Department of Virus Reproduction - ІМВ НАН України 🇺🇦

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Zahorodnia Svitlana Dmytrivna

Head of the department,Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior researcher

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0892-772X

Scopus Author ID: 57428096900

ResearcherID: AAV-5804-2020

s.zagorodnya@imv.org.ua

Skype: svetazagorodnya

Areas of research

  • Studying patterns and molecular mechanisms of virus-cell interaction on the model of human adenoviruses, influenza A virus, Epstein-Barr virus, herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, vesicular stomatitis virus;
  • Development of a strategy for studying the antiviral activity of substances of various nature in in vitro and in vivo systems; conducting preclinical studies;
  • Identification of new substances and materials with potential antiviral properties, establishment of the targets of their action, structural and functional analysis followed by adjustment of the synthesis direction to create highly effective antiviral agents;
  • Development of biotechnological aspects of the creation of specific immunobiological preparations of targeted action and diagnostic tools;
  • Determination of antiviral activity of compounds in vitro and probable targets of action by in silico methods (molecular dynamics simulation and molecular docking).

Key words: human adenoviruses, influenza A virus, Epstein-Barr virus, herpes simplex viruses type 1 and 2, vesicular stomatitis virus, antiviral properties, targets and mechanisms of action, directed synthesis for the creation of antiviral agents, strategy for the study of antiviral activity of substances of various nature, preclinical research, biotechnological aspects of creating targeted immunobiological drugs, diagnostic tools, methods of in silico prediction, molecular dynamics simulation

History of the department

Research on human and animal viruses at the D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine began in 1963 in the Department of biophysics of viruses under the leadership of Doctor of Biological Sciences Kishko Yaroslav Hryhorovych.

In 1974, the Department of biophysics of viruses was reorganized into the Laboratory of animal viruses, which in 1978 was renamed as the Department of molecular biology of viruses under the leadership of Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Biological Sciences Dyachenko Natalia Sergiivna.

In 2004, the department was renamed as the Laboratory of virus reproduction, the head of which until 2014 was Candidate of Biological Sciences Nesterova Nadiya Vitalyivna.

In 2015, the laboratory was reorganized into the Department of virus reproduction under the leadership of Candidate of Biological Sciences Zahorodnia Svitlana Dmytrivna.

The main directions of research in the department from 1977 to 2024

Complex structural and functional study of adenovirus capsid proteins (hexon, fiber). Studies of the physico-chemical properties of human adenovirus type 1 proteins were conducted and new fundamental knowledge was obtained about the features of the localization of adenovirus proteins in an infected cell, several new antigenic determinants of the hexon and fiber of human adenovirus type 1 were discovered, their different nature was revealed (conformational or linear) as well as the orientation, which depends on the spatial organization of proteins, the localization of some epitopes was determined using chemically synthesized antigenically active peptides imitating them.

The Department of molecular biology of viruses in the 70s-80s
  • Significant regularities of the structural and functional organization of the hexon of adenoviruses were revealed on the basis of a comparative analysis of antigenic specificity and the primary structure of proteins of different adenoviruses taxonomically distant from each other. The concept of immunoinactivation (neutralization of infectivity) of adenoviruses was developed and a mathematical model of this process was created for the first time, which determines the contribution of antibodies to several antigenic determinants of hexon and fiber, as well as interferon and complement.
  • Within the framework of the INTAS 94-292 grant, work on the synthesis and processing of viral polypeptides of adenovirus 4 and 4a was carried out. Mapping of the antigenic determinants of the adenovirus hexon and fiber was done. The molecular characteristics of cellular receptors were determined using fragments of the fiber and hexon genes.
  • Study of features of adenovirus genome expression during productive infection in various cellular systems, as well as under the influence of macromolecule synthesis inhibitors and substances with antiviral activity promising for chemotherapy. Directed search and research of the mechanisms of action of anti-adenoviral substances in the department was started in 1979 together with Dr. Chernetsky V.P. and his students Alekseyeva I.V. and Shalamay A.S. (Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). The influence on the reproduction of human adenoviruses of the original structural analogue of cytidine (2-β-D-ribofuranosyl-5-amino-1,2,4-triazine-3(2H)-OH) – 6-azacytidine, was investigated in the most detailed manner. Due to its low cytotoxicity and high anti-adenoviral effect, the drug is patented as an antiviral. It has been established that its antiviral activity is associated with inhibition of the synthesis of viral DNA and proteins. A number of 6-azacytidine derivatives were studied and compounds with lower toxicity and better solubility were identified.
  • Anti-adenoviral activity was found in 6-azauridine, a structural analogue of uridine synthesized by Ukrainian chemists. The activity of cytosinarabinoside derivative – cyclocytidine and ribavirin’s structural analogue – ribamidil, synthesized by the corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Latvia Ladakh M.Yu. was also studied. It was shown that ribamidil affects the formation of a functionally complete hexon and the maturation of adenovirus virion.
  • The antiviral activity of proteolysis inhibitors – amben and ε-aminocaproic acid was studied. The target of their action is a violation of the morphogenesis of mature infectious virions, which is caused by a disruption of the processing of the precursor of the internal polypeptide (VII).
  • Within the framework of the grant INTAS 97-31528 together with the employees of the A.V. Bogatsky Odesa Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (V.E. Kuzmin, A.G. Artemenko) the antiviral properties of macrocyclic pyridinophanes were investigated using 3D and 4D QSAR modeling, which allows establishing the relationship between the structure and activity of the substance, as well as to predict the effectiveness of compounds against viruses. With the use of QSAR and simplex representation, active structures were discovered and new analogues were synthesized for which the results of antiviral activity were obtained.
  • From the aqueous extract from Artemia cysts, the employees of the Institute of Southern Seas of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (I.I. Rudneva and V.G. Shaida) were obtained extracts that were patented as an antiviral agent with anti-adenoviral and anti-herpetic activities.
Years 1990-2000
  • The first Ukrainian immunoenzymatic test system for the diagnosis of diseases caused by the Epstein-Barr virus has been developed. The antigen was obtained, its specificity was confirmed, and panels of positive and negative sera were created. The conditions for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were optimized and the specificity, sensitivity, and compliance parameters of the “ІФА-АтВЕБ-стрип” test systems were characterized.
  • Within the framework of the All-State (national) space program of Ukraine for 2003-2007, the influence of conditions of simulated microgravity on human adenovirus and the cell-virus system was studied. The perspective of using adenovirus as a model for studying the influence of microgravity was shown. It was established that the intact human adenovirus is capable of maintaining infectivity for a long time and reproducing in conditions of simulated gravity.
  • Within the framework of grant INTAS 011-2382, the impact of the Epstein-Barr virus on signal transduction processes in malignant B-cells transformed by the virus was investigated. Experimental virus-cell systems were developed, in which the influence of viral proteins on the process of CD-95-mediated apoptosis in the conditions of drug-induced apoptosis was studied. Data were obtained on the different degree of influence of viral infection on the sensitivity of BL-41 and DG-75 cells to etoposide and doxorubicin, which are antitumor agents. This may be caused by different mechanisms of their action, which in one way or another limit the replicative mechanism of EBV.
Years 2004-2014  
  • A model of mixed adeno-herpetic infection was created on a population of suspension lymphoblastoid and monolayer transplantable human and animal cells, and the effect of antiviral drugs in the developed models was investigated. Model systems of co-infected cell cultures were obtained for the first time, the reproduction of viruses in them was proven, and a detailed analysis of the structural and functional virus-cell interaction was carried out. The discovered anomalous effect of antiviral substances in the case of co-infection of cells with two viruses indicates the need to use such methodological techniques in the study of promising antiviral substances. The proposed approach of research of promising antiviral compounds on the model of mixed viral infection can take place when creating new and studying the activity of already existing chemotherapeutic drugs, which may help prevent the development of viral resistance to drugs.
  • Developed and published: educational and methodological manual (Dzyublik I.V., Dyachenko N.S., Rybalko S.D., Shcherbinska A.M., Nosach L.M., Voronenko S.G., Porokhnytskyi V.G. The guide to chemotherapy of viral infections for doctors/ edited by Dzyublik I.V.-K., 2004.-176 p.); methodological recommendations for preclinical studies of the specific antiviral effect of drugs in cell culture on the model of adenoviruses (Shcherbinska A.M., Dyachenko N.S., Rybalko S.L., Nosach L.N., Dyadyun S.T., Vrynchanu N. O. Study of the antiviral effect of potential medicinal products//Methodological recommendations of the Ministry of Health, State Pharmacological Center. – 2000. – 40 p.); methodological recommendations (Nosach L.M., Povnytsia O.Yu. Preclinical study of the specific antiviral effect of drugs in cell culture on the adenovirus model. Methodical recommendations // Herald of Pharmacology and Pharmacy. – 2007, No. 9. – P. 52-64) .
  • Together with BIOPHARMA PLAZMA LLC, the release of specific immunoglobulins against TORCH infections (cytomegalovirus, herpes 1, 2 and 6 types, Epstein-Barr virus and chlamydia) has been established.
From 2018
  • For diagnostic purposes, immunosensors were created for the detection of specific antibodies to the Epstein-Barr virus, adenovirus, and herpes simplex virus in the blood sera of patients using the Plasmon-6 optoelectronic device.
  • The biological activity of newly synthesized fluorinated compounds of nucleoside and nucleotide nature was investigated. Substances based on a chloro-substituted furan (5-membered) ring showed anti-adenoviral activity, the titer of the synthesized de novo virus decreased by >98%. Effective inhibition of HSV-1 reproduction by triazole derivatives was shown in the in vitro and in vivo systems (efficiency index is 100%). Some fluorinated compounds had both polyvalent and monospecific effects against human adenoviruses and herpesviruses and can be prototypes for the creation of new etiotropic drugs.
  • The effect of composite drugs, which combine the properties of biologically active materials and nanoparticles (compound G29 – fluorinated 1,2,3-triazine and TiO2 nanoparticles; official drugs Ganciclovir and Neoflazid) was investigated. When using composites, an increase in the antiviral effect was found at low concentrations of drugs.
  • The cytotoxic, virucidal and antiviral effects of nanoparticles of zinc, titanium, cerium and lanthanum oxides were investigated. Their insignificant cytotoxic effect, high virulicidal effect and photoactivation abilities are shown.
  • Using an iterative de novo approach, a molecule with significant affinity to four SARS-CoV-2 variants – Wuhan, Omicron, Delta and Cluster 5 was designed (specifically to their receptor-binding domain of S-glycoprotein, in particular to the site that directly involved in the recognition of human ACE2). The developed molecule has a high potential to be an effective drug against SARS-CoV-2. Further studies are planned to be conducted in vitro and in vivo.

The main areas of research of the department in 2024

  • The study of optimal schemes for the use of various chemical, natural substances (classes of compounds) and physical (UV irradiation, ozonation) methods of influencing the reproduction of the influenza A virus, adeno- and herpesviruses. Prospects for their combined use.
  • Determination of antiviral activity of compounds and probable targets of their action by in silico methods (molecular dynamics sumulation and molecular docking).
Practical experience and cooperation services
  Virological studies– purification and identification of viruses; – cultivation of viruses; – titration of viruses (CPE, plaque formation, MTT); – neutralization of the virus by specific antibodies; – in vitro study of antiviral activity of substances of different origins against human adenoviruses of different serotypes, herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, Epstein-Barr virus, influenza A virus, vesicular stomatitis virus; – in vivo research on rodents; – fractionation of cellular components and concentration of viruses (differential and high-speed centrifugation), membrane purification of virus-containing material; – virtual screening and in silico development of low molecular weight antiviral agents; – iterative development of high-molecular DNA-intercalating structures; – determination of the mechanism of action of antiviral compounds by in silico methods.
  Work with cell culturesExperience in cultivating human and animal cells of various origins: Human T-cells: CEM – T-leukocytes from a child with acute lymphatic leukemia, Jurkat – T-leukocytes from a child with acute leukemia, MT-4 – human T-lymphoblastic leukemia;B cells: BJAB – EBV-negative lymphoma cells; Raji – EBV-positive Burkitt’s lymphoma cells; MP-1 – B-lymphoid cell line transformed by EBV; Namalwa – Burkitt’s lymphoma cells; B95-8 – leukocytes of marmoset monkeys chronically producing EBV; P3HR1 – EBV-containing cells of human Burkitt’s lymphoma;Epithelial cell lines: Her-2 – human laryngeal carcinoma cells; A-549 – human lung carcinoma cells; MDBK – Madin Darby bovine kidney cells; MDCK – Madin Darby canine ​​kidney cells; HeLa – human cervical carcinoma cells; RK-13 ​​- rabbit kidney cell culture; Vero – green monkey kidney cells, BHK-21 (С-13) – Syrian hamster kidney cells; Wish – human amnion cells; LLC1 – mouse Lewis lung carcinoma cells.
Immuno-diagnosis– Immunoprecipitation; – ELISA analysis; – Flow cytometry; – Immunofluorescence.
Molecular biology– DNA extraction; – PCR analysis; – purification of viral proteins; – electrophoresis of proteins and nucleic acids; – Western-Blot/ Northern-Blot.
Current projects
  • 2020-2024 Scientific research project of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. №0115U004127 “Regularities of influence of chemical, natural and physical virus-inactivators on biological processes in the virus-cell system”.
  • 2023-2024 Scientific research project “Study of the antiviral activity of synthesized compounds in vitro and in vivo against influenza virus, adenovirus and SARS-CoV-2 model systems” within the framework of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine project “Prediction of bioactivity and creation of modern approaches to the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds for the needs of the pharmaceutical industry”, (the program “Support of state-priority scientific research and technical (experimental) developments”).
  • 2023-2025 NATO International Project, SPS MYP G6085 “Establishment of a Strategy for the Assessment and Restoration of War-Damaged Aquatic Ecosystems”             
Conferences
  • IX International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Mons-UMONS, November 1-30, 2023 Belgium;
  • X International Conference „Bioresources and Viruses“ September 11-13, 2023, Kyiv, Ukraine;
  • 8th International Materials Science Conference HighMatTech-2023
    October 2-6, 2023 Kyiv, Ukraine;
  • Ukrainian Conference with International Participation “Chemistry, Physics and Technology of surface” October 11-12, 2023 Kyiv Ukraine:
  • The International Scientific and Practical Conference “Modern aspects of microbiology, virology, and biotechnology in wartime and post-war period” November 15-16, 2023 Kyiv, Ukraine;
  • International research and practice conference “Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials” August 25-27, 2022, Lviv, Ukraine;
  • 50th International School and Conference on the physics of semiconductors “Jaszowiec 2022” June 4-10, 2022 Szczyrk, Poland;
  • 2nd International Research and Practice Conference «Nanoobjects & Nanostructuring» (N&N-2022). September 26-28, 2022 Lviv, Ukraine;
  • Ukrainian Conference «Chemistry, physics and technology of surface». October 19-20, 2022 Kyiv, Ukraine;
  • The 26th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry. November 15-30, 2022, Basel, Switzerland;
  • VII International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry. University of Mons-UMONS, November 1-30, 2021 Belgium;
  • 7th International  Materials Science Conference HighMatTech-2021, Kyiv, Ukraine;
  • Conference “Safety and regulation of the engineering nanomaterials”, University LUSOFONA, 2020, Lisbon;
  • International Conference on Antiviral Research (ICAR), May 12-15 2019 Baltimore, Maryland, USA;
  • 5th International Electronic Conference of Medical Chemistry 1-30 November 2019, Belgium;
  • Іnternational biological, agricultural & life science congress November 7-8, 2019, Lviv, Ukraine;
  • IX International Conference “Bioresources and viruses”, September 9-11, 2019, Kyiv, Ukraine;
  • 3rd International Conference “SmartBio”, 2-4 May 2019, Kaunas, Lithuania;
  • Ukrainian Conference with international Participation “Chemistry , physics and technology of surface” and Workshop “Metal-based biocompatible nanoparticles: synthes and applications”, Kyiv, 2019, Ukraine;
  • 6th Ukrainian congress for cell biology with international representation, 18-21 June 2019, Yaremche, Ukraine;
  • Young Scientists conference “Youth and modern problems of microbiology and virology” 12014 November 2019, Kyiv, Ukraine;
  • З’їзди товариства мікробіологів України 2000-2019 рр., Україна;
Publications

2024

  1. Yavorovsky O.P., Riabovol V.M., Zinchenko T.O., Zahornyi M.M., Ragulya A.V., Tyschenko N.I., Povnitsa O.Yu., Artiukh L.O., Zahorodnia S.D., Ostapiv D.D. Comparative toxicological-hygienic assessment, structural-morphological, physicochemical characteristics, and virucidal properties of new nanopowder materials TiO2 and TiO2@Ag. Medicni perspektivi. 2024; 29(1):180-192.https://doi.org/10.26641/2307-0404.2024.1.301212   
  2. Zaremba, P., Zaremba, A., Siry, S., Zahorodnia, S. (2024). Antiviral Activity of Low-Molecular-Weight Fluorinated Compounds Against Influenza A (H1N1) Virus. Mikrobiolohichnyi Zhurnal, 86(2), 51-64. https://doi.org/10.15407/microbiolj86.02.051
  3. Rybalchenko, N., Hnatiuk Т., Artiukh, L., Naumenko К., Zaremba, P., Demchenko, V., Kokhtych, L., Iurzhenko, M., Rybalchenko, T., Оvsankina V., Dolgoshey, V., Sytnyk, I., & Marynin, A. (2024). Antimicrobial and Antiviral Activity of Nanocomposites Based on Polyelectrolyte Complexes with Silver Nanoparticles. Mikrobiolohichnyi Zhurnal, 86(2), 36-50. https://doi.org/10.15407/microbiolj86.02.036
  4. Tkachuk, N., & Zelena, L. (2024). Microbiological indicators of the biofilms microparticles of quartz sand and polypropylene after short-term exposure in soil. Biofouling, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2024.2406340
  5. Balko, O. B., Zelena, L. B., Balko, O. I., Bobyr, N. A., Voitsekhovsky, V. G., & Avdeeva, L. V. (2024). Phenotypic and Genotypic Criteria for the Screening of Highly Active S-Type Pyocins Pseudomonas aeruginosa Producers. Mikrobiolohichnyi Zhurnal, 86(1), 39-50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/microbiolj86.01.039
  6. Pidkurhanna, O.H., Zelena, L.B. & Shulha, S.M. Creation of Heme and Hemoglobin Producers Based on Microorganisms. Cytol. Genet. 58, 300–311 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3103/S009545272404008X
  7. Tkachuk, N.; Zelena, L. Mechanisms of Biodeterioration of Structural Materials by Streptomyces spp.: A Review. Eng. Proc. 2024, 67, 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2024067012
  8. Демченко, В. Л., Загородня, С. Д., Рибальченко, Н. П., Артюх, Л. О., Заремба, П. Ю., Юрженко, М. В., Ситник, І. О., Овсянкіна, В. О., Неймаш, В. Б. (2024). Полімерні гелеві матеріали на основі полівінілового спирту і наночастинок срібла. [Polymer gel materials based on polyvinyl alcohol and silver nanoparticles]. Вісник НТУУ “КПІ імені Ігоря Сікорського”. Серія: Хімічна інженерія, екологія та ресурсозбереження, (3), 83–92.https://doi.org/10.20535/2617-9741.3.2024.312424

2023

  1. Zaremba A, Zaremba P, Zahorodnia S. De novo designed inhibitor has high affinity to four variants of the RBD of S-glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 – an in silico study. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 2023; 41 (19), 9389-9397. https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2022.2141886 
  2. Naumenko K, Zahorodnia S, Pop CV, Rizun N. Antiviral activity of silver nanoparticles against the influenza A virus. Journal of Virus Eradication. 2023; 9(2),100330.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jve.2023.100330
  3. Povnitsa OY, Zahorodnia SD, Artiukh LO, Zahornyi MM, Ievtushenko AI. Photodynamic Treatment of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles is a Convenient Method of Adenoviral Inactivation. Microbiological journal. 2023; 85(3): 61—69. https://doi.org/10.15407/microbiolj85.03.061  
  4. Zaremba P, Zaremba A, Naumenko K, Yelipashev M, Zahorodnia S. In vitro and in silico studies of the antiviral activity of polyhydrated fullerenes against influenza A (H1N1) virus. Sci Rep. 2023;13: 10879. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38128-3
  5. Karpyna V, Myroniuk L, Myroniuk D, Bugaiova M, Petrosian L, Bykov O, Olifan O,  Strelchuk V, Kolomys O, Romanyuk V, Naumenko K, Artiukh L, Povnitsa O, Zahorodnia S, Ievtushenko A. Photocatalysis and optical properties of ZnO nanostructures grown on Si, Au/Si and Ag/Si wafers by the MOCVD method. Chemistry, physics and surface technology. 2023;14(1): 83-92. https://doi.org/10.15407/hftp14.01.083
  6. Zaremba AA, Zaremba PY, Zahorodnia SD. In silico study of HASDI (high-affinity selective DNA intercalator) as a new agent capable of highly selective recognition of the DNA sequence. Sci Rep2023;13: 5395. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32595-4                                                         
  7. Zahornyi MM, Lavrynenko OM, Pavlenko OYu, Povnitsa OYu, Artiukh LO, Naumenko KS, Zahorodnia SD, Ievtushenko AI.The antiviral activity of cerium and lanthanum nanooxides modified with silver. Chemistry, physics and surface technology. 2023; 14(2): 262-272. https://doi.org/10.15407/hftp14.02.262
  8. Iatsenko A, Sych O, Synytsia A, Zaremba P,  Zahorodnia S, Nikolenko A, Tomila T, Bykov O. Structure and properties of biogenic hydroxyapatite bioceramics modified by graphene-like structures. Appl Nanosci 2023; 13: 7477–7483. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-023-02927-x
  9. Chumakov V,  Ostryzhnyi M,  Kharchenko O,  Naumenko K,  Zagorodnya S, Muraveinyk V,  Tarasevich A. Antiviral Efficiency of Pulse UV Sterilization. Research Advances in Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023;  6: 128-141. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/ramb/v6/5542C
  10. Ievtushenko A, Dzhagan V, Khyzhun O, Baibara O, Bykov O, Zahornyi M, Yukhymchuk V, Valakh M, Zahn DRT, Naumenko K Zaremba, P, Zagorodnya S. The effect of Ag doping on the structure, optical, and electronic properties of ZnO nanostructures deposited by atmospheric pressure MOCVD on Ag/Si substrates. Semiconductor Science and Technology. 2023; 38(7): 075008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6641/acd6b2
  11. Yavorovsky OP, Riabovol VM, Zinchenko TO, Zahornyi MM, Ragulya AV, Lavrynenko OM, Povnitsa OYu. The impact of silver nanoparticle modification on the structure, photoactive, toxicological, and virucidal properties of anatase for use in biology and medicine. The world of medicine and biology. 2023; 4 (86): 181-186.      https://doi.org/10 26724/2079-8334-2023-4-86-181-186
  12. Demchenko VL, Goncharenko LA, Riabov SV, Rybalchenko NP, Hnatiuk TT, Mozhaeva LL, Zaremba PYu, Naumenko KS, Artiukh LO, Zahorodnia SD, Rybalchenko TV, Kokhtych LM. Formation of silver-containing films based on polyelectrolyte complexes by sputtering deposition and their antimicrobial and antiviral activity. Polymer journal. 2023; 45(2): 135-143.  https://doi.org/10.15407/polymerj.45.02.135

2022

  1. Artiukh L, Povnitsa O, Zagorodnia S, Pop CV, Rizun N. Effect of coated silver nanoparticles on cancerous us healthy cells. Journal of Toxicology2022; (2):1-8. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/1519104
  2. Povnitsa O, Bilyavska L, Pankivska Yu, Likhanov A, Dorovskyh A, Lysenko V, Lokshin M, Zahorodnia S.  In vitro antiviral activity of leaf extracts Plantago major, Plantago lanceolate, Rubua idaeus. Microbiological journal. 2022; 84(1): 44-56.  https://doi.org:10.15407/microbiolj84.01.044
  3. Zahorodnia SD, Naumenko KS, Zaichenko OV, Zaremba PYu, Baranova GV, Holovan AV. Effect of metal nanoparticles on ebv-associated cell culture. Microbiological Journal. 2022; 84(5): 30. https://10.15407/microbiolj84.05.030
  4. Chaika M, Zahorodnya S, Naumenko K, Pankivska Yu, Povnitsa O, Mukha Yu, Vityuk N, Dorovskih A, Lokshyn M, Lysenko V, Losovski V, Rusinchuk N. Virus deformation or destruction:size-dependence of antiviral and virulicidal activities of gold nanoparticles. Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 2022; 13(3): 035008  DOI: 10.1088/2043-6262/ac879a
  5. Zaremba AA, Zaremba PY, Muchnyk FV, Baranova GV, Zahorodnia SD. In silico Identification of a Viral Surface Glycoprotein Site Suitable for the Development of Low Molecular Weight Inhibitors for Various Variants of the SARS-CoV-2. Microbiological Journal. 2022; 84 (1): 34-43. https://doi.org/10.15407/microbiolj84.05.030
  6. Artiukh L, Povnitsa O, Shermolovich Y, Siry S, Zahorodnia S. The Antiviral Activity of Trifluoromethylthiolane Derivatives. Chem. Proc. 202212: 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecsoc-26-13643
  7. Demchenko V, Mamunya I, Kobylinskyi S, Riabov S, Naumenko K, Zahorodnia S, Povnitsa O, Rybalchenko N, Iurzhenko M, Adamus G, Kowalczuk M. Structure-morphology-antimicrobial and antiviral activity relationship in silver-containing nanocomposites based on polylactide. Molecules. 2022; 27: 3769. https://doi.org:103390/molecules27123769/
  8. Lavrynenko OM, Zahornyi MM, Vember VV, Pavlenko OYu, Lobunets TF, Kolomys OF, Povnitsa OYu, Biliavska LO, Naumenko KS, Zahorodnia SD, Garmasheva IL. Nanocomposites based on cerium, lanthanum, and titanium oxides doped with silver for biomedical application. Condesed matter Physics, 2022; 7. https://doi.org:/10.3390/
  9. Demchenko V, Iurzhenko M, Naumenko K, Kobylinskyiі S, Riabov S, Demchenko O, Zahorodnia S, Rybalchenko N, Hnatiuk T, Rybalchenko T, Kowalczuk M, Adamus G. Green Synthesis of Silver-Containing Biomaterials with Effective Antimicrobial and Antiviral Activity. 2022 IEEE 12th International Conference Nanomaterials: Applications & Properties (NAP), Krakow, Poland, 2022; 1-6. https://10.1109/NAP55339.2022.9934471
  10. Synytsia A, Zaremba P, Zahorodnia S, Sych O, Babutina T, Kondratenko I. Biogenic hydroxyapatite-based composites modified by magnetite and chitosan: bioresorption in physiological solution and cytotoxicity. Funct. Mater. 2022; 29(4): 506. https://doi.org/10.15407/fm29.04.506
  11. Kowalczuk M, Demchenko V, Kobylinskyi S, Iurzhenko M, Riabov S, Vashchuk A, Rybalchenko N, Zahorodnia S, Naumenko K, Demchenko O, Adamus G. Nanocomposites based on polylactide and silver nanoparticles and their antimicrobial and antiviral applications. Reactive and Functional Polymers. 2022; 170: 105096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2021.105096
  12. Zaremba A, Zaremba P, Budzanivska I, Zahorodnia S. Patterns of the influence of vaccination on the dynamics of different SARS-CoV-2 variants spread. Two-year analysis. Visnyk of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. 2022; 2(89): 39-45.  https://doi.org/10.17721/1728.2748.2022.89.39-45
  13. Zaremba AA, Zaremba PY, Platonov MO. De novo designed EBAI as a potential inhibitor of the viral protein BHRF1. Research in silico. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 2022; 41(8): 3680-3685,  https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2022.2053746

2021

  1. Povnitsa OYu, Biliavska LO, Pankivska YuB, Zagorodnya SD, Borshchevskaya MI. Anti-Adenovirus Activity of the Medical Intranasal Drug Nazoferon. Mikrobiol. Zhurnal. 2021; 83(2):73-81. https://doi.org/10.15407/microbiolj83.02.073
  2. Zahornyi MM, Tyschenko NI, Lobunets TF, Kolomys OF, Strelchuk VV, Naumenko KS,   Biliavska LO,. Zahorodnia SD, Lavrynenko OM, Ievtushenko  AI.  The Ag Influence on the Surface States of TiO2, Optical Activity and Its Cytotoxicity//Journal of Nano- and Electronic Physics. 2021; 13(6): 06009(5рр). https://doi.org/10.21272/jnep.13(6).06009
  3. Sinelnikov S, Orel L, Kobrina L, Boiko V, Riabov S, Shtompel V, Povnitsa O, Zagorodnya S. Polymer matrices on the basis of polacrylamid and b-cyclodextrin-containing pseudorotaxane for prolonged drug release: Synthesis and properties.Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 2021; 138(23):50554.  https://doi.org/10.1002/app.50554
  4. Chumakov V,  Ostryzhnyi M, Kharchenko O, Naumenko K, Zagorodnya S, Muraveinyk V, Tarasevich A. Pulse VV sterilization of viral infection. Euliver: Microbes and Microbial Techniques.2021; 8(2): 001

2020

  1. Zagorodnya S, Naumenko K, Golovan A. Prediction of Biological Activity of Triazoles Derivatives. Mikrobiol.Zhurnal. 2020; 82(1): 51-61. https://doi.org/10.15407/microbiolj82.01.051
  2. Загородня CД, Головань АВ, Науменко КС, Мучник ФВ, Баранова ГВ, Зелена ЛБ. Антивірусна активність екстрактів з диких трав проти вірусу Епштейна-Барр та індукція апоптозу у вірус Епштейна-Барр-позитивних лімфобластоїдних клітинах. Мікробіологічний журнал. 2020;82(4): 71-79. https://doi.org/10.15407/microbiolj82.04.071
  3. Chumakov V,  Ostryzhnyi M, Kharchenko O, Naumenko K, Zagorodnya S, Muraveinyk V, Tarasevich A. Experimental investigation of pulse sterilization of viral infection// bioRxiv preprint 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.16.423002
  4. Stasevich MV, Zvarich VI, Novikov VP, Zagorodnyaya SD, Povnitsa OYu, Chaika MA, Nesterkina MV, Kravchenko IA, Druzhilovskii DS, Poroikov VV. 9,10-Anthraquinone Dithiocarbamates as Potential Pharmaceutical Substances with Pleiotropic Actions: Computerized Prediction of Biological Activity and Experimental Validation. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal 2020; 53: 905-913. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11094-020-02098-x
  5. Костюкевич КВ, Христосенко Р В, Загородня С Д, Костюкевич СО, Коптюх АА, Крючин АА, Олексенко ПФ. Молекулярна діагностика на основі кутової спектроскопії поверхневих плазмонів. Реєстрація, зберігання і обробка даних, 2020; 22(3): 14-30.
Monographs
  1. Дяченко Н.С. Аденовирусы. Киев: Наук. думка, 1974.157с.
  2. Дяченко С.С., Синяк К.М., Дяченко Н.С. Патогенні віруси людини. Київ: Здоров’я, 1974. 408с.
  3. Дяченко Н.С.  Пассивная гемагглютинация и ее применение в вирусологии.  Киев: Наук. Думка, 1979. 148 с.
  4. Дяченко С.С., Синяк К.М., Дяченко Н.С. Патогенные вирусы человека. – Киев: Здоров’я, 1980. 448 с
  5. Носач Л.Н., Дяченко Н.С. Цитопатология аденовирусной инфекции. – Киев: Наук. думка, 1982.124 с. Djačenko S.S., Sinjak K.M., Djačenko N.S. Patogenni viry člověka .-Praha: Avicenum, 1983. 382 p.
  6. Дяченко Н., Нас И., Беренчи Д., Носач Л., Ванцак Н., Тарасишин Л., Адам Е.  Аденовирус, клетка, организм. Киев: Наук. думка, 1988. 232 с.
  7. Шермолович Ю.Г., Гудзь А.П., Загородняя С.Д. Новые фторсодержащие аналоги нуклеозидов как перспективные противовирусные соединения / Монография «Фундаментальные проблемы создания новых веществ и материалов химического производства», (ISВN 978-966-360-320-9) «Академпериодика» Киев, 2016. – с. 256-264.
Patents
  1. Патент на корисну модель UA № 27400 “4-(N-бензил)амінокарбоніл-1-метилпіридиній йодид (АМІЗОН) – інгібітор вірусу Епштейна-Барр” Нестерова Н.В., Загородня С.Д., Даниленко В.П., Бухтіарова Т.А., Баранова Г.В., Бобкова Л.С., Рибалко С.Л. – 2007.
  2. Патент України на винахід №87251 «Застосування водного екстракту із цист Артемії як противірусного засобу з антиаденовірусною і антигерпетичною активностями» Руднева І.І., Шайда В.Г., Носач Л.М., Повниця О.Ю. – 2009.
  3. Патент на корисну модель UA № 51125 “Імуносенсорна тест-система на основі поверхневого плазмонного резонансу для виявлення антитіл проти вірусу Епштейна-Барр” Нестерова Н.В., Загородня С.Д., Баранова Г.В., Головань А.В., Ушенін Ю.В., Христосенко Р.В. – 2010.
  4. Патент на корисну модель UA № 46973 “Імуносенсорна тест-система для виявлення в сироватках крові антитіл проти аденовірусів людини” Нестерова Н.В., Носач Л. М.,   Повниця О. Ю., Загородня С. Д., Баранова Г. В., Головань А. В., Ушенін Ю. В., Христосенко Р. В. – 2010.
  5. Патент на корисну модель UA № 68403 «2-β-Д-рибофуринозил-5-актино-1,2,4-триазин-3(2Н)-ОН (6-Азицитидин) як інгібітор вірусу Епштейна-Барр» Нестерова Н.В., Загородня С.Д., Головань А.В, Баранова Г.В, Алексеєва І.В., Пальчиковська Л.І. – 2012.
  6. Патент на корисну модель UA № 93023 «2-(3-хлоротетрагідрофуран-2-іл)-4-тозил-5-(трифторометил)-2Н-1,2,3-триазол» Білявська Л.О., Повниця О.Ю., Шермолович Ю.Г., Гудзь Г.П., Нестерова Н.В. – 2014.
  7. Патент на корисну модель UA 124140 «Імуносенсорна тест-система на основі поверхневого плазмонного резонансу для виявлення антитіл проти вірусу простого герпесу» Головань А.В. Загородня С.Д, Баранова Г.В., Затовська Т.В. –2018.
  8. Патент України на винахід UA 122431 «Застосування натрієвої солі 2,2,3,3-тетрафторпропантіоїл -L-фенілалаіну як противірусного засобу, активного відносно вірусу простого герпесу 1 типу» Білявська Л.О., Повниця О.Ю., Паньківська Ю.Б., Шермолович Ю.Г., Пікун Н.В., Загородня С.Д.- 2020.
Cooperation

Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Educational and Scientific Center “Institute of Biology and Medicine” of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

V.Ye. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Institute of Organic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

L.V. Gromashevsky Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine

R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

E.O.Paton Electric Welding Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Frantsevich Institute for Problems in Materials Science of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, BAS, Bulgaria

Nazarbayev University Research and Innovation System, Astana, Kazakhstan

Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia

LLC “BIOPHARMA PLAZMA”, Ukraine

PrJSC PHARMACEUTICAL FIRM DARNITSA

JSC “PHARMAK”

PJSC “Borshchagivskyi HFZ”

NVK “ECOFARM” LLC

LLC NOBEL  / Nobel Elements, USA

Clinic of integrative medicine SmartMed

Kyiv Medical University

“Lekhim” Group of Pharmaceutical Companies

Employees of the department
Artiukh Lyubov Oleksiivna
Senior researcher, Candidate of Biological Sciences
Specialist in testing and expert evaluation of antivirals and disinfectants against various viruses in vitro.
h-index 5
SciProfiles: 180936
Scopus Author ID: 6603279943
ResearcherID: G-1042-2019
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3163-2492
l.biliavska@imv.org.ua

Zelena Lyubov Borysivna
Senior researcher, Candidate of Biological Sciences
Specialist in the field of molecular genetics of microorganisms and bio- informatics
h-index   10
SciProfiles: 1770607
ResearcherID: H-7309-2013
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6506970298
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?user=uENRLXgAAAAJ&hl=ru
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5148-1030    
zelenalyubov@gmail.com
Naumenko Krystyna Serhiivna
Research Officer, Candidate of Biological Sciences
Specialist in the screening of antiviral and antitumor compounds of various nature, in vivo research  
h-index  6
Scopus Author ID: 57216826906
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4635-0690
Web of Science D-6698-2019
https://publons.com/researcher/1782589/krystyna-s-naumenko/
https://scholar.google.no/citations?user=slgMYBwAAAAJ&hl=no
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Krystyna-Naumenko
k.naumenko@imv.org.ua
Zatovska Tetyana Viktorivna
Research Officer, Candidate of Biological Sciences
Specialist in the field of creation of specific immunobiological preparations of targeted action and diagnostic tools
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6507514055 https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/7980404
t.zatovska@imv.org.ua
Baranova Galina Vasylivna
Senior engineer          
Specialist in the field of molecular virology
h-index  3
     https://www.scopus.com/cto2/main.uri?origin=resultslist&stateKey=CTOF_1354114640
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Galina-Baranova-2
g.baranova@imv.org.ua
Zaremba Andrii Anatoliyovych
PhD student, Senior engineer          
Specialist in virtual screening, computer modeling, iterative development of low-molecular antiviral agents, development of DNA-specific high-molecular structures, electrophoretic study of protein mixtures, membrane purification of virus-containing material.
h-index  2
SciProfiles: 1229761
Scopus Author ID: 57553461300
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0186-1235          https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=uk&user=i_ud6dAAAAAJhttps://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/JVP-0491-2024
vstyp17@gmail.com
Zaremba Polina Yuriivna
PhD student, Senior engineer          
Specialist in the research of antiviral agents against RNA-containing viruses, viral carcinogenesis and inhibitory compounds of virus-induced cancer (Epstein-Barr virus).
h-index 3
SciProfiles: 1867094
Scopus Author ID: 57552062800
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7253-0404
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/JCP-5069-2023
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ubuozvEAAAAJ&hl=uk
polinakarpets@gmail.com
Lychak Oleksandra Volodymyrivna
Engineer of the 2nd category
Study of antiviral activity of plant extracts on the model of herpes simplex virus type 1
lychak.alexandra@gmail.com
Bokovnya Alyona Yuriivna
Engineer of the 2nd category
Molecular biology of viruses of the Herpesviridae family
  aliena.bokovnya@gmail.com
Nyshenets Angelina Pavlivna
Engineer of the 2nd category
Study of the antiviral activity of fullerenes on the influenza A virus model.
nyshenets19@gmail.com
Tkachenko Nina YuhimivnaТкаченко
Laboratory assistant
Awards of the department and employees
1998D.K. Zabolotny Prize (T.G. Lysenko, M.I. Menzhul, N.V. Nesterova) for the series of works “Features of the structure and strategy of functioning of cyanophage genomes”
1999D.K. Zabolotny Prize (N.S. Dyachenko, L.N. Nosach, S.L. Rybalko) for the series of works “Molecular properties of human lymphotropic viruses, including HIV, and their interactions with the cell in conditions of mono- and mixed infection as a basis for the development of etiotropic therapy and specific diagnostic methods”
2003Award “Intellectual potential of young scientists – to the city of Kyiv” (Zahorodnia S.D.)
2007Gratitude of the mayor of Kyiv for the significant personal contribution to the development of national science and strengthening the scientific and technical potential of the capital (Nesterova N.V.)
2007Prize of the President of Ukraine for young scientists (Zahorodnia S.D.)
2008Diploma of honor of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Nesterova N.V.)
2008Honors of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for young scientists “Talent. Inspiration. Work” (Zahorodnia S.D.)
2009The winner of the “Kyyanka – 2009” competition in the Holosiivskiy district state administration in the city of Kyiv in the nomination “Female Scientist of the Year” (Nesterova N.V.)
2015Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for young scientists and students of higher educational institutions for the best scientific works in 2015 (L.O. Bilyavska, A.V. Golovan, G.P. Gudz)
2017Grant of the President of Ukraine to support scientific research of young scientists (L.O. Bilyavska).
2018Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for services to the Ukrainian people (Zahorodnia S.D.)
2019Prize of the Kyiv Mayor for special achievements of youth in the development of the capital of Ukraine – the hero city of Kyiv (L.O. Bilyavska)
2019Prize of the President of Ukraine for young scientists (L.O. Bilyavska, K.S. Naumenko, O.A. Shidlovska)
2023Prize of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to young scientists (L.O. Artyukh, K.S. Naumenko, S.V. Zasukha)
2023Honors of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine “For professional achievements (Zahorodnia S.D.)

2008 – Honors of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for young scientists “Talent. Inspiration. Work” (Zahorodnia S.D.)

2008 – Diploma of honor of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Nesterova N.V.)

2015 – Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (L.O. Bilyavska, A.V. Golovan)

2017 – Grant of the President of Ukraine to support scientific research of young scientists (L.O. Bilyavska)

2019 – Prize of the President of Ukraine for young scientists (L.O. Bilyavska, K.S. Naumenko)

2019 –  Prize of the Kyiv Mayor  (L.O. Bilyavska)

2019 Prize-winning place in the final of the innovative development competition “Stairway to the Future: award for young scientists in the field of healthcare and pharmaceuticals”(Bilyavska L.O., Pankivska Yu.B.)

2023 – Prize of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to young scientists (L.O. Artyukh, K.S. Naumenko, S.V. Zasukha)