Discovery of Fluorescent Naturally‐Occurring Inhibitor of SARS‐CoV‐2 Main Protease by AIE Fluorescent Probe

Author:

Lin Hao1,Zhang Chong‐Jing1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines Institute of Materia Medica Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical sciences Beijing 100050 China

Abstract

AbstractTarget‐based high‐throughput screening (HTS) is an efficient way to identify potent drugs. However, the accuracy of HTS could be affected by Pan‐Assay Interference Compounds (PAINS). One reason for the generation of PAINS is that the inherent photophysical property of screened compounds could interfere with typically used assay signals including absorption and fluorescence. Our previous studies indicate that the fluorescent probe based on the fluorophore with characteristics of aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) could provide high accuracy of HTS, especially for the fluorescent natural products. Herein, we report an AIE‐based fluorescent probe for the main protease (Mpro) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2). We designed and synthesized an AIE fluorescent probe ZLHG5, which has a site that can be specifically cleaved by Mpro to produce a light‐up fluorescence. Thanks to the large Stokes shift of AIE fluorophore (~200 nm), the probe could be effectively used for HTS of Mpro inhibitors. After screening a library of fluorescent natural products with ZLHG5, we obtained two coumarin‐originated natural compounds with potent inhibitory activity towards Mpro protease. This study provides both useful fluorescent HTS probe and potent inhibitors for Mpro protease.

Funder

Peking Union Medical College

Publisher

Wiley

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