Article ; Online: Does zinc supplementation enhance the clinical efficacy of chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine to win today's battle against COVID-19?
2020 Volume 142, Page(s) 109815
Abstract: Currently, drug repurposing is an alternative to novel drug development for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The antimalarial drug chloroquine (CQ) and its metabolite hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) are currently being tested in several clinical studies as ... ...
Abstract | Currently, drug repurposing is an alternative to novel drug development for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The antimalarial drug chloroquine (CQ) and its metabolite hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) are currently being tested in several clinical studies as potential candidates to limit SARS-CoV-2-mediated morbidity and mortality. CQ and HCQ (CQ/HCQ) inhibit pH-dependent steps of SARS-CoV-2 replication by increasing pH in intracellular vesicles and interfere with virus particle delivery into host cells. Besides direct antiviral effects, CQ/HCQ specifically target extracellular zinc to intracellular lysosomes where it interferes with RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity and coronavirus replication. As zinc deficiency frequently occurs in elderly patients and in those with cardiovascular disease, chronic pulmonary disease, or diabetes, we hypothesize that CQ/HCQ plus zinc supplementation may be more effective in reducing COVID-19 morbidity and mortality than CQ or HCQ in monotherapy. Therefore, CQ/HCQ in combination with zinc should be considered as additional study arm for COVID-19 clinical trials. |
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MeSH term(s) | Aged ; Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Chloroquine/administration & dosage ; Coronavirus Infections/drug therapy ; Dietary Supplements ; Drug Synergism ; Female ; Humans ; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration ; Hydroxychloroquine/administration & dosage ; Length of Stay ; Lysosomes/drug effects ; Lysosomes/metabolism ; Male ; Models, Theoretical ; Pandemics ; Patient Safety ; Pneumonia, Viral/drug therapy ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Zinc/administration & dosage ; Zinc/pharmacology |
Chemical Substances | Hydroxychloroquine (4QWG6N8QKH) ; Chloroquine (886U3H6UFF) ; Zinc (J41CSQ7QDS) |
Keywords | covid19 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2020-05-06 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 193145-3 |
ISSN | 1532-2777 ; 0306-9877 |
ISSN (online) | 1532-2777 |
ISSN | 0306-9877 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109815 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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