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COVID-19: Drug Targets and Potential Treatments

2020; American Chemical Society; Volume: 63; Issue: 21 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00606

1520-4804

Carmen Gil, Tiziana Ginex, Inés Maestro, Vanesa Nozal, Lucía Barrado-Gil, Miguel Ángel Cuesta-Geijo, Jesús Urquiza, David Ramírez, Covadonga Alonso, Nuria E. Campillo, Ana Martı́nez,

PARP inhibition in cancer therapy

Currently, humans are immersed in a pandemic caused by the emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which threatens public health worldwide. To date, no drug or vaccine has been approved to treat the severe disease caused by this coronavirus, COVID-19. In this paper, we will focus on the main virus-based and host-based targets that can guide efforts in medicinal chemistry to discover new drugs for this devastating disease. In principle, all CoV enzymes and proteins involved in viral replication and the control of host cellular machineries are potentially druggable targets in the search for therapeutic options for SARS-CoV-2. This Perspective provides an overview of the main targets from a structural point of view, together with reported therapeutic compounds with activity against SARS-CoV-2 and/or other CoVs. Also, the role of innate immune response to coronavirus infection and the related therapeutic options will be presented.