Browsing by Author "Malekghasemi, Soheil"

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    Development of novel poly-l-lysine-modified sericin-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles as siRNA carrier
    (2021) Kara, Goknur; Malekghasemi, Soheil; Ozpolat, Bulent; Denkbas, Emir Baki
    Small interfering RNA (siRNA) is a promising therapeutic modality, however, its successful clinical application is still challenging due to the lack of safe and efficient carrier systems. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs)-based drug or gene carrier systems have displayed tremendous promise in nanomedicine. They possess intrinsic unique superparamagnetism that provides them to be concentrated in the targeted therapeutic site of action where an external magnetic field is applied. SPIONs can be also designed as theranostic agents to achieve simultaneous therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. Despite these favorable features, SPIONs are colloidally unstable and can be easily eliminated in the circulation. More importantly, the toxicological concerns associated with SPIONs, which often lead to the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), need to be thoroughly considered. Various types of polymers have been proposed so far to cover the surface of SPION to overcome these disadvantages. Silk protein, sericin can be ideal as a coating material due to its high biocompatibility, good biodegradability, and in vivo stability. In terms of the development of SPIONs as siRNA carriers, to the best of our knowledge, no protein was used as the coating material, and SPIONs coated with sericin have not been reported in the literature as a drug or gene carrier system.
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    Fabrication of Monodispersive Nanoscale Alginate-Chitosan Core-Shell Particulate Systems For Controlled Release Studies
    (2014) Korpe, Didem Aksoy; Malekghasemi, Soheil; Aydin, Ugur; Duman, Memed
    Biopolymers such as chitosan and alginate are widely used for controlled drug delivery systems. The present work aimed to develop a new protocol for preparation of monodisperse alginate-coated chitosan nanoparticles at nanoscale. Modifications of preparation protocol contain changing the pH of polymer solutions and adding extra centrifugation steps into the procedure. While chitosan nanoparticles were synthesized by ionic gelation method, they were coated with alginate by electrostatic interaction. The size, morphology, charge, and structural characterization of prepared core-shell nanoparticulated system were performed by AFM, Zeta sizer, and FTIR. BSA and DOX were loaded as test biomolecules to core and shell part of the nanoparticle, respectively. Release profiles of BSA and DOX were determined by spectrophotometry. The sizes of both chitosan and alginate-coated chitosan nanoparticles which were prepared by modified protocol were measured to be 50 +/- 10 and 60 +/- 3 nm, respectively. After loading BSA and DOX, the average size of the particles increased to 80 +/- 7 nm. Moreover, while the zeta potential of chitosan nanoparticles was positive value, the value was inverted to negative after alginate coating. Release profile measurements of BSA and DOX were determined during 57 and 2 days, respectively. Our results demonstrated that monodisperse alginate-coated nanoparticles were synthesized and loaded successfully using our modified protocol.