Innovative Observation of a 266-nm Laser Inhibiting Egg Laying in Caenorhabditis elegans

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Ray Ling Hsiao Yu-Wei Lin Chiang-Yun Chen

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Ray Ling Hsiao
Ph.D. Program for Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, China Medical University and Academia Sinica, Taiwan

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Infrared laser as a heat source could induce gene expression by activating heat promoter genes in Caenorhabditis elegans, as previously reported. In this study, we innovatively used a 266-nm laser to irradiate C. elegans for only one second and observed a significant inhibition of the overall number of eggs laid (P < 0.0001) and the first day egg laying (P=0.005). This is the first study to establish how light with a wavelength of 266-nm can influence a life activity such as laying eggs in C. elegans.

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Research Article

Publication history

Received: Mon 04, Jul 2022
Accepted: Mon 18, Jul 2022
Published: Fri 29, Jul 2022

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© 2023 Ray Ling Hsiao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.ACR.2022.02.04