The aim of the study: was to investigate the molecular genetic mechanisms of the influence of laser radiation with 577 nm wavelength in a microimpulse mode on the retina in the experimental conditions after the intravitreal injection of VEGF.
Materials and methods: The study was performed on 4-5 week-old male mice of the line C57BL/6J. The animals were divided into 4 groups of 5 mice in each group, one eye was excremental, the contralateral eye remained intact. In the first group, intravitreal injection of PBS was performed; in the second group, intravitreal injection of 50 ng/ml of recombinant VEGF165 in 2 μL of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) was performed; in the third and fourth groups, a day after the intravitreal injection of recombinant VEGF165, laser radiation with wavelength 577 nm was applied in the micropulse and continuous modes, respectively. Tissue samples (neuroepithelium, pigment epithelium) for the microarray transcription analysis in the animals from group 1 and 2 were taken 2 days after the injection of PBS and VEGF, in the animals from group 3 and 4 - a day after the retina was exposed to laser radiation.
Results and conclusion: Molecular genetic mechanisms of the influence of laser radiation with wavelength 577 nm in a microimpulse mode on the retina in experimental conditions were studied and the genes that significantly changed the level of expression (the genes that take part in the regulation of neoangiogenesis, structural cell functions, processes of cells proliferation, transcription, differentiation, transmembrane transport, signaling, synaptic transmission, etc.) were identified.
Keywords: Genes expression; Microimpulse laser radiation; Retina; Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).
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