长期亚磁场处理降低成年雄性小鼠肌肉组织的线粒体功能和运动能力*

亚磁场是深空载人航天任务中的一个关键风险因素。研究表明,亚磁场影响动物多种运动相关行为,但长期亚磁场处理对成年个体运动能力的影响还需要进一步的研究,以评估深空飞行任务中亚磁场的潜在风险。本研究利用三轴亥姆霍兹线圈系统模拟的亚磁环境,长期（一个月）曝露处理成年雄性C57BL/6小鼠,并从行为,组织,细胞,分子水平研究其对小鼠运动能力的影响。相比于地磁组对照,亚磁组小鼠的耐力显著下降。并且,其骨骼肌中柠檬酸水平和肌膜下线粒体数量的下降,以及骨骼肌线粒体形态的变化,表明亚磁场诱导了肌肉线粒体功能抑制,并可能导致其与耐力密切相关的能量代谢的下降。我们的研究结果为线粒体直接响应亚磁场提供了体内证据,并且提示线粒体相关指标可能用于亚磁场效应的风险评估和干预药物的开发。     

静磁场保健寝具磁参数的评价

基于对生物磁学效应的研究,磁疗成为替代医学和补充医学的一种有效的治疗方法,本文通过对现有静磁场（恒定磁场）保健寝具磁标准和磁剂量的评述,首次提出磁保健寝具三围空间磁场的概念,指出采用磁感应强度在空间的强度分布作为磁保健剂量标准。论述了三围空间磁场具体磁参数的评价,包括所用磁源的表面磁感应强度,寝具织物表面磁场的穿透力、梯度、有效磁通量和空间能量等磁场分布的描述性指标。指出了静磁场保健寝具磁参数的合理的评价参量：为确保织物表面磁感应强度在目前认知的400～1100Gs有效安全剂量内,依据使用时的织物厚度,磁保健寝具选用的磁体表磁应在1000-3000Gs左右．且磁场的梯度不宜过大,磁场的平均穿透力在25-30cm左右,以确保空间磁场能量的有效作用于人体深处。     

亚磁空间生物学效应研究的实验系统

直径2 m的补偿式亚磁空间中,内置非铁磁性智能化多功能实验箱系统,箱内温控范围20~40℃,精度0.1℃,过温报警,湿度可控范围40%~80%,通风和光照任意。箱内中央空间(长×宽×高=66.0 cm ×40.0 cm ×28.3 cm)中,80%、15%和5%的位点剩余磁场分别平均为地磁场的0.5%~0.6%、1.3%~1.5%和2.7%~4.2%。箱内中央空间的高度为43.0 cm时,55%、35%和10%的位点剩余磁场分别平均为地磁场的1.9%、2.3%和3.3%。可用于多种生物学效应的观察和研究。     

长期亚磁场处理降低成年雄性小鼠肌肉组织的线粒体功能和运动能力（英文）

亚磁场是深空载人航天任务中的一个关键风险因素.研究表明,亚磁场影响动物多种运动相关行为,但长期亚磁场处理对成年个体运动能力的影响还需要进一步的研究,以评估深空飞行任务中亚磁场的潜在风险.本研究利用三轴亥姆霍兹线圈系统模拟的亚磁环境,长期(一个月)曝露处理成年雄性C57BL/6小鼠,并从行为、组织、细胞、分子水平研究其对小鼠运动能力的影响.相比于地磁组对照,亚磁组小鼠的耐力显著下降.并且,其骨骼肌中柠檬酸水平和肌膜下线粒体数量的下降,以及骨骼肌线粒体形态的变化,表明亚磁场诱导了肌肉线粒体功能抑制,并可能导致其与耐力密切相关的能量代谢的下降.我们的研究结果为线粒体直接响应亚磁场提供了体内证据,并且提示线粒体相关指标可能用于亚磁场效应的风险评估和干预药物的开发.     

生物地磁响应研究进展

地球上的生物每时每刻都受到地球磁场的影响.本文从介绍磁场及地球磁场入手,详细阐述了生物对地球磁场的磁响应现象.从候鸟到厌氧细菌,大量生物已被证实可对磁场产生生理和行为响应,即表现为磁场影响生物的生理发育,且提供地磁信息作为"罗盘"与"地图",指导动物远距离迁徙或短距离扩散等.关于生物磁响应的机制,目前有两种假说得到广泛认可,即磁颗粒介导的磁受体假说和依赖光并基于自由基对的磁响应假说,而近期由中国科学家提出的磁蛋白生物指南针模型更是引起了广泛关注,但至今尚缺乏生物活体验证.目前,全球变化背景下的地磁场变化面临加剧风险,而国际上(尤其是国内)对生物磁响应现象的研究才刚刚起步,相关研究亟待深入开展,以便为应对地磁场变化提供基于生物磁响应的科学依据.     

人体生物磁场检测技术及其医学临床应用

人体生物磁场中含有丰富的有关人体内部器官与组织的信息,测量人体生物磁场的微弱信号有助于医学临床对疾病的诊断与治疗。本文在介绍人体生物磁场特性的基础上,系统阐述了人体生物磁场测量中的关键技术,包括:磁屏蔽技术、空间鉴别技术、和信噪比问题,并详细论述了超导量子干涉仪的工作原理和工作特性,最后结合医学临床的典型应用,论证了研究人体生物磁检测技术对有效提高人类医疗保健水平和生活质量的重要性。     

趋磁螺菌中磁小体链装配相关基因及其功能

趋磁细菌(MTB)依赖于体内磁小体结构在磁场中取向,多个磁小体以一定的组 织形式排列是形成菌体内生物磁罗盘的重要环节．多数趋磁细菌中磁小体成链排列,有效增加了细胞磁偶极矩,从而使菌体表现出在环境磁场中定向的能力．趋磁螺菌M. magneticum AMB－1和M. gryphiswaldense MSR－1中磁小体均沿细胞长轴形成一条磁 小体链．通过对相关基因突变体表型的研究,结合对磁小体链形成过程的实时动态观 察,人们已初步了解MamJ、MamK和MamA等基因在磁小体链装配和维护过程中的功能．本文介绍了近年来趋磁螺菌磁小体链装配过程中重要功能性基因的研究进展,并重点分析了AMB-1和MSR-1中磁小体链装配的差异．     

亚磁场引起小鼠昼夜节律改变和热痛觉敏感增加

地外空间的亚磁场环境是影响宇航员健康的一种潜在风险因素．动物和人体实验表明,亚磁场显著影响个体行为和神经系统功能．但是,目前尚缺乏亚磁场对动物行为和生理等多方面影响的系统检测数据．本文构建了一个适用于动物饲养的亚磁场环境(< 500 nT),并系统检测了30天亚磁场处理对成年雄鼠(C57BL/6,4～6周龄,(20 ± 2) g)的昼夜周期、痛觉、情绪及激素水平的影响．实验结果表明,对比地磁场中饲喂对照组,亚磁场中小鼠的昼夜饮水节律改变、热敏痛觉耐受能力和整体活动水平降低,但是没有发生焦虑或抑郁情绪．亚磁场处理后,小鼠血清去甲肾上腺素水平显著下降． 这些结果说明一个月连续亚磁场处理扰乱动物的昼夜活动节律和内分泌,随后可能导致其感知觉能力的变化和运动机能的下降．     

不同磁处理方式对小球藻生长的影响

目的：利用恒定均匀磁场研究了不同磁处理方式和磁感应强度对小球藻生长的影响,探索磁处理技术应用于微藻培养的可能。方法：用t检验考察静止磁处理、循环磁处理和磁处理水三种不同的磁处理方式对小球藻生长的影响。结果：静止磁处理和循环磁处理分别在5．15mT和10．35mT范围促进小球藻生长,并且随磁感应强度增强分别从45mT与200mT开始表现出显著抑制生长作用．相同的磁感应强度下静止磁处理比循环磁处理的影响显著。未发现磁处理水对小球藻的生长有显著影响。结论：不同的磁处理方式对小球藻生长有不同的刺激与抑制的强度闽值;0．8T和1．2T磁感应强度处理下比生长速率下降的差别并不明显,说明磁处理的影响在此强度范围趋于稳定;磁处理水无显著影响说明磁场直接对小球藻细胞产生影响。     

磁处理对小球藻超微结构的影响

用透射电镜研究在不同强度磁场处理下,小球藻超微结构的变化。结果显示:磁处理强度不同,小球藻细胞亚显微结构变化程度不同。细胞壁、叶绿体、线粒体和液泡等部位是受磁处理影响的主要部位。研究发现在较高强度磁处理下,出现质壁分离,类囊体结构轻微破坏,液泡和线粒体增加,能量物质积累等现象,影响小球藻的正常代谢。     

A Hypomagnetic Field Aggravates Bone Loss Induced by Hindlimb Unloading in Rat Femurs

A hypomagnetic field is an extremely weak magnetic field—it is considerably weaker than the geomagnetic field. In deep-space exploration missions, such as those involving extended stays on the moon and interplanetary travel, astronauts will experience abnormal space environments involving hypomagnetic fields and microgravity. It is known that microgravity in space causes bone loss, which results in decreased bone mineral density. However, it is unclear whether hypomagnetic fields affect the skeletal system. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the complex effects of a hypomagnetic field and microgravity on bone loss. To study the effects of hypomagnetic fields on the femoral characteristics of rats in simulated weightlessness, we established a rat model of hindlimb unloading that was exposed to a hypomagnetic field. We used a geomagnetic field-shielding chamber to generate a hypomagnetic field of <300 nT. The results show that hypomagnetic fields can exacerbate bone mineral density loss and alter femoral biomechanical characteristics in hindlimb-unloaded rats. The underlying mechanism might involve changes in biological rhythms and the concentrations of trace elements due to the hypomagnetic field, which would result in the generation of oxidative stress responses in the rat. Excessive levels of reactive oxygen species would stimulate osteoblasts to secrete receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand and promote the maturation and activation of osteoclasts and thus eventually cause bone resorption.     

Magnetic Shielding Accelerates the Proliferation of Human Neuroblastoma Cell by Promoting G1-Phase Progression

Organisms have been exposed to the geomagnetic field (GMF) throughout evolutionary history. Exposure to the hypomagnetic field (HMF) by deep magnetic shielding has recently been suggested to have a negative effect on the structure and function of the central nervous system, particularly during early development. Although changes in cell growth and differentiation have been observed in the HMF, the effects of the HMF on cell cycle progression still remain unclear. Here we show that continuous HMF exposure significantly increases the proliferation of human neuroblastoma (SH-SY5Y) cells. The acceleration of proliferation results from a forward shift of the cell cycle in G1-phase. The G2/M-phase progression is not affected in the HMF. Our data is the first to demonstrate that the HMF can stimulate the proliferation of SH-SY5Y cells by promoting cell cycle progression in the G1-phase. This provides a novel way to study the mechanism of cells in response to changes of environmental magnetic field including the GMF.     

Some magnetic-biological problems of distant and long-term space flights

Some magnetobiological problems of orbital (in the geomagnetic field--GMF) and interplanetary (in hypomagnetic conditions) flights are considered. The influence of electromagnetic fields (EMF) created by systems and equipment of the space vehicle (SV) are touched also. A level of the geomagnetic field (GMF) onboard during the orbital flights is discussed. Its periodic variations onboard owing to movement of SV on an orbit are analyzed. The reader's attention in attracted to the papers by R.M. Baevsky et al. in which the influence of magnetic storms and periodic variations of GMS on the cardiovascular system of astronauts onboard are shown. Possible ways and mechanisms of the influence are discussed. The wrong assertions in a number of works namely that at orbital flights an appreciable electrical field is induced in an organism of an astronaut in a space-craft and the electrical field may by responsible for some biological impacts are analyzed. The situation at the future in the terplanetary flights (for example Martian missions) when a crew and biological objects for a long time will be in the interplanetary magnetic field (by several orders less then GMF) is considered. As applied to the flights the opportunities of generation onboard the "artificial" GMF are outlined. The ensuing biological and technical questions are discussed.     

Radical pairs may explain reactive oxygen species-mediated effects of hypomagnetic field on neurogenesis

Exposures to a hypomagnetic field can affect biological processes. Recently, it has been observed that hypomagnetic field exposure can adversely affect adult hippocampal neurogenesis and hippocampus-dependent cognition in mice. In the same study, the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in hypomagnetic field effects has been demonstrated. However, the mechanistic reasons behind this effect are not clear. This study proposes a radical pair mechanism based on a flavin-superoxide radical pair to explain the modulation of ROS production and the attenuation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis in a hypomagnetic field. The results of our calculations favor a singlet-born radical pair over a triplet-born radical pair. Our model predicts hypomagnetic field effects on the triplet/singlet yield of comparable strength as the effects observed in experimental studies on adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Our predictions are in qualitative agreement with experimental results on superoxide concentration and other observed ROS effects. We also predict the effects of applied magnetic fields and oxygen isotopic substitution on adult hippocampal neurogenesis.     

Reactive Oxygen Species: Potential Regulatory Molecules in Response to Hypomagnetic Field Exposure

Organisms, including humans, could be exposed to hypomagnetic fields (HMFs, intensity <5 μT), e.g. in some artificially shielded magnetic environments and during deep-space flights. Previous studies have demonstrated that HMF exposure could have negative effects on the central nervous system and embryonic development in many animals. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. Studies have revealed that HMFs affect cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and thereby alter physiological and biological processes in organisms. ROS, the major component of highly active free radicals, which are ubiquitous in biological systems, were hypothesized to be the candidate signaling molecules that regulate diverse physiological processes in response to changes in magnetic fields. Here, we summarize the recent advances in the study of HMF-induced negative effects on the central nervous system and early embryonic development in animals, focusing on cellular ROS and their role in response to HMFs. Furthermore, we discuss the potential mechanism through which HMFs regulate ROS levels in cells. © 2020 Bioelectromagnetics Society     

Effects of Hypomagnetic Field on Magnetosome Formation of Magnetospirillum Magneticum AMB-1

Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize intracellular magnetic particles, magnetosomes, which arrange in chain(s) and confer on cell a magnetic dipolar moment. To explore the function of geomagnetic field to magnetotactic bacteria, the effects of hypomagnetic field on magnetosome formation in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 were studied. Cells were cultivated in a specially designed device where geomagnetic field was reduced by about 100-fold to less than 500nT. AMB-1 cultures were incubated in hypomagnetic field or geomagnetic field. Results showed that hypomagnetic field had no significant effects on the average number of magnetic particles per bacterium and bacterial iron depletion. However, the growth (OD) of cell at stationary-phase was lower and cellular magnetism (R _mag) at exponential growth phase was higher than that of bacteria cultivated in geomagnetic field. Statistic results on transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrographs showed that the average size of magnetic particles in AMB-1 cells in hypomagnetic field group was larger than that of in geomagnetic field group and more ratio of larger-size magnetic particles (>50 nm) was observed when cultivated 16 h under hypomagnetic field. Furthermore, the influences of hypomagnetic field on gene expression were studied in AMB-1 cells. Quantitative RT-PCR results showed that hypomagnetic field up-regulated mms13, down-regulated mms6 and had no effect on magA. Together, the results showed that hypomagnetic field could affect the growth of AMB-1 at the stationary-phase, the crystallization process of magnetosomes, and mms13, mms6 expressions. In addition, our results suggested that the geomagnetic field plays an important role in the biomineralization of magnetosomes.     

Selenomethionine protects against adverse biological effects induced by space radiation

Ionizing radiation-induced adverse biological effects impose serious challenges to astronauts during extended space travel. Of particular concern is the radiation from highly energetic, heavy, charged particles known as HZE particles. The objective of the present study was to characterize HZE particle radiation-induced adverse biological effects and evaluate the effect of D-selenomethionine (SeM) on the HZE particle radiation-induced adverse biological effects. The results showed that HZE particle radiation can increase oxidative stress, cytotoxicity, and cell transformation in vitro, and decrease the total antioxidant status in irradiated Sprague-Dawley rats. These adverse biological effects were all preventable by treatment with SeM, suggesting that SeM is potentially useful as a countermeasure against space radiation-induced adverse effects. Treatment with SeM was shown to enhance ATR and CHK2 gene expression in cultured human thyroid epithelial cells. As ionizing radiation is known to result in DNA damage and both ATR and CHK2 gene products are involved in DNA damage, it is possible that SeM may prevent HZE particle radiation-induced adverse biological effects by enhancing the DNA repair machinery in irradiated cells.     

成年小鼠血液系统对亚磁场的响应

目的:研究亚磁场对成年小鼠血液系统的影响。方法:将成年雄性C57BL/6小鼠(4-6周,20±2g,n20,每笼4只)随机分组,分别饲养在模拟亚磁场环境(500nT)和对照地磁场环境(~50μT)。每周定时监测动物体重变化和饮食消耗两次。一个月后,采集亚磁处理小鼠和地磁对照小鼠全血和血清样品,分别进行血常规监测和血清微量元素分析。同时检测血清中过氧化氢(H2O2)的含量,以及超氧化物歧酶(SOD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)的活力。结果:亚磁场处理过程中,动物体重和饮食消耗与地磁对照没有显著差异,但是体重增量在2周后(14天-24天)比对照组有显著降低(P0.05)。一个月亚磁场处理后,红细胞,血小板和总白细胞处于正常水平,没有发生显著变化,但是中性粒细胞水平显著上升(P0.05)。血清中微量元素水平和氧化应激指标没有显著变化。结论:成年小鼠在亚磁场中经历了一定程度的适应反应。经过一个月连续亚磁场处理,血液系统能够维持健康水平,但是嗜中性粒细胞对亚磁场存在明显响应。     

Simulation of gravitational field variation on fluid-filled biological membranes

The knowledge of the behavior of biological organs in a gravitational field is important to understand the functioning of the human body in the aerospace environment. The disturbances in biological transport processes in microgravity have indicated adverse effects on humans engaged in space operations. The relationship between the deformations in the biological organs and the transport phenomena that take place in them has been long established and widely reported in biological sciences and engineering literature. A number of soft tissue organs such as brain, lungs, heart, kidney, bladder, stomach, and the circulatory system can be modeled as fluid-filled membranes. In this investigation, a mathematical model of a fluid-filled biological membrane is developed, and its deformation and spatial configuration in a variable gravitational field are calculated. The variation in the gravitational field in the range 1g to zero-g is simulated by partial submergence of the fluid-filled membrane which, by virtue of buoyancy, gains an effective density as if it is in a different gravitational field. The equations of motion are derived using the theory of large elastic deformations and numerically solved in conjunction with a constitutive equation suitably selected for the biological membrane.