Bioengineering / Biyomühendislik

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    Citation - WoS: 6
    Citation - Scopus: 6
    Benzodiazepine Derivatives From Marine-Derived Streptomyces Cacaoi 14cm034
    (ACG Publications, 2021) Çetinel Aksoy, Semiha; Küçüksolak, Melis; Uzel, Ataç; Bedir, Erdal
    7-methoxy-8-hydroxy cycloanthranilylproline (2), a new natural product with pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD) framework, was isolated from marine-derived actinobacterium Streptomyces cacaoi 14CM034, together with cycloanthranilylproline (1). Structural elucidation of the compounds was based on FTIR, 1D-(H-1 and C-13 NMR), 2D-NMR (COSY, HMBC and NOESY) and HR-MS analyses. Compounds 1 and 2 exhibited notable antimicrobial activity. The presence of PBD derivatives in S. cacaoi was first demonstrated with this study.
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    Citation - WoS: 24
    Citation - Scopus: 23
    Polyethers Isolated From the Marine Actinobacterium Streptomyces Cacaoi Inhibit Autophagy and Induce Apoptosis in Cancer Cells
    (Elsevier, 2019) Khan, Nasar; Yılmaz, Sinem; Aksoy, Semiha; Uzel, Ataç; Tosun, Çiğdem; Ballar Kırmızıbayrak, Petek; Bedir, Erdal
    Polyether compounds, a large group of biologically active metabolites produced by Streptomyces species have been reported to show a variety of bioactivity such as antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, antiviral, and tumour cell cytotoxicity. Since some of these compounds target cancer stem cells and multi-drug resistant cancer cells, this family of compounds have become of high interest. In this study, three polyether-type metabolites (1-3), one of which was a new natural product (3), were isolated from the marine derived Streptomyces cacaoi via antimicrobial activity-guided fractionation studies. As several polyether compounds with structural similarity such as monensin have been linked with autophagy and cell death, we first assessed the cytotoxicity of these three compounds. Compounds 2 and 3, but not 1, were found to be cytotoxic in several cell lines with a higher potency towards cancer cells. Furthermore, 2 and 3 caused accumulation of both autophagy flux markers LC3-II and p62 along with cleavage of caspase-3, caspase-9 and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1). Interestingly, prolonged treatment of the compounds caused a dramatic downregulation of the proteins related to autophagasome formation in a dose dependent manner. Our findings provide insights on the molecular mechanisms of the polyether-type polyketides, and signify their potency as chemotherapeutic agents through inhibiting autophagy and inducing apoptosis.
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    Citation - WoS: 30
    Citation - Scopus: 35
    Bioactive Sheath/Core Nanofibers Containing Olive Leaf Extract
    (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2016) Doğan, Gamze; Başal, Güldemet; Bayraktar, Oğuz; Özyıldız, Figen; Uzel, Ataç; Erdoğan, İpek
    This study aimed at producing silk fibroin (SF)/hyaluronic acid (HA) and olive leaf extract (OLE) nanofibers with sheath/core morphology by coaxial electrospinning method, determining their antimicrobial properties, and examining release profiles of OLE from these coaxial nanofibers. Optimum electrospinning process and solution parameters were determined to obtain uniform and bead-free coaxial nanofibers. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to characterize the morphology of the nanofibers. The antimicrobial activities of nanofibers were tested according to AATCC test method 100. Total phenolic content and total antioxidant activity were tested using in vitro batch release system. The quality and quantity of released components of OLE were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography. The changes in nanofibers were examined by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. Uniform and bead-free nanofibers were produced successfully. TEM images confirmed the coaxial structure. OLE-loaded nanofibers demonstrated almost perfect antibacterial activities against both of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria. Antifungal activity against C. albicans was rather poor. After a release period of 1 month, it was observed that ∼70-95% of the OLE was released from nanofibers and it was still bioactive. Overall results indicate that the resultant shell/core nanofibers have a great potential to be used as biomaterials.