Effects of Electromagnetic Field of UHV Transmission Lines Exposure on Testis Tissue in Mice

Author

Geng, Duyan ; Xu, Guizhi ; Zhang, Xianghong ; Xing, Lingxiao ; Guo, Hongyong ; Yan, Weili ; Wang, Youhua

Author_Institution

Province-Minist. Joint Key Lab. of Electromagn. Field & Electr. Apparatus Reliability, Hebei Univ. of Technol., Tianjin, China

Volume

45

Issue

10

fYear

2009

Firstpage

4853

Lastpage

4856

Abstract

The main goal of this study was to evaluate the possible effects of electromagnetic field (EMF) of transmission lines exposure on testis tissue of mice. Forty adult BALB/c mice were divided into two groups. One group (twenty mice) has been done by daily exposures of 24 hours, and the other sham-exposed group (twenty mice) served as the control. After seven weeks of exposure, two groups of the mice were sacrificed. The testis tissue was assessed by serum biochemical assay, histopathological examination and flow cytometric analysis (FCM). EMF exposure did not significantly affect the distribution of DNA ploidy (1n, 2n and 4n cells), but significantly decreased the S phase fraction and the Proliferation Index of testis germ cells.

Keywords

DNA; bioelectric phenomena; biological effects of fields; biological tissues; biomagnetism; biomolecular effects of radiation; cellular effects of radiation; DNA ploidy distribution; EMF transmission line exposure; FCM; S phase fraction; UHV transmission line exposure; adult BALB/c mice; electromagnetic field effects; flow cytometric analysis; histopathological examination; proliferation index; serum biochemical assay; testis germ cells; testis tissue; time 24 h; Effects; S phase fraction; extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure; proliferation index; testis tissue;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2009.2024316

Filename

5257292