Exposure to mobile phone [phone] MHz) during pregnancy: tissue oxidative stress after childbirth

Abstract

Background: The present study has investigated the effects of mobile phone [phone] MHz)-induced electromagnetic radiation on redox status in the heart, liver, kidney, cerebellum, and hippocampus of dams and the offspring mice.

Materials and methods: Pregnant Balb/C were divided into two groups including the control and the experimental group. The experimental group was exposed to mobile phone [phone] MHz), during pregnancy (2 h/d for 20 d). The dams and the offspring of both groups were sacrificed and tissues of interest were harvested immediately after delivery. Malondialdehyde (MDA) concentration, total thiol groups (TTG) content, superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase (CAT) activities were determined in the tissues.

Results: In the experimental groups, MDA levels were significantly increased, while TTG, SOD, and CAT were significantly decreased in the total tissues of dams and their offspring.

Conclusion: Exposure to mobile phone [phone] MHz) during pregnancy induced oxidative stress in tissues of dams and their offspring.

Keywords:

• Exposure
• mobile phone
• pregnancy
• oxidative stress

Acknowledgements

The results described here were extracted from a M.Sc. student's thesis. The authors appreciate the Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences for financial support (Grant No. 940160).

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The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of this article.

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Funding

The author thank Mashhad University of Medical Sciences for financial support (Grant No. 940160).