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Study on Inhibitory Pharmacological Activity of Psoralen against SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease and RNA Polymerase
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Pengfei HAN1, Yanlei SU2, Dianxing SUN2, Jing ZHANG3, Qian LIU4
Chinese Archives of Traditional Chinese Medicine | 2026, 44(7) : 65 - 67
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Chinese Archives of Traditional Chinese Medicine | 2026, 44(7): 65-67
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Study on Inhibitory Pharmacological Activity of Psoralen against SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease and RNA Polymerase
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Pengfei HAN1, Yanlei SU2, Dianxing SUN2, Jing ZHANG3, Qian LIU4
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  • 1.Hebei Eye Hospital, Xingtai 054001, Hebei, China
  • 2.The 980th Hospital of the Joint Logistics Support Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Shijiazhuang 050082, Hebei, China
  • 3.Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
  • 4.Youfu Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050051, Hebei, China
Published: 2026-07-10 doi: 10.13193/j.issn.1673-7717.2026.07.013
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Objective

To explore the inhibitory activity of psoralen against SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) and RNA polymerase (RdRp).

Methods

Crystal structures of Mpro and RdRp were obtained. Molecular docking technology was employed to study the interaction mode of psoralen with the active sites of both enzymes. The inhibitory activity of psoralen against Mpro was tested using an in vitro fluorescence polarization model, while the inhibitory activity against RdRp was tested using a cell-level SARS-CoV-2 RNA polymerase catalytic reaction system.

Results

Psoralen could enter the active sites of Mpro and RdRp and interact with surrounding amino acids, with the binding process releasing free energy of-5.8 kcal/mol and-7.8 kcal/mol, respectively. In the Mpro fluorescence polarization model test, psoralen showed no inhibitory activity against the target enzyme at concentrations of 50, 100 and 200 μmol/L. In the RdRp inhibition test, psoralen showed inhibition rates of 7.36%±4.26%, 16.82%±6.04% and 46.07%±9.01% at concentrations of 10, 25 and 50 μmol/L, respectively.

Conclusion

The small molecule psoralen has no inhibitory activity against Mpro, but has certain inhibitory activity against RdRp.

SARS-CoV-2  /  main protease  /  RNA polymerase  /  psoralen  /  molecular docking  /  activity test
韩鹏飞, 苏彦雷, 孙殿兴, 张晶, 刘倩. 补骨脂素对新型冠状病毒主蛋白酶及RNA聚合酶抑制药理活性的研究. 中华中医药学刊, 2026 , 44 (7) : 65 -67 . DOI: 10.13193/j.issn.1673-7717.2026.07.013
Pengfei HAN, Yanlei SU, Dianxing SUN, Jing ZHANG, Qian LIU. Study on Inhibitory Pharmacological Activity of Psoralen against SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease and RNA Polymerase[J]. Chinese Archives of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2026 , 44 (7) : 65 -67 . DOI: 10.13193/j.issn.1673-7717.2026.07.013
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doi: 10.13193/j.issn.1673-7717.2026.07.013
  • Online Date：2026-10-20
  • Published：2026-07-10
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    1.Hebei Eye Hospital, Xingtai 054001, Hebei, China
    2.The 980th Hospital of the Joint Logistics Support Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Shijiazhuang 050082, Hebei, China
    3.Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
    4.Youfu Hospital of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050051, Hebei, China
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