氯喹在临床试验中被证实对新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)具有良好的治疗效果,对控制疫情具有重要意义,但其治疗机理和分子机制尚不清晰。疫情爆发不久,晶泰科技与广东众生药业建立合作,针对氯喹的作用机理进行研究探索,并取得阶段性重要成果,由此为进一步理解氯喹对新型冠状病毒的治疗效果和优化制剂设计等提供参考。目前,晶泰科技与众生药业正针对研究结果联合进行实验验证。
通过干扰冠状病毒受体蛋白ACE2(Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 受体血管紧张素转化酶2)的末端糖基化来削弱病毒与受体的结合,从而阻断病毒感染;
通过提高病毒与细胞融合所需的内吞体的pH值来抑制病毒感染;
通过对免疫系统的调节来抑制病毒的复制;
通过与病毒蛋白水解酶PLpro结合,抑制冠状病毒的转录和翻译过程,从而抑制病毒传播、达到治疗效果。
氯喹(黄色骨架)的对接构象,银色骨架为别构抑制剂CMP-Neu5Ac。
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