Toward an explanation of laser-induced stimulation and damage of cell cultures

Harry Friedmann; Rachel Lubart; Israel Laulicht; S. Rochkind

doi:10.1117/12.44121

1 June 1991 Toward an explanation of laser-induced stimulation and damage of cell cultures

Harry Friedmann, Rachel Lubart, Israel Laulicht, S. Rochkind

Proceedings Volume 1427, Laser-Tissue Interaction II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.44121
Event: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Science and Engineering, 1991, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

A general mechanism is proposed, capable of accounting for the stimulating action of visible and infrared lasers on cell cultures, at low laser doses, and the damaging action at larger doses. Laser irradiation is assumed to accelerate the formation of a trans-membrane electrochemical proton gradient in mitochondria. This causes more Ca²⁺ to be released from the mitochondria to the cytoplasm by an 'antiport' process, using the proton-motive force (pmf). At low laser doses, the additional Ca²⁺ transported into the cytoplasm (among other factors controlled by the pmf) triggers mitosis and enhances cell proliferation. At higher laser doses, too much Ca²⁺ is released. This causes hyperactivity of Ca²⁺-ATPase and exhausts the ATP reserves of the cell. The nature of the photoacceptors and possible ways in which the visible and infrared laser energy is converted by the photoacceptors are discussed.

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Harry Friedmann, Rachel Lubart, Israel Laulicht, and S. Rochkind "Toward an explanation of laser-induced stimulation and damage of cell cultures", Proc. SPIE 1427, Laser-Tissue Interaction II, (1 June 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.44121

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