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A single intraperitoneal injection of a gram-positive pathogen Clostridium perfringens (Cp) causes a remarkable down-regulation the constitutive nitric oxide synthase (cNOS) with a simultaneous increase in the activity of inducible NOS (iNOS) and the level of reactive nitrogen species in the rat brain major regions (cortex, striatum, hippocampus and hypothalamus) at 48 h post-administration of Cp. Treatment by both a semiconductor laser (SCL) and/or a light-emitting diode (LED) with same wavelength, energy density and time exposure (continuous wave, λ=654 nm, fluence=1.27 J/cm2, time exposure=600 s) could modulate brain nitrergic response following Cp-infection. Besides, unlike the LED, the SCL-irradiation prevents the cNOS inhibition in all the studied brain regions and might be useful in restoring its function in neurotransmission and cerebral blood flow, along with providing a protective effect against nitrosative stress-induced iNOS-mediated injury in the brain regions.
Keywords: Brain, Clostridium perfringens, light-emitting diode, nitric oxide synthase, rat, semiconductor laser, central nervous system (CNS), Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI)
Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Nitrergic Response to Clostridium perfringens Infection in the Rat Brain Regions Effect of Red Light Irradiation
Volume: 12 Issue: 2
Author(s): H. A. Movsesyan, N. Kh. Alchujyan, N. H. Movsesyan, A. G. Guevorkian, H. L. Hairapetyan, K. A. Barsegyan and G. A. Kevorkian
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Keywords: Brain, Clostridium perfringens, light-emitting diode, nitric oxide synthase, rat, semiconductor laser, central nervous system (CNS), Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI)
Abstract: A single intraperitoneal injection of a gram-positive pathogen Clostridium perfringens (Cp) causes a remarkable down-regulation the constitutive nitric oxide synthase (cNOS) with a simultaneous increase in the activity of inducible NOS (iNOS) and the level of reactive nitrogen species in the rat brain major regions (cortex, striatum, hippocampus and hypothalamus) at 48 h post-administration of Cp. Treatment by both a semiconductor laser (SCL) and/or a light-emitting diode (LED) with same wavelength, energy density and time exposure (continuous wave, λ=654 nm, fluence=1.27 J/cm2, time exposure=600 s) could modulate brain nitrergic response following Cp-infection. Besides, unlike the LED, the SCL-irradiation prevents the cNOS inhibition in all the studied brain regions and might be useful in restoring its function in neurotransmission and cerebral blood flow, along with providing a protective effect against nitrosative stress-induced iNOS-mediated injury in the brain regions.
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A. Movsesyan H., Kh. Alchujyan N., H. Movsesyan N., G. Guevorkian A., L. Hairapetyan H., A. Barsegyan K. and A. Kevorkian G., Nitrergic Response to Clostridium perfringens Infection in the Rat Brain Regions Effect of Red Light Irradiation, Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 2012; 12 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187152412800792698
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