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Master Thesis Enhancement of Bioavailability of Vitamin D by Nano-Sized Delivery Systems(01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2023) Bulmuş Zareie, Volga; Kılıç Özdemir, Sevgi; Kılıç Özdemir, Sevgi; Bulmuş Zareie, Esma Volga; 03.01. Department of Bioengineering; 03.02. Department of Chemical Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyStudies have indicated that Vitamin D (VitD) may decrease tumor invasiveness and propensity to metastasize. Cholecalciferol (VitD3) is the passive form of VitD3 and converts to active calcitriol through two-step hydroxylation reactions in the body, promoting binding to VitD-receptors (VDR). However, some breast cancer cells, especially MDA-MB-231, have very low levels of VDR. Besides, VitD3 suffers from first pass-effect of the liver which causes deactivation of VitD3. Therefore, new approaches are needed to increase VitD3 level in the cancerous sites. In this study, VitD3 was loaded into liposomes, which were subsequently coated by Fucoidan (FUC) to promote their binding to MDA-MB-231 cancer cells. Fucoidan strongly binds to P-selectins overexpressed in the breast cancer cells, blocking the cancer cells to adhere on the platelets to carry within the body, causing metastasis. Doxorubicin (DOX), being considered as the one of the most effective chemotherapeutic agents against breast cancer, was also loaded into liposomes in a similar manner. By liposomal encapsulations and fucoidan coating, it was aimed to deliver the all-cargo directly to the cancerous site and enhance the bioavailability of both agents at the target site. It was seen that liposomal VitD3 was more effective than free form to inhibit cell proliferation and, therapeutic potential of DOX increased with VitD3.VitD3 loaded FUC coated liposomes at optimized concentrations has a comparable effect with DOX-loaded liposomes with and without FUC coating. Overall, these results suggested that VitD3 and DOX loaded and FUC coated liposomes can be applied as combined therapy in cancer treatment.Master Thesis Development of Molecularly Imprinted Solid Phase Extraction Method for the Detemination of Vitamin D Derivatives(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2022) Eroğlu, Ahmet Emin; Eroğlu, Ahmet Emin; Eroğlu, Ahmet Emin; 04.01. Department of Chemistry; 04. Faculty of Science; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyVitamin D, also known as the sunshine vitamin, is both a micronutrient and a prohormone. There are two structurally different forms of vitamin D: vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). Both forms can be taken into the body through food or dietary supplements. In addition, ergocalciferol and cholecalciferol can be synthesized non-enzymatically by UVB radiation of sunlight from provitamin forms, which are ergosterol and 7-dehydrocholesterol. In this study, a methodology based on molecularly imprinted solid phase extraction (MISPE) is intended prior to the determination of D2 and D3 by HPLCDAD. In accordance with this purpose, precipitation and sol-gel polymerization methods were used to synthesize molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) and nonimprinted polymers (NIPs). Also, different templates, monomers, crosslinkers, and their ratios were tried in the synthesis of MIPs/NIPs by precipitation polymerization. Among all syntheses, MIP, which was synthesized using vitamin D2 as template (T), 4- vinylpyridine (4-VP) as monomer (M), ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as crosslinker (C) at a molar ratio of 1:6:30 (T:M:C), enabled the co-determination of vitamin D2 and D3. It selectively worked on the vitamin D prohormone group compared to both NIP and commercial solid phase extraction (SPE) sorbents in the presence of other structurally related compounds. The critical experimental parameters of the MISPE method were optimized for the analyte concentration of 1.0 mgL-1 and determined as follows: 8 hours as the sorption time, 5.0 mg as the sorbent amount, 5.0 mL as the sample solution volume, methanol as the eluent, and 24 hours as the desorption time. A matrix-matched calibration curve with optimized parameters was proposed. The applicability of the developed MISPE method was confirmed by analyzing the sample of vitamin D3 supplementation and overall recovery was found as 95.97% (±1.84) for n=2.