• Manoel Carneiro Oliveira, Flávia Regina Greiffo, Nicole Cristine Rigonato-Oliveira, Ricardo Wesley Alberca Custódio, Vanessa Roza Silva, Nilsa Regina Damaceno-Rodrigues, Francine Maria Almeida, Regiane Albertini, Rodrigo Álvaro B Lopes-Martins, Luis Vicente Franco de Oliveira, Paulo de Tarso Camillo de Carvalho, Ana Paula Ligeiro de Oliveira, Ernesto César P Leal Jr, and Rodolfo P Vieira.
• Nove de Julho University, Rua Vergueiro 239/245, São Paulo, SP CEP 01504-000, Brazil.
• J. Photochem. Photobiol. B, Biol. 2014 May 5;134:57-63.

AbstractThe present study aimed to investigate the effects low level laser therapy (LLLT) in a LPS-induced pulmonary and extrapulmonary acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in BALB/c mice. Laser (830nm laser, 9J/cm(2), 35mW, 80s per point, 3 points per application) was applied in direct contact with skin, 1h after LPS administration. Mice were distributed in control (n=6; PBS), ARDS IT (n=7; LPS orotracheally 10μg/mouse), ARDS IP (n=7; LPS intra-peritoneally 100μg/mouse), ARDS IT+Laser (n=9; LPS intra-tracheally 10μg/mouse), ARDS IP+Laser (n=9; LPS intra-peritoneally 100μg/mouse). Twenty-four hours after last LPS administration, mice were studied for pulmonary inflammation by total and differential cell count in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), cytokines (IL-1beta, IL-6, KC and TNF-alpha) levels in BAL fluid and also by quantitative analysis of neutrophils number in the lung parenchyma. LLLT significantly reduced pulmonary and extrapulmonary inflammation in LPS-induced ARDS, as demonstrated by reduced number of total cells (p<0.001) and neutrophils (p<0.001) in BAL, reduced levels of IL-1beta, IL-6, KC and TNF-alpha in BAL fluid and in serum (p<0.001), as well as the number of neutrophils in lung parenchyma (p<0.001). LLLT is effective to reduce pulmonary inflammation in both pulmonary and extrapulmonary model of LPS-induced ARDS.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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