Cytocompatibility of Novel Algae-PLA Membranes For Guided Bone Regeneration At The Level of Types I, III And V Collagen Expression

Statement of the problem: In recent years, the development of innovative and increasingly optimized barrier membranes has focused on marine algae, which as a biopolymer can form a membrane composite together with polylactic acid, thus a combination could show numerous advantages such as antioxidant, antitumor, antibacterial, antiviral as well as antiallergic properties. Furthermore, algae can be produced in an ecologically sustainable way and offer an alternative for patients who refuse treatment with bovine or porcine derived membranes due to ethical or religious reasons.Objective: In this study, four different algal membranes were evaluated for their cytocompatibility with cultured human fibroblasts and osteoblasts.Materials & Methods: Mem-Lok® (Collagen Matrix, New Jersey, USA) as a resorbable collagen membrane and ArgonautTM (Botiss Biomaterials, Zossen, Germany) as a native pericardium GBR/GTR membrane served as reference membranes (RMs). As the negative control cells incubated with normal culture medium only were used. In addition to the cell viability and proliferation assays water soluble tetrazolium (WST), MTT and BrdU, a real time semiquantitative real time PCR (RT-PCR) was developed to investigate in vitro cytocompatibility at the level of types I, III and V collagen expression. A sandblasted- large grid-acid ached titanium surface (Dentcon® Dental Implant Systems, Ankara, Turkey) served as a positive inactive control group for osteoblastic cytocompatibility.Results: For human osteoblasts, the algal membranes showed very good proliferation levels in WST-1, MTT as well as BrdU, indicating cytocompatibility. Examination of the expression behavior of type I, type III, and type V collagen genes showed no evaluable results. However, the RT-PCR should be repeated with the incorporated optimizations to be able to make a statement regarding the success of bone, skin, and connective tissue regeneration after a possible application of the membrane in maxillofacial injury treatment.Conclusion: The investigated collagen types are essential for a proper healing of defects in both soft and bone tissue, as they have fundamental functions such as stability and structural integrity of the tissues

Investigation of antibacterial activities of ethanol and methanol extracts of some marine algae species on yersinia ruckeri

Bu çalışmada Liagora ceranoides (Rhodophyta), Halopteris scoparia (Ocrophyta), Padina pavonica (Ocrophyta) ve Sargassum vulgare (Ocrophyta) alglerinin etanol ve metanol ekstraktlarının hasta gökkuşağı alabalığı (Oncorhynhus mykiss)’ndan izole edilen Yersinia ruckeri suşları üzerine antibakteriyel aktiviteleri değerlendirilmiştir. Ayrıca, suşların çeşitli antibiyotiklere duyarlılıkları da çalışılmıştır. Balıklardan izole edilen suşlar fenotipik testler, API 20E hızlı tanı kiti ve PZR sonuçlarına göre Yersinia ruckeri olarak tanımlanmıştır. Çalışmada L. ceranoides, H. scoparia, P. pavonica ve S. vulgare makroalglerinin metanol ekstraktlarının Y. ruckeri’ye karşı antibakteriyel etki göstermediği bulunmuştur. P. pavonica’nın etanol ekstraktı Y. ruckeri’ye karşı düşük antibakteriyel aktivite göstermiştir. L. ceranoides, H. scoparia ve S. vulgare makroalglerinin etanol ekstraktlarının bakteriye karşı antibakteriyel aktivite göstermediği tespit edilmiştir. Antibiyogram test sonuçlarına göre suşların ampisilin, flumekuin, oksitetrasiklin ve trimetoprime duyarlı oldukları bulunmuştur. Suşlar eritromisine karşı orta derecede direnç göstermiştir. Sonuç olarak, alglerin antibakteriyel aktiviteye sahip olduklarının bildirilmesine karşın her alg türünün antibakteriyel aktivite gösteremeyeceği anlaşılmıştır.In this study, antibacterial activities of extracts of Liagora ceranoides (Rhodophyta), Halopteris scoparia (Ocrophyta), Padina pavonica (Ocrophyta) and Sargassum vulgare (Ocrophyta) on Yersinia ruckeri strains isolated from sick rainbow trout (Oncorhynhus mykiss) were evaluated. Also, susceptibilities of the strains against various antibiotics were studied. The strains isolated from the sick fish were identified as Yersinia ruckeri according to the results of the phenotypic tests, the API 20E rapid diagnostic kit and PCR. In the study, it was found that the methanol extracts of L. ceranoides, H. scoparia, P. pavonica and S. vulgare did not show antibacterial activity against Y. ruckeri. The ethanol extract of P. pavonica showed low antibacterial activity against Y. ruckeri. The ethanol extracts of L. ceranoides, H. scoparia and S. vulgare macroalgae did not show antibacterial activity against the bacterium. According to the results of the antibiogram test, it was found that the strains were sensitive against ampicillin, flumequine, oxytetracycline and trimethoprime. The strains showed intermediate resistance against erythromycine. In conclusion, although it was reported that algae had antibacterial activities, it was understood that every algae species could not exhibit antibacterial activity

Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species

To enrich spatio-temporal information on the distribution of alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, a collective effort by 173 marine scientists was made to provide unpublished records and make them open access to the scientific community. Through this effort, we collected and harmonized a dataset of 12,649 records. It includes 247 taxa, of which 217 are Animalia, 25 Plantae and 5 Chromista, from 23 countries surrounding the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Chordata was the most abundant taxonomic group, followed by Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Annelida. In terms of species records, Siganus luridus, Siganus rivulatus, Saurida lessepsianus, Pterois miles, Upeneus moluccensis, Charybdis (Archias) longicollis, and Caulerpa cylindracea were the most numerous. The temporal distribution of the records ranges from 1973 to 2022, with 44% of the records in 2020–2021. Lethrinus borbonicus is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea, while Pomatoschistus quagga, Caulerpa cylindracea, Grateloupia turuturu, and Misophria pallida are first records for the Black Sea; Kapraunia schneideri is recorded for the second time in the Mediterranean and for the first time in Israel; Prionospio depauperata and Pseudonereis anomala are reported for the first time from the Sea of Marmara. Many first country records are also included, namely: Amathia verticillata (Montenegro), Ampithoe valida (Italy), Antithamnion amphigeneum (Greece), Clavelina oblonga (Tunisia and Slovenia), Dendostrea cf. folium (Syria), Epinephelus fasciatus (Tunisia), Ganonema farinosum (Montenegro), Macrorhynchia philippina (Tunisia), Marenzelleria neglecta (Romania), Paratapes textilis (Tunisia), and Botrylloides diegensis (Tunisia).peer-reviewe

Saros Körfezi (Ege Denizi, Türkiye) kıyılarının sahil ve derin deniz ALG florası

Bu araştırmada, Saros Körfezi kıyılarında yayılış gösteren deniz algleri çalışılmıştır. Saros Körfeziʼnde 64 Heterokontophyta, 68 Chlorophyta ve 124 Rhodophyta olmak üzere toplam 256 tane takson tespit edilmiştir