title: Effect of very low doses of gamma radiation on motility of gill ciliated epithelia of Mytilus edulis.
abstract: An investigation of the effect of gamma radiation on the motility of mussel gill ciliated epithelia was conducted using dose rates of 0.9 and 2 mGy/h. There was a definite decrease in the beat frequency and a distortion of the metachronal wave by 20-30 min after irradiation with 0.9 Gy/h. With a total dose of 0.9 mGy, the beat frequency was decreased 2- to 2.5-fold. In the period after irradiation a restoration of the metachronal wave was observed, but the beat frequency was about 50% of the control level. Gamma irradiation completely stopped the beating of the cilia when given at a dose rate of 2 mGy/h.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Far East Branch Academy of Sciences of Russia, Vladivostok.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Karpenko
authors.lastname: Ivanovsky YuA
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002923:Cilia / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005720:Gamma Rays; D005880:Gills / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D011829:Radiation Dosage