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Therapeutic dilemma in the repression of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 proteome
Author(s) -
Sadia Aatika,
Basra Muhammad Asim Raza
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
drug development research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1098-2299
pISSN - 0272-4391
DOI - 10.1002/ddr.21710
Subject(s) - mechanism (biology) , coronavirus , medicine , drug , covid-19 , drug repositioning , mechanism of action , pandemic , clinical trial , disease , drug discovery , bioinformatics , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , computational biology , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , genetics , philosophy , epistemology , in vitro
Currently, the pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has unprecedentedly captivated its human hosts by causing respiratory illnesses because of evolution of the genetic makeup of novel coronavirus (CoV) known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS CoV‐2). As much as the researchers are inundated for the quest of effective treatments from available drugs, the discovery and trials of new experimental drugs are also at a threshold for clinical trials. There has been much concern regarding the new and targeted drugs considering the comprehensive ambiguity regarding the mechanism and pathway of the drug action with respect to the new and unpredictable structural and nonstructural proteins (NSPs) of SARS CoV‐2. This study was aimed to discuss functional pathways related to NSPs in CoVs with updated knowledge regarding SARS CoV‐2, mechanisms of action of certain approved and investigational drugs for correct orientation regarding the treatment strategies, including nucleotide analog mechanism, receptor analog mechanism, and peptide–peptide interactions, along with the impact of COVID‐19 on a global scale. Although there is a dire need for targeted drugs against SARS CoV‐2, the practical achievement of its cure is possible by only using effective drugs with appropriate mechanisms to eliminate the disease.