Mobile phone radiation does not induce pro-apoptosis effects in human spermatozoa

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Falzone, Nadia
Huyser, Carin
Franken, Daniel R.
Leszczynski, Dariusz

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Radiation Research Society

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Recent reports suggest that mobile phone radiation may diminish male fertility. However, the effects of this radiation on human spermatozoa are largely unknown. The present study examined effects of the radiation on induction of apoptosisrelated properties in human spermatozoa. Ejaculated, densitypurified, highly motile human spermatozoa were exposed to mobile phone radiation at specific absorption rates (SARs) of 2.0 and 5.7 W/kg. At various times after exposure, flow cytometry was used to examine caspase 3 activity, externalization of phosphatidylserine (PS), induction of DNA strand breaks, and generation of reactive oxygen species. Mobile phone radiation had no statistically significant effect on any of the parameters studied. This suggests that the impairment of fertility reported in some studies was not caused by the induction of apoptosis in spermatozoa.

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Mobile phone radiation

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Falzone, N, Huyser, C, Franken, DR & Leszczynski, D 2010, 'Mobile phone radiation does not induce pro-apoptosis effects in human spermatozoa', Radiation Research, vol. 174, no. 2, pp. 169-176..