title: Whole-body exposure of radiation emitted from 900 MHz mobile phones does not seem to affect the levels of anti-apoptotic bcl-2 protein.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the anti-apoptotic bcl-2 protein in rat brain and testes after whole-body exposure to radiation emitted from 900 MHz cellular phones. Two groups (sham and experimental) of Sprague-Dawley rats of eight rats each were used in the study. Exposure began approximately 10 min after transferring into the exposure cages, a period of time when rats settled down to a prone position and selected a fixed location inside the cage spontaneously. For the experimental group, the phones were in the speech condition for 20 min per day for 1 month. The same procedure was applied to the sham group rats, but the phones were turned off. Immunohistochemical staining of bcl-2 was performed according to the standardized avidin-biotin complex method. The results of this study showed that 20 min of the radiation emitted from 900 MHz cellular phones did not alter anti-apoptotic bcl-2 protein in the brain and testes of rats. We speculate that bcl-2 may not be involved in the effects of radiation on the brain and testes of rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fahri
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Suleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dasdag
authors.forename: M Zulkuf
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Akdag
authors.forename: Nihal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kilinc
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D040421:Cell Phone; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000528:radiation effects; D008297:Male; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011846:Radio Waves; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation
chemical_list: D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2