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Li C, Teng F, Wu F, Zhang H, Zhang C, Zhang D. Enhanced cavitation dose and reactive oxygen species production in microbubble-mediated sonodynamic therapy for inhibition of Escherichia coli and biofilm. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2024; 105:106853. [PMID: 38537561 PMCID: PMC10988124 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2024.106853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2024] [Revised: 03/09/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) is an emerging antibacterial therapy. This work selected hematoporphyrin monomethyl ether (HMME) as the sonosensitizer, and studied the enhanced inhibition effect of Escherichia coli and biofilm by microbubble-mediated cavitation in SDT. Firstly, the influence of microbubble-mediated cavitation effect on different concentrations of HMME (10 µg/ml, 30 µg/ml, 50 µg/ml) was studied. Using 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran (DPBF) as an indicator, the effect of microbubble-mediated cavitation on the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was studied by absorption spectroscopy. Secondly, using agar medium, laser confocal microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, the effect of microbubble-mediated cavitation on the activity and morphology of bacteria was studied. Finally, the inhibitory effect of cavitation combined with SDT on biofilm was evaluated by laser confocal microscopy. The research results indicate that: (1) Microbubble-mediated ultrasound cavitation can significantly increase cavitation intensity and production of ROS. (2) Microbubble-mediated acoustic cavitation can alter the morphological structure of bacteria. (3) It can significantly enhance the inhibition of SDT on the activity of Escherichia coli and its biofilm. Compared with the control group, the addition of microbubbles resulted in an increase in the number of dead bacteria by 61.7 %, 71.6 %, and 76.2 %, respectively. The fluorescence intensity of the biofilm decreased by 27.1 %, 80.3 %, and 98.2 %, respectively. On the basis of adding microbubbles to ensure antibacterial and biofilm inhibition effects, this work studied the influence of cavitation effect in SDT on bacterial structure, providing a foundation for further revealing the intrinsic mechanism of SDT.
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- Changlong Li
- Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, China.
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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- Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150080, China; Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics (MOE), Department of Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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Chen P, Huang YF, Xu GY, Xue JP, Chen JJ. Functionalized Eu(III)-based nanoscale metal-organic framework for enhanced targeted anticancer therapy. J PORPHYR PHTHALOCYA 2019. [DOI: 10.1142/s1088424619500299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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To improve the cancer targeting and anticancer efficacy, the multifunctional Eu-based metal-organic framework (EuBTC) is post-synthetically modified with a targeting moiety folic acid and a zinc phthalocyanine photosensitizer. In addition, this nanosphere is also applied as a drug delivery system to load the chemical drug doxorubicin. Electron microscopy, powder X-ray diffraction and infrared spectometry demonstrated the formation of these multifunctional nanospheres (DOX). Our nanospheres kept the high singlet oxygen quantum yield of zinc phthalocyanine. Additionally, Cell viability experiments demonstrated the biosafety of EuBTC and the enhanced anticancer effect of DOX@FA-EuBTC-Pc under light irradiation. In short, these well-arranged DOX@FA-Eu-BTC-Pcs exhibit as promising drug delivery systems for enhanced targeted anticancer therapy.
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- Pan Chen
- National and Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, and Fujian Engineering Research Center for Drug and Diagnoses and Treatment of Photodynamic Therapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China
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- National and Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, and Fujian Engineering Research Center for Drug and Diagnoses and Treatment of Photodynamic Therapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China
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- National and Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, and Fujian Engineering Research Center for Drug and Diagnoses and Treatment of Photodynamic Therapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China
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- National and Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, and Fujian Engineering Research Center for Drug and Diagnoses and Treatment of Photodynamic Therapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China
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- National and Local Joint Biomedical Engineering Research Center on Photodynamic Technologies, and Fujian Engineering Research Center for Drug and Diagnoses and Treatment of Photodynamic Therapy, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China
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Kondo T, Nishimura J, Kitagawa H, Umemura SI, Tachibana K, Toyosawa KI. Optimization of enhancement of therapeutic efficacy of ultrasound: Frequency-dependent effects on iodine formation from KI-starch solutions and ultrasound-induced killing of rat thymocytes. J Med Ultrason (2001) 2016; 30:93-101. [PMID: 27278164 DOI: 10.1007/bf02481369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2002] [Accepted: 12/18/2002] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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We investigated liberation of iodine from solutions of KI-starch and cell lysis of rat thymocytes in argon-and nitrous oxide-saturated aqueous solutions induced by ultrasound at frequencies of 38 and 500 kHz and 1 and 2 MHz. Iodine was liberated in argon-saturated solutions exposed to ultrasound at 38 kHz, 500 kHz, and 1 MHz but not at 2 MHz. Lysis occurred in argon-saturated solutions at all four frequencies, but only at 38 kHz in nitrous oxide-saturated cell suspensions. No iodine was liberated in the other nitrous oxide-saturated samples. Relative ratio of the chemical effect versus 70-percent cell survival (an example of the physical effect) was, in order of frequency, 500 kHz>1.0 MHz>38 kHz>2.0 MHz. Partial protection was observed for cell lysis and cell viability after sonication with 500 kHz in argon-saturated solution containing cysteamine, a free radical scavenger. These results suggest that the chemical effects of ultrasound are prominent at specific frequencies, and that free radicals induced by ultrasonic cavitation partially affect lysis and the loss of viability of rat thymocytes.
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- Takashi Kondo
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Faculty of Medicine, 930-0194, Toyama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Physiology Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University Graduate School of Science and Technology, 657-8501, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Life Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Science and Technology, 657-8501, Kobe, Japan
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- Central Research Laboratory Hitachi Co, Ltd, Kokubunji, 185-860, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Nanakuma, 814-0180, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Laboratory of Applied Physiology Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University Graduate School of Science and Technology, 657-8501, Kobe, Japan
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Yousefian B, Firoozabadi SM, Mokhtari-Dizaji M. Sonochemotherapy of breast adenocarcinoma: an experimental in vivo model. J Ultrasound 2015; 18:165-71. [PMID: 26191104 PMCID: PMC4504854 DOI: 10.1007/s40477-014-0120-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Purpose Because the cytotoxic potential of hydrophilic drugs like bleomycin (BLM) is restricted by its low membrane permeability, the application of low-intensity ultrasound (US) on growing tumor cells enhances intracellular delivery of BLM after intratumoral administration, thereby potentiating its cytotoxicity. In the present study, the in vivo cell membrane permeability enhancement with US (1 MHz, 2, 5, and 10 min, ISPTA = 2 W/cm2) is compared with the murine model of breast adenocarcinoma in BALB/c mice. Methods Tumor induction was performed through a homograft surgery procedure. Mice were anesthetized before putting them in sonication situations. Sonications were done in an aquarium. Seven groups of the tumor-bearing mice, each consisting of eight mice, were sonicated without or after intratumoral injection of 0.1 ml BLM at different exposure times. The tumor volume was evaluated to assess the growth process by use of a digital caliper. Results The results show that the BLM control group has a significant difference with BLM plus 10 min US on day 2 (p < 0.05). There is a significant difference between 2- and 10-min sonication on days 8 and 10 also. The difference between the Only US group and the other groups except Sham US was significant too (p < 0.05). Significant differences were seen only between the BLM plus US groups with Sham US and Only US control groups. Conclusion It has been concluded that for significant permeabilization of the cell membrane, sonication time for more than 10 min is required. Significant difference between the Only US and other groups indicates that US has a promoting effect on cell division procedure, in spite of the no-carcinogen effect of the US.
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- Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Bennett KM, Jo JI, Cabral H, Bakalova R, Aoki I. MR imaging techniques for nano-pathophysiology and theranostics. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2014; 74:75-94. [PMID: 24787226 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2014.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2013] [Revised: 03/02/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The advent of nanoparticle DDSs (drug delivery systems, nano-DDSs) is opening new pathways to understanding physiology and pathophysiology at the nanometer scale. A nano-DDS can be used to deliver higher local concentrations of drugs to a target region and magnify therapeutic effects. However, interstitial cells or fibrosis in intractable tumors, as occurs in pancreatic or scirrhous stomach cancer, tend to impede nanoparticle delivery. Thus, it is critical to optimize the type and size of nanoparticles to reach the target. High-resolution 3D imaging provides a means of "seeing" the nanoparticle distribution and therapeutic effects. We introduce the concept of "nano-pathophysiological imaging" as a strategy for theranostics. The strategy consists of selecting an appropriate nano-DDS and rapidly evaluating drug effects in vivo to guide the next round of therapy. In this article we classify nano-DDSs by component carrier materials and present an overview of the significance of nano-pathophysiological MRI.
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Bernard V, Mornstein V, Škorpíková J, Jaroš J. Ultrasound and cisplatin combined treatment of human melanoma cells A375--the study of sonodynamic therapy. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2012; 38:1205-1211. [PMID: 22502893 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2011] [Revised: 01/31/2012] [Accepted: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Sonodynamic therapy, an effect of low-power ultrasound field and the anticancer drug cisplatin, was studied in vitro on human melanoma cells A375. The viability of cells has been studied by standard 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-Yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide viability assay according to different modes of treatment: application of cisplatin alone, exposure of ultrasound field alone, exposure to ultrasound followed by cisplatin and application of cisplatin followed by exposure to ultrasound. Ultrasound was used at a therapeutic intensity of 1 W∙cm(-2) for 10 min. Concentration of cisplatin in the cell suspension was always 2.3 μM. The results show that sonodynamic therapy is one of the possibilities of how to intensify standard cytostatic therapy. This conclusion is supported by reducing the viability of studied cells, especially 72 h after the treatment. The time sequence of application of ultrasonic field and cytostatics appears to be a significant factor affecting the changes in cell viability. Maximum suppression of viability has been found when applying the experimental design involving application of cisplatin followed by exposure to ultrasound; the final value of viability of combined affected cells was more than 10% lower than for cisplatin treatment alone.
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- Vladan Bernard
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Liu B, Wang DJ, Liu BM, Wang X, He LL, Wang J, Xu SK. The influence of ultrasound on the fluoroquinolones antibacterial activity. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2011; 18:1052-1056. [PMID: 21353619 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2011.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2010] [Revised: 01/28/2011] [Accepted: 02/02/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In this work, the antibacterial effect of fluoroquinolones (FQs) upon Escherichia coli (E.coli) was measured with and without application of 40 kHz ultrasound (US) stimulation. The research results demonstrated that simultaneous application of 40 kHz US apparently enhanced the antibacterial effectiveness of FQs. That is, the synergistic effect was observed and the bacterial viability was reduced when FQs and US were combined. In addition, various influencing factors, such as FQs drug concentration, US irradiation time and solution temperature, on the inhibition of E.coli were also investigated. The antibacterial activity was enhanced apparently with increasing of FQs drug concentration, US irradiation time and solution temperature. Furthermore, we discussed preliminarily the mechanism of US enhanced antibacterial activity. Results show that US can activate FQs to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) indeed, which are mainly determined as superoxide radical anion (·O(2)(-)) and hydroxyl radical (·OH).
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- Bin Liu
- Department of Pharmacy, Liaoning University, Shenyang, PR China.
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Ultrasound-mediated interferon β gene transfection inhibits growth of malignant melanoma. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 411:137-42. [PMID: 21723255 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.06.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2011] [Accepted: 06/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We investigated the effects of ultrasound-mediated transfection (sonotransfection) of interferon β (IFN-β) gene on melanoma (C32) both in vitro and in vivo. C32 cells were sonotransfected with IFN-β in vitro. Subcutaneous C32 tumors in mice were sonicated weekly immediately after intra-tumor injection with IFN-β genes mixed with microbubbles. Successful sonotransfection with IFN-β gene in vitro was confirmed by ELISA, which resulted in C32 growth inhibition. In vivo, the growth ratio of tumors transfected with IFN-β gene was significantly lower than the other experimental groups. These results may lead to a new method of treatment against melanoma and other hard-to-treat cancers.
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Choijamts B, Naganuma Y, Nakajima K, Kawarabayashi T, Miyamoto S, Tachibana K, Emoto M. Metronomic irinotecan chemotherapy combined with ultrasound irradiation for a human uterine sarcoma xenograft. Cancer Sci 2011; 102:452-9. [PMID: 21205068 PMCID: PMC11158250 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2010.01807.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2010] [Revised: 11/08/2010] [Accepted: 11/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Metronomic chemotherapy is the frequent administration of low doses of chemotherapeutic agents targeting tumor-associated endothelial cells. We examined the efficacy of metronomic irinotecan combined with low-intensity ultrasound (US) in human uterine sarcoma and evaluated its antiangiogenesis mechanism by measuring the circulating endothelial progenitor cells (CEP), a surrogate marker of angiogenesis. A human uterine sarcoma cell line, FU-MMT-3, was used in the present study because this tumor is one of the most malignant neoplasms of human solid tumors and it also has a high angiogenesis property. The combination of low-dose irinotecan and US irradiation significantly inhibited the tube formation of HUVEC and vascular endothelial growth factor expression of tumor cells in vitro. The FU-MMT-3 xenografts in nude mice were treated using US at a low intensity (2.0 w/cm(2), 1 MHz) for 4 min three times per week each after the intraperitoneal administration of irinotecan; this treatment was continued for 5 weeks. The tumor vascularity was assessed by contrast-enhanced color Doppler US in real time. The combination treatment significantly inhibited the mobilization of CEP and intratumoral vascularity compared with the control. This combination therapy showed a significant reduction in tumor volume, resulting in a significant prolongation of survival, in comparison with each treatment alone. These results suggest that the effect of metronomic chemotherapy for human uterine sarcoma was accelerated by US irradiation in vivo and this combination might therefore be potentially effective for new cancer therapy.
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- Batsuren Choijamts
- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Gurtovenko AA, Anwar J, Vattulainen I. Defect-Mediated Trafficking across Cell Membranes: Insights from in Silico Modeling. Chem Rev 2010; 110:6077-103. [DOI: 10.1021/cr1000783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Andrey A. Gurtovenko
- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoi Prospect 31, V.O., St. Petersburg, 199004 Russia, Computational Laboratory, Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, U.K., Department of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland, Aalto University, School of Science and Technology, Finland, and MEMPHYS—Center for Biomembrane Physics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoi Prospect 31, V.O., St. Petersburg, 199004 Russia, Computational Laboratory, Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, U.K., Department of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland, Aalto University, School of Science and Technology, Finland, and MEMPHYS—Center for Biomembrane Physics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoi Prospect 31, V.O., St. Petersburg, 199004 Russia, Computational Laboratory, Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, U.K., Department of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland, Aalto University, School of Science and Technology, Finland, and MEMPHYS—Center for Biomembrane Physics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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Exploiting ultrasound-mediated effects in delivering targeted, site-specific cancer therapy. Cancer Lett 2010; 296:133-43. [PMID: 20598800 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2010.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2010] [Revised: 06/02/2010] [Accepted: 06/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although the concept of employing ultrasound for the treatment of cancer is not a new one, virtually all existing ultrasound-based clinical cancer treatments are based on hyperthermic ablation. This review seeks to highlight the potential offered by more subtle ultrasound-triggered phenomena such as sonoporation in delivering novel targeted cancer treatment modalities.
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Wang P, Wang X, Liu Q, Zhao X, Cao B, Zhao P. Comparision Between Sonodynamic Effects with Protoporphyrin IX and Hematoporphyrin on the Cytoskeleton of Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma Cells. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2010; 25:55-64. [DOI: 10.1089/cbr.2008.0604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Pan Wang
- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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Feril LB, Tachibana K, Kondo T, Ogawa R, Zhao QL, Yamaguchi K, Ogawa K, Endo H, Irie Y, Harada Y. Hypotonia-induced cell swelling enhances ultrasound-induced mechanical damage to cancer cells. J Med Ultrason (2001) 2009; 37:3-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s10396-009-0241-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2008] [Accepted: 07/25/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Growth inhibition of neurofibroma by ultrasound-mediated interferon γ transfection. J Med Ultrason (2001) 2009; 36:3-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s10396-008-0204-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2008] [Accepted: 10/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Therapeutic potential of low-intensity ultrasound (part 2): biomolecular effects, sonotransfection, and sonopermeabilization. J Med Ultrason (2001) 2008; 35:161-7. [PMID: 27278987 DOI: 10.1007/s10396-008-0195-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2007] [Accepted: 06/06/2008] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Part one of this review focused on the thermal and mechanical effects of low-intensity ultrasound (US). In this second and final part of the review, we will focus on and discuss various aspects of low-intensity US, with emphasis on the biomolecular effects, US-mediated gene transfection (sonotransfection), and US-mediated permeabilization (sonopermeabilization). Sonotransfection of different cell lines in vitro and target tissues in vivo have been reported. Optimization experiments have been done and different mechanisms investigated. It has also been found that several genes can be up-regulated or down-regulated by sonication. As to the potential therapeutic applications, systemic or local sonotransfection might also be a safe and effective gene therapy method in effecting the cure of local and systemic disorders. Gene regulation of target cells may be utilized in modifying cellular response to a treatment, such as increasing the sensitivity of diseased cells while making normal cells resistant to the side effects of a treatment. Advances in sonodynamic therapy and drug sonopermeabilization also offer an ever-increasing array of therapeutic options for low-intensity US.
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Therapeutic potential of low-intensity ultrasound (part 1): thermal and sonomechanical effects. J Med Ultrason (2001) 2008; 35:153-60. [PMID: 27278986 DOI: 10.1007/s10396-008-0194-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2007] [Accepted: 06/06/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In this first part of the review, we will focus on and discuss various aspects of low-intensity ultrasound (US), with emphasis on mild thermal effects, apoptosis induction, and sonomechanical effects. Mild thermal effects of US have been commonly applied to physical therapy. Though US has clear beneficial effects, the advantage of using US over other heating modalities remains unclear. US has also been used in vivo and clinically in the treatment of wounds and fractures, with promising results. On the biomolecular level, studies have shown that US can induce apoptosis and that certain conditions can provide optimal apoptosis induction. As to potential therapeutic applications, in addition to the thermal and other physical effects, apoptosis induction by US may offer direct and rapid treatment of tumors or cancer tissues. Technological advances and rapidly accelerating research in this field are providing an ever-increasing array of therapeutic options for lowintensity US.
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Tachibana K, Feril LB, Ikeda-Dantsuji Y. Sonodynamic therapy. ULTRASONICS 2008; 48:253-259. [PMID: 18433819 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2007] [Revised: 11/26/2007] [Accepted: 02/28/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Recently, there have been numerous reports on the application of non-thermal ultrasound energy for treating various diseases in combination with drugs. Furthermore, the introduction of microbubbles and nanobubbles as carriers/enhancers of drugs has added a whole new dimension to therapeutic ultrasound. Non-thermal mechanisms for effects seen include various forms of energy due to cavitation, acoustic streaming, micro jets and radiation force which increases possibilities for targeting tissue with drugs, enhancing drug effectiveness or even chemically activating certain materials. Examples such as enhancement of thrombolytic agents by ultrasound have proven to be beneficial for acute stroke patients and peripheral arterial occlusions. Non-invasive low intensity focused ultrasound in conjunction with anti-cancer drugs may help to reduce tumor size and lessen recurrence while reducing severe drug side effects. Chemical activation of drugs by ultrasound energy for treatment of atherosclerosis and tumors is another new field recently termed as "Sonodynamic therapy". Lastly, advances in molecular imaging have aroused great expectations in applying ultrasound for both diagnosis and therapy simultaneously. Microbubbles or nanobubbles targeted at the molecular level will allow medical doctors to make a final diagnosis of a disease using ultrasound imaging and then immediately proceed to a therapeutic ultrasound treatment.
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- Katsuro Tachibana
- Department of Anatomy, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan.
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Koshiyama K, Kodama T, Yano T, Fujikawa S. Molecular dynamics simulation of structural changes of lipid bilayers induced by shock waves: Effects of incident angles. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2008; 1778:1423-8. [PMID: 18405658 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2007] [Revised: 03/07/2008] [Accepted: 03/12/2008] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Unsteady and nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of the response of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) bilayers to the shock waves of various incident angles are presented. The action of an incident shock wave is modeled by adding a momentum in an oblique direction to water molecules adjacent to a bilayer. We thereby elucidate the effects of incident shock angles on (i) collapse and rebound of the bilayer, (ii) lateral displacement of headgroups, (iii) tilts of lipid molecules, (iv) water penetration into the hydrophobic region of the bilayer, and (v) momentum transfer across the bilayer. The number of water molecules delivered into the hydrophobic region is found to be insensitive to incident shock angles. The most important structural changes are the lateral displacement of headgroups and tilts of lipid molecules, which are observed only in the half of the bilayer directly exposed to a shock wave for all incident shock angles studied here. As a result, only the normal component of the added oblique momentum is substantially transferred across the bilayer. This also suggests that the irradiation by shock waves may induce a jet-like streaming of the cytoplasm toward the nucleus.
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Liu Q, Wang X, Wang P, Xiao L. Sonodynamic Antitumor Effect of Protoporphyrin IX Disodium Salt on S180 Solid Tumor. Chemotherapy 2007; 53:429-36. [DOI: 10.1159/000110008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2006] [Accepted: 12/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Yoshida T, Kondo T, Ogawa R, Feril LB, Zhao QL, Watanabe A, Tsukada K. Combination of doxorubicin and low-intensity ultrasound causes a synergistic enhancement in cell killing and an additive enhancement in apoptosis induction in human lymphoma U937 cells. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2007; 61:559-67. [PMID: 17505825 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-007-0503-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2007] [Accepted: 04/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Potential clinical use of ultrasound (US) in enhancing the effects of anticancer drugs in the treatment of cancers has been highlighted in previous reports. Increased uptake of drugs by the cancer cells due to US has been suggested as a mechanism. However, the precise mechanism of the enhancement has not yet been elucidated. Here, the combined effects of low-intensity pulsed US and doxorubicin (DOX) on cell killing and apoptosis induction of U937 cells, and mechanisms involved were investigated. METHODS Human myelomonocytic lymphoma U937 cells were used for the experiments. Experiments were conducted in 4 groups: (1) non-treated, (2) DOX treated (DOX), (3) US treated (US), and (4) combined (DOX + US). In DOX +US, cells were exposed to 5 microM DOX for 30 min and sonicated by 1 MHz pulsed US (PRF 100 Hz, DF 10%) at intensities of 0.2-0.5 W/cm(2) for 60 s. The cells were washed and incubated for 6 h. The viability was evaluated by Trypan blue dye exclusion test and apoptosis and incorporation of DOX was assessed by flow cytometry. Involvement of sonoporation in molecular incorporation was evaluated using FITC-dextran, hydroxyl radical formation was measured by electron paramagnetic resonance-spin trapping, membrane alteration including lipid peroxidation and membrane fluidity by DOX was evaluated using cis-parinaric acid and perylene fluorescence polarization method, respectively. RESULTS Synergistic enhancement in cell killing and additive enhancement in induction of apoptosis were observed at and above 0.3 W/cm(2). No enhancement was observed at 0.2 W/cm(2) in cell killing and induction of apoptosis. Hydroxyl radicals formation was detected at and above 0.3 W/cm(2). The radicals were produced more in the DOX + US than US alone. Incorporation of DOX was increased 13% in DOX + US (vs. DOX) at 0.5 W/cm(2). Involvement of sonoporation for increase of drug uptake was suggested by experiment using FITC-labeled dextran. We made the hypothesis that DOX treatment made the cells weaken against the mechanical effect of the US. Although treatment of DOX at 5 microM for 30 min did not affect lipid peroxidation and fluidity of cell membrane significantly, higher concentration and longer treatment of DOX induced the significant alteration of cell membrane. CONCLUSION Mechanisms of enhancements could be (1) increase in incorporation of the DOX by US involved with sonoporation, (2) enhancement of the cavitation by DOX. Cavitation is required for the enhancement of the effect of DOX. Although the precise involvement of the membrane modifications by DOX in the enhancement remains to be elucidated, they could be involved in the latent effects.
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- Toru Yoshida
- Second Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, 930-0194, Japan
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Liu Q, Wang X, Wang P, Xiao L, Hao Q. Comparison between sonodynamic effect with protoporphyrin IX and hematoporphyrin on sarcoma 180. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2007; 60:671-80. [PMID: 17219011 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-006-0413-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2006] [Accepted: 12/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE The comparison between sonodynamic antitumor effect with protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) and hematoporphyrin (Hp) at a concentration of 5 mg/kg on Sarcoma 180 (S180) cells was studied in vivo, and the potential cell damage mechanism was also investigated. METHODS The sonodynamically induced anti-tumor effect of PPIX was studied in mice bearing S180 solid tumors. In order to determine the optimum timing of ultrasound exposure after administration of PPIX, the PPIX concentrations in plasma, skin, muscle and tumor were determined by the fluorescence intensity of tissue extractions with a fluorescence spectrophotometer based on the standard curve. Anti-tumor effects were estimated by measuring the tumor size and the tumor weight. Additionally, the morphological changes of S180 cells were evaluated by transmission electron microscope (TEM) observation immediately after sonodynamic therapy (SDT) treatment. RESULTS A time of 24 h after the intravenous administration of PPIX was chosen as the best time for ultrasound exposure. The antitumor effect induced by PPIX mediated sonodynamic therapy (PPIX-SDT) was in a dose dependent manner when ultrasound intensity was at or above the inertial cavitation threshold (5 W/cm(2)). A significant tumor growth delay was observed both in PPIX mediated sonodynamic therapy and in Hp mediated sonodynamic therapy treatments (Hp-SDT), and the tumor weight inhibition ratios after the synergistic treatments were 42.82 +/- 0.03 and 35.22 +/- 0.03%, respectively, this difference was significant at P < 0.05. While ultrasound alone (5 W/cm(2)) showed a slight tumor growth inhibitory effect compared with the control group, and PPIX or Hp alone showed almost no significant effect. Furthermore, TEM observation indicated cell damage was more serious in PPIX-SDT treatment group than in Hp-SDT treatment group. After sonication, the cell ultra-structure such as cell membrane destruction, mitochondria swelling, chromatin condensation might be important factors that inhibited the tumor growth and even induced cell death. CONCLUSIONS The comparative results suggested that PPIX as a sonosensitizer might have more potential cytotoxicity than Hp when irradiated with ultrasound, and the ultra-structural changes may account for cell destruction induced by sonodynamic therapy in our experiment mode.
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- QuanHong Liu
- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.
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YOSHIDA TORU, KONDO TAKASHI, OGAWA RYOHEI, ZHAO QINGLI, HASSAN MARIAMEA, WATANABE AKIHIKO, TAKASAKI ICHIRO, TABUCHI YOSHIAKI, SHOJI MIKI, KUDO NOBUKI, FERIL, JR. LORETOB, TACHIBANA KATSURO, BULDAKOV MIKHAILA, HONDA TAKASHI, TSUKADA KAZUHIRO, RIESZ PETER. Molecular Therapy Using Ultrasound : Mechanisms Involved in Drug Activation, Apoptosis Induction, Gene Transfer, and Alterations of Gene Expression. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.3191/thermalmed.23.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Feril LB, Ogawa R, Tachibana K, Kondo T. Optimized ultrasound-mediated gene transfection in cancer cells. Cancer Sci 2006; 97:1111-4. [PMID: 16925580 PMCID: PMC11159609 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2006.00286.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Ultrasound-mediated gene transfection (sonotransfection) is a promising physical method for gene therapy, especially for cancer gene therapy. To investigate the optimal sonotransfection conditions and to determine whether the optimal transfection rate using sonotransfection is comparable to that of electrotransfection or liposome-mediated transfection, we sonicated different cancer cell lines (U937, HeLa, PC-3, Meth A and T-24) using a 1-MHz unfocused ultrasound at different intensities, pulse repetition frequencies and exposure times. The ideal ultrasound conditions were noted to be at 1.5 Watt/cm(2) pulsed at 0.5 Hz with a duty factor of 50%. The results showed that transfection rate increased with the number of pulses, and peaked between 10 and 15 pulses before it started to decline. Using such optimal conditions, we have shown that sonotransfection is superior to electrotransfection and liposome-mediated transfection at the fixed conditions used in the present study. These findings suggest that sonotransfection could be a better alternative to other non-viral methods (e.g. electroporation and liposome-mediated transfection) of gene transfection, particularly in cancer gene therapy.
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- Loreto B Feril
- Department of Anatomy, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Ando H, Feril LB, Kondo T, Tabuchi Y, Ogawa R, Zhao QL, Cui ZG, Umemura SI, Yoshikawa H, Misaki T. An echo-contrast agent, Levovist, lowers the ultrasound intensity required to induce apoptosis of human leukemia cells. Cancer Lett 2006; 242:37-45. [PMID: 16377079 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2005] [Accepted: 10/24/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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To verify the effect of echo-contrast agent (ECA) on apoptosis induced by ultrasound, leukemia cell lines (Jurkat, Molt-4 and U937) were sonicated at intensities previously shown to induce optimal apoptosis with or without Levovist, an ECA. The results showed that loss of viability and apoptosis can be induced in all three cell lines, apoptosis highest with Molt-4, based on viability and DNA fragmentation assay. Such finding was supported by corresponding increase of cells with low mitochondrial membrane potential, high superoxide production, increased intracellular calcium concentration, and phosphorylation of histone H2AX after sonication. Optimal ultrasound condition was 0.3W/cm(2), 1MHz, 10% duty factor pulsed at 100Hz; but in the presence of Levovist, an apparent shift of cell killing induction was observed at 0.2W/cm(2). While these results further confirmed previous findings on ultrasound-induced apoptosis, they also suggest that use of an enhancing factor, such as addition of ECA, may be useful in cancer therapy when a much lower intensity is desired.
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- Hidetaka Ando
- First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Moosavi-Nejad SF, Hosseini SHR, Satoh M, Takayama K. Shock wave induced cytoskeletal and morphological deformations in a human renal carcinoma cell line. Cancer Sci 2006; 97:296-304. [PMID: 16630122 PMCID: PMC11159309 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2006.00172.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Effects of shock waves on the morphology and cytoskeleton of a human renal carcinoma cell line (ACHN) were investigated in vitro. ACHN monolayer cultured on a cover slide glass was treated with 10 shots of focused underwater shock waves, with 16 MPa peak pressure at the focal area of a piezoceramic shock wave generator. After exposure to the shock wave, based on the severity of morphological deformations of the treated cells, the monolayer was divided into three morphological areas; focal, marginal and intact. Morphological deformations were found to be associated with disorganization of the intracellular cytoskeletal filaments. Deformation of the cytoskeletal proteins in the treated cells were separately studied with respect to the location of the cells within the three morphological areas. Among three major cytoskeletal proteins, actin and tubulin, but not vimentin, were affected by the shock waves. The deformed cells reorganized their cytoskeletal network within 3 h with a pattern similar to the control, indicating the transient characteristic of the shock wave induced cytoskeletal damage in the surviving cells. The remaining cell fragments on the slide glass, which contained short actin filaments, indicated the important role of shear stress in damaging the cytoskeletal fibers by shock waves.
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- S Fatemeh Moosavi-Nejad
- Biomedical Engineering Research Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
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Feril LB, Ogawa R, Kobayashi H, Kikuchi H, Kondo T. Ultrasound enhances liposome-mediated gene transfection. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2005; 12:489-493. [PMID: 15848113 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2004.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2004] [Revised: 06/04/2004] [Accepted: 06/09/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Previous studies have shown that some series of liposomes, usually containing cationic lipids, are useful tools for gene introduction into cells. To investigate the effect of ultrasound (US) on liposome-mediated transfection, three types of liposomes (designated L1, L2 and L3, in the order of increasing transfection efficiency) containing O,O'-ditetradecanoyl-N-(alpha-trimethylammonioacetyl) diethanolamine chloride, dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine, and/or cholesterol at varying ratios, were used in this study. HeLa cells were treated with liposome-DNA complexes containing luciferase genes for 2 h before sonication. Optimal US condition for the enhancement was determined to be 0.5 W/cm2, 1 MHz continuous wave for 1 min and was above threshold for inertial cavitation based on EPR detection of free radicals. Luciferase expressions 24 h after the treatments were significantly increased by sonication to 2.4 fold with L1, and 1.7 fold with L2. However, with L3, which showed the highest level of expression among the liposomes, significant but minimal enhancement was observed when sonication was done 15 min after the DNA-L3 treatment, suggesting that efficiency of the liposome also determines the proper timing for sonication. The 2 h pre-sonication incubation with liposome-DNA complexes for L1 and L2 (30 min for L3) required to attain enhancement, suggests that US works to enhance transfection only after cells had enough DNA uptake.
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- Loreto B Feril
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Feril LB, Kondo T, Cui ZG, Tabuchi Y, Zhao QL, Ando H, Misaki T, Yoshikawa H, Umemura SI. Apoptosis induced by the sonomechanical effects of low intensity pulsed ultrasound in a human leukemia cell line. Cancer Lett 2005; 221:145-52. [PMID: 15808400 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.08.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2004] [Revised: 08/31/2004] [Accepted: 08/31/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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To obtain an optimal condition for ultrasound (US)-induced apoptosis that could be useful for cancer therapy, we applied low intensity pulsed US to sonicate U937 cells in vitro. Cells were then incubated at different time intervals before measuring apoptosis. The apoptosis was assessed by DNA fragmentation and phosphatidylserine externalization. The pattern of the decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential was determined by flow cytometry. Optimal apoptosis (70.0+/-13.8%) with minimal lysis was attained with 1 MHz ultrasound 0.3 W/cm2, 10% duty factor at 100 Hz for 1 min) at 12 h after sonication. Lack of US-induced free radical detection and absence of Heme oxygenase-1, an intracellular oxidative stress marker, up-regulation in cells, suggest that sonomechanical, not sonochemical, effects are the main mechanism involved.
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- Loreto B Feril
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sagitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Feril LB, Kondo T. Major factors involved in the inhibition of ultrasound-induced free radical production and cell killing by pre-sonication incubation or by high cell density. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2005; 12:353-357. [PMID: 15590309 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2004.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2004] [Revised: 05/07/2004] [Accepted: 05/19/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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To identify the factors involved in the inhibition of ultrasound (US)-induced free radical production and cell killing by pre-sonication incubation or by high cell density, we used different densities of U937 cells, and with (up to 2 h) or without pre-sonication incubations, the cell suspensions were exposed to 1 MHz US (10% duty factor at 100 Hz pulse rate; intensities 0.1-0.5 W/cm(2) for 1 min). The intensity 0.3 W/cm(2) was used for cell killing experiments and 0.5 W/cm(2) for free radical experiments. Free radical production was determined by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)-spin trapping with DMPO while cell killing was determined by assays for lysis, loss of cell viability, apoptosis and necrosis. The results show that at higher cell densities, CO(2) in the medium rapidly increased, with shorter pre-sonication incubation required to attain complete inhibition of both free radical production and cell killing. Cell killing at 0.3 W/cm(2) and free radical production at 0.5 W/cm(2) were both inhibited at 10 million cells/ml without incubation, and at 2 million cells/ml incubated for 2 h before sonication. Level of CO(2) alone could not account for the inhibition; consumption of gases in the medium is also considered in the inhibitory effect of pre-sonication, while suppression of cavitational activities due to the "viscosity effect" is considered a more important factor in the inhibition by high cell density.
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- Loreto B Feril
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiological Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Feril LB, Kondo T. Biological effects of low intensity therapeutic ultrasound in vitro: the potentials for therapy and the implications on safety of diagnostic ultrasound. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rosenthal I, Sostaric JZ, Riesz P. Sonodynamic therapy--a review of the synergistic effects of drugs and ultrasound. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2004; 11:349-363. [PMID: 15302020 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2004.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 521] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2004] [Accepted: 03/23/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Sonodynamic therapy, the ultrasound dependent enhancement of cytotoxic activities of certain compounds (sonosensitizers) in studies with cells in vitro and in tumor bearing animals, is reviewed. The attractive features of this modality for cancer treatment emerges from the ability to focus the ultrasound energy on malignancy sites buried deep in tissues and to locally activate a preloaded sonosensitizer. Possible mechanisms of sonodynamic therapy include generation of sonosensitizer derived radicals which initiate chain peroxidation of membrane lipids via peroxyl and/or alkoxyl radicals, the physical destabilization of the cell membrane by the sonosensitizer thereby rendering the cell more susceptible to shear forces or ultrasound enhanced drug transport across the cell membrane (sonoporation). Evidence against the role of singlet oxygen in sonodynamic therapy is discussed. The mechanism of sonodynamic therapy is probably not governed by a universal mechanism, but may be influenced by multiple factors including the nature of the biological model, the sonosensitizer and the ultrasound parameters. The current review emphasizes the effect of ultrasound induced free radicals in sonodynamic therapy.
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- Ionel Rosenthal
- Radiation Biology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1002, USA
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Rosenthal I, Sostaric JZ, Riesz P. Enlightened sonochemistry. RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES 2004. [DOI: 10.1163/1568567041856936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Feril LB, Tsuda Y, Kondo T, Zhao QL, Ogawa R, Cui ZG, Tsukada K, Riesz P. Ultrasound-induced killing of monocytic U937 cells enhanced by 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride. Cancer Sci 2004; 95:181-5. [PMID: 14965370 PMCID: PMC11158448 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2004.tb03201.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2003] [Revised: 12/03/2003] [Accepted: 12/16/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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To determine the effect of 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (AAPH) on ultrasound (US)-induced cell killing, human monocytic leukemia cells (U937) were incubated at various temperatures (25.0, 37.0 and 40.0 degrees C) for 1 min in air-saturated phosphate-buffered solution (PBS) containing 50 mM AAPH before exposure to nonthermal 1 MHz US for 1 min at an intensity of 2.0 W/cm(2). Cell viability was determined by means of the Trypan blue dye exclusion test immediately after sonication. Apoptosis was measured after 6-h incubation post-sonication by flow cytometry. Free radicals generated by AAPH, a temperature-dependent free radical generator, or US or both were also investigated using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spin trapping. The results showed that US-induced cell lysis and apoptosis were enhanced in the presence of AAPH regardless of the temperature at the time of sonication. At 40.0 degrees C, US alone induced increased cell killing, while AAPH alone is capable of inducing significant but minimal apoptosis at this temperature. Although free radicals were increased in the combined treatment, this increase did not correlate well with cell killing. The mechanism of enhancement points to the increased uptake of the agent during sonication rather than potentiation by AAPH. These findings suggest the clinical potential of temperature-dependent free radical generators in cancer therapy with therapeutic US.
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- Loreto B Feril
- Department of Radiological Sciences, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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