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Low-frequency magnetic field effect on cytoskeleton and chromatin

Authors

KROUPOVÁ Jana BÁRTOVÁ Eva FOJT Lukáš STRAŠÁK Luděk KOZUBEK Stanislav VETTERL Vladimír

Year of publication 2007
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Bioelectrochemistry
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Biophysics
Keywords ELF; low-frequency magnetic field; cytosceleton; chromatin; apoptosis;
Description We studied low-frequency magnetic field effect on cytoskeleton and on the structure of chromatin in human cells. We used cell line of small lung carcinoma (A549) and the effects of magnetic field on cytoskeleton and higher-order chromatin structure were analyzed 96 h of magnetic field exposure. Magnetic field induction was Bm = 2 mT and the net frequency f = 50 Hz. In such affected and control cells the F-actin was estimated using FITC-conjugated Phalloidin and mitochondria were studied using MitoTracker (Molecular Probes). Images of cytoskeleton and genetic loci were acquired using confocal microscopy and analysis was performed by FISH 2.0 software. Slight morphological changes of F-actin filaments and mitochondria were observed in affected cells and nuclear condensation was found.
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