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An investigation of the effects of TETRA RF fields on intracellular calcium in neurones and cardiac myocytes

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Pages 869-885 | Received 04 Nov 2004, Accepted 07 Dec 2005, Published online: 01 Dec 2006
 

Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to determine whether Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) fields can affect intracellular calcium signalling in excitable cells.

Materials and methods: Intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2 + ]i) was measured in cultured rat cerebellar granule cells and cardiac myocytes during exposure to TETRA fields (380.8875 MHz pulse modulated at 17.6 Hz, 25% duty cycle). [Ca2 + ]i was measured as fura-PE3, fluo-3 or fluo-4 fluorescence by digital image analysis.

Results: Granule cells exposed at specific absorption rates (SARs) of 5, 10, 20, 50 or 400 mW · kg−1 showed no significant changes in resting [Ca2 + ]i. Increases in [Ca2 + ]i in response to potassium-induced depolarization were significantly different from sham controls in TETRA-exposed cells, but the majority of the difference was attributable to initial biological variation between cell cultures. No difference was found between fura-PE3 (UV excitation) and fluo-3 (visible light excitation) measurements in these cells. Exposure to TETRA (50 or 400 mW · kg−1) had no significant effect on either the rate or amplitude of spontaneous Ca2 + transients in cardiac myocytes. The cells showed normal responses to salbutamol (50 μM) and acetylcholine (10 μM).

Conclusions: Overall, these results showed no evidence of any consistent or biologically relevant effect of TETRA fields on [Ca2 + ]i in granule cells and cardiac myocytes at any of the SAR tested.

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