Journal of South China University of Technology (Natural Science Edition) ›› 2008, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (4): 133-137.

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Effect of Low-Power Millimeter Wave Radiation on Gene Expression Profile of HL60 Leukemia Cell

Lai Huang-wen1  Jiang Yue-hua2  Zhang Hong-bin2  Lai Sheng-li1  Wang Jie2  Wu Jie2   

  1. 1. School of Electronic and Information Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, China; 2. Center of Medical Research, General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Guangzhou 510010, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2007-05-14 Revised:2007-11-30 Online:2008-04-25 Published:2008-04-25
  • Contact: 赖晃文(1956-),男,主任医师,博士生,主要从事电磁场生物效应、建模及超微病理研究. E-mail:chardlai@sina.com
  • About author:赖晃文(1956-),男,主任医师,博士生,主要从事电磁场生物效应、建模及超微病理研究.
  • Supported by:

    广东省科技发展基金资助项目(2002C31101);广东省自然科学基金资助项目(990587)

Abstract:

In this paper, the gene chip technology was adopted to reveal the difference in gene expression profile between the HL60 leukemia cells exposed to millimeter wave (MMW) at 41.32GHz and the sham-exposed group. The gene expressions of IL-7, EGF and LGALS3 were then confirmed by means of RTR-PCR method. The results show that, after the MMW radiation for 60 min, HL60 cells proliferate and 18 up-regulated genes and 306 downregulated genes are found, and that the down-regulated genes of IL-7, EGF and LGALS3 obtained by RT-PCR method are consistent with those obtained by gene chip technology. It is thus concluded that the radiation of MMW promotes the proliferation of HL60 cells by altering the gene expression profile.

Key words: cell, millimeter wave, radiation, gene expression, oligonucleotide, gene chip