Electromagn Biol Med
December 2010
50 Hz magnetic fields effects on Sulfate Reducing Bacteria (SRB) viability were studied by colony forming units (CFU) counting. We found a 15% decrease of CFU number after magnetic field exposure (B=7.1 mT, f=50 Hz, t=24 min) compared to the control samples.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAtomic force microscopy was used to distinguish changes in morphology of bacteria induced by 50 Hz 10 mT magnetic field exposure. It is known that alternating magnetic field exposure causes decrease of viability of different bacterial strains. Previously we found that the viability of rod-like bacteria exposed to magnetic field decreased twice more in comparison with the spherical ones.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffect of electromagnetic low frequency fields was studied on mice. We analyzed level of protein in brain of mouse. The levels of c-Jun and c-Fos in brains were measured using Western-blot techniques.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHistone variants and their epigenetic modifications determine genome function, particularly transcription. However, whether regulation of gene expression can be influenced by nuclear organization or vice versa is not completely clear. Here, we analyzed the effect of epigenetic changes induced by a histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi) on the nuclear radial rearrangement of select genomic regions and chromosomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpigenetic histone (H3) modification patterns and the nuclear radial arrangement of select genetic elements were compared in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) before and after differentiation. H3K9 acetylation, H3K9 trimethylation, and H3K79 monomethylation were reduced at the nuclear periphery of differentiated hESCs. Differentiation coincided with centromere redistribution, as evidenced by perinucleolar accumulation of the centromeric markers CENP-A and H3K9me3, central repositioning of centromeres 1, 5, 19, and rearrangement of other centromeres at the nuclear periphery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNuclear locations of the c-myc gene and its transcripts (c-myc (T)) have been investigated in relation to nuclear domains involved in RNA synthesis and processing. Transcription of the c-myc gene appears to be linked to the late G(1)- and preferentially to S-phases of the cell cycle. The c-myc gene and its transcripts were positioned non-randomly within the interphase nucleus; additionally, c-myc RNA signals accumulated at nucleoli.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of progressively increasing concentrations of activated and nonactivated platelet-rich plasma (PRP) on proliferation of human osteoblasts in vitro.
Materials And Methods: Human osteoblasts (hFOB 1.19) obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Manassas, VA) were used in the experiment.
A 50 Hz magnetic field effect on the growth of yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisae was studied. The cylindrical coil induced magnetic fields with inductions up to 10 mT. Duration of exposure varied up to 24 min.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBioelectrochemistry
January 2007
Enzymatic activity (denitrification) of Paracoccus denitrificans was estimated electrochemically by reduction of duroquinone (DQ). Graphite electrodes covered with whole bacterial cells behind a dialysis membrane were used for measurement. P.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe effect of magnetic fields on the living systems is studied in vivo or in vitro in very broad spectrum of organisms, cells and tissues. The mechanism of their acting is not known until now. We studied low-frequency magnetic field effect on cytoskeleton and on the structure of chromatin in human cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis work studies biological effects of low-frequency electromagnetic fields. We have exposed three different bacterial strains-Escherichia coli, Leclercia adecarboxylata and Staphylococcus aureus to the magnetic field (t<30 min, B(m)=10 mT, f=50 Hz) in order to compare their viability (number of colony-forming units (CFU)). We have measured the dependence of CFU on time of exposure and on the value of the magnetic field induction B(m).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBioelectrochemistry
January 2002
The effects of low-frequency magnetic fields (Bm=2.7-10 mT, f=50 Hz, time of exposure t=0-12 min, laboratory temperature) on the viability and oxidoreductive activity of gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli were investigated. The growth of these bacteria was negatively affected by such fields.
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