Abstract
Low energy laser irradiation has an effect on Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and anti mitotic factor release from rat and mouse skeletal muscle cultures. It was found that there is a transient elevation of intracellular calcium in the myotubes immediately after irradiation. Calcium changes were detected by dynamic video imaging system and with a photometric system. Pre incubation of the myotubes with photosensitizers enhance the elevation of both cytosolic calcium and cytokines release from the cells after Helium/Neon irradiation (633 nm) with energy of 3-10 J/cm2. These findings can lead to an hypothesis that transient changes in calcium can accelerate cytokines release from the myotubes.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 48-54 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
Volume | 3198 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997 |
Event | Effects on Low-Power Light on Biological Systems - San Remo, Italy Duration: 8 Sep 1997 → 8 Sep 1997 |
Keywords
- Calcium
- Low energy laser
- NGF
- Photosensitizers
- Skeletal muscle