ZHANG Lei, XU Shangcheng, ZHANG Guangbin, et al. Roles of acid sphingomyelinase activation in neuronal cells apoptosis induced by microwave irradiation[J]. Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing, 2009,27(6):355-359.
ZHANG Lei, XU Shangcheng, ZHANG Guangbin, et al. Roles of acid sphingomyelinase activation in neuronal cells apoptosis induced by microwave irradiation[J]. Journal of Radiation Research and Radiation Processing, 2009,27(6):355-359.DOI:
The present study is to examine the effect of microwave on acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) activity and expression, and to explore the role of ASM activation in neuronal cells apoptosis induced by microwave irradiation. Primary cultured hippocampal neurons were irradiated by 30 W/cm,2, microwave for 10 min, and ASM activity assay was used to investigate ASM activity alteration. RT-PCR and western blot were used to detect ASM mRNA and protein expression respectively. Apoptosis was observed by Hoechst 33342 fluorescence staining. ASM specific inhibitor imipramine was applied to inhibit ASM activation. It has been found that apoptosis rate of primary cultured hippocampal neurons increased significantly after microwave irradiation. ASM was activated while ASM mRNA and protein expression were up-regulated in neurons after microwave irradiation. Pretreatment with imipramine could reverse neuronal apoptosis induced by microwave irradiation. Results show that microwave irradiation causes increment of ASM activation and expression and ASM activation is involved in microwave induced neuronal apoptosis.