Pulsed electromagnetic fields affect the intracellular calcium concentrations in human astrocytoma cells

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 503-510

  Pessina, G P ^a   Aldinucci, C ^a   Palmi, M ^a   Sgaragli, G ^a   Benocci, A ^a   Meini, A ^a   Pessina, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ca2+ concentrations; Cell activation; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANES; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ASTROCYTOMA CELLS; CA 2+; CA2+ CONCENTRATION; CELL ACTIVATION; INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PROLIFERATION; PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; SUBSTANCE-P;

CAFFEINE;

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; SUBSTANCE P;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ASTROCYTOMA; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; KINETICS; SUBSTANCE P; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035487716     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.79     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Aldinucci C, Pessina GP. 1998. Electromagnetic fields enhance the release of both interferon-γ and interleukin-6 by peripheral blood mononuclear cells after phytohaemagglutinin stimulation. Bioelectrochem Bioenerg 44:243-249.
2. Balcavage WX, Alvager T, Swez J, Goff CW, Fox MT, Abdullyava S, King MW. 1996. A mechanism for action of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields on biological systems. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 222:374-378.
3. Bersani F, Marinelli F, Ognibene A, Matteucci A, Cecchi S, Santi S, Squarzoni S, Maraldi NM. 1997. Intramembrane protein distribution in cell cultures is affected by 50 Hz pulsed magnetic field. Bioelectromagnetics 18:463-469.
4. Blank M. 1995. Biological effects of environmental electromagnetic fields: molecular mechanisms. BioSystems 35:175-178.
5. Boorman GA, Owen RD, Lotz WG, Galvin MJ. 2000. Evaluation of in vitro effects of 50 and 60 Hz magnetic fields in regional EMF exposure facilities. Radiation Res 153:648-657.
6. Budd RA, Czerski P. 1985. Modulation of mammalian immunity by electromagnetic radiation. J Microw Power 20:217-231.
7. Chattopadhyay N, Mithal A, Brown EM. 1996. The calcium-sensing receptor: a window into the physiology and pathophysiology of mineral ion metabolism. Endocr Rev 17:289-307.
8. Fleischer S, Inui M. 1989. Biochemistry and biophysics of excitation-contraction coupling. Annu Rev Biophys Chem 18:333-364.
9. i oscillations in bullfrog sympathetic neurons. Neuron 8:1109-1125.
10. Gavin Norris J, Tang LP, Sparacio SM, Benveniste EN. 1994. Signal transduction pathways mediating astrocyte IL-6 induction by IL-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α. J Immunol 152:841-850.
11. Gitter BD, Regoli D, Howbert JJ, Glasebrook AL, Waters DC. 1994. Interleukin-6 secretion from human astrocytoma cells induced by substance P. J Neuroimmunol 51:101-108.
12. Goodman EM, Greenebaum B, Marron MT. 1995. Effects of electromagnetic fields on molecules and cells. Int Rev Cytol 158:279-338.
13. Grandolfo M. 1993. Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields: environmental exposure levels, epidemiological studies and risk assessment. Bioelectrochem Bioenerg 30:239-252.
14. 2+ indicators with greatly improved fluorescence properties. J Biol Chem 260:3440-3450.
15. Hedley L, Phagoo SB, James IF. 1996. Measurement of intracellular calcium in cell populations loaded with aequorin: neurokinin-1 responses in U373MG cells. Anal Biochem 236:270-274.
16. Hesketh TR, Smith GA, Moore JP, Taylor MV, Metcalfe JC. 1983. Free cytoplasmic calcium concentration and the mitogenic stimulation of lymphocytes. J Biol Chem 258:4876-4882.
17. 1 tachykinin receptor in the astrocytoma cell line U-373 MG. J Neurochem 60:868-876.
18. Kaune WT. 1993 Introduction to power-frequency electric and magnetic fields. Environ Health Perspect 101:73-81.
19. Lacy-Hulbert A, Metcalfe JC, Hesketh R. 1998. Biological responses to electromagnetic fields. FASEB J 12:395-420.
20. Lieb K, Schaller H, Bauer J, Berger M, Schulze-Osthoff K, Fiebich BL. 1998. Substance P and histamine induce interleukin-6 expression in human astrocytoma cells by a mechanism involving protein kinase C and nuclear factor-IL-6. J Neurochem 70:1577-1583.
21. Lin H, Blank M, Jin M, Goodman R. 1996. Electromagnetic field stimulation of biosynthesis: changes in c-myc transcript levels during continuous and intermittent exposures. Bioelectrochem Bioenerg 39:215-220.
22. Lindström E, Lindström P, Berglund A, Hansson Mild K, Lundgren E. 1993. Intracellular calcium oscillations induced in a T-cell line by a weak 50 Hz magnetic field. J Cell Physiol 156:395-398.
23. Lindström E, Lindström P, Berglund A, Lundgren E, Mild KH. 1995a. Intracellular calcium oscillations in a T cell line after exposure to ELF magnetic fields with variable frequencies and flux densities. Bioelectromagnetics 16:41-47.
24. Lindström E, Berglund A, Mild KH, Lindström P, Lundgren E. 1995b. CD45 phosphatase in Jurkat cells is necessary for response to applied ELF magnetic fields. FEBS Lett 370:118-122.
25. Lipton SA, Nicotera P. 1998. Calcium, free radicals and excitotoxins in neuronal apoptosis. Cell Calcium 23: 165-171.
26. Lyle DB, Fuchs TA, Casamento JP, Davis CC, Swicord ML. 1997. Intracellular calcium signaling by Jurkat T-lymphocytes exposed to a 60 Hz magnetic field. Bioelectromagnetics 18:439-445.
27. 2+ release channels and their regulation by endogenous effectors. Annu Rev Physiol 56:485-508.
28. 2+ channels in neunte growth of cultured chromaffin cells induced by extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic field stimulation. Cell Tissue Res 291:217-230.
29. Mosmann T. 1983. Rapid colorimetric assay for cellular growth and survival: application to proliferation and cytotoxicity assays. J Immunol Method 65:55-63.
30. Paradisi S, Donelli G, Santini MT, Straface E, Malorni W. 1993. A 50-Hz magnetic field induces structural and biophysical changes in membranes. Bioelectromagnetics 14:247-255.
31. Pessina GP, Aldinucci C. 1997. Short cycles of both static and pulsed electromagnetic fields have no effect on the induction of cytokines by peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Bioelectromagnetics 18:548-554.
32. Pessina GP, Aldinucci C. 1998. Pulsed electromagnetic fields enhance the induction of cytokines by peripheral blood mononuclear cells challenged with phytohaemagglutinin. Bioelectromagnetics 19:445-451.
33. Pessina GP, Aldinucci C, Pessina F. 1999. Cytokine production by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells exposed to low-frequency electromagnetic field. Electro Magnetobiol 18:107-118.
34. Pietrobon D, Di Virgilio F. Pozzan T. 1990. Structural and functional aspects of calcium homeostasis in eukaryotic cells. Eur J Biochem 193:599-622.
35. Repacholi MH, Greenebaum B. 1999. Interaction of static and extremely low frequency electric and magnetic fields with living systems: health effects and research needs. Bioelectromagnetics 20:133-160.
36. Rzigalinski BA, Weber JT, Willoughby KA, Ellis EF. 1998. Intracellular free calcium dynamics in stretch-injured astrocytes. J Neurochem 70:2377-2385.
37. Santella L. 1998. The role of calcium in the cell cycle: facts and hypotheses. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 244: 317-324.
38. Tsien RY, Pozzan T, Rink TJ. 1982. Calcium homeostasis in intact lymphocytes: cytoplasmic free calcium monitored with a new, intracellularly trapped fluorescent indicator. J Cell Biol 94:325-338.
39. Walleczek J, Budinger TF. 1992. Pulsed magnetic field effects on calcium signaling in lymphocytes: dependence on cell status and field intensity. FEBS Lett 314:351-355.
40. Yost MG, Liburdy RP. 1992. Time-varying and static magnetic fields act in combination to alter calcium signal transduction in the lymphocyte. FEBS Lett 296:117-122.