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Gastroenterology, 2008

Gastroenterology, Volume 134, Issue 4, Pages A-465, April 2008, Authors:Hakan Akin; Filiz T. Özde... more Gastroenterology, Volume 134, Issue 4, Pages A-465, April 2008, Authors:Hakan Akin; Filiz T. Özdemir; Özlen Atug; Gulgun Tahan; Fatih Eren; Bilgi Baca; Ismail Hamzaoglu; Hulya O. Hamzaoglu; Nurdan Tozun. Gastroenterology ...

Arthritis Care & Research

Annals of hepatology: official journal of the Mexican Association of Hepatology

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis in the world. Rarely, a... more Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis in the world. Rarely, acute infection may persist for a long time. Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) may provide anti-HAV IgM positivity detection for a prolonged time. On the other hand, HAV as an infectious agent may also trigger AIH. Here we presented a case which seemed like a simple acute viral hepatitis A infection at the beginning but turned out to be an AIH according to the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group's system. A 21-year-old female was diagnosed as symptomatic acute HAV infection with anti-HAV IgM positivity and elevated aminotransferase levels. The other viral serological tests were negative. On the 6 th , 12 th and 18 th months of the follow up, her anti-HAV IgM positivity still continued and transaminase levels were also 3 to 7 times high of the upper limit of normal. In addition, antinuclear antibody was positive. However, on the 19 th month anti-HAV IgM could be detected as negative. Liver histology was prominent. The patient had a score of 16 according to the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group's system. She was given prednisolone (10 mg/day) and azathioprine (100 mg/day). The aminotransferase levels were detected within normal ranges at the end of the first month of therapy. She was in remission during follow up for 6 years. In conclusion, prolonged HAV infection and AIH may not only trigger each other but also deterio-rate the liver histology. AIH should be investigated in cases of long-lasting HAV infection in order to begin the treatment earlier. On the other hand, AIH patients should also be vaccinated for both HBV and HAV to avoid more severe diseases.

Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, 2005

Amaç: Türk popülasyonunda psödoeksfolyasyon ile human leucocyte antigens (HLA) class I antijenler... more Amaç: Türk popülasyonunda psödoeksfolyasyon ile human leucocyte antigens (HLA) class I antijenleri arasındaki korelasyonu saptamak. Gereç ve Yöntem: En az bir gözünde psödoeksfolyasyonu olan 76 hasta ile psödoeksfolyasyonu olmayan 100 olguda HLA class I antijenleri incelendi. Bulgular: Psödoeksfolyasyon grubunda HLA A68, B39, CW4 istatistiksel olarak daha sık saptanırken HLA A1, B7 istatistiksel olarak daha az sıklıkta bulundu. Psödoeksfolyasyon ve kontrol grubunda haplotip frekansı açısından istatistiksel olarak belirgin bir fark saptanmadı. Sonuç: Farklı populasyonlar ve hasta akrabalarında yapılacak yeni çalışmalar psödoeksfolyasyon ile HLA arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesinde yardımcı olacaktır.

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Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES, 2007

In this study, we aimed to compare the efficacy of methylprednisolone, coenzyme Q(10) and combine... more In this study, we aimed to compare the efficacy of methylprednisolone, coenzyme Q(10) and combined methylprednisolone and coenzyme Q(10) treatments on experimental spinal cord injury. Thirty-two male Sprague-Dawley rats (200-250 g) were divided into four groups. Spinal cord injury (SCI) was performed by placement of an aneurysm clip, extradurally at the level of T4-5. After the trauma, group K (control group) received soybean oil, group M (methylprednisolone group) received 30 mg.kg-1 methylprednisolone and 5.4 mg.kg.hour-1 maintenance dose of methylprednisolone, group Q (coenzyme Q(10) group) received 10 mg.kg-1 coenzyme Q(10), group MQ (methylprednisolone and coenzyme Q(10) group) received 30 mg.kg-1 methylprednisolone and 5.4 mg.kg.hour-1 maintenance dose of methylprednisolone and 10 mg.kg-1 coenzyme Q(10) intraperitoneally. Twenty-four hours after the trauma spinal cord samples of the rats were obtained and tissue samples had been harvested for both biochemical and histopatholog...

Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2012

Aberrant methylation of gene promoter regions is one of the mechanisms for inactivation of tumor ... more Aberrant methylation of gene promoter regions is one of the mechanisms for inactivation of tumor suppressor genes in human malignancies. In this study, the methylation pattern of 24 tumor suppressor genes was analyzed in 75 samples of ovarian cancer using the methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA) assay. Of the 24 tumor suppressor genes examined, aberrant methylation was observed in 17. The three most frequently methylated genes were CDKN2B, CDH13 and RASSF1, followed by ESR1 and MLH1. Methylation frequencies ranged from 1.3% for CDKN2A, RARβ, CASP8, VHL and TP73 to 24% for CDKN2B. The corresponding normal DNA from each patient was also investigated. Methylation was detected in tumors, although not in normal tissues, with the exception of two samples, indicating aberrant methylation in tumors. Clear cell carcinoma samples exhibited a higher frequency of CDKN2B promoter hypermethylation compared to those of other histological types (P=0.05). O...

Saudi medical journal, 2006

This study has dealt with the effects of gemfibrozil and vitamin E (vit E) therapies on lipoprote... more This study has dealt with the effects of gemfibrozil and vitamin E (vit E) therapies on lipoprotein levels, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant statuses of the elderly and young hyperlipidemic subjects. This study took place in the Internal Medicine Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Osmangazi University, Turkey between 2004-2005. This study was carried out on 99 hyperlipidemic and 40 control subjects. Subjects were divided into 2 groups; elderly hyperlipidemic (n=65) and young hyperlipidemic (n=34). In the young and elderly hyperlipidemic subjects of the first group treated only with vit E (600 mg/day) for one month. In the young and elderly hyperlipidemic subjects of the second group were treated only with gemfibrozil (600 mg/twice daily) for one month. The 2 therapies of vit E and gemfibrozil were then combined and applied to the third group of our study. Reduced glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), total cholesterol (total chol), serum low density lipoprotein (LDL), high de...

Tumor Biology, 2014

The transcription factor KLF6 gene has been identified as a tumor suppressor because of its inact... more The transcription factor KLF6 gene has been identified as a tumor suppressor because of its inactivation in several types of cancers by different mechanisms. However, there are no data in the literature investigating the KLF6 mutation rate and expression levels in breast cancer. Therefore, the present study was conducted in order to investigate whether genetic alterations of KLF6 in association with the KLF6 mRNA expression levels may play a role in breast carcinogenesis. For this purpose, we analyzed alterations of the KLF6 gene by direct sequencing and the mRNA levels by reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). In addition to four different non-coding alterations, one missense and two silent alterations were identified in the coding sequence. Reduced KLF6 expression was observed in 41 (83.67 %) of the 49 breast cancer tumors. These findings suggest that the mutation profile of the KLF6 gene in breast tumors is similar to other cancer types. However, these mutations do not exert any effect on the gene expression rate. Downregulation of KLF6 during the progression of breast cancer is independent of the mutations and occurs by a different mechanism.

Plant Science, 2003

The changes in lipid peroxidation and the possible involvement of the antioxidant system in relat... more The changes in lipid peroxidation and the possible involvement of the antioxidant system in relation to the tolerance to salt stress was investigated in the cultivated beet Beta vulgaris L. cv. ansa and its wild salt-tolerant relative Beta maritima TR 51196 . The 40 days old beet seedlings were subjected to 0, 150 and 500 mM NaCl for 12 days. In B. maritima constitutive level of lipid peroxidation was lower, but activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POX), ascorbate peroxidase (APOX), catalase (CAT) and glutathione reductase (GR) were inherently higher than in B. vulgaris cv. ansa . Compared to B. vulgaris , lipid peroxidation was also lower and the activities of SOD, POX, APOX, CAT and GR were higher in B. maritima at 150 and 500 mM NaCl. These results possibly suggest that the wild salt-tolerant beet, B. maritima exhibit a better protection mechanism against oxidative damage by maintaining a higher inherited and induced activity of antioxidant enzymes than the relatively sensitive plants of the sugar beet, B. vulgaris cv. ansa . #

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2009

Myrosinase (EC 3.2.1.147) catalyzes cleavage of glucosinolates, which consist of a thioglucoside ... more Myrosinase (EC 3.2.1.147) catalyzes cleavage of glucosinolates, which consist of a thioglucoside moiety linked to amino acid-derived side chains. Myrosinase activity and expression profiles were investigated together with glucosinolate contents in Capparis ovata (caper) in order to characterize the glucosinolate-myrosinase system. The desulfoglucosinolates-glucocapparin, glucoiberin, progoitrin, epiprogoitrin, sinigrin, gluconapin, glucosinalbin, and glucobrassicin-were extracted and quantified from leaves, seeds, flowers, flower buds, and young shoots. The major desulfoglucosinolate was glucocapparin, which accumulated to values of 39.35±0.09 and 25.56±0.11 μmol g −1 dry weight in seed and leaf extracts, respectively. Myrosinase has high activity in caper seeds, leaves, flowers, and flower bud tissues having the highest total activities in seed extracts (79.23±0.18 U). However, specific activities were the highest in flower bud extracts (200.44±0.09 U mg −1 protein). The myrosinase protein migrated as a single band with a molecular weight of 65 kDa on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and on Western blots probed with the myrosinase-specific 3D7 antibodies. Native gel electrophoresis revealed two putative myrosinase isoenzymes in seeds, leaves, and flower tissues. The caper homolog of the Arabidopsis thaliana TGG1 gene was differentially expressed in seeds, leaves, flowers, and flower buds with the highest expression levels in leaves and flower bud tissues.

Plant Growth Regulation, 2008

The changes in plant growth, relative water content (RWC), stomatal conductance, lipid peroxidati... more The changes in plant growth, relative water content (RWC), stomatal conductance, lipid peroxidation, proline and antioxidant system in relation to the tolerance to polyethylene glycol mediated water stress were investigated in drought-sensitive common bean P. vulgaris L. accession FM 53 and drought-tolerant tepary bean P. acutifolius Gray accession PI 321-638. For induction of water stress, the 35 days old bean seedlings were subjected to PEG 6000 of osmotic potential À0.40 MPa for 14 days. With regard to vegetative growth, PEG treatment caused more decrease in P. vulgaris than in P. acutifolius indicating a superior performance of wild species under water stress. Root and shoot DW increased in P. acutifolius while decreased in P. vulgaris on day 14. PEG treatment had no effects on relative water content (RWC) in P. acutifolius but, reduced RWC in P. vulgaris. P. acutifolius maintained a greater stomatal conductance than P. vulgaris under water stress imposed by PEG treatment. In P. acutifolius constitutive level of lipid peroxidation was lower than in P. vulgaris and did not change at the end of the experiment. Constitutive activities of SOD, CAT, APOX and POX were higher in P. acutifolius than in the sensitive one and SOD, APOX and GR activities showed an enhancement in the former under water stress. Proline accumulation was also higher in P. acutifolius than in P. vulgaris both under control and water stress conditions. These results possibly suggest that the drought-tolerant tepary bean P. acutifolius showed a better protection mechanism against oxidative damage by maintaining higher constitutive and induced activities of antioxidant enzymes, than the sensitive common bean P. vulgaris.

Plant Growth Regulation, 2000

The effects of 24-epibrassinolide (24-epiBL) on seedling growth, antioxidative system, lipid pero... more The effects of 24-epibrassinolide (24-epiBL) on seedling growth, antioxidative system, lipid peroxidation, proline and soluble protein content were investigated in seedlings of the salt-sensitive rice cultivar IR-28. Seedling growth of rice plants was improved by 24-epiBL treatment under salt stress conditions. When seedlings treated with 24-epiBL were subjected to 120 mM NaCl stress, the activities of superoxide dismutase (EC 1.15.1.1), catalase (EC 1.11.1.6) and glutathione reductase (EC 1.6.4.2) did not show significant difference, whereas the activity of ascorbate peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.11) significantly increased. Increased activity of peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7) under NaCl stress showed remarkable decrease in the 24-epiBL+NaClapplied group. Lipid peroxidation level significantly increased under salt stress but decreased with 24-epiBL application revealing that less oxidative damage occurred in this group (24-epiBL+NaCl). In addition, increased proline content in the NaCl-applied group was decreased by 24-epiBL application in the 24-epiBL + NaCl-applied group. Soluble protein content was increased by 24-epiBL application even under NaCl stress, being also higher than control conditions (no 24-epiBL or NaCl treatment). 24-epiBL treatment considerably alleviated oxidative damage that occurred under NaCl-stressed conditions and improved seedling growth in part under salt stress in sensitive IR-28 seedlings.

Plant Biology, 2009

This study investigated oxidative stress and the antioxidant response to boron (B) of chickpea cu... more This study investigated oxidative stress and the antioxidant response to boron (B) of chickpea cultivars differing in their tolerance to drought. Three-week-old chickpea seedlings were subjected to 0.05 (control), 1.6 or 6.4 mm B in the form of boric acid (H 3 BO 3 ) for 7 days. At the end of the treatment period, shoot length, dry weight, chlorophyll fluorescence, B concentration, malondialdehyte content and the antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POX), catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and glutathione reductase (GR) were measured. The 1.6 mm B treatment did not cause significant changes in shoot length of cultivars, although shoot length increased in the drought-tolerant Gökce and decreased in the drought-sensitive Küsmen after 6.4 mm B treatment. Dry weights of both cultivars decreased with 6.4 mm B treatment. Chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv ⁄ Fm) did not change in Gökce at either B level. Nor did it change in Küsmen with 1.6 mm B but Fv ⁄ Fm decreased with 6.4 mm B. Boron concentration in the shoots of both cultivars increased significantly with increasing levels of applied B. Significant increases in total SOD activity were observed in shoots of both cultivars given 1.6 and 6.4 mm B. Shoot extracts exhibited five activity bands, two of which were identified as MnSOD and Cu ⁄ ZnSOD. In comparison to the control group, all enzyme activities (except APX and SOD) decreased with 1.6 mm B stress. GR activity decreased, while activities of CAT, POX and APX did not change with 6.4 mm B in Küsmen. On the other hand, activities of CAT, APX and SOD increased in Gökce at both B levels. In addition, lipid peroxidation was higher in Küsmen than in Gökce, indicating more damage by B to membrane lipids in the former cultivar. These results suggest that (i) Gökce is tolerant and Küsmen is sensitive to B, and (ii) B tolerance of Gökce might be closely related to increased capacity of the antioxidative system (total SOD, CAT and APX) to scavenge reactive oxygen species and thus suppress lipid peroxidation under B stress. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the antioxidant response of chickpea seedlings to B toxicity.

Plant and Soil, 2009

... Murat Ardıc &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Askım Hediye Sekmen &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; I... more ... Murat Ardıc &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Askım Hediye Sekmen &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Ismail Turkan &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Süleyman Tokur &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Filiz Ozdemir ... AH Sekmen .I. Turkan (*) .F. Ozdemir Department of Biology, Science Faculty, Ege University, 35100 Bornova-Izmir, Turkey e-mail: ismail.turkan@ege.edu.tr Page 2. ...

Journal of Plant Physiology, 2012

Plants accumulate high levels of Gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) in response to different environ... more Plants accumulate high levels of Gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) in response to different environmental stresses and GABA metabolism has different functions such as osmotic and pH regulation, bypass of tricarboxylic acid cycle, and C:N balance. The cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) II mutant of Nicotiana sylvestris has a deletion in the mitochondrial gene nad7 which encodes the NAD7 subunit of complex I which causes increased leaf respiration, impaired photosynthesis, slower growth and increased amino acid levels. In this study we aimed to elucidate the role of GABA and GABA metabolism in different genotypes of the same plant system under salt stress (100 mM NaCl) in short (24 h) and long (7, 14 and 21 days) terms. We have investigated the differences in leaf fresh and dry weights, relative water content, photosynthetic efficiency (F v /F m ), glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH, EC 1.4.1.4) and glutamate decarboxylase (GAD, EC 4.1.1.15) enzyme activities, GABA content and GAD gene expression profiles. GDH activity showed variations in CMSII and wild type (WT) plants in the first 24 h. GAD gene expression profiles were in good agreement with the GAD enzyme activity levels in CMSII and WT plants after 24 h. In long-term salinity, GAD activities increased in WT but, decreased in CMSII. GABA accumulation in WT and CMSII plants in short and long term was induced by salt stress. Variations in GDH and GAD activities in relation to GABA levels were discussed and GABA metabolism has been proposed to be involved in better performance of CMSII plants under long term salinity.

Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 2004

... ASKıM HEDIYE SEKMEN, FILIZ OZDEMIR, AND ISMAIL TÜRKAN* Department of Biology, Faculty of Scie... more ... ASKıM HEDIYE SEKMEN, FILIZ OZDEMIR, AND ISMAIL TÜRKAN* Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ege University, 35100 Bornova-Izmir, Turkey ... The conditions that can impose light sensi-tivity include high osmotic pressures and the application of certain inhibitory ...

International Journal of Toxicology, 2007

Melatonin (MEL) and coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) both display antioxidant and free radical scavenger prop... more Melatonin (MEL) and coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) both display antioxidant and free radical scavenger properties. In the present study, the effect of MEL and CoQ10 on the oxidative stress and fibrosis induced by ochratoxin A (OTA) administration in rats was investigated. Rats were divided into five equal groups, each consisting of seven rats: (1) controls; (2) OTA-treated rats (289 microg/kg/day); (3) OTA+MEL-treated rats (289 microg/kg/day OTA + 10 mg/kg/day MEL); and (4) OTA+CoQ10-treated rats (289 microg/kg/day OTA + 1 mg/100 g/day body weight (bw) CoQ10). After 4 weeks of treatment, the level of malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and hydroxyproline (Hyp) were measured in the homogenates of liver and kidney. In the OTA-treated group, the levels of MDA and Hyp in both liver and kidney were significantly increased when compared with the levels of control, whereas GPx activities decreased. In OTA+MEL-treated rats, the levels of MDA and Hyp in both liver and kidney were significantly decreased when compared with the levels of OTA-treated rats; however; GPX activities increased. In the OTA+CoQ10-treated group, the levels of MDA and Hyp were decreased when compared with the levels of OTA-treated rats, whereas GPx activities increased. In the OTA+CoQ10-treated group, the levels of MDA, Hyp, and GPx were not significantly changed in kidney when compared with OTA-treated group. MEL has a protective effect against OTA toxicity through an inhibition of the oxidative damage and fibrosis both liver and kidney. Although CoQ10 has protective effect against OTA toxicity in liver tissue, it has no effect in kidney tissue.

Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2007

The effect of increasing NaCl concentrations was studied on two different cultivars (cv. Orhangaz... more The effect of increasing NaCl concentrations was studied on two different cultivars (cv. Orhangazi and cv. Cumhuriyet) of Sesamum indicum. Seedlings were grown for 40 days in half strength Hoagland solution and after 40 days treated with different NaCl concentrations (0, 50 and 100 mM) for 21 days. Differences in growth parameters, lipid peroxidation, antioxidative enzyme activities and proline accumulation were tested in order to put forward the relative tolerance or sensitivity of the cultivars. Results indicated that both parameters differ according to the cultivar's ability in coping oxidative stress caused by salinity. Constitutive levels of antioxidative enzyme activities were almost the same between the cultivars; however, cv. Cumhuriyet was able to induce antioxidative enzyme activities more efficiently when subjected to salt stress. Growth parameters, lipid peroxidation and proline accumulation results are also in good correlation with supporting this cultivar's being relatively tolerant.

Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2009

Caper (Capparis ovata Desf.) is a perennial shrub (xerophyte) and drought resistant plant which i... more Caper (Capparis ovata Desf.) is a perennial shrub (xerophyte) and drought resistant plant which is well adapted to Mediterranean Ecosystem. In the present study we investigated the plant growth, relative water content (RWC), chlorophyll fluorescence (F V /F M ), lipid peroxidation (TBA-reactive substances content) as parameters indicative of oxidative stress and antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), peroxidase (POX), catalase (CAT) and glutathione reductase (GR) in relation to the tolerance to polyethylene glycol mediated drought stress in C. ovata seedlings. For induction of drought stress, the 35 days seedlings were subjected to PEG 6000 of osmotic potential −0.81 MPa for 14 days. Lipid peroxidation increased in PEG stressed seedlings as compared to non-stressed seedlings of C. ovata during the experimental period. With regard to vegetative growth, PEG treatment caused decrease in shoot fresh and dry weights, RWC and F V /F M but decline was more prominent on day 14 of PEG treatment. Total activity of antioxidative enzymes SOD, APX, POX, CAT and GR were investigated in C. ovata seedlings under PEG mediated drought. Induced activities of SOD, CAT and POX enzymes were high and the rate of increment was higher in stressed seedling. APX activity increased on both days of PEG treatment, however, increase in GR activity was highest on day 14 of drought stress. We concluded that increased drought tolerance of C. ovata is correlated with diminishing oxidative injury by functioning of antioxidant system at higher rates under drought stress.

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2007