Abstract
Purpose : To investigate the induction of chromosomal aberrations in mouse m5S cells after exposure to power-line frequency magnetic fields (extremely low frequency magnetic fields; ELFMF) at high-flux densities. Material and methods : m5S cells were either untreated or pretreated during the G1 phase with mitomycin C (MMC, 1 μ M) for 1 h or 3Gy X-rays, and then exposed to ELFMF at three different flux densities (5 and 50mT at 60 Hz, 400 mT at 50 Hz) for 40 h. Unexposed control cells were incubated for the same period in a conventional CO 2 incubator. Chromosomal aberrations were analysed in the first post-treatment metaphases. Cell kinetics were assessed by DNA flow cytometry and the mitotic index. Results and conclusions : ELFMF enhanced the formation of spontaneous and MMC- or X-ray-induced chromosomal aberrations, in a flux-density-dependent manner. Statistically significant increases in the frequency of chromosomal aberrations were observed in cells exposed to 400mT ELFMF with respect to unexposed controls. The aberrations induced by ELFMF were mostly chromatid-type, not chromosome-type. The cells exposed to 400mT ELFMF exhibited a three-fold higher level of chromatid-type aberrations than did the unexposed cells. Flow cytometric and mitotic index analyses revealed that the S or G2 arrest following MMC or X-irradiation was more profound in ELFMF-exposed cells than in unexposed cells. Our results suggest that ELFMF can interfere with post-replication repair, resulting in increased levels of chromatid-type chromosomal aberrations induced spontaneously and by DNA damaging agents.
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