期刊
FEBS LETTERS
卷 579, 期 21, 页码 4829-4836出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.07.063
关键词
radiofrequency; biological effect; SAGE; gene expression
The biological effect of radiofrequency (RF) fields remains controversial. We address this issue by examining whether RF fields can cause changes in gene expression. We used the pulsed RF fields at a frequency of 2.45 GHz that is commonly used in telecommunication to expose cultured human HL-60 cells. We used the serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) method to measure the RF effect on gene expression at the genome level. We observed that 221 genes altered their expression after a 2-h exposure. The number of affected genes increased to 759 after a 6-h exposure. Functional classification of the affected genes reveals that apoptosis-related genes were among the upregulated ones and the cell cycle genes among the down-regulated ones. We observed no significant increase in the expression of heat shock genes. These results indicate that the RF fields at 2.45 GHz can alter gene expression in cultured human cells through non-thermal mechanism. (c) 2005 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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