Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY
Volume 84, Issue 11, Pages 909-915Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09553000802460123
Keywords
Radiofrequency exposure; cell cycle; DNA damage; stress response; gene expression
Funding
- MIC/IITA [2007-F-043-01]
- Korea Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development
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Purpose: Radiofrequency (RF) exposure at the frequency of mobile phones has been reported not to induce cellular damage in invitro and invivo models. We chose HEI-OC1 immortalized mouse auditory hair cells to characterize the cellular response to 1763 MHz RF exposure, because auditory cells could be exposed to mobile phone frequencies. Materials and methods: Cells were exposed to 1763 MHz RF at a 20W/kg specific absorption rate (SAR) in a code division multiple access (CDMA) exposure chamber for 24 and 48h to check for changes in cell cycle, DNA damage, stress response, and gene expression. Results: Neither of cell cycle changes nor DNA damage was detected in RF-exposed cells. The expression of heat shock proteins (HSP) and the phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) did not change, either. We tried to identify any alteration in gene expression using microarrays. Using the Applied Biosystems 1700 full genome expression mouse microarray, we found that only 29 genes (0.09% of total genes examined) were changed by more than 1.5-fold on RF exposure. Conclusion: From these results, we could not find any evidence of the induction of cellular responses, including cell cycle distribution, DNA damage, stress response and gene expression, after 1763 MHz RF exposure at an SAR of 20W/kg in HEI-OC1 auditory hair cells.
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