Apigenin analogues as SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors: In-silico screening approach

BIOENGINEERED(2022)

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The COVID-19 new variants spread rapidly all over the world, and until now scientists strive to find virus-specific antivirals for its treatment. The main protease of SARS-CoV-2 (M-pro) exhibits high structural and sequence homology to main protease of SARS-CoV (93.23% sequence identity), and their sequence alignment indicated 12 mutated/variant residues. The sequence alignment of SARS-CoV-2 main protease led to identification of only one mutated/variant residue with no significant role in its enzymatic process. Therefore, M-pro was considered as a high-profile drug target in anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug discovery. Apigenin analogues to COVID-19 main protease binding were evaluated. The detailed interactions between the analogues of Apigenin and SARS-CoV-2 M-pro inhibitors were determined as hydrogen bonds, electronic bonds and hydrophobic interactions. The binding energies obtained from the molecular docking of M-pro with Boceprevir, Apigenin, Apigenin 7-glucoside-4'-p-coumarate, Apigenin 7-glucoside-4'-trans-caffeate and Apigenin 7-O-beta-d-glucoside (Cosmosiin) were found to be -6.6, -7.2, -8.8, -8.7 and -8.0 kcal/mol, respectively. Pharmacokinetic parameters and toxicological characteristics obtained by computational techniques and Virtual ADME studies of the Apigenin analogues confirmed that the Apigenin 7-glucoside-4'-p-coumarate is the best candidate for SARS-CoV-2 M-pro inhibition.
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SARS-Cov-2 main protease, apigenin analogues, docking, inhibitors
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