Title
Comparative study of the interaction of ivermectin with proteins of interest associated with SARS-CoV-2: A computational and biophysical approach
Date Issued
01 November 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
González-Paz L.
Hurtado-León M.L.
Lossada C.
Fernández-Materán F.V.
Vera-Villalobos J.
Jeffreys L.
Alvarado Y.J.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has accelerated the study of existing drugs. The mixture of homologs called ivermectin (avermectin-B1a [HB1a] + avermectin-B1b [HB1b]) has shown antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro. However, there are few reports on the behavior of each homolog. We investigated the interaction of each homolog with promising targets of interest associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection from a biophysical and computational-chemistry perspective using docking and molecular dynamics. We observed a differential behavior for each homolog, with an affinity of HB1b for viral structures, and of HB1a for host structures considered. The induced disturbances were differential and influenced by the hydrophobicity of each homolog and of the binding pockets. We present the first comparative analysis of the potential theoretical inhibitory effect of both avermectins on biomolecules associated with COVID-19, and suggest that ivermectin through its homologs, has a multiobjective behavior.
Volume
278
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología Química medicinal Enfermedades infecciosas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85113601480
PubMed ID
Source
Biophysical Chemistry
ISSN of the container
03014622
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