학술논문
Masitinib is a broad coronavirus 3CL inhibitor that blocks replication of SARS-CoV-2
CORONAVIRUS
CORONAVIRUS
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Drayman, Nir; Demarco, Jennifer K.; Jones, Krysten A.; Azizi, Saara-Anne; Froggatt, Heather M.; Tan, Kemin; Maltseva, Natalia Ivanovna; Chen, Siquan; Nicolaescu, Vlad; Dvorkin, Steve; Furlong, Kevin; Kathayat, Rahul S.; Firpo, Mason R.; Mastrodomenico, Vincent; Bruce, Emily A.; Schmidt, Madaline M.; Jedrzejczak, Robert; Munoz-Alia, Miguel A.; Schuster, Brooke; Nair, Vishnu; Han, Kyu-Yeon; O'Brien, Amornrat; Tomatsidou, Anastasia; Meyer, Bjoern; Vignuzzi, Marco; Missiakas, Dominique; Botten, Jason W.; Brooke, Christopher B.; Lee, Hyun; Baker, Susan C.; Mounce, Bryan C.; Heaton, Nicholas S.; Severson, William E.; Palmer, Kenneth E.; Dickinson, Bryan C.; Joachimiak, Andrzej; Randall, Glenn; Tay, Savas
Source
Science. August 20, 2021, Vol. 373 Issue 6557, p931, 6 p.
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0036-8075
Abstract
There is an urgent need for antiviral agents that treat severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We screened a library of 1900 clinically safe drugs against 0C43, a human beta coronavirus that causes the common cold, and evaluated the top hits against SARS-CoV-2. Twenty drugs significantly inhibited replication of both viruses in cultured human cells. Eight of these drugs inhibited the activity of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease, 3CLpro, with the most potent being masitinib, an orally bioavailable tyrosine kinase inhibitor. X-ray crystallography and biochemistry show that masitinib acts as a competitive inhibitor of 3CLpro. Mice infected with SARS-CoV-2 and then treated with masitinib showed >200-fold reduction in viral titers in the lungs and nose, as well as reduced lung inflammation. Masitinib was also effective in vitro against all tested variants of concern (B.1.1.7, B.1.351, and P.l).