Table 4 Drug candidates for SARS-CoV-2 prevention and treatment

From: The glycosylation in SARS-CoV-2 and its receptor ACE2

Categories

Class

Drug name

Associated glycans or targets

Description

Refs.

Prevention

Natural antibody

GalNAcalpha1-Ser

GalNAc-Ser/Thr (Tn antigen)

Preclinical stage

414

  

(Gal)1 (GalNAc)1

Gal-GalNAc-Ser/Thr (T antigen)

Preclinical stage

412

  

FDG-reactive antibodies

Man9-GlcNAc2-Asn

Preclinical stage

415

 

Vaccine

(GlcNAc)4 (Man)3

GlcNAc(2-4)-Man3-GlcNAc2-Asn

PubChem CID: 10148744

70,434

  

Man5(GlcNAc)2Asn

Man5-GlcNAc2-Asn

PubChem CID: 25229604

40,329

Treatment

Neutralizing antibody

VIR-7831

Glycans at N343

Phase II & NCT04779879

408

  

VIR-7832

Glycans at N343

Phase I/II & NCT04746183

408

  

S309

Glycans at N343

Preclinical stage

406

 

Lectin

FRIL

Complex-type N-glycans

Preclinical stage

438

  

Griffithsin

Oligosaccharides

Phase I & NCT02875119

441

  

Clec4g

Complex-type N-glycans

Preclinical stage

442

  

CD209c

Complex-type N-glycans

Preclinical stage

442

  

Lentil lectin

oligomannose-type glycans and GlcNAc

Preclinical stage

443

 

Galectin-3 inhibitor

TD139

N-acetyllactosamine moieties

Phase II/III & NCT04473053

452,453

  

GB1107

N-acetyllactosamine moieties

Preclinical stage

450,454

  

Belapectin

N-acetyllactosamine moieties

Phase II & NCT04365868

455

 

Iminosugars

Castanospermine

α-Glucosidase enzymes

Preclinical stage

459

  

UV-4

α-Glucosidase enzymes

Preclinical stage

459

  

Celgosivir

α-Glucosidase enzymes

Phase II & NCT00157534

459

  

Miglustat

α-Glucosidase enzymes

Preclinical stage

460

  

Kifunensine

α-Mannosidase enzymes

Preclinical stage

461

 

Sialidase

DAS181

The sialic acid glycans of virus receptor

Phase 3 & NCT03808922

463

  1. GlcNAc N-acetylglucosamine, Gal galactose, FDG Fab-dimerized glycan, Man mannose, Asn asparagine, Ser derine, Thr threonine, FRIL Flt3 Receptor Interacting Lectin, UV-4 a monocyclic derivative of DNJ.