Functional Activity and Endothelial-Lining Integrity of Ex Vivo Arteries Exposed to Ultrasound-Mediated Microbubble Destruction.

Autor:	Navarro-Becerra JA; Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad-Monterrey, Apodaca, México. Electronic address: jnavarrob@cinvestav.mx., Caballero-Robledo GA; Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad-Monterrey, Apodaca, México., Franco-Urquijo CA; Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad-Monterrey, Apodaca, México., Ríos A; Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad-Monterrey, Apodaca, México., Escalante B; Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad-Monterrey, Apodaca, México; Universidad de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, México.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Ultrasound in medicine & biology [Ultrasound Med Biol] 2020 Sep; Vol. 46 (9), pp. 2335-2348. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 15.
DOI:	10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2020.05.004
Abstrakt:	Ultrasound-mediated microbubble destruction (UMMD) is a promising strategy to improve local drug delivery in specific tissues. However, acoustic cavitation can lead to harmful bioeffects in endothelial cells. We investigated the side effects of UMMD treatment on vascular function (contraction and relaxation) and endothelium integrity of ex vivo Wistar rat arteries. We used an isolated organ system to evaluate vascular responses and confocal microscopy to quantify the integrity and viability of endothelial cells. The arteries were exposed for 1-3 min to ultrasound at a 100 Hz pulse-repetition frequency, 0.5 MPa acoustic pressure, 50% duty cycle and 1%-5% v/v microbubbles. The vascular contractile response was not affected. The acetylcholine-dependent maximal relaxation response was reduced from 78% (control) to 60% after 3 min of ultrasound exposure. In arteries treated simultaneously with 1 min of ultrasound exposure and 1%, 2%, 3% or 5% microbubble concentration, vascular relaxation was reduced by 19%, 58%, 80% or 93%, respectively, compared with the control arteries. Fluorescent labeling revealed that apoptotic death, detachment of endothelial cells and reduced nitric oxide synthase phosphorylation are involved in relaxation impairment. We demonstrated that UMMD can be a safe technology if the correct ultrasound and microbubble parameters are applied. Furthermore, we found that tissue-function evaluation combined with cellular analysis can be useful to study ultrasound-microbubble-tissue interactions in the optimization of targeted endothelial drug delivery. (Copyright © 2020 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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