A SARS-CoV-2 protein interaction map reveals targets for drug repurposing
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A SARS-CoV-2 protein interaction map reveals targets for drug repurposing
Abstract
A newly described coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has infected over 2.3 million people, led to the death of more than 160,000 individuals and caused worldwide social and economic disruption1,2. There are no antiviral drugs with proven clinical efficacy for the treatment of COVID-19, nor are there any vaccines that prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2, and efforts to develop drugs and vaccines are hampered by the limited knowledge of the molecular details of how SARS-CoV-2 infects cells. Here we cloned, tagged and expressed 26 of the 29 SARS-CoV-2 proteins in human cells and identified the human proteins that physically associated with each of the SARS-CoV-2 proteins using affinity-purification mass spectrometry, identifying 332 high-confidence protein-protein interactions between SARS-CoV-2 and human proteins. Among these, we identify 66 druggable human proteins or host factors targeted by 69 compounds (of which, 29 drugs are approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, 12 are in clinical trials and 28 are preclinical compounds). We screened a subset of these in multiple viral assays and found two sets of pharmacological agents that displayed antiviral activity: inhibitors of mRNA translation and predicted regulators of the sigma-1 and sigma-2 receptors. Further studies of these host-factor-targeting agents, including their combination with drugs that directly target viral enzymes, could lead to a therapeutic regimen to treat COVID-19.
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A SARS-CoV-2-Human Protein-Protein Interaction Map Reveals Drug Targets and Potential Drug-Repurposing.bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2020 Mar 27:2020.03.22.002386. doi: 10.1101/2020.03.22.002386. bioRxiv. 2020. Update in: Nature. 2020 Jul;583(7816):459-468. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2286-9. PMID: 32511329 Free PMC article. Updated. Preprint.
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A map of SARS-CoV-2 and host cell interactions.Nat Rev Immunol. 2020 Jun;20(6):351. doi: 10.1038/s41577-020-0318-1. Nat Rev Immunol. 2020. PMID: 32303698 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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- Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) situation reports. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situatio....
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