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In vitro effects of 50 Hz magnetic fields on oxidatively damaged rabbit red blood cells by Mara Fiorani; Beatrice Biagiarelli; Flavio Vetrano; Gianluca Guidi; Marina Dachà; Vilberto Stocchi is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of 50 Hz magnetic fields (0.2 -0.5 mT) on rabbit red blood cells (RBCs) that were exposed simultaneously to the action of an oxygen radical-generating system, Fe(II)/ascorbate. Previous data obtained in our laboratory showed that the exposure of rabbit erythrocytes or reticulocytes to Fe(II)/ascorbate induces hexokinase inactivation, whereas the other glycolytic enzymes do not show any decay. We also observed depletion of reduced glutathione (GSH) content with a concomitant intracellular and extracellular increase in oxidized glutathione (GSSG) and a decrease in energy charge. In this work we investigated whether 50 Hz magnetic fields could influence the intracellular impairments that occur when erythrocytes or reticulocytes are exposed to this oxidant system, namely, inactivation of hexokinase activity, GSH depletion, a change in energy charge, and hemoglobin oxidation. The results obtained indicate that a 0.5 mT magnetic field had no effect on intact RBCs, whereas it increased the damage in an oxidatively stressed erythrocyte system. In fact, exposure of intact erythrocytes incubated with Fe(II)/ascorbate to a 0.5 mT magnetic f
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- Author
- Mara Fiorani; Beatrice Biagiarelli; Flavio Vetrano; Gianluca Guidi; Marina Dachà; Vilberto Stocchi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0197-8462)
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)