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Characterisation of Gas Vesicles as Cavitation Nuclei for Ultrasound Therapy using Passive Acoustic Mapping

Smith, C. A. B.; Bar-Zion, A.; Wu, Q.; Malounda, D.; Bau, L.; Stride, E.; Shapiro, M. G.; Coussios, C. C.

2024-09-26 bioengineering
10.1101/2024.09.24.614126 bioRxiv
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Genetically encodable gas filled particles known as gas vesicles (GVs) have shown promise as a biomolecular contrast agent for ultrasound imaging and have the potential to be used as cavitation nuclei for ultrasound therapy. In this study, we used passive acoustic mapping techniques to characterize GV-seeded cavitation, utilizing 0.5 and 1.6 MHz ultrasound over peak rarefactional pressures ranging from 100 to 2200 kPa. We found that GVs produce cavitation for the duration of the first applied pulse, up to at least 5000 cycles, but that bubble activity diminishes rapidly over subsequent pulses. At 0.5 MHz the frequency content of cavitation emissions was predominantly broadband in nature, whilst at 1.6 MHz narrowband content at harmonics of the main excitation frequency dominated. Simulations and high-speed camera imaging suggest that the received cavitation emissions come not from individual GVs but instead from the coalescence of GV-released gas into larger bubbles during the applied ultrasound pulse. These results will aid the future development of GVs as cavitation nuclei in ultrasound therapy.

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