Shock Wave-Induced Damage and Poration in Eukaryotic Cell Membranes

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• 作者：Luz M. López-Marín ; Blanca E. Millán-Chiu…
• 关键词：Cell transfection ; Shock waves ; Acoustic cavitation
• 刊名：The Journal of Membrane Biology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：250
• 期：1
• 页码：41-52
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• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Biochemistry, general; Human Physiology;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1432-1424
• 卷排序：250

文摘

Shock waves are known to permeabilize eukaryotic cell membranes, which may be a powerful tool for a variety of drug delivery applications. However, the mechanisms involved in shock wave-mediated membrane permeabilization are still poorly understood. In this study, the effects on both the permeability and the ultrastructural features of two human cell lineages were investigated after the application of underwater shock waves in vitro. Scanning Electron Microscopy of cells derived from a human embryo kidney (HEK)-293 and Michigan Cancer Foundation (MCF)-7 cells, an immortalized culture derived from human breast adenocarcinoma, showed a small amount of microvilli (as compared to control cells), the presence of hole-like structures, and a decrease in cell size after shock wave exposure. Interestingly, these effects were accompanied by the permeabilization of acid and macromolecular dyes and gene transfection. Trypan blue exclusion assays indicated that cell membranes were porated during shock wave treatment but resealed after a few seconds. Deformations of the cell membrane lasted for at least 5 min, allowing their observation in fixed cells. For each cell line, different shock wave parameters were needed to achieve cell membrane poration. This difference was correlated to successful gene transfection by shock waves. Our results demonstrate, for the first time, that shock waves induce transient micro- and submicrosized deformations at the cell membrane, leading to cell transfection and cell survival. They also indicate that ultrastructural analyses of cell surfaces may constitute a useful way to match the use of shock waves to different cells and settings.