Orhan Kankavi
Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
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Biochemical Genetics | 2011
Haydar Bagis; Digdem Aktoprakligil; Cagatay Günes; Sezen Arat; Tolga Akkoc; Gaye Cetinkaya; Orhan Kankavi; Ali Cihan Taskin; Korhan Arslan; Munis Dundar; Vania L. Tsoncheva; Ivan Ivanov
Transgenic animals are used for production of recombinant proteins for scientific, pharmaceutical, and agricultural purposes. The ability of transgenic animals to produce biologically active recombinant proteins in an efficient and economic manner was demonstrated a long time ago and has attracted substantial attention and investments. Human interferon-c (hIFN-c) is a key cytokine endowed with multiple biological activities such as antiviral, antibacterial, antiparasitic, antiproliferative, and immunomodulatory activity (Smith et al. 1990; Tsanev and Ivanov 2001). Human IFN-c is a glycoprotein naturally secreted by activated T lymphocytes and monocytes (Rinderknecht et al. 1984). It is a product of a single gene encoding a protein of 143 amino acids with a molecular mass of 20–25 kDa. The recombinant
Fertility and Sterility | 2008
Orhan Kankavi; Ayhan Ata; Ciler Celik-Ozenci; Leyla Sati; Mehmet Akif Ciftcioglu; Ramazan Demir; Mehmet Baykara
OBJECTIVE To investigate the presence of surfactant protein-A (SP-A); molecular weight 34 kDa and surfactant protein-D (SP-D); and molecular weight 43 kDa in human spermatozoa. DESIGN Prospective, research study. SETTING Two universities in Turkey. PATIENT(S) Semen specimens (n = 10) were obtained from normozoospermic donors. INTERVENTION(S) Human sperm were exposed to an anti-human SP-A polyclonal antibody, and monoclonal antibody, to human SP-D protein. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Presence of SP-A and SP-D proteins in human beings. RESULT(S) Indirect immunofluorescence assays of human sperm indicated the presence of SP-A in the mid piece, the tail, and sometimes at the equatorial region of spermatozoa. A brilliant green light detected SP-D in the tails and acrosome of some sperm. The anti-SP-A antibody detected a single band corresponding to the molecular weight values of 34 kDa in spermatozoa, whereas no band was observed in the negative control. The anti-SP-D antibody showed the expected band at 43 kDa in spermatozoa. CONCLUSION(S) This is the first report and a novel finding of the presence of surfactant glycoproteins on human spermatozoa.
Renal Failure | 2014
Orhan Kankavi; Mehmet Baykara; Meryem İlkay Eren Karanis; Cumhur İbrahim Başsorgun; Hale Ergin; Mehmet Akif Ciftcioglu
Abstract Aim: Surfactant proteins (SP-A and SP-D) were originally described in the lung; however, they are also present in the prostate. Purpose of this study, therefore, was to determine how surfactant proteins are altered in prostate adenocarcinomas (PCa) and find out any connection exists between their expressions and their staining patterns, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values, Gleason score, age, tumor volume and tumor, node, metastases (TNM) clinical stage. Methods: Thirty-five tissue samples were obtained during radical prostatectomy. All specimens were classified to three groups based on the Gleason score <7, 7 and Gleason score >7. Surfactant proteins’ expressions were tested by immunohistochemical and Western blotting methods. Results: Immunoreactivity was detected in the cytoplasm from both basal cells and secretory epithelial cells in malignant and non-malignant areas. About 80% of the malignant basal cells were characterized as either weak or strong while non-malignant epithelial cells demonstrated strong immunoreactivity for SP-A. Also malignant (81.8%) and non-malignant cells (90.6%) were characterized as either weak or strong for SP-D. Decrement of SP-A and SP-D immunostaining tended to associate with an increasing Gleason score (p > 0.05, p < 0.05), tumor volume (p < 0.05, p > 0.05) and age (p > 0.05, p > 0.05). There was a strong positive correlation between Gleason score and tumor volume (p < 0.01). Also, either none or weak SP-A and SP-D immunoreactivity was observed specimens with Gleason score 7 or higher. SP-A and SP-D reacted with 34 kDa (SP-A) and 43 kDa (SP-D) immunoreactive single bands were decreased in tumor tissues. Conclusions: The development of prostate cancer may be related to decreased level of surfactant protein A and D.
Journal of Experimental Zoology | 2008
Haydar Bagis; Arzu Tas; Orhan Kankavi
In this study, the presence of antifreeze protein (AFP) gene expression through successive generations in transgenic mice carrying the chimeric gene construct of the coding sequence for the AFP protein from ocean pout was investigated. AFP transgenic hemizygote mice were used for AFP gene expression. AFP genome expressions in transgenic mice were analyzed by Western blotting, and tissue location of AFP protein was shown by immunohistochemical and immunofluorescence techniques. Seventh transgenic mice from the established founders demonstrated the expression of AFP in organs such as the skin, oviduct, lung, kidney and liver tissues and serum except for the heart. Our results demonstrate successful expression of AFP gene products in several tissues and serum of transgenic mice, the association of in vivo expressed AFP protein, for the first time. These results indicate that the coding sequence for the AFP protein gene (ocean pout type III AFP gene) could be integrated and stably transcribed and expressed in the 7th generation of transgenic mice. In conclusion transgenic mouse lines would be a good model for the cryostudy of AFP and for the determination of AFP roles in several organs and tissues.
Animal Reproduction Science | 2007
Orhan Kankavi; Ayhan Ata; Orsan Gungor
Theriogenology | 2006
Orhan Kankavi; Ayhan Ata; M. Akif Ciftcioglu
Archives of Dermatological Research | 2008
Ayse Akman; Orhan Kankavi; Mehmet Akif Ciftcioglu; Erkan Alpsoy
Archive | 2014
Ayhan Ata; Muhammed Enes; Orhan Kankavi; Mehmet Akif
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi | 2014
Ayhan Ata; Muhammed Enes İnanç; Orhan Kankavi; Özlem Yıldız Gülay; Mehmet Şükrü Gülay
Current Opinion in Biotechnology | 2011
Haydar Bagis; Digdem Aktoprakligil; Cagatay Günes; Tolga Akkoc; Gaye Cetinkaya; Orhan Kankavi; Ali Cihan Taskin; Sezen Arat; Korhan Arslan; Munis Dundar; Vania L. Tsoncheva; Ivan Ivanov