Drug Resistance Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease and Chemical Strategies for Anti-Resistant Drugs
The SARS-CoV-2 main protease(Mpro)plays a key role in the viral replication cycle,and is an important target for anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs.However,the rapid mutation of the virus has led to drug resistance with Mpro inhibitors,posing a serious threat to global public health.This article summarizes the resistance mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro and explores the strategies for the design of new anti-resistant inhibitors.By analyzing the impact of Mpro resistance mutations on the efficacy of existing inhibitors,we summarized various target structure-based anti-resistance drug design methods such as multi-site occupancy,allosteric site development,and covalent binding,and discussed the utility of PROTAC technology in degrading resistant viral proteins,aiming to provide innovative solutions to the drug resistance problem of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro and some reference for drug screening and development in response to potential future coronavirus pandemics.
SARS-CoV-2main proteasedrug resistance mechanismanti-resistant drug designPROTAC