Journal
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 494-506Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.09.003
Keywords
Sonoporation; Ultrasound; Calcium imaging; Calcium oscillations; Calcium waves; Microbubbles; Optison
Funding
- National Institutes of Health [R01CA116592]
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To investigate the effects of sonoporation, spatiotemporal evolution of ultrasound -induced changes in intracellular calcium ion concentration ([Ca2+](i)) was determined using real-time fura-2AM fluorescence imaging. Monolayers of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were exposed to a 1-MHz ultrasound tone burst (0.2 s, 0.45 MPa) in the presence of Optison (TM) microbubbles. At extracellular [Ca2+](o) of 0.9 mM, ultrasound application generated both nonoscillating and oscillating (periods 12 to 30 s) transients (changes of [Ca2+](i) in time) with durations of 100-180 s. Immediate [Ca2+](i) transients after ultrasound application were induced by ultrasound-mediated microbubble-cell interactions. In some cases, the immediately affected cells did not return to pre-ultrasound equilibrium [Ca2+](i) levels, thereby indicating irreversible membrane damage. Spatial evolution of [Ca2+](i) in different cells formed a calcium wave that was observed to propagate outward from the immediately affected cells at 7-20 mu m/s over a distance >200 mu m, causing delayed transients in cells to occur sometimes 60 s or more after ultrasound application. In calcium-free solution, ultrasound -affected cells did not recover, consistent with the requirement of extracellular Ca2+ for cell membrane recovery subsequent to sonoporation. In summary, ultrasound application in the presence of Optison (TM) microbubbles can generate transient [Ca2+](i) changes and oscillations at a focal site and in surrounding cells via calcium waves that last longer than the ultrasound duration and spread beyond the focal site. These results demonstrate the complexity of downstream effects of sonoporation beyond the initial pore formation and subsequent diffusion-related transport through the cellular membrane. (E-mail address: cxdeng@umich.edu) (C) 2009 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.
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