Electromagnetic modulation of biological processes: bicarbonate effect and mechanistic considerations in the Ca-uptake by embryonal chick tibia in vitro.
Electromagnetically induced currents pulsating at very low frequency stimulated calcium uptake by chick embryo tibia rudiments only when bicarbonate was present in the culture medium. A bicarbonate-dependent Ca2+-ATPase might be implicated in coupling of the electromagnetic signal with processes that promote Ca-transport and storage in bone tissue.
D000818:Animals; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001846:Bone Development / Q000187:drug effects; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism; D002642:Chick Embryo; D007700:Kinetics; D013977:Tibia / Q000378:metabolism
D001639:Bicarbonates; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium