Baric, Arjun Acharya, Joonyoung Shin, Manish M. Rathi, Karen C. Wolff, Laura Riva, Malina A. Bakowski, Case W. McNamara, Nicholas J. Catanzaro, Rachel L. Graham, David C. Schultz, Sara Cherry, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Peter J. Halfmann, Ralph S. Baric, Mark R. Denison, Timothy P. Sheahan, James C. Sacchettini |
| Source: |
Cell Reports, Vol 43, Iss 11, Pp 114929- (2024) |
| Publisher Information: |
Elsevier, 2024. |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Biology (General) |
| Subject Terms: |
CP: Microbiology, Biology (General), QH301-705.5 |
| More Details: |
Summary: Safe, effective, and low-cost oral antiviral therapies are needed to treat those at high risk for developing severe COVID-19. To that end, we performed a high-throughput screen to identify non-peptidic, non-covalent inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro), an essential enzyme in viral replication. NZ-804 was developed from a screening hit through iterative rounds of structure-guided medicinal chemistry. NZ-804 potently inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Mpro (0.009 μM IC50) as well as SARS-CoV-2 replication in human lung cell lines (0.008 μM EC50) and primary human airway epithelial cell cultures. Antiviral activity is maintained against distantly related sarbecoviruses and endemic human CoV OC43. In SARS-CoV-2 mouse and hamster disease models, NZ-804 therapy given once or twice daily significantly diminished SARS-CoV-2 replication and pathogenesis. NZ-804 synthesis is low cost and uncomplicated, simplifying global production and access. These data support the exploration of NZ-804 as a therapy for COVID-19 and future emerging sarbecovirus infections. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2211-1247 |
| Relation: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124724012804; https://doaj.org/toc/2211-1247 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114929 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/fee5e4e3bedd475abadbb75db127898b |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.fee5e4e3bedd475abadbb75db127898b |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
