Therapeutic potential of low-level laser in the brain of aged rats

• Grant number: 17/16443-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: November 01, 2017
• End date: August 03, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Physiology - Physiology of Organs and Systems
• Principal Investigator: Sérgio Gomes da Silva
• Grantee: Fabrízio dos Santos Cardoso
• Host Institution: Pró-Reitoria Acadêmica. Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes (UMC). Campus da Sede Mogi das Cruzes. Mogi das Cruzes , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/24136-5 - Cytochrome oxidase activity in the brain of aged rats exposed to low level laser therapy: a quantitative histochemical study, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Around the world, the proportion of people over 60 is increasing as faster as any other age group. It is estimated that by 2025 the population of the elderly will be 1.2 billion people. In Brazil, it will be approximately 30 million. However, longevity has been accompanied by an increase in cases of neurological diseases associated with aging, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and others. Thus, the search for new forms of therapeutic treatments and intervention has been of great interest to the medical community. In this context, low-level laser therapy (LLLT) has become very promising, mainly to it neuroprotective effects. Based on this, the purpose of the present study will be to test the therapeutic potential of LLLT in the brain of aged rats. For that, we will analyze in rats with 2 and 20 month-old submitted to LLLT during 28 days: (1) the cognitive performance of rats in novel object recognition test, Barnes maze, 8-arm radial maze, elevated plus maze, and inhibitory avoidance; (2) the neuronal morphology in cerebral córtex and hippocampal formation by the Cox-Golgi method; (3) the brain expression of brain-derived neurotrophic fator (BDNF) and intracellular signaling pathways linked, such as extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), protein kinase B (Akt), cyclic AMP-response element-binding protein (CREB), c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38). Our hypothesis is that LLLT results in increased cognitive performance in elderly rats, and also promotes increased dendritic arborization and increased activation of intracellular proteins linked to survival and proliferation (such as ERK, Akt and CREB) or decreased activation of intracellular proteins associated with death (such as JNK and p38). (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CARDOSO, FABRIZIO DOS SANTOS; BRANDAO LOPES MARTINS, RODRIGO ALVARO; DA SILVA, SERGIO GOMES. Therapeutic Potential of Photobiomodulation In Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review. JOURNAL OF LASERS IN MEDICAL SCIENCES, v. 11, n. 4, 1, p. S16-S22, FAL 2020. (17/16443-0)

CARDOSO, FABRIZIO DOS SANTOS; DE SOUZA OLIVEIRA TAVARES, CRISTIANE; ARAUJO, BRUNO HENRIQUE SILVA; MANSUR, FERNANDA; LOPES-MARTINS, RODRIGO ALVARO BRANDAO; GOMES DA SILVA, SERGIO. Improved Spatial Memory And Neuroinflammatory Profile Changes in Aged Rats Submitted to Photobiomodulation Therapy. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, MAR 2021. (13/08028-1, 17/16443-0)

CARDOSO, FABRIZIO DOS SANTOS; BRANDAO LOPES MARTINS, RODRIGO ALVARO; DA SILVA, SERGIO GOMES. Therapeutic Potential of Photobiomodulation In Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review. JOURNAL OF LASERS IN MEDICAL SCIENCES, v. 11, n. 4, p. 7-pg., 2020-09-01. (17/16443-0)

SERRA, FERNANDO TADEU; CARDOSO, FABRIZIO DOS SANTOS; PETRACONI, NATHALIA; DOS SANTOS, JULIO CESAR CLAUDINO; ARAUJO, BRUNO HENRIQUE SILVA; ARIDA, RICARDO MARIO; DA SILVA, SERGIO GOMES. Resistance exercise improves learning and memory and modulates hippocampal metabolomic profile in aged rats. Neuroscience Letters, v. 766, JAN 1 2022. (17/16443-0)

CARDOSO, FABRIZIO DOS SANTOS; BORINI MANSUR, FERNANDA CRISTINA; SILVA ARAUJO, BRUNO HENRIQUE; GONZALEZ-LIMA, F.; DA SILVA, SERGIO GOMES. hotobiomodulation Improves the Inflammatory Response and Intracellular Signaling Proteins Linked to Vascular Function and Cell Survival in the Brain of Aged Rat. Molecular Neurobiology, v. 59, n. 1, OCT 2021. (17/16443-0)

LAMENHA FALCAO DE MELO, ANANDA SAMPAIO; DIAS LIMA, JULIANA LOUISE; SILVA MALTA, MARIA CAROLINA; MARROQUIM, NATALIA FRANCA; MOREIRA, ALVARO RIVELLI; LADEIA, ISABELLE DE ALMEIDA; CARDOSO, FABRIZIO DOS SANTOS; GONCALVES, DANIEL BUZAGLO; DUTRA, BRUNA GUIMARAES; CLAUDINO DOS SANTOS, JULIO CESAR. The role of microglia in prion diseases and possible therapeutic targets: a literature review. PRION, v. 15, n. 1, p. 191-206, JAN 1 2021. (17/16443-0)

CARDOSO, FABRIZIO DOS SANTOS; DE SOUZA OLIVEIRA TAVARES, CRISTIANE; ARAUJO, BRUNO HENRIQUE SILVA; MANSUR, FERNANDA; LOPES-MARTINS, RODRIGO ALVARO BRANDAO; GOMES DA SILVA, SERGIO. Improved Spatial Memory And Neuroinflammatory Profile Changes in Aged Rats Submitted to Photobiomodulation Therapy. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, v. 42, n. 6, p. 12-pg., 2021-03-11. (13/08028-1, 17/16443-0)

DOS SANTOS CARDOSO, FABRIZIO; DOS SANTOS, JULIO CESAR CLAUDINO; GONZALEZ-LIMA, FRANCISCO; ARAUJO, BRUNO HENRIQUE SILVA; LOPES-MARTINS, RODRIGO ALVARO BRANDAO; GOMES DA SILVA, SERGIO. Effects of Chronic Photobiomodulation with Transcranial Near-Infrared Laser on Brain Metabolomics of Young and Aged Rats. Molecular Neurobiology, v. 58, n. 5, JAN 2021. (13/08028-1, 17/16443-0)

CARDOSO, FABRIZIO DOS SANTOS; SALEHPOUR, FARZAD; COIMBRA, NORBERTO CYSNE; GONZALEZ-LIMA, FRANCISCO; GOMES DA SILVA, SERGIO. Photobiomodulation for the treatment of neuroinflammation: A systematic review of controlled laboratory animal studies. FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE, v. 16, p. 13-pg., 2022-09-20. (21/06473-4, 20/15050-7, 17/16443-0)