The effect of 2450 MHz microwave radiation on histamine secretion by rat peritoneal mast cells |
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Authors: | Mary J Ortner Michael J Galvin |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Environmental Biophysics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Post Office Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina |
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Abstract: | Isolated rat peritoneal mast cells actively secrete histamine in response to reaginic or chemical stimulation. Mast cells
were irradiated in a waveguide microwave exposure chamber at 2450 MHz with power absorptions of 8.2 and 41.0 mW/g for periods
up to 3 h. These levels of microwave absorption caused no change in the morphological characteristics or viability of the
cells. Irradiated mast cells were stimulated with compound 48/80, a potent, noncytotoxic histamine releasing agent. The dose
response curves showed that neither prior nor simultaneous irradiation of mast cells at 37°C affected 48/80-induced secretion.
However, microwave power absorptions of 41.0 mW/g inhibited secretion at 44.0°C. Precise measurements of the effect of heat
on secretion indicated that this level of inhibition could have been produced by a radiation induced increase in cell temperature
between 0.4 and 0.9°C above ambient levels. Alternatively, the heat stress produced at 44°C may have sensitized the cells
to the electromagnetic effects of the microwave radiation. Rat peritoneal mast cells can therefore be useful as a model for
the study of functioning secretory cells during microwave irradiation and can also be used to monitor the synergistic effects
of cell heating during in vitro exposure. |
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Keywords: | Mast cells effect of microwaves on secretion in histamine secretion effect of microwaves on mast cell microwave radiation effect on mast cell histamine secretion secretion histamine in microwave-irradiated mast cells rat peritoneal mast cells effect of microwave radiation on |
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