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Are promising mechanisms of hydroxychloroquine abolish COVID-19 activity? A review study

    Yaareb J Mousa Mahmood B. Mahmood Fanar A. Isihaq Ammar A. Mohammed

Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2020, Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 345-349
10.33899/ijvs.2020.127049.1449

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Abstract

To explore the benefits of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), (which is an antimalarial agent that has shown effective pharmacological properties in different malarial conditions and immunological disorders, particularity in chloroquine-sensitive malaria), in the treatment and prevention of Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic because HCQ was recently advocated to minimize the pathogenicity of COVID-19. The aim of this review is to shed the light on a possible mechanism by which HCQ can defeat the COVID-19, a disease characterized by the WHO as a pandemic. Literatures from Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct and Google Scholar were cast-off to search the literature data. The keywords used are antimalarial agent, COVID-19, Hydroxychloroquine, SARS-CoV-2 and Zinc sulfate.The review summarizes the benefits of using HCQ against COVID-19 through exploiting the ability of this antimalarial agent in ameliorating the body immunity, inhibiting and/or delaying the viral glycosylation by increasing the pH inside the host cell and also via suppressing the viral transcription and replication through the formation of a complex structure after binding with zinc. We concluded thatthese interfering properties of HCQ support human immunity to fight against the progression of COVID-19. We hypothesize that the therapeutic efficiency of HCQ against the COVID-19 can be enhanced by the concurrent administration of zinc sulfate.
Keywords:
    Antimalarial agent Covid_19 Hydroxychloroquine SARS-COV-2 zinc sulfate
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  • Animal Pharmacology

Are promising mechanisms of hydroxychloroquine abolish

COVID-19 activity? A review study

 

Y.J. Mousa1, M.B. Mahmood2, F.A. Isihak3 and A.A. Mohammed4

 

1 Department of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, 3 Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, Mosul, 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine,

4 Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Dohuk, Dohuk, Iraq

Email: 1 yarub204@uomosul.edu.iq, 2 mahmood.basher@uod.ac, 3 fanar1976@uomosul.edu.iq,

4 ammar.brifkani@manchester.ac.uk  

 

(Received May 5, 2020; Accepted May 23, 2020; Available online June 12, 2020)

 

Abstract

 

To explore the benefits of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), (which is an antimalarial agent that has shown effective pharmacological properties in different malarial conditions and immunological disorders, particularity in chloroquine-sensitive malaria), in the treatment and prevention of Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic because HCQ was recently advocated to minimize the pathogenicity of COVID-19. The aim of this review is to shed the light on a possible mechanism by which HCQ can defeat the COVID-19, a disease characterized by the WHO as a pandemic. Literatures from Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Science Direct and Google Scholar were cast-off to search the literature data. The keywords used are antimalarial agent, COVID-19, Hydroxychloroquine, SARS-CoV-2 and Zinc sulfate.The review summarizes the benefits of using HCQ against COVID-19 through exploiting the ability of this antimalarial agent in ameliorating the body immunity, inhibiting and/or delaying the viral glycosylation by increasing the pH inside the host cell and also via suppressing the viral transcription and replication through the formation of a complex structure after binding with zinc. We concluded thatthese interfering properties of HCQ support human immunity to fight against the progression of COVID-19. We hypothesize that the therapeutic efficiency of HCQ against the COVID-19 can be enhanced by the concurrent administration of zinc sulfate.

 

Keywords: Antimalarial agent, COVID-19, Hydroxychloroquine, SARS-CoV-2, Zinc sulfate

 

DOI: 10.33899/ijvs.2020.127049.1449, ©2020, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul.

This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

 

هل آلیات العمل الواعدة للهیدروکسی کلوروکوین تلغی نشاط الکوفید-19؟: دراسة مراجعة

 

یعرب جعفر موسى1، محمود بشیر محمود2، فنار أبلحد إسحق3 و عمار أحمد محمد4

 

1فرع الفسلجة والکیمیاء الحیاتیة والأدویة، 3 فرع الأحیاء المجهریة، کلیة الطب البیطری، جامعة الموصل، الموصل، 2 فرع الطب الباطنی والجراحة والادویة، کلیة الطب البیطری، 4 فرع الأدویة والأدویة السریریة، کلیة الصیدلة، جامعة دهوک، دهوک، العراق

 

الخلاصة

 

تم اجراء هذه المراجعة الموضوعیة لاستکشاف وتسلیط الضوء على فوائد والیات عمل الهیدروکسی کلوروکوین (وهو من الادویة المضادة للملاریا وله خصائص دوائیة فعالة فی علاج حالات الملاریا المختلفة والاضطرابات المناعیة) فی العلاج والوقایة من جائحة مرض فیروس کورونا (کوفید-19) وذلک لتصنیفه مؤخرا من قبل منظمة الغذاء والدواء ومنظمة الصحة العالمیة کسلاح ناجع للوقایة والعلاج من هذه الجائحة.تمت الاستعانة بالبحوث الحدیثة والمنشورة فی دور النشر العالمیة الرصینة واستخدمت الکلمات المفتاحیة الدالة على موضوع الدراسة مثل الهیدروکسی کلوروکوین، کوفید-19 وکبریتات الزنک للتوصل الى أفضل النتائج فی البحث. یلخص نتائج بحث المراجعة الحالی فوائد استخدام الهیدروکسی کلوروکوین ضد جائحة کوفید-19 من خلال امتلاک هذا الدواء الیات عمل تمکنه من تغییر مناعة الجسم عن طریق تثبیط/تأخیر عملیة تکاثر فایروس کوفید-19 (الکلایکوسیلیشن)، زیادة الأس الهیدروجینی داخل الخلیة المضیفة والمستهدفة من قبل الفایروس فضلا عن التقلیل من عملیة استنساخ وتکاثر الفایروس عن طریق تکوین معقد من الهیدروکسی کلوروکوین-الزنک. استنتجنا من هذه الدراسة أن الهیدروکسی کلوروکوین یمتلک الیات عمل وخصائص تدعم مناعة الإنسان لمحاربة تطور فایروس الکوفید-19 وننصح باستخدام کبریتات الزنک للتعزیز من هذه الکفاءة الوقائیة والعلاجیة للهیدروکسی کلوروکوین ضد جائحة الکوفید-19.

 

 


Introduction

 

HCQ is classified as one of therapeutic agents that are used to treat and reduce the severity of malarial conditions, particularly in chloroquine-sensitive malaria (1). In addition, HCQ has exhibited its effectiveness in the treatment of certain immunological disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythromatosus and porphyria cutanea tarda (1). Recently, HCQ was recommended for the treatment of COVID-19 due to its ability in minimizing the pathological reactions associated with this viral infection (2). Now, the drug has been incorporated in the therapeutic protocol of COVID-19 in the hospitalized patients in several countries, including Iraq. In these patients, HCQ has shown approximately 50% increase in the recovery rate in response to the total active cases. In this review, we discuss the mechanism of action of HCQ that enables the drug to inhibit the COVID-19 activity against the host cells. However, using this medication is associated with certain adverse reactions which are not considered in this review, and therefore, careful management is required with this therapeutic intervention especially for those of cardio-pulmonary involvement.

 

Hypothesis of Antiviral action of HCQ for defeating COVID-19

 

Many hypothetical mechanisms of antiviral action of HCQ against COVID-19 have been proposed. Firstly, when the infectious virus particle invades the target cell, by binding to Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-2 (ACE-2) receptors on the pulmonary cell surface (3). The HCQ can decrease the glycosylation process of these receptors thereby blocking COVID-19 from effectively binding with these receptors (4).Secondly, an increase the endosomal and lysosomal acidification which inhibit the attachment of the virus with susceptible host cells and consequent process (5,6). Thirdly, prevention of antigen processing and expression by Antigen Presenting Cells (APC) via MHC class II by reducing T cells activation and other cytokines production Interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6 and Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF-α) and fourthly, by inhibiting of the cytosolic interaction between viral DNA/RNA with Toll like receptors signals and the nucleic acid sensor through impairment of genes transcription pathways to pro-inflammatory cytokines which are responsible for creation of many cytokines that consequently leads to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a result of cytokines storm (7).Thus, HCQ has been suggested as a candidate for antiviral chemoprophylaxis against the recent pandemic with a novel SARS CoV-2. Lastly, the chemical structure of chloroquine (CQ) and HCQ are 4-aminoquinoline derivatives (Figure 1) and have a benefit in competing with the porphyrin and binding to the viral protein, thereby reducing the viral protein's attacking the heme or binding to the porphyrin and effectively relieve the symptoms of respiratory distress (8).

 

 Figure 1:The chemical structures of CQ and HCQ (8)

 

Lysosomal enzymes

 

The mammalian cells possess lysosomes, which are viable and important organelles that secrete certain enzymes including the acidic hydrolase. These lysosomal enzymes have a reliable efficacy in an acidic environment of a pH range of 4.5-5 and their function is compromised with any alteration of this acidity (9,10). These lysosomal enzymes enhance the degradation of biological polymers, such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids (9,10). It is essential to understand the mechanical activity of lysosomal enzymes, which can be exploited by the HCQ to ameliorate the pathogenesis of COVID-19 as this step is an important milestone in the glycosylation process. Up to this moment there is insufficient understanding of the reality of the COVID-19, and no vaccine. HCQ may be play important agent to treat the patients with severe symptoms.

 

The structure and pathogenicity of COVID-19

 

It is essential to understand the structure activity relationship and the pathogenicity of COVID-19 (Figure 2). This helps in assessing the effectiveness of HCQ in the treatment of this pandemic disease. Basically, the COVID-19 belongs to the RNA type of the coronavirus family, the envelope is bilayer of lipid membrane acquired through budding from the cytoplasmic membranes, the size range from 120-140 nm in diameter (11). The RNA is surrounded by a protective glycoprotein membrane layer (envelope protein) containing a glycoprotein spike (12). At the beginning, the COVID-19 enters the target host cells (Pulmonary cells) and starts to replicate. This replication involves multiple stages starting from the phagocytosis through the viral binding to ACE-2 receptors until the end of replication. Glycosylation is an intermediate stage in the process of replication, where the glycoprotein viral layer of COVID-19 loses its outer spikes by the effect of lysosomal enzymes at a pH-dependent manner (10,11).

 

 

Figure 2:COVID-19 structure (12).

 

The effect of HCQ chemical structure on viral glycosylation

 

Studies showed the chemical structure of HCQ (Figure 1) composed of a carbon atom (C-18) and a functioning group of three amino- and one hydroxyl-group. These groups have the ability to form hydrogen bonds, which are responsible for the highly distribution of the drug to various parts of the human body. These bonds also increase the absorption and solubility of the drug inside the body and prolong both, the excretion and persistence (35-40 days) times (13,14).

Since HCQ has high lipid solubility, it can reach different body organs and cells, and thus, it increases the pH of the cells, which consequently leads to the inhibition of the lysosomal enzymes involved in the glycosylation, and thereafter, delaying the release of viral content (RNA) into the host cells (15).

 

The activity of HCQ-Zn complex against the viral replication

 

Zinc (Zn+2) and vitamins can raise the immunity of the patient during recovery from disease. The formation of the complex via the presence of pair of electrons on N atom of the amino and O atom of the hydroxyl groups, this HCQ-Zn+2 complex known 1:1 complex as shown in (Figure 3). This complex has shown an antioxidant activity and has also exerted an essential role against the viral invasion and replication (16-18). Moreover, the activity of Zn against COVID-19 is considered to be due to its ability to inhibit the RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase, an enzyme responsible for the formation of viral RNA, and therefore, it reduces the viral replication and minimizes the virulence of COVID-19 (19-21).

 

 

Figure 3:The proposed chemical structure of HCQ-Zn+2 complex (16).

 

HCQ involvement in the Cytokines storm

 

HCQ has an anti-inflammatory role by inhibiting the production of three important mediators of inflammation, TNF-α, IL-1 and IL-6 (22). Monoclonal antibodies directed against amplified immune response caused by cytokines (IL-6) in the lung and other organs in COVID-19 infection, and showed good results in sever COVID-19 pneumonia. These are also responsible for initiating the inflammatory process that will end with vasodilation and increased vascular permeability to allow for attraction of white blood cells to the site of infection and enter into the affected tissue. Macrophages that enter into the tissue, and release all types of mediators, that cause injury to both the virus and our own cells(23) thus tissue damage inflammation with induction of autoimmune response (24). Therefore, HCQ has an important role in preventing of cytokine storm, which is when there are so many immune mediators being released at once to fight an infection that the host itself is overwhelmed and dies (25). The cytokine storms have been implicated in the death of COVID-19 patients.

 

A brief summary of some clinical trials associated with HCQ treatment against COVID-19

 

More than 92 clinical trials in the world during this period for different treatments single drug, combination therapy or vaccines referring to the HQC trial of 62 patients with mild infection by COVID-19 associated with pneumonia revealed that the body temperature retrieval and the cough retardation time were significantly decrease with HCQ 400mg/day (200 mg/bid) treated patients and improvement of pneumonic signs (80.6%, compared with the control patients 54.8% (26). Other trial in China of 20 treated patients with HCQ in comparison with 16 untreated patients in France concluded that HCQ was effective in viral load reduction (27). A study performed in Marseille, France showed that HCQ alone or in a combination with azithromycin was effective and significant in clearing of nasopharyngeal samples measured by PCR after 3-6 days in COVID-19 patients compared to control and the viral clearance with HCQ at day-6 post-inclusion was 70.0% against 12.5% in control group (28). The vaccines are most important tool to combat COVID-19 but it need time, cost and approval from FDA. Now, the clinical trials try to evaluate the safety and the potency of HCQ because it is well-known drug, ecumenically cheap and available in most counties.

 

Conclusion

 

The present review can conclude that HCQ possesses certain properties that support its effectiveness against the COVID-19. These include decrease of COVID-19 binding to ACE-2 receptors, amelioration of body immunity, its ability to inhibit and/or delay the viral glycosylation process, reducing the cytokine storm and its activity in suppressing the viral transcription and replication by the formation of the HCQ-Zn+2 complex. These abilities may regulate the body immunity to fight and abolish the progression of COVID-19. We strongly recommend the concurrent administration of Zinc sulfate with HCQ in the therapeutic protocol for further preventive efficacy against COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Acknowledgments

 

Many thanks to the Universities of Mosul and Dohuk for providing facilities and support needed.

 

Conflict of Interest

 

The authors declare that have no conflict of interests.

1. HCQ has the ability to delay of glycosylation in the host cell through inhibit the lysosomal enzymes. 

2. HCQ enhances Zinc+2 concentrations inside the host cell.

3. Zinc can suppress the viral transcription and replication through inhibiting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and its antioxidant activity. 

4. The above effects can render the body immunity to convoy the progression of COVID-19.

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Yaareb J Mousa; Mahmood B. Mahmood; Fanar A. Isihaq; Ammar A. Mohammed. "Are promising mechanisms of hydroxychloroquine abolish COVID-19 activity? A review study". Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 34, 2, 2020, 345-349. doi: 10.33899/ijvs.2020.127049.1449
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Are promising mechanisms of hydroxychloroquine abolish COVID-19 activity? A review study. Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2020; 34(2): 345-349. doi: 10.33899/ijvs.2020.127049.1449
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