Design and Evaluation of a Novel Peptide–Drug Conjugate Covalently Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Papain-like Protease

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Liu, Na
Zhang, Yichi
Lei, Yingshou
Wang, Rui
Zhan, Meimiao
Liu, Jianbo
An, Yuhao
Zhou, Yaoqi
Zhan, Jian
Yin, Feng
Li, Zigang
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2022
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a global health threat, was caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The SARS-CoV-2 papain-like cysteine protease (PLpro) was recognized as a promising drug target because of multiple functions in virus maturation and antiviral immune responses. Inhibitor GRL0617 occupied the interferon-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15) C-terminus-binding pocket and showed an effective antiviral inhibition. Here, we described a novel peptide-drug conjugate (PDC), in which GRL0617 was linked to a sulfonium-tethered peptide derived from PLpro-specific substrate LRGG. The EM-C and EC-M PDCs showed a promising in vitro IC50 of 7.40 ± 0.37 and 8.63 ± 0.55 μM, respectively. EC-M could covalently label PLpro active site C111 and display anti-ISGylation activities in cellular assays. The results represent the first attempt to design PDCs composed of stabilized peptide inhibitors and GRL0617 to inhibit PLpro. These novel PDCs provide promising opportunities for antiviral drug design.

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Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

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65

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1

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This document is the Postprint: Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, copyright YEAR American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c02022

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Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences

Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry

Organic chemistry

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Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Chemistry, Medicinal

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS

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Liu, N; Zhang, Y; Lei, Y; Wang, R; Zhan, M; Liu, J; An, Y; Zhou, Y; Zhan, J; Yin, F; Li, Z, Design and Evaluation of a Novel Peptide–Drug Conjugate Covalently Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Papain-like Protease, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2022, 65 (1), pp. 876-884

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