Intracellular calcium during signal transduction in the lymphocyte is altered by ELF magnetic and electric fields

Conference · Wed Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 1992 · FASEB Journal (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology); (United States)

OSTI ID:7049838

Liburdy, R P ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)

Research has shown that ELF magnetic and electric fields alter calcium transport in rat thymic T-lymphocytes during signal transduction initiated by mitogen. Interestingly activated T-lymphocytes display a nonlinear dose-response for this basic field interaction which scales with the induced electric field in contrast to the applied magnetic field. Specialized multiring annular well cell culture plates based on Faraday's Law of Current Induction were used to demonstrate that the electric field associated with the magnetic field is the exposure metric of biological interest. The first real-time measurements of (Ca{sup 2+}){sub i} were recently presented and (Ca{sup 2+}){sub i} was shown to be altered by sinusoidal 60 Hz electric fields; magnetic fields that induced comparable electric fields yielded similar alterations in (Ca{sup 2+}){sub i}. The author now presents evidence that both parameters, (Ca{sup 2+}){sub i} and calcium transport, are altered by ELF fields during calcium signaling in thymocytes and scale with the induced electric field. In addition, (Ca{sup 2+}){sub i} studies have been conducted that provide evidence supporting the hypothesis that the mitogen-gated calcium channel present in the plasma cell membrane represents a specific site of interaction for ELF fields.

• OSTI ID: 7049838
• Report Number(s): CONF-9204141-; CODEN: FAJOE
• Journal Information: FASEB Journal (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology); (United States), Vol. 6:4; Conference: Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) meeting, Anaheim, CA (United States), 5-9 Apr 1992; ISSN 0892-6638
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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