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Molecular Modeling and Simulation Analysis of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Potential for Control of COVID-19.
Pourhajibagher, Maryam.
  • Pourhajibagher M; Dental Research Center, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
ScientificWorldJournal ; 2022: 7089576, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1962495
ABSTRACT
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can enter the host cells by binding the viral surface spike glycoprotein (SG) to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2. Since antiviral photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has been described as a new method for inhibiting viral infections, it is important to evaluate whether it can be used as a photoactivated disinfectant to control COVID-19. In this in silico study, SARS-CoV-2-SG was selected as a novel target for curcumin as a photosensitizer during aPDT to exploit its physicochemical properties, molecular modeling, hierarchical nature of protein structure, and functional analysis using several bioinformatics tools and biological databases. The results of a detailed computational investigation revealed that SARS-CoV-2-SG is most similar to 6VXX_A, with 100% query cover and identity. The predicted structure of SARS-CoV-2-SG displayed that it is a protein with a positive charge and random coil dominates other secondary structures located outside the viral cell. The protein-protein interaction network showed that SARS-CoV-2-SG interacted with ten potential interacting partners. In addition, primary screening of binding modes through molecular docking showed that curcumin desires to bind and interact with residues of SARS-CoV-2-SG as the main site to enhance the yield of aPDT. Overall, the computer simulation reveals that SARS-CoV-2-SG can be a suitable target site for interaction with curcumin during aPDT.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Photochemotherapy / Curcumin / COVID-19 Drug Treatment / Anti-Infective Agents Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: ScientificWorldJournal Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 2022

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Photochemotherapy / Curcumin / COVID-19 Drug Treatment / Anti-Infective Agents Type of study: Experimental Studies / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: ScientificWorldJournal Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 2022