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Серия медицинских наук</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Medical series</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">1814-6023</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2524-2350</issn><publisher><publisher-name>The Republican Unitary Enterprise Publishing House "Belaruskaya Navuka"</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.29235/1814-6023-2024-21-2-104-115</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">vestim-963</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>КЛИНИЧЕСКАЯ И ЭКСПЕРИМЕНТАЛЬНАЯ МЕДИЦИНА</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Новый подход к разработке вакцины от кариеса зубов</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>A new approach in the development of a dental caries vaccine</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Рубникович</surname><given-names>С. П.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Rubnikovich</surname><given-names>S. P.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Рубникович Сергей Петрович – член-корреспондент, д-р мед. наук, профессор, ректор</p><p>пр. Дзержинского, 83, 220116, г. Минск</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Sergeу P. Rubnikovich – Corresponding Member, D. Sc. (Med.), Professor, Rector</p><p>83, Dzerzhinski Ave., 220116, Minsk</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">rubnikovich@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Побойнев</surname><given-names>В. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Poboinev</surname><given-names>V. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Побойнев Виктор Витольдович – ст. преподаватель</p><p>пр. Дзержинского, 83, 220116, г. Минск</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Victor V. Poboinev – Senior Lecturer</p><p>83, Dzerzhinski Ave., 220116, Minsk</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">dremozzew@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Хрусталёв</surname><given-names>В. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Khrustalev</surname><given-names>V. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Хрусталёв Владислав Викторович – д-р биол. наук, доцент, заведующий кафедрой</p><p>пр. Дзержинского, 83, 220116, г. Минск</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Vladislav V. Khrustalev – D. Sc. (Biol.), Associate Professor, Head of the Department</p><p>83, Dzerzhinski Ave., 220116, Minsk</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">vvkhrustalev@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Белорусский государственный медицинский университет</institution></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Belarusian State Medical University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Побойнев Виктор Витольдович – ст. преподаватель</institution></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Belarusian State Medical University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>27</day><month>05</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>21</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>104</fpage><lpage>115</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Рубникович С.П., Побойнев В.В., Хрусталёв В.В., 2024</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Рубникович С.П., Побойнев В.В., Хрусталёв В.В.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Rubnikovich S.P., Poboinev V.V., Khrustalev V.V.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vestimed.belnauka.by/jour/article/view/963">https://vestimed.belnauka.by/jour/article/view/963</self-uri><abstract><p>Геномы бактерий Streptococcus mutans и Streptococcus sobrinus, вызывающих кариес зубов, в настоящее время полностью секвенированы. В то же время пространственные структуры полноразмерных поверхностных белков данных микроорганизмов, с помощью которых они прикрепляются к поверхности зубов, покрытых слюной, до сих пор инструментально не определены. Имеется ряд экспериментальных работ по использованию этих белков в процессе разработки вакцины от кариеса, однако коммерчески доступной вакцины от кариеса на данный момент нет. Для разработки эффективной и безопасной вакцины от кариеса необходимо провести целый ряд экспериментов in silico, предшествующих экспериментам in vitro, а тем более in vivo. Сегодня такой подход не только является общепризнанным, но и позволяет существенно снизить стоимость экспериментов и продолжительность времени на доклиническом и клиническом этапах.</p><p>Цель исследования – отбор антигена для последующего молекулярного моделирования уникального пептида для разработки вакцины от кариеса зубов.</p><p>По нашей гипотезе, в качестве антигена для разработки вакцины от кариеса необходимо использовать короткий фрагмент поверхностного белка (пептид) Streptococcus mutans и/или Streptococcus sobrinus, гомологичность которых по аминокислотной последовательности составляет 84,8 %. При этом пространственная структура этого пептида должна соответствовать пространственной структуре соответствующего фрагмента в полноразмерном белке. Кроме того, отобранный фрагмент белка, который войдет в состав вакцинного пептида, должен быть доступен антителам, т. е. располагаться на поверхности белка и определяться как B-клеточный линейный и пространственный эпитоп. Вакцинный пептид может состоять из наиболее стабильных фрагментов богатых аланином и пролином областей поверхностного белка Streptococcus mutans и/или Streptococcus sobrinus для взаимной стабилизации пространственной структуры.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The genomes of the bacteria Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus, which cause dental caries, currently have been fully sequenced. However, the secondary and tertiary structures of the full-size surface proteins of these microorganisms, by which they attach to the surface of teeth covered with saliva, have not been instrumentally determined at the moment. There are a number of experimental studies on the use of these proteins in the process of developing a dental caries vaccine. However, there is currently no commercially available dental caries vaccine.</p><p>The aim of the study was to choose an antigen for subsequent molecular modeling of a unique peptide for the development of a dental caries vaccine.</p><p>To develop an effective and safe dental caries vaccine, it is necessary to perform a number of experiments in silico, preceding experiments in vitro and in vivo. Today, this approach is not only generally recognized, but also allows to significantly reduce the cost of experiments and time at the preclinical and clinical studies. According to our hypothesis, as an antigen for the development of a dental caries vaccine, it is necessary to use a short fragment of the surface protein (a peptide) of Streptococcus mutans and/or Streptococcus sobrinus, whose homology in amino acid sequence is 84.8  %, the spatial structure of which should correspond to the spatial structure of the corresponding fragment in a full-sized protein. In addition, the selected protein fragment, which will be part of the vaccine peptide, must be available to antibodies, i. e. located on the surface of the protein and defined as a B-cell linear and spatial epitope. Also, according to our hypothesis, the vaccine peptide may consist of the most stable fragments of alanine and proline rich regions of the surface protein of Streptococcus mutans and/or Streptococcus sobrinus for mutual stabilization of the spatial structure.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>кариес зубов</kwd><kwd>адгезин AgI/II</kwd><kwd>антиген</kwd><kwd>вакцинный пептид</kwd><kwd>Streptococcus mutans</kwd><kwd>Streptococcus sobrinus</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>dental caries</kwd><kwd>adhesin AgI/II</kwd><kwd>antigen</kwd><kwd>vaccine peptide</kwd><kwd>Streptococcus mutans</kwd><kwd>Streptococcus sobrinus</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Стоматология: сб. клин. протоколов: в 2 ч. / М-во здравоохранения Респ. Беларусь; под общ. ред. С. П. 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