Amanda Resende Tucci, Raquel Mello da Rosa, Alice Santos Rosa, Otávio Augusto Chaves, Vivian Neuza Santos Ferreira, Thamara Kelcya Fonseca Oliveira, Daniel Dias Coutinho Souza, Nathalia Roberto Resende Borba, Luciano Dornelles, Nayra Salazar Rocha, João Candido Pilar Mayer, João B Teixeira da Rocha, Oscar Endrigo D Rodrigues, Milene Dias Miranda
The understanding that zidovudine (ZDV or azidothymidine, AZT) inhibits the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) of SARS-CoV-2 and that chalcogen atoms can increase the bioactivity and reduce the toxicity of AZT has directed our search for the discovery of novel potential anti-coronavirus compounds. Here, the antiviral activity of selenium and tellurium containing AZT derivatives in human type II pneumocytes cell model (Calu-3) and monkey kidney cells (Vero E6) infected with SARS-CoV-2, and their toxic effects on these cells, was evaluated...
September 19, 2023: Molecules: a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry