Chemical Engineering / Kimya Mühendisliği
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Article Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 4PEG-peptide conjugate containing cathepsin B degradation unit as a doxorubicin carrier system(TUBITAK, 2018) Şentürk, Nesligül; Top, AybenA drug delivery system (DDS) containing a cathepsin B degradable sequence and pH-responsive histidines was prepared by methoxypolyethylene glycol and peptide conjugation. Doxorubicin was attached to the carrier system using amide linkage to give the final form of the DDS, denoted as mPEG-AT3-DOX. mPEG-AT3-DOX exhibited a bimodal size distribution at about 15 and 30 nm independent of pH, whereas the size of the control DDS containing no peptide sequence, mPEG-DOX, was measured as ∼ 15–20 nm. At the end of 72 h, % doxorubicin release from both of the DDSs was observed to be below 8.5 ± 3% in the absence of cathepsin B, and it increased to 17 ± 2% in the presence of cathepsin B for mPEG-AT3-DOX. Complete degradation of AT3 peptide within 3 h upon incubation with cathepsin B suggests that lower than expected doxorubicin release is likely due to the aggregation tendency of mPEG-AT3-DOX. Absolute IC50 values indicated that the cytotoxicity trend of the samples is in the order of free DOX ≥ mPEG-AT3-DOX >mPEG-DOX. Considering these results, PEG-peptide-doxorubicin conjugates can be promising candidates in cancer therapy if they are designed to have more pronounced pH-responsive behavior to increase the drug release rate.Article Citation - WoS: 9Citation - Scopus: 10Hydrogenation of Citral Over Ni and Ni-Sn Catalysts(TUBITAK, 2008) Aykaç, Hilal; Yılmaz, SelahattinLiquid phase citral hydrogenation over zeolite-supported monometallic Ni and bimetallic Ni-Sn catalysts was studied. The zeolite support materials were Na-Y, Na-mordenite, and clinoptilolite. Ni and Sn contents of the monometallic and bimetallic catalysts were 8.1-9.2 wt% and 0.46 wt%, respectively. The type of the zeolite support affected the activity and selectivity of the catalysts differently. The main product of the citral hydrogenation reaction was citronellal, for both monometallic (84.5% yield) and bimetallic (44.5% yield) catalysts. The addition of promoter increased the selectivity to unsaturated alcohols (geraniol+nerol), i.e. it changed from 0.9% to 6.3% over mordenite and from 0.9% to 2.1% over Na-Y-supported catalysts. Furthermore, activity of the Ni catalysts decreased while the quantity of acetal remained almost constant. Intimate contact between active metal, promoter, and support, and a catalyst with a high concentration of weak acid sites gave high selectivity to geraniol+nerol.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3Hydrogenation of Citral Over Pt and Pt-Sn Catalysts(TUBITAK, 2008) Aykaç, Hilal; Yılmaz, SelahattinHydrogenation of citral on monometallic (Pt) and bimetallic (Pt-Sn) catalysts was investigated. It was found that the catalyst activities and product distributions were different over Na-Y and Clino supports. Among monometallic catalysts, Pt/Na-Y was more selective to citronellol (3.9%) and unsaturated alcohols, geraniol and nerol, (14.1%). Sn addition increased the catalyst activities. However, its effect on product distribution differed. Yield of geraniol+nerol changed from 5.1% to 19.7% over Clino. However, selectivity to unsaturated alcohols over Na-Y decreased when it was prepared as a bimetallic catalyst support. Unsaturated alcohol formation was favored when there was a metal support interaction over monometallic catalysts, and metal-promoter interaction over bimetallic catalyst.