Assessment of nuclear abnormalities in exfoliated cells from the oral epithelium of mobile phone users

作者：Menezes Souza Leonardo da Cunha; Marcilio Cerqueira Eneida de Moraes; Cardoso Meireles Jose Roberto

来源：Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 2014, 33(2): 98-102.

DOI：10.3109/15368378.2013.783856

• Apoptosis
• broken eggs
• micronucleus
• mobile phone
• necrosis

Transmission and reception of mobile telephony signals take place through electromagnetic wave radiation, or electromagnetic radiofrequency fields, between the mobile terminal and the radio base station. Based on reports in the literature on adverse effects from exposure to this type of radiation, the objective of this study was to evaluate the genotoxic and cytotoxic potential of such exposure, by means of the micronucleus test on exfoliated cells from the oral epithelium. The sample included 45 individuals distributed in 3 groups according to the amount of time in hours per week (t) spent using mobile phones: group I, t > 5 h; group II, t > 1 h and <= 5 h; and group III, t <= 1 h. Cells from the oral mucosa were analyzed to assess the numbers of micronuclei, broken egg structures and degenerative nuclear abnormalities indicative of apoptosis (condensed chromatin, karyorrhexis and pyknosis) or necrosis (karyolysis in addition to these changes). The occurrences of micronuclei and degenerative nuclear abnormalities did not differ between the groups, but the number of broken egg (structures that may be associated with gene amplification) was significantly greater in the individuals in group I (p<0.05).

• 出版日期2014-6