Cell-cultivable ultrasonic transducer integrated on glass-coverslip

Keunhyung Lee; Jinhyoung Park

doi:10.7776/ASK.2023.42.5.412

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Cell-cultivable ultrasonic transducer integrated on glass-coverslip 세포 배양 가능한 커버슬립형 초음파 변환자

30 September 2023. pp. 412-421

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Abstract

Ultrasound brain stimulation is spot-lighted by its capability of inducing brain cell activation in a localized deep brain region and ultimately treating impaired brain function while the efficiency and directivity of neural modulation are highly dependent on types of stimulus waveforms. Therefore, to optimize the types of stimulation parameters, we propose a cell-cultivable ultrasonic transducer having a series stack of a spin-coated polymer piezoelectric element (Poly-vinylidene fluoride-trifluorethylene, PVDF-TrFE) and a parylene insulating layer enhancing output acoustic pressure on a glass-coverslip which is commonly used in culturing cells. Due to the uniformity and high accuracy of stimulus waveform, tens of neuronal cell responses located on the transducer surface can be recorded simultaneously with fluorescence microscopy. By averaging the cell response traces from tens of cells, small changes to the low intensity ultrasound stimulations can be identified. In addition, the reduction of stimulus distortions made by standing wave generated from reflections between the transducers and other strong reflectors can be achieved by placing acoustic absorbers. Through the proposed ultrasound transducer, we could successfully observe the calcium responses induced by low-intensity ultrasound stimulation of 6 MHz, 0.2 MPa in astrocytes cultured on the transducer surface.

Keywords

Ultrasound brain stimulation

Glass-coverslip

Poly-vinylidene fluoride-trifluorethylene (PVDF-TrFE)

Astrocyte

Cellular calcium response

초음파 뇌 자극술을 통하여 뇌 심부의 국소 지역에 있는 뇌 세포의 활성화를 유도할 수 있으며, 이를 통하여 저하된 뇌 기능을 치료하는데 효과가 있음이 보고되어 왔다. 반면, 초음파 자극의 종류에 따라 신경 변조의 효율과 방향이 달라질 수 있음이 알려져 있어, 적절한 초음파 자극의 종류를 확립하는 연구가 중요하다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 이를 효과적으로 최적화 하기 위해 세포 배양시 사용되는 커버슬립 기반의 초음파 변환자를 제안하고자 한다. 균일한 초음파 자극을 전도하기 위해서 폴리머 압전소자(Poly-vinylidene fluoride-trifluorethylene, PVDF-TrFE)를 스핀 코팅하고 패를린 절연층을 상단에 적층시켜 음압 출력을 극대화 시켰다. 개발된 초음파 변환자 융합 커버슬립은 초음파 자극기 표면에 배양된 수십개의 신경세포에 균일하고 정확한 초음파 자극을 전달 할 수 있고, 자극에 따른 세포의 반응을 형광 현미경으로 실시간 관찰 가능하다. 따라서, 동일한 초음파 자극에 대한 세포의 반응 신호를 최대 수십개 세포로부터 동시에 획득 가능하므로, 반응 신호를 평균 한다면 낮은 강도의 초음파 자극에 따른 뇌 세포의 미세한 반응을 검출할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 초음파 변환자와 물의 표면 등에서 발생하는 정현파에 의한 자극의 왜곡 현상을 줄일 수 있어서 사용자가 원하는 초음파 자극을 정확하게 세포로 전달 가능하다. 이렇게 개발된 초음파 변환자를 통해 변환자 표면에 배양된 별세포에서 6 MHz, 0.2 MPa의 저강도 초음파 자극에 의해 유도된 칼슘 반응을 성공적으로 관찰할 수 있었다.

키워드

초음파 뇌 자극술

유리커버슬립

Poly-vinylidene fluoride-trifluorethylene (PVDF-TrFE)

신경별세포

세포칼슘반응

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Publisher :The Acoustical Society of Korea
Publisher(Ko) :한국음향학회
Journal Title :The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
Journal Title(Ko) :한국음향학회지
Volume : 42
No :5
Pages :412-421
Received Date : 2023-08-24
Accepted Date : 2023-09-13
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2023.42.5.412

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of KoreaISSN:1225-4428(Print) 2287-3775(Online)한국음향학회

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