Pulsed magnetic field effects on calcium signaling in lymphocytes: Dependence on cell status and field intensity
- 17 December 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 314 (3), 351-355
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(92)81504-f
Abstract
The effect of 3-Hz, monopolar, quasi-rectangular magnetic field pulses on 45Ca2+ uptake in resting and mitogen-treated rat thymic lymphocytes was evaluated. A 30-min, non-thermal exposure to the pulsed magnetic field (B peak = 6.5 mT, E max = 0.69 mV/cm, J max = 2.6 μA/cm2) reduced Concanavalin A-induced 45Ca2+ uptake by 45%. It was observed that (i) the induction of the 3-Hz field response dependend on Ca2+ signal transduction activation; (ii) the response direction (stimulation or inhibition) depended on the level of lymphocyte mitogen responsiveness, and (iii) the field response magnitude increased with increasing magnetic field flux densities (B peak = 0, 1.6, 6.5 and 28 mT). Our results demonstrate field effects at B max nearly 104 greater than that of the average human environment for low-frequency magnetic fields and they are consistent with the independent results from other 3-Hz pulsed magnetic field studies with lymphocytes.Keywords
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