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ArticleScientific reports2025

Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound induces multifaced alterations in chromosome segregation, cytoskeletal filaments and cell junctions.

Ion Udroiu, Federica Todaro, Alessandra Vitaliti, Damiano Palmieri, Eugenia Guida, Giulia Perilli, Leonardo Duranti, Cadia D'Ottavi, Maurizio Mattei, Susanna Dolci and 5 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ion UdroiuDepartment of Sciences, Università Roma Tre, Viale G. Marconi 446, Rome, 00146, Italy.
Federica TodaroSection of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, 00133, Italy.
Alessandra VitalitiDepartment of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, 00133, Italy.
Damiano PalmieriMedical Physics Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, 00165, Italy.
Eugenia GuidaDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University Hospital of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, 00133, Italy.
Giulia PerilliDepartment of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, 00133, Italy.
Leonardo DurantiDepartment of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, 00133, Italy.
Cadia D'OttaviDepartment of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, 00133, Italy.
Maurizio MatteiInterdepartmental Center for Comparative Medicine, Alternative Techniques and Aquaculture (CIMETA), University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Via Montpellier 1, Rome, 00133, Italy.
Susanna DolciDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University Hospital of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, 00133, Italy.
Gaio ParadossiDepartment of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, 00133, Italy.
Angelico BediniDepartment of Technological Innovations and Safety of Plants, Products and Anthropic Settlements (DIT), Italian National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work, Inail, Rome, 00144, Italy.
Ida SilvestriDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Viale Regina Elena 324, Rome, 00161, Italy.
Antonella SguraDepartment of Sciences, Università Roma Tre, Viale G. Marconi 446, Rome, 00146, Italy.
Fabio DomeniciDepartment of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, 00133, Italy. fabio.domenici@uniroma2.it.

Funding

Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro Gli Infortuni sul Lavoro BRiC 2019 ID 43
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) is a widely used non-invasive approach with therapeutic purposes since it provides physical stimulation with minimal thermal effects. The skin epithelium is the first barrier of the human body that interfaces with LIPUS and is subjected to the highest intensity. Little is known about the impact of LIPUS on the skin surface. This work investigates the biological effects of one-hour exposure to 1 MHz LIPUS on human keratinocytes HaCaT and tumoral SK-MEL-28 skin cells. Specifically, we evaluated the cellular state immediately after LIPUS treatment by analyzing cytogenetic endpoints and the response of cytoskeleton and cell junction proteins. Herein we demonstrate that LIPUS induces genomic damage as shown by an increase of chromosome malsegregation and a consequent decrease of cellular proliferation. The mechanical stimulus produced by LIPUS is also transmitted to the cytoskeletal compartment, inducing the expression and re-organization of junction proteins (i.e., E-cadherin and Desmosomes) and intermediate filaments (i.e., F-actin and Cytokeratins) with impact on cell morphology and cell adhesion. These in vitro results highlight the different outcomes following the cytogenetic damage and the resilience response exerted by the cytoskeleton upon mechanical stress, laying the foundation for future in vivo investigations.

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Chromosome SegregationCytoskeletonIntercellular JunctionsUltrasonic WavesCell AdhesionCell LineCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationHumansKeratinocytes

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PMID39929986
PMCPMC11811000

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