The mechanism and effects of remdesivir‐induced developmental toxicity in zebrafish: Blood flow dysfunction and behavioral alterations

Li, Jitong; Zhang, Yaodong; Song, X X; Li, Ruijing; Yang, Wenli; Tian, Ming; Zhang, Shufeng; Cao, Guanghui; Song, Lulu; Chen, Yuming; Liu, Cui-Hua

doi:10.1002/jat.4336

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Identification of side effects of COVID-19 drug candidates on embryogenesis using an integrated zebrafish screening platform

Ernst,

Piragyte,

et al. 2023

Sci Rep

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Drug repurposing is an important strategy in COVID-19 treatment, but many clinically approved compounds have not been extensively studied in the context of embryogenesis, thus limiting their administration during pregnancy. Here we used the zebrafish embryo model organism to test the effects of 162 marketed drugs on cardiovascular development. Among the compounds used in the clinic for COVD-19 treatment, we found that Remdesivir led to reduced body size and heart functionality at clinically relevant doses. Ritonavir and Baricitinib showed reduced heart functionality and Molnupiravir and Baricitinib showed effects on embryo activity. Sabizabulin was highly toxic at concentrations only 5 times higher than Cmax and led to a mean mortality of 20% at Cmax. Furthermore, we tested if zebrafish could be used as a model to study inflammatory response in response to spike protein treatment and found that Remdesivir, Ritonavir, Molnupiravir, Baricitinib as well as Sabizabulin counteracted the inflammatory response related gene expression upon SARS-CoV-2 spike protein treatment. Our results show that the zebrafish allows to study immune-modulating properties of COVID-19 compounds and highlights the need to rule out secondary defects of compound treatment on embryogenesis. All results are available on a user friendly web-interface https://share.streamlit.io/alernst/covasc_dataapp/main/CoVasc_DataApp.py that provides a comprehensive overview of all observed phenotypic effects and allows personalized search on specific compounds or group of compounds. Furthermore, the presented platform can be expanded for rapid detection of developmental side effects of new compounds for treatment of COVID-19 and further viral infectious diseases.

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Identification of side effects of COVID-19 drug candidates on embryogenesis using an integrated zebrafish screening platform

Ernst,

Piragyte,

et al. 2023

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Identification of side effects of COVID-19 drug candidates on embryogenesis using an integrated zebrafish screening platform

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Piragyte,

Ayisha Marwa

et al. 2023

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Drug repurposing is an important strategy in COVID-19 treatment, but many clinically approved compounds have not been extensively studied in the context of embryogenesis, thus limiting their administration during pregnancy. Here we used the zebrafish embryo model organism to test the effects of 162 marketed drugs on cardiovascular development. Among the compounds used in the clinic for COVD-19 treatment, we found that Remdesivir led to reduced body size and heart functionality at clinically relevant doses. Ritonavir and Baricitinib showed reduced heart functionality and Molnupiravir and Baricitinib showed effects on embryo activity. Sabizabulin was highly toxic at concentrations only 5 times higher than Cmax and led to a mean mortality of 20% at Cmax. Furthermore, we tested if zebrafish could be used as a model to study inflammatory response in response to spike protein treatment and found that Remdesivir, Ritonavir, Molnupiravir, Baricitinib as well as Sabizabulin counteracted the inflammatory response related gene expression upon SARS-CoV-2 spike protein treatment. Our results show that the zebrafish allows to study immune-modulating properties of COVID-19 compounds and highlights the need to rule out secondary defects of compound treatment on embryogenesis. All results are available on a user friendly web-interface https://share.streamlit.io/alernst/covasc_dataapp/main/Co asc_DataApp.py that provides a comprehensive overview of all observed phenotypic effects and allows personalized search on specific compounds or group of compounds. Furthermore, the presented platform can be expanded for rapid detection of developmental side effects of new compounds for treatment of COVID-19 and further viral infectious diseases.

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The mechanism and effects of remdesivir‐induced developmental toxicity in zebrafish: Blood flow dysfunction and behavioral alterations

Cited by 2 publications

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Identification of side effects of COVID-19 drug candidates on embryogenesis using an integrated zebrafish screening platform

Identification of side effects of COVID-19 drug candidates on embryogenesis using an integrated zebrafish screening platform

Identification of side effects of COVID-19 drug candidates on embryogenesis using an integrated zebrafish screening platform

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