Tüncel, Özge

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04.03. Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
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  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 6
    Epitranscriptomics M<sup>6</Sup>a Analyses Reveal Distinct M<sup>6</Sup>a Marks Under Tumor Necrosis Factor Α (tnf-Α) Apoptotic Conditions in Hela Cells
    (Wiley, 2024) Akçaöz Alasar, Azime; Tüncel, Özge; Sağlam, Buket; Gazaloğlu, Yasemin; Atbinek, Melis; Çağıral, Umut; Akgül, Bünyamin
    Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a ligand that induces both intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathways in HeLa cells by modulating complex gene regulatory mechanisms. However, the full spectrum of TNF-alpha-modulated epitranscriptomic m(6)A marks is unknown. We employed a genomewide approach to examine the extent of m(6)A RNA modifications under TNF-alpha-modulated apoptotic conditions in HeLa cells. miCLIP-seq analyses revealed a plethora of m(6)A marks on 632 target mRNAs with an enrichment on 99 mRNAs associated with apoptosis. Interestingly, the m(6)A RNA modification patterns were quite different under cisplatin- and TNF-alpha-mediated apoptotic conditions. We then examined the abundance and translational efficiencies of several mRNAs under METTL3 knockdown and/or TNF-alpha treatment conditions. Our analyses showed changes in the translational efficiency of TP53INP1 mRNA based on the polysome profile analyses. Additionally, TP53INP1 protein amount was modulated by METTL3 knockdown upon TNF-alpha treatment but not CP treatment, suggesting the existence of a pathway-specific METTL3-TP53INP1 axis. Congruently, METLL3 knockdown sensitized HeLa cells to TNF-alpha-mediated apoptosis, which was also validated in a zebrafish larval xenograft model. These results suggest that apoptotic pathway-specific m(6)A methylation marks exist in cells and TNF-alpha-METTL3-TP53INP1 axis modulates TNF-alpha-mediated apoptosis in HeLa cells.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 14
    Citation - Scopus: 15
    Noncoding Rnas in Apoptosis: Identification and Function
    (TÜBİTAK, 2022) Tüncel, Özge; Kara, Merve; Yaylak, Bilge; Erdoğan, İpek; Akgül, Bünyamin
    Apoptosis is a vital cellular process that is critical for the maintenance of homeostasis in health and disease. The derailment of apoptotic mechanisms has severe consequences such as abnormal development, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases. Thus, there exist complex regulatory mechanisms in eukaryotes to preserve the balance between cell growth and cell death. Initially, protein coding genes were prioritized in the search for such regulatory macromolecules involved in the regulation of apoptosis. However, recent genome annotations and transcriptomics studies have uncovered a plethora of regulatory noncoding RNAs that have the ability to modulate not only apoptosis but also many other biochemical processes in eukaryotes. In this review article, we will cover a brief summary of apoptosis and detection methods followed by an extensive discussion on microRNAs, circular RNAs, and long noncoding RNAs in apoptosis.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 8
    Citation - Scopus: 7
    Engineered Silica Nanoparticles Are Biologically Safe Vehicles To Deliver Drugs or Genes To Liver Cells
    (Elsevier Ltd., 2021) Tüncel, Özge; Kahraman, Erkan; Bağcı, Gülsün; Atabey, Neşe; Özçelik, Serdar
    Engineered silica nanoparticles (SiNP) are emerging materials for medical applications. Evaluating biological responses of specific cells treated with engineered silica nanoparticles is however essential. We synthesized and characterized the physicochemical properties of silica nanoparticles with two different sizes of 10 and 100 nm (10SiNP and 100SiNP) dispersed in cell culture medium. HuH-7, an epithelial-like human hepatoblastoma cell line and SK-HEP-1, a liver sinusoidal endothelial cell line (LSEC) are employed to evaluate their biological responses for the SiNP treatment. Primary human lymphocytes are used to assess genotoxicity recommended by OECD guidelines while erythrocytes are used to assess hemolytic activity. The engineered silica nanoparticles are not able to produce radical species, to alter the mitochondrial membrane potential, and induce any adverse effects on cell proliferation. The colony formation ability of HuH-7 hepatoblastoma cells was not affected following the SiNP treatment. Furthermore, SiNPs do not induce hemolysis of red blood cells and are not genotoxic. These findings suggest that SiNPs regardless of the size, amount, and incubation time are biologically safe vehicles to deliver drugs or genes to the liver. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 11
    Citation - Scopus: 10
    Genomewide M6a Mapping Uncovers Dynamic Changes in the M6a Epitranscriptome of Cisplatin-Treated Apoptotic Hela Cells
    (MDPI, 2022) Akçaöz, Azime; Tüncel, Özge; Gelmez, Ayşe Bengisu; Sağlam, Buket; Erdoğan Vatansever, İpek; Akgül, Bünyamin
    Cisplatin (CP), which is a conventional cancer chemotherapeutic drug, induces apoptosis by modulating a diverse array of gene regulatory mechanisms. However, cisplatin-mediated changes in the m6A methylome are unknown. We employed an m6A miCLIP-seq approach to investigate the effect of m6A methylation marks under cisplatin-mediated apoptotic conditions on HeLa cells. Our high-resolution approach revealed numerous m6A marks on 972 target mRNAs with an enrichment on 132 apoptotic mRNAs. We tracked the fate of differentially methylated candidate mRNAs under METTL3 knockdown and cisplatin treatment conditions. Polysome profile analyses revealed perturbations in the translational efficiency of PMAIP1 and PHLDA1 transcripts. Congruently, PMAIP1 amounts were dependent on METTL3. Additionally, cisplatin-mediated apoptosis was sensitized by METTL3 knockdown. These results suggest that apoptotic pathways are modulated by m6A methylation events and that the METTL3–PMAIP1 axis modulates cisplatin-mediated apoptosis in HeLa cells.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 13
    Citation - Scopus: 14
    Synthesizing and Evaluating the Photodynamic Efficacy of Asymmetric Heteroleptic A(7)b Type Novel Lanthanide Bis-Phthalocyanine Complexes
    (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021) Önal, Emel; Tüncel, Özge; Albakour, Mohamad; Gümüşgöz Çelik, Gizem; Gül Gürek, Ayşe; Özçelik, Serdar
    In this study heteroleptic A(7)B type novel Lu(iii) and Eu(iii) lanthanide phthalocyanines (LnPc(Pox)[Pc '(AB(3)SH)]) with high extinction coefficients have been synthesized as candidate photosensitizers with reaction yields higher than 33%. The singlet oxygen quantum yields of LuPc(Pox)[Pc '(AB(3)SH)] and EuPc(Pox)[Pc '(AB(3)SH)], respectively, were measured 17% and 1.4% by the direct method in THF. The singlet oxygen quantum yield of LuPc(Pox)[Pc '(AB(3)SH)] in THF is the highest among lutetium(iii) bis-phthalocyanine complexes to date. The photodynamic efficacy of the heteroleptic lanthanide phthalocyanines was evaluated by measuring cell viabilities of A549 and BEAS-2B lung cells, selected to representing in vitro models for testing cancer and normal cells against potential drugs. The cell viabilities demonstrated concentration dependent behavior and were varied by the type of phthalocyanines complexes. Irradiation of the cells for 30 minutes with LED array at 660 nm producing flux of 0.036 J cm(-2) s(-1) increased cell death for LuPcPox-OAc, LuPc(Pox)[Pc '(AB(3)SH)] and ZnPc. The IC50 concentrations of LuPc(Pox)[Pc '(AB(3)SH)] and ZnPc were determined to be below 10 nM for both cell lines, agreeing very well with the singlet oxygen quantum yield measurements. These findings suggest that LuPc(Pox)[Pc '(AB(3)SH)] and particularly LuPcPox-OAc are promising drug candidates enabling lowered dose and shorter irradiation time for photodynamic therapy.
  • Master Thesis
    Genomic Profiling of Micrornas Regulating Translation in Drosophila Melanogaster Embryos
    (Izmir Institute of Technology, 2008) Tüncel, Özge; Akgül, Bünyamin
    Among the small RNAs, microRNAs are a particular class of 21 to 23 nucleotide RNAs that negatively regulate translation and play a pivotal role in posttranscriptional gene expression. microRNAs are found in many phyla that control such diverse events as metabolism, cell fate, cell death and development.The aim of this study is to investigate molecular mechanism of miRNAmediated translational regulation by profiling developmentally important microRNAs according to their translational status and to identify new microRNAs that have roles in translational regulation during the embryogenesis of Drosophila. Following RNA purification from different embryonal stages the fractionated RNAs were analyzed by microRNA microarray. Preliminary results show that 9 miRNAs were expressed in both stages whereas 60 miRNAs were accumulated in RNA fractions of 8 hour embryos.Also there are 2 miRNAs in all fractions of both stages in Drosophila embryos. It can be concluded that most of them were expressed in late embryonal development and there does not appear to be a switch in microRNA profiles in fractions for different stages of embryos. The preliminary results suggest that microRNAs may suppress protein synthesis at pre-initiation and initiation phases based on the microarray data.Further studies are required to solidify the preliminary findings.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 4
    Citation - Scopus: 5
    Development of Ab3-Type Novel Phthalocyanine and Porphyrin Photosensitizers Conjugated With Triphenylphosphonium for Higher Photodynamic Efficacy
    (American Chemical Society, 2022) Albakour, Mohamad; Önal, Emel; Tüncel, Özge; Erdoğan, İpek; Gümüşgöz Çelik, Gizem; Küçük, Tuǧba; Akgül, Bünyamin; Gürek, Ayşe Gül; Özçelik, Serdar
    There are a number of lipophilic cations that can be chosen; the triphenylphosphonium (TPP) ion is particularly unique for mitochondrion targeting, mainly due to its simplicity in structure and ease to be linked to the target molecules. In this work, mitochondrion-targeted AB3-type novel phthalocyanine and porphyrin photosensitizers (PSs) were synthesized and their photophysical photochemical properties were defined. Fluorescence quantum yields (φF) are 0.009, 0.14, 0.13, and 0.13, and the singlet-oxygen quantum yields (φΔ) are 0.27, 0.75, 0.57, and 0.58 for LuPcPox(OAc), AB3TPP-Pc, AB3TPP-Por-C4, and AB3TPP-Por-C6, respectively. To evaluate the photodynamic efficacy of the TPP-conjugated PS cell viabilities of A549 and BEAS-2B lung cells were comparatively measured and IC-50 values were determined. AB3TPP-Por-C4, AB3TPP-Por-C6, and AB3TPP-Pc compounds compared to the reference molecules ZnPc and H2TPP were found to be highly cytotoxic (sub-micromolar concentration) under the light. LuPcPox(OAc) is the most effective molecule regarding cell killing (the activity). The cell killing of the TPP-conjugated porphyrin derivatives exhibits a similar response compared to LuPcPox(OAc) when the light absorbing factor of the PS is normalized at 660 nm: TPP-conjugated porphyrins absorb less light (lower extinction coefficient) but produce more radical species (higher singlet-oxygen quantum yield) and therefore effectively kill the cells. The singlet oxygen-producing capacity of AB3TPP-Pc is almost 3 times higher compared to LuPcPox(OAc) and 50% more efficient with respect to ZnPc, suggesting that TPP-conjugated phthalocyanine may serve as a good photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy (PDT). The high singlet oxygen generation capacity of these novel TPP-conjugated porphyrin and phthalocyanine PS suggests that they might be useful for PDT requiring lower photosensitizer concentration and reduced energy deposited through less light exposure.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 6
    Citation - Scopus: 5
    Epitranscriptomics M6a Analyses Reveal Distinct M6a Marks Under Tumor Necrosis Factor Α (tnf-Α) Apoptotic Conditions in Hela Cells
    (Wiley, 2024) Akçaöz Alasar, Azime; Tuncel, Özge; Sağlam, Buket; Gazaloğlu, Yasemin; Atbinek, Melis; Çağıral, Umut; İşcan, Evin; Özhan, Güneş; Akgül, Bünyamin
    Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a ligand that induces both intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic pathways in HeLa cells by modulating complex gene regulatory mechanisms. However, the full spectrum of TNF-alpha-modulated epitranscriptomic m(6)A marks is unknown. We employed a genomewide approach to examine the extent of m(6)A RNA modifications under TNF-alpha-modulated apoptotic conditions in HeLa cells. miCLIP-seq analyses revealed a plethora of m(6)A marks on 632 target mRNAs with an enrichment on 99 mRNAs associated with apoptosis. Interestingly, the m(6)A RNA modification patterns were quite different under cisplatin- and TNF-alpha-mediated apoptotic conditions. We then examined the abundance and translational efficiencies of several mRNAs under METTL3 knockdown and/or TNF-alpha treatment conditions. Our analyses showed changes in the translational efficiency of TP53INP1 mRNA based on the polysome profile analyses. Additionally, TP53INP1 protein amount was modulated by METTL3 knockdown upon TNF-alpha treatment but not CP treatment, suggesting the existence of a pathway-specific METTL3-TP53INP1 axis. Congruently, METLL3 knockdown sensitized HeLa cells to TNF-alpha-mediated apoptosis, which was also validated in a zebrafish larval xenograft model. These results suggest that apoptotic pathway-specific m(6)A methylation marks exist in cells and TNF-alpha-METTL3-TP53INP1 axis modulates TNF-alpha-mediated apoptosis in HeLa cells.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 13
    Citation - Scopus: 13
    Single Chain Cationic Polymer Dot as a Fluorescent Probe for Cell Imaging and Selective Determination of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells
    (American Chemical Society, 2019) Özenler, Sezer; Yücel, Müge; Tüncel, Özge; Kaya, Hakan; Özçelik, Serdar; Yıldız, Ümit Hakan
    This letter describes formation of single chain cationic polymer dots (Pdots) made of poly[1,4-dimethy1-1-(34(2,4,5-trimethylthiophen-3-yl)oxy)propyl)piperazin-1-ium bromide] conjugated polyelectrolyte (CPE). The single chain Pdot formation relies on a simple process which is a rapid nanophase separation between CPE solution of ethylene glycol and water. Pdots show narrow monodisperse size distribution with a 3.6 nm in diameter exhibiting high brightness and excellent colloidal and optical stability. It has been demonstrated that photoluminescent Pdots provide selective nuclear translocation to hepatocellular carcinoma cells as compared to healthy liver cells. The Pdot labeling effectively discriminates cancer cells in the coculture media. Pdots hold great promise as a luminescent probe to diagnose cancer cells in histology and may guide surgeons during operations to precisely separate out cancerous tissue due to augmented fluorescence brightness.
  • Article
    Citation - WoS: 8
    Wound Healing Effects of Various Fractions of Olive Leaf Extract (ole) on Mouse Fibroblasts
    (Ars Docendi, 2018) Erdoğan, İpek; Bayraktar, Oğuz; Uslu, Mehmet Emin; Tüncel, Özge
    Olive (Olea europaea) leaf has been introduced as a potential therapeutic in wound healing owing to combined antioxidant and antimicrobial activity. Comparison of crude extract and its fractions in terms of antioxidant capacity, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity to gain insight about cell migration rate under exogenous stress of H2O2, as a hallmark of wound healing constituted the objective of this study. Oleuropein-containing fraction exerted the highest cell migration rate among other fractions that contains hydroxytyrosol, verbascoside and luteolin, whilst treatment with high concentrations (50 mu g/ml) of this fraction simultaneously with H2O2 caused a dramatic decline in cell migration, resulting in the loss of cell adherence. Results overall indicated that active compounds caused an imbalance in redox signaling beyond a critical concentration. Comparison of fractions and crude extract also revealed that crude extract promoted cell migration by 20%, which may be attributed to synergistic effect of undefined phenolics.