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A possible role for extra-cellular ATP in plant responses to high frequency, low amplitude electromagnetic field
David Roux, Catherine Faure, Pierre Bonnet, Sébastien Girard, Gérard Ledoigt, Eric Davies, Michel Gendraud, Françoise Paladian and Alain Vian
Volume 3, Issue 6June 2008
Pages 383 - 385
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In parallel to evoking the accumulation of stress-related transcripts, exposure to low level 900 MHz EMF affected the levels of ATP, the main energy molecule of the cell. Its concentration dropped rapidly (27% after 30 min) in response to EMF exposure, along with a 18% decrease in the adenylate energy charge (AEC), a good marker of cell energy status. One could interpret this decrease in ATP and AEC in a classical way, i.e., as the result of an increase in cellular energy usage, but recent work brings exciting new insights in pointing out a signalling function for ATP, especially in the stress physiology context where it could trigger both reactive oxygen species and calcium movement (this latter being involved in plant responses to EMF exposure). In this addendum, we discuss our results within this new perspective for ATP function.
Authors
- David Roux
- EA 3296 ERTAC; Université Blaise Pascal; Aubiere, France
- Catherine Faure
- EA 3296 ERTAC; Université Blaise Pascal; Aubiere, France
- Pierre Bonnet
- UMR CNRS 6602 LASMEA; Université Blaise Pascal; Aubiere, France
- Sébastien Girard
- UMR CNRS 6602 LASMEA; Université Blaise Pascal; Aubiere, France
- Gérard Ledoigt
- EA 3296 ERTAC; Université Blaise Pascal; Aubiere, France
- Eric Davies
- North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina USA
- Michel Gendraud
- Université Blaise Pascal; Aubiere, France
- Françoise Paladian
- UMR CNRS 6602 LASMEA; Université Blaise Pascal; Aubiere, France
- Alain Vian
- EA 3296 ERTAC; Université Blaise Pascal; Aubiere, France
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