Synthesis and Characterization of a Minophosphonate Containing Chitosan Polymer Derivatives: Investigations of Cytotoxic Activity and in Silico Study of SARS-CoV-19.
Polymers (Basel)
; 13(7)2021 Mar 26.
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| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1305779
ABSTRACT
Chitosan is broadly used as a biological material since of its excellent biological activities. This work describes investigations of chitosan interaction with SARS-CoV-2, which is occupied by human respiratory epithelial cells through communication with the human angiotension-converting enzyme II (ACE2). The ß-chitosan derivatives are synthesized and characterized by FT-IR, nuclear magnetic resonance (1H and 13C NMR), mass spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, TGA, DSC, and elemental analysis. The ß-chitosan derivatives were screened for cytotoxic activity against the HepG2 and MCF-7 (breast) cancer cell lines. Compound 1h (GI50 0.02 µM) is moderately active against the HepG2 cancer cell line, and Compound 1c is highly active (GI50 0.01 µM) against the MCF-7 cancer cell line. In addition, chitosan derivatives (1a-1j) docking against the SARS coronavirus are found by in-silico docking analysis. The findings show that compound 1c exhibits notable inhibition ability compared with other compounds, with a binding energy value of -7.9 kcal/mol. Based on the molecular docking results, the chitosan analog is proposed to be an alternative antiviral agent for SARS-CoV2.
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