General information
| Name: Gunay |
| Surname: Yetik-Anacak |
| E-mail: gunayyetik@gmail.com |
| Cell phone number with international prefix: +905062920007 |
| Country: Turkey |
| Affiliation: Ege University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology |
| Gender: F x□ M □ |
| Year of the PhD title: 2002 |
| Personal web page: http:// |
| Previous COST participation: No □ Yes □ x (BM1005) |
List of 10 selected publications within last 5 years
| 1. Yetik-Anacak G., Dereli MV., Sevin G., Ozzayım O., Erac Y., Ahmed A. Resveratrol Stimulates Hydrogen Sulfide (H2 S) Formation to Relax Murine Corpus Cavernosum. J Sex Med. 2015, 2(10):2004-12. |
| 2. Yetik-Anacak G., Sorrentino R., Linder AE., Murat N. Gas what: NO is not the only answer to sexual function. Br J Pharmacol. 2015, 172(6):1434-54. |
| 3. Turkseven S, Ertuna E, Yetik-Anacak G, Yasa M. Methylglyoxal causes endothelial dysfunction: the role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and AMP-activated protein kinase α. J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol. 2014 25 (1), 109-115, |
| 4. Anacak GY., Ustünes L., Dilsiz OY., Ergul A. Lacidipine has antiatherosclerotic effects independent of its actions on lipid metabolism and blood pressure. Vascul Pharmacol. 2010 Nov-Dec; 53(5-6): 193-9. |
| 5. Korkmaz CG., Sevin G., Gokce G, Arun MZ., Yetik-Anacak G., Yıldırım G. Apoptotic Effect of STAMP2 Transfection to PC3 Cells and Caspase Induction with Hydrogen Peroxide Incubation at Lncap Cells- Role of P53. Biochem Pharmacol 2014; 3:138. |
| 6. Chatterjee A., Snead C., Yetik-Anacak G., Antonova G., Zeng J., Catravas JD. Heat shock protein 90 inhibitors attenuate LPS-induced endothelial hyperpermeability. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2008 Apr; 294(4): L 755-63. |
| 7. Dikmen A, R. d’Emmanuele di Villa Bianca, Mitidieri E., Donnarumma E., Dereli M., Cirino G., Sorrentino R., Yetik-Anacak G., Hydrogen sulfide–nitric oxide relation in erectile function. Nitric Oxide, 2015, 47, (1), S55. |
| 8. Yetik-Anacak G., Dereli V.M, Ozzayim O., Sevin G. Hydrogen sulfide is involved in the antioxidant effects of taurine. Nitric Oxide, 2015, 47, (1), S55-S56 |
| 9. Sevin G., Ozzayim O, Dereli M. V. Yetik-Anacak G. The role of hydrogen sulfide on the regulation of vascular tonus in mice aorta and relation with taurine. Nitric Oxide. 2015. (47), pS56-S56. |
| 10. Dikmen A., di Villa Bianca RD., Mitidieri E., Donnarumma E., Sevin G.., Cirino G., Sorrentino R., Yetik-Anacak G. New mechanism for the beneficial effect of sildenafil on erectile function: H2S. Nitric Oxide. 2013 (1);31 Suppl 2:S38. |
Main skills and expertise (up to 5)
| 1. Investigating H2S-targeting drugs |
| 2. Investigating NO-targeting drugs |
| 3. Vascular reactivity experiments |
| 4. Investigating drug candidates to use in cardiovascular diseases and erectile dysfunction |
| 5. Investigating antioxidants |
Main equipment/facilities available in the participants’ lab (up to 5)
| 1. Strip and ring myographs for vascular reactivity experiments |
| 2. Luminometer, spectrophotometer, cryogenic homogenisator |
| 3. MATAL laboratories facilities (http://egematal.ege.edu.tr) (GC/QTOF/MS, LC/Q-TOF /MS, EDXRF, Micro CT, HPLC-DAD, XPS, SPM) |
| 4. FABAL-Pharmaceutical Science Research Laboratories (http://fabal.ege.edu.tr/?page_id=198 ) ICP-MS, LC-MS/MS, LC-MS, LC-MS, GC-FID, GC-MS, UPLC, FT-IR, pharmaceutical formulation laboratories, |
| 5. Molecular biology lab (e.g. western blot equipments, cell culture) |
Short personal activity proposal for the COST Action CA15135 (max 1000 characters)
| Gasotransmitters; nitric oxide (NO), carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) are enrolled in pathophysiology of several diseases including cardiovascular system to central nerves system and airway as well as inflammation, bacterial defense and cancer. By analyzing similarities between the signaling pathways of the drugs and gasotransmitters, we found resveratrol, which have beneficial effects in cardiovascular system and aging, targets H2S. As a pharmacologist my aim is to find gasotransmitters-targeting drug candidates. My goal can fit into the aim of the action to find multitarget drugs, since H2S and NO are multitargeted signaling molecules. I am very enthusiastic to use sophisticated programs matching molecular pathways and chemicals. We can test new candidates for their potential to alter H2S formation in several tissues. We can further investigate potential drug candidates for erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular diseases via in-vitro and in-vivo investigations. |
Work Group preference: score from 1 (preferred) to 4 (not preferred)
| Work Group of the CA15135 COST Action | Score |
| WG1: Development of new chemical entities | |
| WG2: Selection of biological targets and assessment of biological data | 1 |
| WG3: Development of chemical databases | |
| WG4: Development of Computational methods for multiple ligand design and discovery | 2 |
