Feng Yi, Qin Dui, Zhang Jun, Ma Chenxiang, Wan Mingxi
The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P.R. China.
Biomed Mater Eng. 2015;26 Suppl 1:S423-7. doi: 10.3233/BME-151331.
Cavitation has great application potential in microvessel damage and targeted drug delivery. Concerning cavitation, droplet vaporization has been widely investigated in vitro and in vivo with plasmonic nanoparticles. Droplets with a liquid dodecafluoropentane (DDFP) core enclosed in an albumin shell have a stable and simple structure with good characteristics of laser absorbing; thus, DDFP droplets could be an effective aim for laser-induced cavitation. The DDPF droplet was prepared and perfused in a mimic microvessel in the optical microscopic system with a passive acoustic detection module. Three patterns of laser-induced cavitation in the droplets were observed. The emitted acoustic signals showed specific spectrum components at specific time points. It was suggested that a nanosecond laser pulse could induce cavitation in DDPF droplets, and specific acoustic signals would be emitted. Analyzing its characteristics could aid in monitoring the laser-induced cavitation process in droplets, which is meaningful to theranostic application.
空化在微血管损伤和靶向药物递送方面具有巨大的应用潜力。关于空化,液滴汽化已在体外和体内使用等离子体纳米颗粒进行了广泛研究。具有包裹在白蛋白壳中的十二氟戊烷(DDFP)液芯的液滴具有稳定且简单的结构,具有良好的激光吸收特性;因此,DDFP液滴可能是激光诱导空化的有效目标。制备了DDPF液滴,并在具有被动声学检测模块的光学显微镜系统中的模拟微血管中进行灌注。观察到液滴中激光诱导空化的三种模式。发射的声学信号在特定时间点显示出特定的频谱成分。结果表明,纳秒激光脉冲可诱导DDPF液滴中的空化,并发射特定的声学信号。分析其特性有助于监测液滴中激光诱导的空化过程,这对诊疗应用具有重要意义。