Effects of 900-MHz electromagnetic fields exposure throughout middle/late adolescence on the kidney morphology and biochemistry of the female rat
| Autor: | Ersan Odaci, Ali Ertan Okatan, Hatice Hancı, Derya Öztürk Okatan, Selim Demir, Serdar Colakoglu, Serap Ozer Yaman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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cell phone
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Physiology Glomerulus (kidney) Kidney Toxicology medicine.disease_cause Antioxidants Rats Sprague-Dawley 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Electromagnetic Fields 0302 clinical medicine Lumbar Malondialdehyde Cortex (anatomy) Edema Electromagnetic field In Situ Nick-End Labeling medicine Animals female rat business.industry Age Factors Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Rats Oxidative Stress medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Vacuolization 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis adolescence Female medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Oxidative stress |
| Zdroj: | Toxicology and Industrial Health. 34:693-702 |
| ISSN: | 1477-0393 0748-2337 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0748233718781292 |
| Popis: | Demir, Selim/0000-0002-1863-6280 WOS: 000446534300004 PubMed: 30009691 The effect of the electromagnetic field (EMF) established when cell phones are in use on human health, and particularly the head, has been the subject of major scientific research. Phones are usually carried near the lumbar region when not in use, and the kidneys will also inevitably be affected by such fields. We investigated the effects on the kidneys of female rats exposed to a continuous 900-megahertz (MHz) EMF for 1 h daily in mid-late adolescence. Control, sham, and EMF groups were established. The EMF was applied to the application group rats daily on postnatal days 35-59. A pseudo-megahertz effect was applied to sham group rats. All animals were euthanized on postnatal day 60. Right kidney tissues were subjected to routine procedures. Malondialdehyde, total antioxidant status, and total oxidant status (TOS) were investigated in left kidneys, and the oxidative stress index (OSI) was also calculated from these. Histopathological analysis revealed no pathology in either the control or sham groups. However, findings including hemorrhage in glomerulus, vacuolization and irregularity in the proximal and distal tubular epithelium, diffuse glomerular degeneration and edema, occasional degeneration in Bowman capsules, hemorrhage in the medullary region, disturbed nucleus location and morphology, and tubular edema in the cortex were observed in the EMF groups. TOS and OSI values were lower in the EMF group (9.4316 +/- 1.0211 and 0.8461 +/- 0.0826, respectively) and the sham group (8.2171 +/- 0.6437 and 0.7358 +/- 0.0545, respectively) than in the control group (11.1522 +/- 1.3389 and 1.0085 +/- 0.1174, respectively) (p < 0.05). In conclusion, exposure to a continuous 900-MHz EMF for 1 h daily during middle and late adolescence may cause various changes in the female rat kidney at postnatal day 60. |
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