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. 2021 Aug 24;19:4868–4883. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.08.036

Table 2.

Potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro selected from existing databases or literature.

Source Number Method Potential inhibitor
ZINC 2,000 [150] VS ZINC32960814/12006217/03231196/33173588
1,500a[151] ZINC20291569/90403206/95480156
5,811b[152] SCAR protocol Telcagepant; Vidupiprant; Poziotinib; Fostamatinib.
606 million [153] VS;
MD simulations
(−)-Taxifolin; Rhamnetin
1,000c[154] ZINC000621278586/000621285995
Asinex; ChEMBL > 8,722 [155] BBB_26580140; SCHEMBL12616233/18616095/20148701
SuperNatural II;
In-house database; SuperDrug2;
WithDrawn
360,000 [156] SN00017653 (SuperNatural II); Pseudostellarin C (in-house);
Eledoisin (SuperDrug2); Naldemedine (SuperDrug2);
Saralasin (WithDrawn); Saquinavir (WithDrawn)
Chemical Abstract Services 35,000 [157] SKS-01; SKS-02; SKS-03; SKS-04;
Literatures; PubChem;
Asinex
> 10,584d[158] pq8; pq9; pq10; A12
Note: Structures of these inhibitors are shown in Fig. S2.
Protein Data Bank 2,692 [159] PubChem IDs: 118098670; 104161460; 163632044
Literature 49e[160] Ethaselen (IC50 = 4.51 μM)
PubChem 10,433f[161] 6-Deaminosinefungin; UNII-O9H5KY11SV
Life Chemicals; Asinex 21,207g[162] F2679-0163(Life chemicals); F6355-0442 (Life chemicals); 8250 (Asinex)
Pharmit 213.5 million [163] CSC057752019; PubChem-22029441/-11210821;
MCULE-9349798441; MolPort-045-918-905
DrugBank;
Literatures; In-house database
2,736h[164] Acteoside; Chebulinic acid; Delphinidin-3,5-diglucoside;
Saquinavir; Lithospermic acid B; 11m_32045235
DrugBank 10,036b[165] DB02388; Cobicistat
10,246 [166] Levothyroxine; Amobarbital; ABP-700
13,227 [167] VS DB02128/01871/04502/02378/03063/04378/03648/04353/04692/047https://doi.org/10/08732/11938/03395/04653/04758/07571/07934/12955;DBMET00084/01550/01549/01548
ChEMBL 1,485,144 [168] CHEMBL1559003/2237553/1511674/3260476/1170272/1335000/2235580/3264032/1447105/589899/1539803/2216842/427787/1339675/3126648/1302388/3234783/1807774/2087984/2387487/2113271/476947/399042/2000247/3236740/1447944/1760165/2087965
33 protease inhibitors [169] Paritaprevir; Ciluprevir; Simeprevir; Deldeprevir; Indinavir;
Saquinavir; Faldaprevir; Brecanavir; Grazoprevir; Lopinavir
Protein Data Bank;
SwissSimilarity
133i[170] Melatonin
Existing drug database > 2,500 [171] VS; MD simulations;
Experimental evaluation
Dipyridamole (Ki = 0.04 μM); Hydroxychloroquine (Ki = 0.36 μM);
Chloroquine (Ki = 0.56 μM)
LASSBio 2,300 [172] VS;
Experimental evaluation
LASSBio-1945 (IC50 = 15.97 μM)
DrugBank; PubChem 5,016j[173] HTVS; MD simulations Isavuconazonium; α-KI; Pentagastrin
Compound Library 23,000 [174] HTVS Azanitrile (Ki = 24.0 nM); Pyridyl ester(Ki = 10.0 nM)
In-house database;
TargetMol;
Selleckchem;
Antivirus Drug Library
~ 10,000 [54] HTVS;
VS;
Experimental evaluation
Ebselen (IC50 = 0.67 μM); Disulfiram (IC50 = 9.35 μM);
Tideglusib (IC50 = 1.55 μM); Carmofur (IC50 = 1.82 μM);
Shikonin (IC50 = 15.75 μM); PX-12 (IC50 = 21.39 μM)
Note: These inhibitors have been further confirmed [175], [176], [177], [178], [179].
AVPdb database 88 [180] Molecular docking;
MD simulations
P14, P39, P41, P74
Note: Sequences of these inhibitors are shown in Table S7.

Note: The binding mechanisms of all inhibitors to 3CLpro are listed in Table S6.

a

These compounds were selected according to the pharmacophore features of inhibitor N3.

b

Approved or investigational drugs.

c

Protease-inhibitor-like compounds.

d

Analogs of Chloroquine.

e

Se-containing heterocyclic compounds.

f

The compounds that have > 90% structural similarity with the 10 high-affinity molecules previously reported (PubChem IDs: 5281605, 16394003, 19323586, 44137675, 118737648, 787400, 8386889, 34755, 65482 and 145998233).

g

12,485 anti-SARS-CoV-2 or antiviral compounds in the Life Chemicals database and 8,722 antiviral compounds in Asinex database.

h

2,454 FDA approved drugs from DrugBank, 144 coronavirus Mpro inhibitors from published literature and 138 natural compounds from an in-house database.

i

74 ligand-Mpro complexes and 59 analogues.

j

6 analogs of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro inhibitor (13b) [58] in DrugBank and 5,010 analogs of 11 antiviral agents (Atazanavir, Darunavir, Fosamprenavir, Indinavir, Lopinavir, Ritonavir, Saquinavir, Tipranavir, Delavirdine, Nevirapine and Remdesivir) in PubChem.