THE EFFECT OF MILLIMETER-RANGE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES OF LOW INTENSITY ON CELLULAR MEMBRANES

SERGEY BAJINYAN, NIKOGHOS HOVHANNISYAN, VALERY ARAKELYAN, ARTHUR MELIKSETYAN, LEVON GASPARYAN, MARGARET MALAKYAN

Republican Research Center for Radiation Medicine and Burns, Ministry of Health, Yerevan, Armenia
 
Corresponding author: Sergey Bajinyan
Department of Biophysics
Republican Research Center for Radiation Medicine and Burns,
Ministry of Health, Republic of Armenia, Yerevan
375108, Davidashen, P. O. Box 25, Yerevan, Armenia
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CEJOEM 1999, Vol.5. No.1.:43-49



Abbreviations:
EMR = electromagnetic radiation;
EMW = electromagnetic waves;
Ht = haematocrit;
ICR = incoherent radiation;
LP = lipid peroxidation;
LPP = lipid peroxidation products;
MDA = malon dealdehyde;
P = permeability;
PL = phospholipid(s)


ABSTRACT: The aim of the research was to study the influence of coherent and incoherent (noise) electromagnetic radiation (EMR) of mm-range on structural-functional properties of erythrocyte membranes under the total radiation exposure of animals.

The increase of lipid peroxidation product (LPP) level and the change of the quantitative content of phospholipid (PL) fractions of erythrocyte membrane were detected. The changes of some functional properties were revealed as well: the increase of the outflow of K+-ions from erythrocytes and the membrane potential of these cells. These changes are more significantly prominent under exposure to incoherent electromagnetic waves (EMW).

The disturbance of some indices of structural-functional state of biomembranes was investigated in erythrocytes under exposure to EMR of mm-range, alteration was revealed due to the change of physical and chemical properties of their lipid component.

KEY WORDS: Mm-radiation, erythrocyte membranes, membrane potential, K+- permeability


Received: 22 September 1998
Accepted: 15 February 1999

Posted: December 1999

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