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    İnsan Kolon Kanseri Hücrelerine Karşı İnorganik Nanopartikül-temelli İlaç Taşıyıcı Sistemlerin Kullanılması: Partikül Büyüklüğünün Antikanser Aktivitesine Etkisi
    (Gazi Üniversitesi, 2020) Dağlıoğlu, Cenk; Dağlıoğlu, Cenk; 04.03. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics; 04. Faculty of Science; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    Today's nanoparticle technology enables the synthesis of nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems with desired size, shape, and materials especially for the applications of cancer nanomedicine. Thereby, understanding impact of particle sizes on anticancer activity will contribute to development of new drug delivery systems in cancer therapy. For this reason, in this study, two different sized nanoparticles (with -55 and 314 nm) were used as drug delivery systems and the effects of their size on the cellular uptake, cytotoxicity and apoptosis were investigated against the human colon carcinoma Caco-2 and HCT-116 cells. The results demonstrated that small nanoparticles promoted fast nanoparticle accumulation in both cancer cells in comparison to large particles. Small nanoparticles exhibited higher cytotoxicity in cancer cells with lower half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values than large nanoparticles in 48 h. On the other hand, both nanoparticles showed similar IC50 values after 72 h prolonged exposure. Moreover, it was found that small nanoparticles increased the number of apoptotic cells in 24 h, whereas large nanoparticles induced apoptosis when exposure time increased to 72 h. These observations show that small sized drug delivery systems could be more efficient for improving the anticancer effects of chemotherapeutic drugs against human colon carcinoma as compared to large sized drug delivery systems.
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    Citation - WoS: 15
    Citation - Scopus: 13
    Cascade Therapy With Doxorubicin and Survivin-Targeted Tailored Nanoparticles: an Effective Alternative for Sensitization of Cancer Cells To Chemotherapy
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2019) Dağlıoğlu, Cenk; Dağlıoğlu, Cenk; 04.03. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics; 04. Faculty of Science; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology
    Chemotherapy frequently involves combination treatment protocols to maximize tumor cell killing. Unfortunately these intensive chemotherapeutic regimes, often show disappointing results due to the development of drug resistance and higher nonspecific toxicity on normal tissues. In cancer treatment, it is critically important to minimize toxicity while preserving efficacy. We have previously addressed this issue and proposed a nanoparticle-based combination therapy involving both a molecularly targeted therapy and chemotherapeutic agent for neutralizing antiapoptotic survivin (BIRC5) to potentiate the efficacy of doxorubicin (DOX). Although the particles exhibited strong anticancer effect on the lung carcinoma A549 and the cervical carcinoma HeLa cells, there were lower-level therapeutic outcomes on the colon carcinoma HCT-116, the leukemia Jurkat and the pancreatic carcinoma MIA PaCa-2 cells. Since targeted therapies are one of the key approaches for overcoming drug resistance, tailoring the treatment of cancer cells with distinct characteristics is necessary to improve the therapeutic outcome of cancer therapy and to minimize potential pharmacokinetic interactions of drugs. In the light of this issue, this study examined whether a cascade therapy with low-dose DOX and survivin-targeted tailored nanoparticles is more effective at sensitizing HCT-116, Jurkat and MIA PaCa-2 cancer cells to DOX-chemotherapy than simultaneous combination therapy. The results demonstrated that the sequential therapy with the protocol comprising addition of the nanoparticles after incubation of cells with DOX clearly advanced the therapeutic outcome of related cancer cells, whereas the reverse protocol resulted in a reduction or delay in apoptosis, emphasizing the critical importance of formulating synergistic drug combinations in cancer therapy.