Effects of an extremely low frequency electromagnetic field on the cell division rate and plasma membrane ofParamecium tetraurelia
作者:
Larry E. Dihel,
Joan Smith‐Sonneborn,
C. Russell Middaugh,
期刊:
Bioelectromagnetics
(WILEY Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 6,
issue 1
页码: 61-71
ISSN:0197-8462
年代: 1985
DOI:10.1002/bem.2250060107
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields;membranes;cell division;calcium;Paramecium;Fluorescence
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThe eukaryotic protozoan,Paramecium, was examined as a model for effects of pulsated electromagnetic fields (PEMF) on cells. A 72‐Hz PEMF similar to fields employed clinically increased cell division rates inParameciumby 8.5%. Two calcium transport mutants of these organisms showed differential responses to the same field. Verapamil, a calcium channel blocker, abolished any effect of PEMFs on cell division rates. A fluorescent probe that is thought to sense changes in membrane potential also manifested an altered response in the PEMF‐exposed cells whereas a fluorescent lipid bilayer fluidity probe produced evidence of decreased membrane fluidity in the exposed cells. An effect of PEMFs on ion transport mediated by either a direct or indirect effect on the cell membrane is suggestd by these stud
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