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STUDY ON GAP JUNCTIONAL INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION INHIBITION BY ELF MAGNETIC FIELDS USING FRAP METHOD

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Pages 155-160 | Published online: 08 May 2002
 

Abstract

Inhibition of gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) is an important event in the multistage process of carcinogenesis. Our previous study showed that extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic fields (MFs) inhibit GJIC, and enhance the suppression of GJIC induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) using a microinjection technique. In the present study, the inhibition of GJIC by ELF MFs and its threshold were further studied with fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) technique. The results indicated that the FRAP technique is more sensitive in detecting the changes of GJIC than microinjection, and the threshold level is 0.4 mT for GJIC suppression by 50 Hz MFs. In addition, 0.2 mT, or more than 0.2 mT ELF can enhance the inhibition of GJIC induced by TPA. We concluded that MFs thus might act as a cancer promoter or work in synergy with other cancer promoters. The data also provide grounds to revise the reference standard of ELF MFs exposure.

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