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Master Thesis Design and Preparation of Alkali Liposomes for Drug Delivery(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2019) Güven, Hatice; Özdemir, Ekrem; Özdemir, Ekrem; Altun, Zekiye Sultan; 03.02. Department of Chemical Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyCancer is one of the deadliest diseases among other illnesses as an uncontrolled cell division. Liposomal technology has commonly been used in cancer therapy. Chemotherapeutical drugs, genetic materials, different imaging agents can be carried with liposomes. They are preferred by several important characteristics that selective passive targeting of tumors, increased stability and therapeutic index (reducing toxicity) via encapsulation and increased circulation life times with size adjustments. One of the indicator in cell cycle is intracellular pH. The aim of this study is to produce PEGylated alkali liposomes to provide cellular uptake in cancer cells and prevent cell division by changing of intracellular pH. Combination of liposomal technology and alkaline therapy in cancer cells may lead to the development of therapeutic strategies without using any drug to overcome chemoresistance and cell proliferation. For this purpose, alkali liposomes containing sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) solution were prepared and tested their effects on 4T1 breast cancer cell lines in vitro. The cell viabilities were evaluated using trypan blue and WST-1 methods. Pictures were taken for cancer cells to differentiate live and dead cells under different alkali liposome conditions for 5 days. It was found that cell medium containing alkali liposomes up to 3% didn’t affect cell growth. However, cell medium containing alkali liposomes greater than 7% significantly affected the 4T1 breast cancer cell growth and decreased the cell viability to about 40%. It was concluded that PEGylated alkali liposomes were prepared different concentrations to decrease or stop cell division of 4T1 breast cancer cell lines in vitro.Master Thesis Comparison Od Side Effects of Anti-Cancer Drugs in 2d and 3d And, Classical and Cell-On Cultures(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2016) Kankale, Deniz; Çağır, Ali; Pesen Okvur, Devrim; Pesen Okvur, Devrim; Çağır, Ali; 04.03. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics; 04.01. Department of Chemistry; 04. Faculty of Science; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyThe studies that aim to assess the effects of drugs developed against cancer at the cellular level use multiwell plates. However, these classical systems fail to reproduce the in-vivo like microenvironment necessary for realistic assessment. In addition, classical cell culture systems use high amount of materials increasing cost. On the other hand, lab-on-a-chip systems use minimal volumes of reagents and more importantly can mimic the in-vivo microenvironment via spatial and temporal control. Furthermore, it is known that cell response to drugs can be very different in 2D and 3D cell culture setups. Doxorubicin is a widely used anticancer drug. Here, doxorubicin uptake by highly metastatic human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231 and normal mammary epithelial cell line MCF10A were investigated using 2D and 3D, classical and cell-on-a-chip cultures. Drug uptake at 24, 48 and 72 hours various concentrations of the drug determined by measuring signal intensities from fluorescence microscopy images of cells. For cell viability assay, cells were stained with dapi and two cell lines were compared in systems. According to results, it was observed that 3D cell culture environment in chip provides more in-vivo like environment with less reagent consumption and cell viability is not correlated only with drug uptake.