Effect of pulsed electromagnetic fields on endoplasmic reticulum stress

The maintenance of protein homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is crucial in cell life. Disruption of proteostasis results in ER stress that activates the unfolded protein response (UPR); a signalling network assigned to manage the accumulated misfolded or unfolded proteins. Prolonged or u...

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Published in:	Journal of physiology and pharmacology : an official journal of the Polish Physiological Society Vol. 67; no. 5; p. 769
Main Authors:	Keczan, E, Keri, G, Banhegyi, G, Stiller, I
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Poland 01-10-2016
Subjects:	Apoptosis - drug effects Cell Survival - drug effects Electromagnetic Fields Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress - drug effects HEK293 Cells HeLa Cells Hep G2 Cells Humans Membrane Glycoproteins - metabolism Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases - metabolism Transcription Factor CHOP - metabolism Tunicamycin - pharmacology
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Summary:	The maintenance of protein homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is crucial in cell life. Disruption of proteostasis results in ER stress that activates the unfolded protein response (UPR); a signalling network assigned to manage the accumulated misfolded or unfolded proteins. Prolonged or unresolved ER stress leads to apoptotic cell death that can be the basis of many serious diseases. Our aim was to study the effect of pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF), an alternative, non-invasive therapeutic method on ER stressed cell lines. First, the effect of PEMF treatment on the expression of ER stress markers was tested in three different cell lines. PEMF had no remarkable effect on ER stress protein levels in human embryonic kidney (HEK293T) and human liver carcinoma (HepG2) cell lines. However, the expression of BiP, Grp94 and CHOP were increased in HeLa cells upon PEMF exposure. Therefore, HepG2 cell line was selected for further experiments. Cells were stressed by tunicamycin and exposed to PEMF. Grp94, PDI, CHOP and PARP expression as markers of stress were monitored by Western blot and cell viability was also investigated. Tunicamycin treatment, as expected, increased the expression of Grp94, PDI, CHOP and inactivated PARP. Analysis of protein expression showed that PEMF was able to decrease the elevated level of ER chaperons Grp94, PDI and the apoptosis marker CHOP. The truncated, inactive form of PARP was also decreased. Accordingly, cell viability was also improved by PEMF exposure. These results indicate that PEMF is able to moderate ER stress induced by tunicamycin in HepG2 cells. However, our results clearly draw attention to that different cell lines may vary in the response to PEMF treatment.
ISSN:	1899-1505