Circadian Rhythms in the light of COVID-19: Formulating optimal time-of-day regimens for antiviral drugs using human 3D models and in silico modelling
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Musculoskeletal & Ageing Science
Abstract
A number of antiviral, immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory drugs are being repurposed for COVID-19. Clinical trials worldwide are testing their use as a treatment and/or prophylactic. At present, no clinically available antiviral drugs have been established for SARS-CoV-2. We have recently prioritized promising drug candidates for COVID-19 based on in vivo pharmacokinetic drug modelling in target tissues. Moreover, a number of new animal models are being tested in SARS CoV-2 infections studies in combination with promising drug candidates. Human immune defence, inflammatory responses as well as efficacy of therapeutics and vaccines follow robust daily circadian rhythms, but their role in SARS-CoV-2 infection has yet to be studied. Moreover, recent systems-level studies have defined many host factors and physiological pathways as potential therapeutic targets, many of them which are under the circadian control. To devise therapeutic strategies to counteract SARS CoV-2 infection and the associated COVID-19 pathology, it is crucial to understand how SARS COV-2 affects the host circadian rhythms during infection, and to apply this knowledge towards improved repurposing of existing drugs and development of new drugs and drug formulations.
Our interdisciplinary study aims to determine optimal time-of-day regimens for currently repurposed antiviral COVID-19 drugs and develop in silico mathematical models for their time-of-day use in vivo. This will provide time-of-day information on when such drugs exert most potent effects (on viral load and/or viral-induced inflammation) without perturbing circadian clock timing (least toxic). Disruption of circadian timing has serious consequences on many physiological processes especially given its essential role in drug metabolism and recovery from bacterial/viral infections with emerging relevance to SARS-CoV-2. This inter-disciplinary project will lead to novel understanding of how SARS-2 viral infection impacts human circadian rhythms and clock-controlled inflammatory pathways. This project will utilise cutting-edge molecular and biochemical techniques (gene/protein expression, 'omic' profiling, real-time bioluminescence imaging) to analyse cellular and organ-level circadian rhythms upon SARS CoV-2 infection using susceptible human cell types and experimental animal models as well as combined in vitro/in vivo pharmacokinetic drug modelling to project optimal times-of-administration of antiviral drugs in a human setting. This new knowledge will provide new insights on time-of-day dosing profiles of current repurposed COVID-19 drugs, which will have help guide ongoing/future clinical trials to obtain improved clinical outcomes and in vivo experimental studies. This study will also uncover novel drug targets at the interface between circadian control and SARS CoV-2 viral infection to aid development of improved drug formulations thus moving towards precision medicine based on chronotherapy for COVID-19.
Our interdisciplinary study aims to determine optimal time-of-day regimens for currently repurposed antiviral COVID-19 drugs and develop in silico mathematical models for their time-of-day use in vivo. This will provide time-of-day information on when such drugs exert most potent effects (on viral load and/or viral-induced inflammation) without perturbing circadian clock timing (least toxic). Disruption of circadian timing has serious consequences on many physiological processes especially given its essential role in drug metabolism and recovery from bacterial/viral infections with emerging relevance to SARS-CoV-2. This inter-disciplinary project will lead to novel understanding of how SARS-2 viral infection impacts human circadian rhythms and clock-controlled inflammatory pathways. This project will utilise cutting-edge molecular and biochemical techniques (gene/protein expression, 'omic' profiling, real-time bioluminescence imaging) to analyse cellular and organ-level circadian rhythms upon SARS CoV-2 infection using susceptible human cell types and experimental animal models as well as combined in vitro/in vivo pharmacokinetic drug modelling to project optimal times-of-administration of antiviral drugs in a human setting. This new knowledge will provide new insights on time-of-day dosing profiles of current repurposed COVID-19 drugs, which will have help guide ongoing/future clinical trials to obtain improved clinical outcomes and in vivo experimental studies. This study will also uncover novel drug targets at the interface between circadian control and SARS CoV-2 viral infection to aid development of improved drug formulations thus moving towards precision medicine based on chronotherapy for COVID-19.
Organisations
- University of Liverpool (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Ferrara (Collaboration)
- University of Glasgow (Collaboration)
- University of Manchester (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (Collaboration)
- DURHAM UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- University of Belgrade (Collaboration)
- Newcastle University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL (Collaboration)
Publications
Giannos P
(2023)
Shorter sleep duration is associated with greater visceral fat mass in US adults: Findings from NHANES, 2011-2014.
in Sleep medicine
Pekovic-Vaughan V
(2023)
Antioxidant transcription factor NRF2 regulates skeletal muscle homeostasis through a circadian mechanism that is disrupted with ageing
in Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Sutton E
(2021)
NRF2/KEAP1 pathway is required to fine-tune circadian oscillations as part of the negative feedback loop of the molecular clock: implications for tissue homeostasis and therapeutic interventions
in Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Sutton E
(2021)
A novel role for an antioxidant transcription factor Nrf2 as a transcriptional repressor of the circadian molecular clock
in Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Zakic T
(2023)
Redox and metabolic reprogramming in breast cancer and cancer-associated adipose tissue
in FEBS Letters
Zakic T
(2023)
The discrepancy between morphological and functional activation of brown adipose tissue in the absence of functional Nrf2
in Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Zakic T
(2022)
Structural and redox-metabolic remodelling of brown adipose tissue in mice lacking nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 under basal conditions and cold acclimation
in Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Zakic T
(2023)
Redox-metabolic reprogramming of skin in mice lacking functional Nrf2 under basal conditions and cold acclimation.
in BioFactors (Oxford, England)
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| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
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| Provided To Others? | Yes |
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| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
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| Title | mathematical clock models |
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| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
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| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We share expertise, resources and data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We share expertise, resources and data. |
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| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | CIMA ageing network |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We share expertise, resources and data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We share expertise, resources and data. |
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| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | CIMA ageing network |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We share expertise, resources and data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We share expertise, resources and data. |
| Impact | This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration of basic scientists, clinicians and industrial partners. We have published joint publications and obtained joint research funding including industrial pump-priming award as well as an omics profiling award. |
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| Sector | Academic/University |
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| Impact | We are planning manuscripts and grant applications jointly, which are in preparation. |
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| Description | Mathematical clock modelling |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team has provided transgenic animal models, intellectual input and technical expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The collaborating team has provided intellectual input and technical expertise. |
| Impact | This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration involving pharmacology, maths, chronobiology, genetics and physiology. We have several papers and further grant applications in preparation. |
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| Sector | Academic/University |
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| Collaborator Contribution | We have shared resources, data and expertise. It is a multi-disciplinary collaboration involving chemistry, maths, molecular biology, pharmacology, chronobiology. We have obtained industrial pump-priming funding from UKRI and are in the process of applying for a KTP through Innovate UK. |
| Impact | We have shared resources, data and expertise. It is a multi-disciplinary collaboration involving chemistry, maths, molecular biology, pharmacology, chronobiology. We have obtained industrial pump-priming funding from UKRI and are in the process of applying for a KTP through Innovate UK. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
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| Organisation | University of Belgrade |
| Department | First Surgical Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Serbia |
| Country | Serbia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We have shared expertise, resources and data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have shared expertise, resources and data. |
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| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UKRI-funded ECMAge ageing network |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. |
| Impact | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. We are planning to contribute a joint manuscript on the current information in the field of ECMageing. We have already contributed to scientific dissemination activities on several national and international conferences and learned societies. We are a multi-disciplinary team involving chronobiology, maths, systems biology, mechano biology, biochemistry and tissue engineering. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UKRI-funded ECMAge ageing network |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. |
| Impact | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. We are planning to contribute a joint manuscript on the current information in the field of ECMageing. We have already contributed to scientific dissemination activities on several national and international conferences and learned societies. We are a multi-disciplinary team involving chronobiology, maths, systems biology, mechano biology, biochemistry and tissue engineering. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UKRI-funded ECMAge ageing network |
| Organisation | University of Liverpool |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. |
| Impact | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. We are planning to contribute a joint manuscript on the current information in the field of ECMageing. We have already contributed to scientific dissemination activities on several national and international conferences and learned societies. We are a multi-disciplinary team involving chronobiology, maths, systems biology, mechano biology, biochemistry and tissue engineering. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UKRI-funded ECMAge ageing network |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. |
| Impact | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. We are planning to contribute a joint manuscript on the current information in the field of ECMageing. We have already contributed to scientific dissemination activities on several national and international conferences and learned societies. We are a multi-disciplinary team involving chronobiology, maths, systems biology, mechano biology, biochemistry and tissue engineering. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UKRI-funded ECMAge ageing network |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. |
| Impact | We share expertise, data, resources and get involved in outreach events. I am on the network operational group and contribute to regular meeting updates with set agenda, including pump-priming opportunities and training for ECRs. We are planning to contribute a joint manuscript on the current information in the field of ECMageing. We have already contributed to scientific dissemination activities on several national and international conferences and learned societies. We are a multi-disciplinary team involving chronobiology, maths, systems biology, mechano biology, biochemistry and tissue engineering. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | the circadian clock and covid-19 drugs |
| Organisation | University of Liverpool |
| Department | Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team has provided transgenic animal models, intellectual input and technical expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The collaborating team has provided transgenic animals, intellectual input and technical expertise. |
| Impact | We have a joint paper in submission and have submitted a grant application. Three disciplines are involved: pharmacology, biology and mathematics. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | the circadian in silico modelling |
| Organisation | University of Liverpool |
| Department | School of Engineering |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team has provided transgenic animal models, intellectual input and technical expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The collaborating team has provided intellectual input and technical expertise. |
| Impact | We have three papers in submission. We have applied for joint grant applications and some have been successfully awarded. This is a multidisciplinary collaboration between biology, maths and chemistry. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Title | Chrono-therapy for smarter use of retinoids |
| Description | Novel synthetic retinoids currently tested in preclinical models using circadian medicine approaches. It is expected that this will inform the clinical trial in 2024 on neuromuscular degeneration as well as clinical studies testing their use in other diseases. |
| Type | Therapeutic Intervention - Drug |
| Current Stage Of Development | Refinement. Non-clinical |
| Year Development Stage Completed | 2022 |
| Development Status | Under active development/distribution |
| Impact | This is a lead Nevrargenics drug for the treatment of neurodegenerative and neuromuscular disorders-it will improve the company's delivery of the product for many people with said disorders. It is also expected to have wider uses in connective tissue diseases. |
| Title | Chrono-therapy for smarter use of retinois |
| Description | novel synthetic retinoids currently tested in preclinical models, to start clinical trials in 2024/2025 |
| Type | Preventative Intervention - Nutrition and Chemoprevention |
| Current Stage Of Development | Refinement. Non-clinical |
| Year Development Stage Completed | 2023 |
| Development Status | Under active development/distribution |
| Impact | this is a lead product for the prevention and potential treatment of various tissue systems including neuromuscular and respiratory-it will improve the company's reach of the product for many people with said disorders |
| Description | Expert panel webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | VPV chaired an expert panel supported by the Biochemical Society-focused webinar entitled ECM/Redox Signalling Axis: From Cancer to Tissue Repair and Smarter Regenerative Therapies. >100 people attended the webinar, which sparked a discussion afterwards. The webinar recording is on the Biochemical Society You Tube channel allowing for wider audience each and further public engagement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB9g_Ke531Q |
| Description | Mechanisms and interventions in ageing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The purpose was to stimulate thinking and improve understanding. I led one of the four round table discussions as part of the UKRI-funded ECM Age network group. The round table discussion was on the mechanisms and interventions in ageing, which stimulated participants to share their insights and experiences and inform further research. This activity will be repeated in 2023. It led to some joint pump-priming research applications with feedback from public and participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meet the Scientist event at the World Museum, Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The purpose was to to stimulate thinking and share information. The event engaged lots of kids, parents and grandparents, measured their grip strength and heart rate in the morning and afternoon, which sparked their interest in body clocks. The outcome was to an invite to repeat the activity at the Museum in 2023. Also, this activity was carried out at a smaller scale in a local school as a follow-up. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meet the Scientist event at the World Museum, Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Engaged lots of kids, parents and grandparents, measured their grip strength and heart rate in the morning and afternoon, which sparked their interest in body clocks. Invited to repeat the activity at the Museum in 2024. Also, this activity was carried out at a smaller scale in a local school as a follow-up. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Network Press Release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release on the new network BBSRC/MRC funded grant to tackle ageing. The project grant focuses on interdisciplionary approaches to tackle ageing of extracellular matrix, which is an important structure involved in cellular physiology of many tissues from pulmonary, cutaneous to musculoskeletal systems. Its implications in ageing populations, age-related conditions and Covid-related pathophysiology will also be covered. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/news/articles/liverpool-to-lead-on-new-research-network-to-tack... |
| Description | Patient group workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | presented a talk on sleep quality to a patient group as part of a workshop on lifestyle interventions; this led to patient interest in the research carried out, discussion on patient experiences and the impact of medication and/or condition on sleep quality; we then formulated important research questions for further research. Patients were distributed information and resources on how to improve their sleep quality, which is a significant contributor to overall health. A follow-up workshop activity is planned in 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Utilising chronobiology in assessing sleep quality in chronic disease |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | The purpose was to share information and inform decision making. I presented a talk on sleep quality to a patient group as part of a workshop on lifestyle interventions in chronic disease; this led to patient interest in the research carried out, discussion on patient experiences and the impact of medication and/or condition on sleep quality; we then formulated important research questions for further research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |