Effects of 900-MHz electromagnetic fields exposure throughout middle/late adolescence on the kidney morphology and biochemistry of the female rat.
Author: Okatan DÖ1, Okatan AE2, Hancı H3, Demir S4, Yaman SÖ5, Çolakoğlu S6, Odacı E3
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11 Department of IVF, Etlik Zübeyde Hanım Women's Health Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey.
22 Department of Urology, Fatih State Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Trabzon, Turkey.
33 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Histology and Embryology, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
44 Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
55 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
66 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Düzce University, Düzce, Turkey.
Conference/Journal: Toxicol Ind Health.
Date published: 2018 Jan 1
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Volume ID: 748233718781292 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1177/0748233718781292. [Epub ahead of print] , Word Count: 273
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.
KEYWORDS: Electromagnetic field; adolescence; cell phone; female rat; kidney; oxidative stress
PMID: 30009691 DOI: 10.1177/0748233718781292
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