[HTML][HTML] Molecular docking as a tool for the discovery of novel insight about the role of acid sphingomyelinase inhibitors in SARS-CoV-2 infectivity

SS Alkafaas, AM Abdallah, MH Hassan, AM Hussien… - BMC public health, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Recently, COVID-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) and its variants, caused> 6 million deaths. Symptoms included respiratory …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing FIASMAs against Acid Sphingomyelinase for COVID-19: A computational molecular docking and dynamic simulation approach

A Naz, S Asif, KM Alwutayd, S Sarfaraz, SW Abbasi… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Over the past few years, COVID-19 has caused widespread suffering worldwide. There is
great research potential in this domain and it is also necessary. The main objective of this …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacological inhibition of acid sphingomyelinase prevents uptake of SARS-CoV-2 by epithelial cells

A Carpinteiro, MJ Edwards, M Hoffmann, G Kochs… - Cell Reports …, 2020 - cell.com
The acid sphingomyelinase/ceramide system plays an important role in bacterial and viral
infections. Here, we report that either pharmacological inhibition of acid sphingomyelinase …

[HTML][HTML] The acid ceramidase is a SARS-CoV-2 host factor

N Geiger, L Kersting, J Schlegel, L Stelz, S Fähr… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 variants such as the delta or omicron variants, with higher transmission rates,
accelerated the global COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, novel therapeutic strategies need to be …

[HTML][HTML] Sphingolipids as modulators of SARS-CoV-2 infection

K Törnquist, MY Asghar, V Srinivasan… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of the COVID-
19 pandemic with severe consequences for afflicted individuals and the society as a whole …

In silico analysis of the antidepressant fluoxetine and similar drugs as inhibitors of the human protein acid sphingomyelinase: a related SARS-CoV-2 inhibition …

P Pauletto, M Bortoli, FO Bright… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Acid Sphingomyelinase (ASM) is a human phosphodiesterase that catalyzes the metabolism
of sphingomyelin (SM) to ceramide and phosphocholine. ASM is involved in the plasma …

Acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) and COVID‐19: A review of the potential use of ASM inhibitors against SARS‐CoV‐2

PJT Pauletto, CP Delgado… - Cell Biochemistry and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the last 2 years, different pharmacological agents have been indicated as potential
inhibitors of SARS‐CoV‐2 in vitro. Specifically, drugs termed as functional inhibitors of acid …

Targeting the endolysosomal host-SARS-CoV-2 interface by clinically licensed functional inhibitors of acid sphingomyelinase (FIASMA) including the antidepressant …

S Schloer, L Brunotte, J Goretzko… - Emerging microbes & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome Related Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a global health …

[HTML][HTML] The acid sphingomyelinase/ceramide system in COVID-19

J Kornhuber, N Hoertel, E Gulbins - Molecular Psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) cleaves sphingomyelin into the highly lipophilic ceramide,
which forms large gel-like rafts/platforms in the plasma membrane. We showed that SARS …

[HTML][HTML] Update on functional inhibitors of acid sphingomyelinase (FIASMAs) in SARS-CoV-2 infection

G Loas, P Le Corre - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak is characterized by the need of the search for curative drugs for
treatment. In this paper, we present an update of knowledge about the interest of the …