Abstract
Purpose: To investigate the influence of cell cycle on the adaptive response (AR) induced by the exposure of human blood lymphocytes to radiofrequency fields (RF). Materials and methods: Human peripheral blood lymphocytes in G0-, G1- or S-phase of the cell cycle were exposed for 20 hours to an adaptive dose (AD) of 900 MHz RF at an average specific absorption rate of 1.25 W/kg and then treated with a challenge dose (CD) of 100 ng/ml mitomycin C (MMC). Un-exposed and sham-exposed controls as well as cells treated with MMC alone were included in the study. The incidence of micronuclei (MN) was evaluated to determine the induction of AR. Results: The results indicated that the cells which were exposed to AD of RF in G 0- and G1-phase of the cell cycle did not exhibit AR while such a response was observed when the cells were exposed to AD of RF in S-phase of the cell cycle. Conclusions: These results confirmed the observations reported in our previous investigation where AR was observed in human blood lymphocytes exposed to AD of RF in S-phase of the cell cycle and further suggested that the timing of AD exposure of RF is important to elicit AR.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 993-999 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | International Journal of Radiation Biology |
Volume | 87 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2011 |
Keywords
- Adaptive response
- Cell cycle
- Human blood lymphocytes
- Micronuclei
- Radiofrequency fields
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging