Histological and biochemical effects of preventive and therapeutic vascular photobiomodulation on rat muscle injury

Talita Christine Camillo Lopez, Tainá Caroline dos Santos Malavazzi, Maria Fernanda Setúbal Destro Rodrigues, Erna Elisabeth Bach, Daniela Teixeira Silva, Edgar Matias Bach Hi, Cristiane Miranda França, Sandra Kalil Bussadori, Raquel Agnelli Mesquita-Ferrari, Kristianne Porta Santos Fernandes

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Abstract

The intravascular or transcutaneous application of photobiomodulation (PBM) over blood vessels (vascular photobiomodulation, VPBM) has been used for the treatment of inflammatory and chronic conditions with promising systemic results. This study evaluated the VPBM effects on a model of muscle regeneration after acute injury and compared the outcomes of preventive and therapeutic VPBM. Transcutaneous VPBM was administered over the rat's main tail vein. Serum levels of creatine kinase (CK), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and lactate were evaluated and muscles were processed for macroscopic and microscopic analysis. Preventive and therapeutic VPBM led to decreased inflammatory infiltrate, edema, and myonecrosis but with an increase in immature muscle fibers. CK, AST, and lactate levels were lower in the groups treated with VPBM (lowest concentrations in preventive VPBM application). Preventive and therapeutic VPBM were capable of exerting a positive effect on acute muscle injury repair, with more accentuated results when preventive VPBM was administered.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere202100271
JournalJournal of Biophotonics
Volume15
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2022

Keywords

  • NLIB
  • low-level light therapy
  • muscle injury
  • muscle repair
  • photobiomodulation
  • vascular photobiomodulation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Materials Science
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Engineering
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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