Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Faculty of Engineering and the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Sci Rep. 2019 Feb 7;9(1):1645. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-36341-z.
The Schumann Resonances (ScR) are Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) electromagnetic resonances in the Earth-ionosphere cavity excited by global lightning discharges. This natural electromagnetic noise has likely existed on the Earth ever since the Earth had an atmosphere and an ionosphere, hence surrounding us throughout our evolutionary history. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of extremely weak magnetic fields in the ScR first mode frequency range on the spontaneous contractions, calcium transients and Creatine Kinase (CK) release of rat cardiac cell cultures. We show that applying 7.8 Hz, 90 nT magnetic fields (MF) causes a gradual decrease in the spontaneous calcium transients' amplitude, reaching 28% of the initial amplitude after 40 minutes of MF application, and accompanied with a gradual decrease in the calcium transients' rise time. The mechanical spontaneous contractions cease after the ScR fields have been applied for more than 30 minutes, when the calcium transient's amplitude reached ~60% of its initial value. The influence of the ScR MF was reversible, independent of the field magnitude in the range 20 pT-100 nT, and independent of the external DC magnetic field. However, the effect is frequency dependent; the described changes occurred only in the 7.6-8 Hz range. In addition, applying 7.8 Hz, 90 nT MF for 1.5 hours, reduced the amount of CK released to the buffer, during normal conditions, hypoxic conditions and oxidative stress induced by 80 μM HO. We show that the ScR field induced reduction in CK release is associated with a stress response process and has a protective character.
舒曼共振(ScR)是地球-电离层腔中由全球闪电放电激发的极低频(ELF)电磁场共振。这种自然电磁噪声可能自地球有大气层和电离层以来就一直存在于地球上,因此在我们的进化历史中一直存在于我们周围。本研究的目的是检查 ScR 第一模式频率范围内的极弱磁场对大鼠心肌细胞培养物的自发性收缩、钙瞬变和肌酸激酶(CK)释放的影响。我们表明,施加 7.8 Hz、90 nT 的磁场(MF)会导致自发钙瞬变的幅度逐渐降低,在 MF 施加 40 分钟后达到初始幅度的 28%,并且伴随着钙瞬变上升时间的逐渐降低。当钙瞬变的幅度达到初始值的约 60%时,在 ScR 场施加超过 30 分钟后,机械自发性收缩停止。ScR MF 的影响是可逆的,与 20 pT-100 nT 范围内的磁场强度无关,也与外部直流磁场无关。然而,这种影响是频率依赖性的;仅在 7.6-8 Hz 范围内发生了所述变化。此外,施加 7.8 Hz、90 nT MF 1.5 小时会减少在正常条件、缺氧条件和 80 μM HO 诱导的氧化应激下向缓冲液中释放的 CK 量。我们表明,ScR 场诱导的 CK 释放减少与应激反应过程有关,具有保护作用。
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