Development of a Fluorescence Polarization Assay for the SARS-CoV-2 Papain-like Protease.

IF 4.9 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MEDICINAL

ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science Pub Date : 2025-02-26 eCollection Date: 2025-03-14 DOI:10.1021/acsptsci.4c00642

Kan Li, Prakash Jadhav, Yu Wen, Haozhou Tan, Jun Wang

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant losses to the global community. Although effective vaccination and antiviral therapeutics provide primary defense, SARS-CoV-2 remains a public health threat, given the emerging resistant variants. The SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease (PL^pro) is essential for viral replication and is a promising drug target. We recently designed a series of biarylphenyl PL^pro inhibitors with a representative lead Jun12682 showing potent antiviral efficacy in a SARS-CoV-2 infection mouse model. In this study, we designed a fluorescein-labeled biarylphenyl probe Jun12781 and used it to optimize a fluorescence polarization (FP) assay. The FP assay is suitable for high-throughput screening with a Z' factor of 0.69. In addition, we found a positive correlation between the FP binding affinity and the enzymatic inhibitory potency of PL^pro inhibitors, suggesting that the FP assay is valid in characterizing the binding affinity of PL^pro inhibitors.

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ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science Medicine-Pharmacology (medical)

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