Bioengineering / Biyomühendislik

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    Citation - WoS: 1
    Microbial Transformation of Ruscogenins by Cunninghamella Blakesleeana
    (Georg Thieme Verlag, 2016) Özçınar, Özge; Tağ, Özgür; Kıvçak, Bijen; Bedir, Erdal
    The natural product drug discovery process involves the isolation of new molecules from natural sources, investigation of their biological activities, and semi-synthesis of more active analogs. Microbial transformation plays a vital role in the preparation of new oxygenated derivatives, and has frequently been used as microbial model of mammalian drug metabolism [1,2]. It has been proved that the hydroxylation of steroidal compounds is catalyzed by cytochrome P450 monoxygenase systems, which exist in all eucaryotic microorganisms [3]. Cunninghamella genus has been widely used in transformation of steroids [4,5]. The major steroidal saponins of Ruscus aculeatus, ruscogenin and neoruscogenin, has strong anti-inflammatory activities, acts as an anti-elastase, and decreases capillary permeability [6]. In the present study microbial transformation of Neoruscogenin:Ruscogenin (78:22) mixture by Cunninghamella blakesleeana fungus afforded three new compounds. The structures were elucidated by LC-MS, 1D- and 2D NMR analyses as shown below. Mainly oxydation products were obtained from neoruscogenin by C. blakesleana. As far as can be ascertained from the literature, this is the first microbial transformation study performed on neoruscogenin.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 7
    Citation - Scopus: 8
    Investigations on the Anti-Ulcerogenic Activity of Sideritis Caesarea H. Duman, Aytaç & Başer
    (Elsevier, 2020) Günbatan, Tuğba; Gürbüz, İlhan; Bedir, Erdal; Gençler Özkan, Ayşe Mine; Özçınar, Özge
    Ethnopharmacological relevance: Aerial parts of Sideritis caesarea H. Duman, Aytac & Baser are used for complaints such as stomach-aches, and intestinal spasms as traditional medicine in Kayseri, Turkey. Aim of study: To investigate the anti-ulcerogenic activity by using bioassay guided fractionation technique (BAGF) and to identify the compound(s) that are responsible for anti-ulcerogenic activity through ethanol-induced anti-ulcerogenic activity model in vivo. Materials and methods: Liquid-liquid partition and then different chromatographic techniques were utilized for the BAGF of the ethanol (80%) extract of the aerial parts of Sideritis caesarea. Ethanol-induced gastric ulcer method on rats was employed for the determination of the anti-ulcerogenic activity, and the ulcer index was also calculated for anti-ulcerogenic activity detection. Results: The ethanol (80%) extract of S. caesarea showed statistically potent anti-ulcerogenic activity (95.9% ulcer inhibition, p < 0.001). Among the liquid-liquid fractions, strongest anti-ulcerogenic activity was observed with the ethyl acetate fraction (91.4% inhibition, p< 0.001) and therefore BAGF studies were proceeded with the ethyl acetate fraction. Two anti-ulcerogenic flavonoids {4'-O-methylhypolaetin-7-O-[6'''-O-acetyl-beta-D-allopyranosyl-(1 -> 2)]- 6 ''-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside and isoscutellarein-7-O-[6'''-O-acetyl-beta-D-allopyranosyl-(1 -> 2)]-6 ''-O-acetyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside} were isolated from this fraction together with a sesquiterpene glycoside [(2E,6E)-2,6,10-trimethyl-2,6,11-dodecatriene-1,10-diol-1-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside] and two additional flavonoids {4'-O-methylhypolaetin-7-O-[6'''-O-acetyl-beta-D-allopyranosyl-(1 -> 2)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside and isoscutellarein- 7-O-[6'''-O-acetyl-beta-D-allopyranosyl-(1 -> 2)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside}. Conclusions: Traditional use of S. caesarea in the treatment of stomach-aches was supported by this study and four flavonoids were isolated by using BAGF method and two of them were determined to have significant antiulcerogenic activity. Additionally, (2E,6E)-2,6,10-trimethyl-2,6,11-dodecatriene-1,10-diol-1-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside was obtained from a Sideritis genus for the first time.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 14
    Citation - Scopus: 15
    Biotransformation of Ruscogenins by Cunninghamella Blakesleeana Nrrl 1369 and Neoruscogenin by Endophytic Fungus Neosartorya Hiratsukae
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2018) Özçınar, Özge; Tağ, Özgür; Yusufoğlu, Hasan; Kıvçak, Bijen; Bedir, Erdal
    Biotransformation of steroidal ruscogenins (neoruscogenin and ruscogenin) was carried out with Cunninghamella blakesleeana NRRL 1369 and endophytic fungus Neosartorya hiratsukae yielding mainly P450 monooxygenase products together with a glycosylated compound. Fermentation of ruscogenins (75:25, neoruscogenin-ruscogenin mixture) with C. blakesleeana yielded 8 previously undescribed hydroxylated compounds. Furthermore, microbial transformation of neoruscogenin by endophytic fungus N. hiratsukae afforded three previously undescribed neoruscogenin derivatives. While hydroxylation at C-7, C-12, C-14, C-21 with further oxidation at C-1 and C-7 were observed with C. blakesleeana, N. hiratsukae biotransformation provided C-7 and C-12 hydroxylated compounds along with C-12 oxidized and C-1(O) glycosylated derivatives. The structures of the metabolites were elucidated by 1-D (1H, 13C and DEPT135) and 2-D NMR (COSY, HMBC, HMQC, NOESY, ROESY) as well as HR-MS analyses.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 20
    Citation - Scopus: 24
    Biotransformation of Neoruscogenin by the Endophytic Fungus Alternaria Eureka
    (American Chemical Society, 2018) Özçınar, Özge; Tağ, Özgür; Yusufoğlu, Hasan; Kıvçak, Bijen; Bedir, Erdal
    Biotransformation of neoruscogenin (NR, 1, spirosta-5,25(27)-diene-1β,3β-diol), the major bioactive sapogenin of Ruscus preparations, was carried out with the endophytic fungus Alternaria eureka. Fourteen new biotransformation products (2-15) were isolated, and their structures were elucidated by NMR and HRESIMS data analyses. A. eureka affected mainly oxygenation, oxidation, and epoxidation reactions on the B and C rings of the sapogenin to afford compounds 8-15. In addition to these, cleavage of the spiroketal system as in compounds 2-7 and subsequent transformations provided unusual metabolites. This is the first study reporting conversion of the spirostanol skeleton to cholestane-type metabolites 2-5. Additionally, the cleavage of the C-22/C-26 oxygen bridge yielding a furostanol-type steroidal framework and subsequent formation of the epoxy bridge between C-18 and C-22 in 7 was encountered for the first time in steroid chemistry.