Ultrasound induced fluorescence of nanoscale liposome contrast agents

Zhang, Q ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5811-8034, Morgan, SP, O’Shea, P and Mather, ML, 2016. Ultrasound induced fluorescence of nanoscale liposome contrast agents. PLOS ONE, 11 (7): e0159742. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

A new imaging contrast agent is reported that provides an increased fluorescent signal upon application of ultrasound (US). Liposomes containing lipids labelled with pyrene were optically excited and the excimer fluorescence emission intensity was detected in the absence and presence of an ultrasound field using an acousto-fluorescence setup. The acousto-fluorescence dynamics of liposomes containing lipids with pyrene labelled on the fatty acid tail group (PyPC) and the head group (PyPE) were compared. An increase in excimer emission intensity following exposure to US was observed for both cases studied. The increased intensity and time constants were found to be different for the PyPC and PyPE systems, and dependent on the applied US pressure and exposure time. The greatest change in fluorescence intensity (130%) and smallest rise time constant (0.33 s) are achieved through the use of PyPC labelled liposomes. The mechanism underlying the observed increase of the excimer emission intensity in PyPC labelled liposomes is proposed to arise from the “wagging” of acyl chains which involves fast response and requires lower US pressure. This is accompanied by increased lipid lateral diffusivity at higher ultrasound pressures, a mechanism that is also active in the PyPE labelled liposomes.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	PLOS ONE
Creators:	Zhang, Q., Morgan, S.P., O’Shea, P. and Mather, M.L.
Publisher:	Public Library of Science
Date:	28 July 2016
Volume:	11
Number:	7
ISSN:	1932-6203
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1371/journal.pone.0159742 DOI
Rights:	© 2016 Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	12 Aug 2019 15:01
Last Modified:	12 Aug 2019 15:02
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/37241

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