Objective: To study the effect of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) on apoptosis of human lung carcinoma cell line GLC-82. Methods: The injury changes in GLC-82 cells after irradiated by EMP (electric field intensity was 60 kV/m with 5 pulses/2 min) were analyzed by cytometry, MTT chronometry and flow cytometry. The immuno- histochemical SP staining was used to determine the expressions of bcl-2 protein and p53 protein. The stained positive cells were analyzed by CMIAS-II image analysis system at a magnification 400. All data were analyzed by SPSS8.0 software. Results: EMP could obviously inhibited lung carcinoma cell line GLC-82 proliferation and increased the number of non-adherent cells. The absorbance value (A570) of MTT decreased immediately, at 0 h, 1 h and 6 h after the GLC-82 cells irradiated by EMP as compared with control group. The highest apoptosis rate was found to reach 13.38% by flow cytometry at 6 h after EMP irradiation. Down-regulation of bcl-2 expression and up-regulation of bax expression were induced by EMP. Conclusion: EMP promoted apoptosis of GLC-82 cells. At same time, EMP can down-regulate bcl-2 expression and up-regulate p53 expression in GLC-82 cells. The bcl-2 and the p53 protein may involve the apoptotic process.
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