title: Helium-neon laser irradiation inhibits the growth of kidney epithelial cells in culture.
abstract: We have investigated the in vitro action of helium-neon (He-Ne) laser light on the cell cycle and the growth of rat kidney epithelial cell cultures. Dose-response studies showed that repeated He-Ne irradiation (dose rate 40 mW/cm2) once a day in a dose range between 11.9 and 142 J/cm2 significantly inhibited cell growth, while daily irradiation with 4.7 J/cm2 had no effect. Microscopic examination of nuclear spreads revealed an increased number of cells in mitosis after a single irradiation with 142 J/cm2. These results support previous observations suggesting that laser light of low thermal energy interferes with cell cycling and may inhibit cell growth when irradiation is performed at doses of 11.9 J/cm2 or more.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Medical University of Lübeck, West Germany.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jelkmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count / Q000379:methods; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000528:radiation effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000528:radiation effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology*; D007834:Lasers; D008938:Mitosis; D051381:Rats