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    Citation - WoS: 26
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    Dopamine-Conjugated Bovine Serum Albumin Nanoparticles Containing Ph-Responsive Catechol-V(iii) Coordination for in Vitro and in Vivo Drug Delivery
    (Amer Chemical Soc, 2023) Argıtekin, Eda; Ersöz-Gülseven, Esra; Çakan-Akdoğan, Gülçin; Akdoğan, Yaşar
    V(III) instead of commonly used Fe(III) provided a richtris-catechol-metalcoordination at pH 7.4, which is important for slow drug release atphysiological pH. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) functionalized with catechol-containingdopamine (D) and cross-linked using tris-catechol-V(III) coordinationyielded pH-responsive compact D-BSA NPs (253 nm). However, conversionto bis- and/or mono-catechol-V(III) complexes in an acidic mediumresulted in degradation of NPs and rapid release of doxorubicin (DOX).It was shown that D-BSA NPs entered cancerous MCF-7 cells (66%) moreefficiently than non-cancerous HEK293T (33%) in 3 h. Also, DOX-loadedNPs reduced cell viability of MCF-7 by 75% and induced apoptosis ina majority of cells after 24 h. Biodegradability and lack of hemolyticactivity were shown in vitro, whereas a lack of toxicity was shownin histological sections of zebrafish. Furthermore, 30% of circulatingtumor cells in vasculature in 24 h were killed by DOX-loaded NPs shownwith the zebrafish CTC xenograft model.
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    Citation - WoS: 2
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    Mn2+ Ions Incorporated Into Znsxse1-X Colloidal Quantum Dots: Controlling Size and Composition of Nanoalloys and Regulating Magnetic Dipolar Interactions
    (IOP Publishing, 2021) Ünlütürk, Seçil Sevim; Akdoğan, Yaşar; Özçelik, Serdar
    A facile synthesis method is introduced how to prepare magnetically active ultraviolet emitting manganese ions incorporated into ZnSxSe1-x colloidal quantum dot (nanoalloy) at 110 degrees C in aqueous solutions. The reaction time is the main factor to control the hydrodynamic size from 3 to 10 nm and the precursor ratio is significant to tune the alloy composition. ZnS shell layer on the ZnSxSe1-x core was grown to passivate environmental effects. The nanoalloy has ultraviolet emission at 380 nm having a lifetime of 80 ns and 7% quantum yield. The incorporation of Mn2+ ions into the nanoalloys induced magnetic activity but did not modify the structure and photophysical properties of the nanoalloys. Colloidal and powdery samples were prepared and analyzed by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. In the colloidal dispersions, EPR spectra showed hyperfine line splitting regardless of the Mn2+ ion fractions, up to 6%, indicating that Mn2+ ions incorporated into the nanoalloys were isolated. EPR signals of the powdery samples were broadened when the fraction of Mn2+ ions was higher than 0.1%. The EPR spectra were simulated to reveal the locations and interactions of Mn2+ ions. The simulations suggest that the Mn2+ ions are located on the nanoalloy surfaces. These findings infer that the magnetic dipolar interactions are regulated by the initial mole ratio of Mn/Zn and the physical state of the nanoalloys adjusted by preparation methods.
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    Citation - WoS: 66
    Citation - Scopus: 71
    Signature of an Aggregation-Prone Conformation of Tau
    (Nature Publishing Group, 2017) Eschmann, Neil A.; Georgieva, Elka R.; Ganguly, Pritam; Borbat, Peter P.; Rappaport, Maxime D.; Akdoğan, Yaşar; Freed, Jack H.; Shea, Joan-Emma; Han, Songi
    The self-assembly of the microtubule associated tau protein into fibrillar cell inclusions is linked to a number of devastating neurodegenerative disorders collectively known as tauopathies. The mechanism by which tau self-assembles into pathological entities is a matter of much debate, largely due to the lack of direct experimental insights into the earliest stages of aggregation. We present pulsed double electron-electron resonance measurements of two key fibril-forming regions of tau, PHF6 and PHF6∗, in transient as aggregation happens. By monitoring the end-to-end distance distribution of these segments as a function of aggregation time, we show that the PHF6 (∗) regions dramatically extend to distances commensurate with extended β-strand structures within the earliest stages of aggregation, well before fibril formation. Combined with simulations, our experiments show that the extended β-strand conformational state of PHF6 (∗) is readily populated under aggregating conditions, constituting a defining signature of aggregation-prone tau, and as such, a possible target for therapeutic interventions.
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    Citation - WoS: 33
    Citation - Scopus: 36
    Epr Studies of Intermolecular Interactions and Competitive Binding of Drugs in a Drug-Bsa Binding Model
    (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016) Akdoğan, Yaşar; Emrullahoğlu, Mustafa; Tatlıdil, Diğdem; Üçüncü, Muhammed; Çakan Akdoğan, Gülçin
    Understanding intermolecular interactions between drugs and proteins is very important in drug delivery studies. Here, we studied different binding interactions between salicylic acid and bovine serum albumin (BSA) using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Salicylic acid was labeled with a stable radical (spin label) in order to monitor its mobilized (free) or immobilized (bound to BSA) states. In addition to spin labeled salicylic acid (SL-salicylic acid), its derivatives including SL-benzoic acid, SL-phenol, SL-benzene, SL-cyclohexane and SL-hexane were synthesized to reveal the effects of various drug binding interactions. EPR results of these SL-molecules showed that hydrophobic interaction is the main driving force. Whereas each of the two functional groups (-COOH and -OH) on the benzene ring has a minute but detectable effect on the drug-protein complex formation. In order to investigate the effect of electrostatic interaction on drug binding, cationic BSA (cBSA) was synthesized, altering the negative net charge of BSA to positive. The salicylic acid loading capacity of cBSA is significantly higher compared to that of BSA, indicating the importance of electrostatic interaction in drug binding. Moreover, the competitive binding properties of salicylic acid, ibuprofen and aspirin to BSA were studied. The combined EPR results of SL-salicylic acid/ibuprofen and SL-ibuprofen/salicylic acid showed that ibuprofen is able to replace up to ∼83% of bound SL-salicylic acid, and salicylic acid can replace only ∼14% of the bound SL-ibuprofen. This indicates that ∼97% of all salicylic acid and ibuprofen binding sites are shared. On the other hand, aspirin replaces only ∼23% of bound SL-salicylic acid, and salicylic acid replaces ∼50% of bound SL-aspirin, indicating that ∼73% of all salicylic acid and aspirin binding sites are shared. These results show that EPR spectroscopy in combination with the spin labeling technique is a very powerful method to investigate drug binding dynamics in detail.
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    Citation - WoS: 24
    Citation - Scopus: 27
    Physiological Concentrations of Albumin Favor Drug Binding
    (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015) Tatlıdil, Diğdem; Üçüncü, Muhammed; Akdoğan, Yaşar
    The ability to track drug binding and release makes electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy well suited for drug delivery studies. Using the continuous wave (cw) EPR technique to extract information about the dynamics of the spin labeled drugs we can simultaneously determine the bound and unbound drugs. Here, spin labeled salicylic acid (SLSA) binding to and release from bovine serum albumin (BSA) is investigated, as a model for drug-transport protein interaction. We studied SLSA-BSA binding in a wide concentration range and found that the stoichiometry of the drug-protein increases significantly when the physiological range of BSA concentration is reached. Our EPR results explicitly reveal that up to ∼7 SLSA can bind to one albumin at the physiological concentration, whereas at lower BSA concentrations (<0.125 mM) the SLSA-BSA stoichiometry is maximum 2. Moreover, we studied drug release and showed that the ratio of bound to unbound SLSA concentrations remains relatively stable during dialysis. This indicates that the binding equilibrium of SLSA is not altered through the process of dialysis. This study demonstrates that cw EPR spectroscopy in combination with spin labeled drugs is an effective technique for binding and release studies and stoichiometric analysis of drug-protein interactions.
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    Citation - WoS: 58
    Citation - Scopus: 86
    Intrinsic Surface-Drying Properties of Bioadhesive Proteins
    (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2014) Akdoğan, Yaşar; Wei, Wei; Huang, Kuo-Ying; Kageyama, Yoshiyuki; Danner, Eric W.; Miller, Dusty R.; Martinez Rodriguez, Nadine R.; Waite, J. Herbert; Han, Songi
    Sessile marine mussels must "dry" underwater surfaces before adhering to them. Synthetic adhesives have yet to overcome this fundamental challenge. Previous studies of bioinspired adhesion have largely been performed under applied compressive forces, but such studies are poor predictors of the ability of an adhesive to spontaneously penetrate surface hydration layers. In a force-free approach to measuring molecular-level interaction through surface-water diffusivity, different mussel foot proteins were found to have different abilities to evict hydration layers from surfaces - a necessary step for adsorption and adhesion. It was anticipated that DOPA would mediate dehydration owing to its efficacy in bioinspired wet adhesion. Instead, hydrophobic side chains were found to be a critical component for protein-surface intimacy. This direct measurement of interfacial water dynamics during force-free adsorptive interactions at solid surfaces offers guidance for the engineering of wet adhesives and coatings. Home and dry underwater: Repulsive hydration forces hinder wet adhesion in the absence of applied external forces. The direct measurement of hydration-water dynamics by NMR relaxometry at 10 GHz revealed that the most hydrophobic mussel adhesive protein, and not the most enriched with 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine, effectively dries the surface and overcomes repulsive hydration forces to adsorb spontaneously to surfaces in preparation for adhesion.