Ultrasound‐mediated mechanical forces activate selective tumor cell apoptosis

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Abstract

Recent studies show that tumor cells undergo apoptosis after mechanical stretching, which promotes normal cell growth. Since ultrasound can produce similar sub-cellular mechanical stresses on the nanoscale, here we test the effect of ultrasound-mediated mechanical forces on tumors and normal cell survival. Surprisingly, tumor cells undergo apoptosis through a calpain-dependent mitochondrial pathway that relies upon calcium entry through the mechanosensitive Piezo1 channels. This is a general property of all tumor cell lines tested irrespective of tissue origin, but normal cells are unaffected. In vivo, ultrasound treatment promotes tumor cell killing in a mouse model with invasive CT26 cancer cell subcutaneous tumors and in the chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) model with relatively minor damage to chick embryos. Further, patient-derived pancreatic tumor organoids are killed by ultrasound treatment. Because ultrasound-mediated mechanical forces cause apoptosis of tumor cells from many different tissues in different microenvironments, it may offer a safe, non-invasive approach to augment tumor treatments.

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