title: In vitro effects of microwave radiation on rat liver mitochondria.
abstract: Liver mitochondria were exposed in vitro at 30 degrees C to microwave radiation (2.45 GHz) during the following states of respiration: resting, state 1; substrate dependent, state 2; ADP stimulated, state 3; and ADP depleted, state 4. At 10 or 100 mW/g, with succinate as substrate, no effect of exposure was observed on states 1-4 or the respiratory control index (state 3/state 4) of either tightly or loosely coupled mitochondria. When glutamate was used as substrate, no effects were observed at 10 mW/g. However, in the loosely coupled mitochondria the 100 mW/g exposure produced an increase in states 2 and 4 and a decrease in the respiratory control index. The results suggest that the function of loosely coupled mitochondria can be affected at high power levels of microwave radiation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005971:Glutamates / Q000494:pharmacology; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008872:Microwaves; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000528:radiation effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D005971:Glutamates; D018698:Glutamic Acid