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Spontaneous binding of potential COVID-19 drugs (Camostat and Nafamostat) to human serine protease TMPRSS2 #MMPMID33505639
Zhu H; Du W; Song M; Liu Q; Herrmann A; Huang Q
Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2021[]; 19 (ä): 467-476 PMID33505639show ga
Effective treatment or vaccine is not yet available for combating SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent studies showed that two drugs, Camostat and Nafamostat, might be repurposed to treat COVID-19 by inhibiting human TMPRSS2 required for proteolytic activation of viral spike (S) glycoprotein. However, their molecular mechanisms of pharmacological action remain unclear. Here, we perform molecular dynamics simulations to investigate their native binding sites on TMPRSS2. We revealed that both drugs could spontaneously and stably bind to the TMPRSS2 catalytic center, and thereby inhibit its proteolytic processing of the S protein. Also, we found that Nafamostat is more specific than Camostat for binding to the catalytic center, consistent with reported observation that Nafamostat blocks the SARS-CoV-2 infection at a lower concentration. Thus, this study provides mechanistic insights into the Camostat and Nafamostat inhibition of the SARS-CoV-2 infection, and offers useful information for COVID-19 drug development.