Master Degree / Yüksek Lisans Tezleri
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Master Thesis Development of Peg-Peptide Conjugate Based Curcumin Delivery Systems(01. Izmir Institute of Technology, 2022) Aydoğan, Gamze; Top, AybenIn this study, a drug delivery system based on Pluronic F127 and a peptide conjugate was proposed. The F127-peptide conjugate was prepared by the reaction between succinimidyl functionalized F127 (SC-F127) and peptide. SC-F127 was synthesized using disuccinimidyl carbonate and DMAP. Folic acid-functionalized F127 (FA-F127) was also prepared to obtain active targeting copolymers. Four peptides containing pH-responsive multiple histidines and endosome disruptive GFWFG domain were synthesized using the Fmoc procedure. H-Gly-2-ClTrt resin and Rink amide MBHA resin were used to synthesize side-chain-protected and deprotected peptides, respectively. 2-chlorotrityl resin failed in synthesizing the high-purity peptides with adjacent histidines in their sequences. Peptide-4 having a sequence of GGH6GFWFG, was prepared with acceptable purity using rink amide MBHA resin and was conjugated to SC-F127. Curcumin was loaded to F127 and F127-peptide using the thin film method with DCM solvent. Almost all curcumin was encapsulated into F127 micelles. However, the entrapment efficiency % of the F127-peptide micelles was ~86% due to the lower solubility of F127-peptide conjugate in DCM. Dynamic light scattering experiments were used to determine the stability and size distribution of the micelles. Number-based size distributions of both micelles indicated that a single peak between 10 and 30 nm was independent of pH. The peak position did not change upon incubating the micelles at 37oC up to a few days. Initially, intensity-based results of both samples indicate bidisperse populations at pH 5.0 and 7.4. Curcumin-loaded F127 micelles aggregated in the three days, as revealed by the formation of the third peak above 1000 nm independent of pH. Curcumin-loaded F127-peptide micelles, on the other hand, retain their stability for up to five days at neutral pH. For this sample, the third peak was observed only at pH 5.0 on days 2 and 5.Master Thesis Obtaining Underwater Adhesive Materials and Characterization of Their Adhesive Properties To Different Surfaces by Esr Spectroscopy(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2016) Kırpat, İklima; Akdoğan, YaşarThis study describes the design, synthesis and spectral behavior of underwater adhesive materials which adhere to surfaces without any external force. The materials with wet adhesive properties have a wide application field from biomedical implantation and covering to antifouling materials. Mussel’s stickiness to rocks, ships, etc. inspite of strong waves in the sea inspires us to synthesize adhesives materials. Mussels attach to solid surfaces strongly using their threads and plaques. The complex fluid (mussel foot proteins, Mfps) secreted from mussels is solidified in the sea water and forms threads, each equipped with a distal adhesive plaque. Mfps have large amount of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) amino acid and this amino acid is responsible for adhesion of mussels to underwater surfaces. The presence of stable hydration layers around both the adhesive materials and surface results in strong hydration repulsive forces that undermine adhesion. So far, applied external forces were used to break through or disrupt the hydration layers which prevent adhesion. In this research branched PEG based polymers were modified with different amounts of DOPA in order to obtain underwater adhesive material. Their adhesive properties to spin labeled (SL) nanoparticles were tested without applying an external force by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. As model surfaces we synthesized hydrophobic SL-polystyrene and hydrophilic SL-silica nanoparticles. ESR results showed that four arm DOPA modified PEG is able to adhere to SL-polystyrene but not to SL-silica. Moreover, adhesions of the polymers were tested by making hydrogels using iodate (IO3-) and iron (III) (Fe3+) ions. ESR results showed that hydrogels prepared from four arm DOPA modified PEG/IO3- mixture has better adhesive property to SL-polystyrene compare to hydrogels prepared from four arm DOPA modified PEG/Fe3+ mixture and adhesion of IO3- based gel form is better compared to molecule form.