Abstract

Phototherapy converts lipophilic unconjugated bilirubin to hydrophilic bilirubin photoisomers, such as lumirubin. We comparatively used a blue light-emitting diode (LED) and a green fluorescent lamp (FL) as light sources for phototherapy of hyperbilirubinemic preterm neonates with the aim of examining potential differences in urinary lumirubin excretion between these two wavelengths. Urinary lumirubin levels were measured using a fluorescence assay with blue light exposure in the presence of the unconjugated bilirubin-inducible fluorescent protein UnaG, and denoted as urinary UnaG-bound bilirubin (UUB)/creatinine (Cr) (μg/mg Cr). Preterm neonates born at ≤ 33 weeks gestational age and treated with phototherapy were subjected to this study. The maximum UUB/Cr level during phototherapy per device intensity was compared between neonates treated with the blue LED and the green FL. A total of 61 neonates were examined to determine the maximum UUB/Cr levels. The median of maximum UUB/Cr excretion per light intensity of each device (μg/mg Cr/μW/cm2/nm) was 0.83 for the blue LED and 1.29 for the green FL (p = 0.01). Green light was found to be more effective than blue one for bilirubin excretion via urinary lumirubin excretion. This is the first spectroscopic study to compare the efficacy of phototherapy at different wavelengths using fluorescence assay.

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Title
Urinary lumirubin excretion in jaundiced preterm neonates during phototherapy with blue light-emitting diode vs. green fluorescent lamp
Author
Uchida, Yumiko 1 ; Takahashi, Yukihiro 1 ; Kurata, Chikara 2 ; Morimoto, Yukihiro 3 ; Ohtani, Eishin 1 ; Tosaki, Asako 4 ; Kumagai, Akiko 4 ; Greimel, Peter 5 ; Nishikubo, Toshiya 1 ; Miyawaki, Atsushi 4 

 Nara Medical University Hospital, Division of Neonatal Intensive Care, Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Medical Center, Kashihara-City, Japan (GRID:grid.474851.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1773 1360) 
 Nara Medical University Hospital, Central Clinical Laboratory, Kashihara-City, Japan (GRID:grid.474851.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1773 1360) 
 Ushio Inc, R&D Division, Himeji-City, Japan (GRID:grid.471270.7) (ISNI:0000 0004 1808 0424); SANKEN, Osaka University, Ibaraki-City, Japan (GRID:grid.136593.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0373 3971) 
 Laboratory for Cell Function Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako-City, Japan (GRID:grid.474690.8); Biotechnological Optics Research Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, Wako-City, Japan (GRID:grid.509457.a) (ISNI:0000 0004 4904 6560) 
 Laboratory for Cell Function Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako-City, Japan (GRID:grid.474690.8) 
Pages
18359
Publication year
2023
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2882128008
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.