Ultrasound-induced intercellular space widening in fish epidermis

被引:64
作者
Frenkel, V
Kimmel, E [1 ]
Iger, Y
机构
[1] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Dept Agr Engn, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel
[2] Ultracure Ltd, IL-36001 Nesher, Israel
关键词
ultrasound; transmission electron microscopy; fish skin; epidermis; intercellular spaces;
D O I
10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00164-7
中图分类号
O42 [声学];
学科分类号
070206 ; 082403 ;
摘要
Transmission electron microscopy was employed to determine the effects of therapeutic ultrasound (US) (I-sata less than or equal to 2.2 W cm(-2), 3 MHz), sonicated at different angles and durations, on the external epithelia of fish skin. Sonication at 1.7 W cm(-2) (90 s), where the ultrasonic beam was perpendicular to the skin surface, produced minor intercellular space widening (ICSW), as well as the disruption of desmosomes connecting between the cells. Increasing the intensity to 2.2 W cm(-2) increased ICSW, the extent of which was positively correlated to the duration of exposure (30 to 90 s). Perpendicular sonication produced ICSW, almost exclusively between cells of the two outermost cell layers, parallel to the skin surface. Sonicating at 45 degrees (2.2 W cm(-2), 90 s) produced ICSW in deeper cell layers in the tissues, in which the spaces were at seemingly random orientations. Mucous cells and macrophages were also found to be damaged, as were apoptotic epidermal cells. The suggested mechanism for ICSW is the formation of transverse (shear) waves at the interface between the aquatic medium and the skin surface. The waves, which are damped out within a few cell layers, give rise to shear stresses that, in turn, cause strains that act to separate between cells and damage some of the relatively weaker cells. (C) 2000 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.
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