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JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY
Volume 161, Issue -, Pages 368-374Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2016.05.027
Keywords
Extracellular matrix; Diabetes; Cellular adhesion molecules; Laser; Wound healing
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- University of Johannesburg (UJ) [URC020930]
- National Laser Centre (NLC) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) [LREGA00]
- Rental Pool programme
- African Laser Centre (ALC)
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Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) are cell surface glycoproteins that facilitate cell-cell contacts and adhesion with the extracellular matrix (ECM). Cellular adhesion is affected by various disease conditions, such as diabetes mellitus (DM) and inflammation. Photobiomodulation (PBM) stimulates biological processes and expression of these cellular molecules. The aim of this experimental work was to demonstrate the role of PBM at 830 nm on CAMs in diabetic wounded fibroblast cells. Isolated human skin fibroblast cells were used. Normal (N-) and diabetic wounded (DW-) cells were irradiated with a continuous wave diode laser at 830 nm with an energy density of 5 J/cm(2). Real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to determine the relative gene expression of 39 CAMs 48 h post-irradiation. Normalized expression levels from irradiated cells were calculated relative to non-irradiated control cells according to the 2(boolean AND)(-Delta Delta Ct) method. Thirty-one genes were significantly regulated in N-cells (28 were genes up-regulated and three genes down-regulated), and 22 genes in DW-cells (five genes were up-regulated and 17 genes down-regulated). PBM induced a stimulatory effect on various CAMs namely cadherins, integrins, selectins and immunoglobulins, and hence may be used as a complementary therapy in advancing treatment of non-healing diabetic ulcers. The regulation of CAMs as well as evaluating the role of PBM on the molecular effects of these genes may expand knowledge and prompt further research into the cellular mechanisms in diabetic wound healing that may lead to valuable clinical outcomes. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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