Department of Genetics, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Integrative Oncology, Breast Cancer Research Center, Motamed Cancer Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Med Oncol. 2021 Sep 8;38(10):125. doi: 10.1007/s12032-021-01574-y.
Many studies were performed to unravel the effects of different types of Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on biological systems. Some studies were conducted to exploit EMFs for medical purposes mainly in cancer therapy. Although many studies suggest that the EMFs exposures can be effective in pre-clinical cancer issues, the treatment outcomes of these exposures on the cancer cells, especially at the molecular level, are challenging and overwhelmingly complicated yet. This article aims to review the epigenetic mechanisms that can be altered by EMFs exposures with the main emphasis on Extremely low frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF). The epigenetic mechanisms are reversible and affected by environmental factors, thus, EMFs exposures can modulate these mechanisms. According to the reports, ELF-EMF exposures affect epigenetic machinery directly or through the molecular signaling pathways. ELF-EMF in association with DNA methylation, histone modification, miRNAs, and nucleosome remodeling could affect the homeostasis of cancer cells and play a role in DNA damage repairing, apoptosis induction, prevention of metastasis, differentiation, and cell cycle regulation. In general, the result of this study shows that ELF-EMF exposure probably can be effective in cancer epigenetic therapy, but more molecular and clinical investigations are needed to clarify the safe and specific dosimetric characteristics of ELF-EMF in practice.
许多研究旨在揭示不同类型的电磁场(EMF)对生物系统的影响。一些研究旨在将 EMF 用于医疗目的,主要用于癌症治疗。尽管许多研究表明,EMF 暴露在临床前癌症问题上可能是有效的,但这些暴露对癌细胞的治疗效果,特别是在分子水平上,是具有挑战性的,而且非常复杂。本文旨在综述 EMF 暴露可改变的表观遗传机制,主要关注极低频电磁场(ELF-EMF)。表观遗传机制是可逆的,并受环境因素影响,因此,EMF 暴露可以调节这些机制。根据报告,ELF-EMF 暴露直接或通过分子信号通路影响表观遗传机制。ELF-EMF 与 DNA 甲基化、组蛋白修饰、miRNA 和核小体重塑一起,可能影响癌细胞的动态平衡,并在 DNA 损伤修复、诱导细胞凋亡、预防转移、分化和细胞周期调控中发挥作用。总的来说,这项研究的结果表明,ELF-EMF 暴露可能在癌症表观遗传治疗中有效,但需要更多的分子和临床研究来阐明 ELF-EMF 在实践中的安全和特定剂量学特征。
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