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Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1Effect of Drying Method on Selected Physical and Functional Properties of Powdered Black Soldier Fly Larvae(Mdpi, 2025) Bogusz, Radoslaw; Nowacka, Malgorzata; Gondek, Ewa; Delman, Murat; Szulc, KarolinaThis research aimed to assay the impact of convective drying (CD) or infrared-convective (IR-CD) drying methods on the physical and techno-functional properties, FTIR spectra, and mathematical modeling of adsorption kinetics of black soldier fly larvae powders. By using convective drying, insect powder exhibited higher water content and water activity but lower hygroscopicity than powder dried with the infrared-convective method. After drying with the convective method, the powder exhibited a significantly lower loose and tapped bulk density and oil holding capacity (OHC). Furthermore, this powder was lighter and more yellow. The FTIR spectrum of the CD-dried powder showed lower absorption at key wavenumbers for the protein (1625 and 1350-1200 cm-1), indicating lower denaturation and less ability to bind water and water vapor. The mathematical modeling of the water vapor adsorption kinetics of insect powders via the second Fick's law for transient diffusion showed that this equation is suitable for adjusting the experimental data based on the high coefficient of determination (0.997-0.999) and the low root mean square (2.50-3.34%). This study revealed that the drying method influences insect powder properties, and the IR-CD method seems better in terms of obtaining better techno-functional properties.Article Characterization of the Human Sialidase Neu4 Gene Promoter(TÜBİTAK - Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu, 2014) Seyrantepe, Volkan; Delman, MuratThere are 4 different sialidases that have been described in humans: lysosomal (Neu1), cytoplasmic (Neu2), plasma membrane (Neu3), and lysosomal/mitochondrial (Neu4). Previously, we have shown that Neu4 has a broad substrate specificity and is active against glyco-conjugates, including GM2 ganglioside, at the acidic pH of 3.2. An overexpression of Neu4 in transfected neuroglia cells from a Tay-Sachs patient shows a clearance of accumulated GM2, indicating the biological importance of Neu4. In this paper, we aimed to characterize a minimal promoter region of the human Neu4 gene in order to understand the molecular mechanism regulating its expression. We cloned 7 different DNA fragments from the human Neu4 promoter region into luciferase expression vectors for a reporter assay and also performed an electrophoretic mobility shift assay to demonstrate the binding of transcription factors. We demonstrated that -187 bp upstream of the Neu4 gene is a minimal promoter region for controlling transcription from the human Neu4 gene. The electrophoretic mobility shift assay showed that the minimal promoter region recruits a c-myc transcription factor, which might be responsible for regulation of Neu4 gene transcription. The data we obtained might be useful to discover small molecules, which control selective high expression of the human Neu4 gene, resulting in the normal morphological phenotype in the lysosomes of Tay-Sachs patients.Article Citation - WoS: 8Citation - Scopus: 9Crm1 Inhibitory and Antiproliferative Activities of Novel 4'-alkyl Substituted Klavuzon Derivatives(Elsevier Ltd., 2017) Kanbur, Tuğçe; Kara, Murat; Kutluer, Meltem; Şen, Ayhan; Delman, Murat; Alkan, Aylin; Otaş, Hasan Ozan; Akçok, İsmail; Çağır, AliKlavuzons are 6-(naphthalen-1-yl) substituted 5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran-2-one derivatives showing promising antiproliferative activities in variety of cancer cell lines. In this work, racemic syntheses of nine novel 4′-alkyl substituted klavuzon derivatives were completed in eight steps and anticancer properties of these compounds were evaluated. It is found that size of the substituent has dramatic effect over the potency and selectivity of the cytotoxic activity in cancerous and healthy pancreatic cell lines. The size of the substituent can also effect the CRM1 inhibitory properties of klavuzon derivatives. Strong cytotoxic activity and CRM1 inhibition can be observed only when a small substituent present at 4′-position of naphthalen-1-yl group. However, these substituents makes the molecule more cytotoxic in healthy pancreatic cells rather than cancerous pancreatic cells. Among the tested compounds 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrophenanthren-9-yl substituted lactone was the most cytotoxic compound and its antiproliferative activity was also tested in 3D spheroids generated from HuH-7 cell lines.