Efeito biológico de uma fonte de luz halógena e de um LED na sobrevivência de culturas de Escherichia coli

• Autor(a) principal: Juliboni, Nathália Chacur
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/14159
• topic: Biocompatibility; Escherichia coli; Halogen Light; LED; Photodynamic Action; Diodos emissores de luz; Fotoquimioterapia; Biocompatibilidade; Escherichia coli; Luz Halógena; LED; Ação Fotodinâmica; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ODONTOLOGIA

The diversity of light curing units (LCUs), its large use on variety dental applications, and its function as an activator of dental composites polymerization make necessary a study of its biocompatibility. The consequent exposure of tissues during photo activation, strongly suggests that more investigations about the biological effects of blue light are needed. The positive effect promoted by the LCUs evolution biased the attention of possible phototoxic effects on professionals and patients. In addition, the temperature rise caused by these LCUs with higher power densities may be harmful to the pulp tissue. On the same way, the presence of a photosensitizer upon oral environment and its consequent exposure to blue light could lead the formation of free radicals, in which oxidative stress outcome could damage the adjacent tissues. This phenomenon is called Photodynamic Action. The aim of this study was to evaluate in Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains: (i) the cytotoxic effect of two LCUs used in dental procedures during 40 and 80 seconds of irradiation times; (ii) the biological effect of a mouth rinse with a red photosensitizer, Plax Classic®; (iii) the biological effect of the association of the LCUs to a mouth rinse, with a red photosensitizer, Plax Classic®, during 40 and 80 seconds of irradiation times; (iv) measurement of the LCUs thermal emission. Suspensions of E. coli AB1157 (proficient in all DNA repair mechanisms) and E. coli BW9091 (gene xthA- deficient, related to DNA damage repair), were irradiated by a halogen light and a LED (light emitting diode), that presents intervals of wavelength correspondents with blue light and power densities of 430 mW/cm2 and 1669 mW/cm2, respectively. The power density for the LED LCU was measured on a Hilux LEDMAX power meter, and for the halogen LCU, on the Optilux 501 power meter. The results indicated that: (i) the LCUs used with these power densities and these irradiation times, were not capable in altering the cellular survival rate; (ii) the mouth rinse itself reduced the survival rate of E. coli strain BW9091 and did not caused effect in E. coli strain AB1157; (iii) when the mouth rinse was associated to the LCUs, we observed that there was no reduction of the survival rate to both E. coli strains in both irradiation times; however, in the mutant strain, BW9091, a protection against the citotoxic effect of the mouth rinse was observed in 40 and 80 seconds of irradiation times to both LCUs; (iv) the temperature rise of both LCUs during photo activation, despite being elevated, was not capable in reducing the bacterial strains survival rate. The LCUs used in this study did not present lethal effect to the E. coli strains. The mouth rinse presented a biological effect to the E. coli strain BW9091, possibly because its antimicrobial nature. Although the association of the physical and chemical agents did not seem to cause an oxidative stress that could reduce the bacterial survival rate of E. coli strains, it seemed to activate mechanisms of cellular protection in E. coli BW9091 that kept them more resistants to the antimicrobial nature of the chemical agent. The temperature rise seemed to be dissipated by the aquous solution that contained the bacterial culture.