地外空间的亚磁场环境是影响宇航员健康的一种潜在风险因素.动物和人体实验表明,亚磁场显著影响个体行为和神经系统功能.但是,目前尚缺乏亚磁场对动物行为和生理等多方面影响的系统检测数据.本文构建了一个适用于动物饲养的亚磁场环境（〈500 n T）,并系统检测了30天亚磁场处理对成年雄鼠（C57BL/6,4~6周龄,（20±2）g）的昼夜周期、痛觉、情绪及激素水平的影响.实验结果表明,对比地磁场中饲喂对照组,亚磁场中小鼠的昼夜饮水节律改变、热敏痛觉耐受能力和整体活动水平降低,但是没有发生焦虑或抑郁情绪.亚磁场处理后,小鼠血清去甲肾上腺素水平显著下降.这些结果说明一个月连续亚磁场处理扰乱动物的昼夜活动节律和内分泌,随后可能导致其感知觉能力的变化和运动机能的下降.
Research has shown that the hypomagnetic field(HMF)can affect embryo development,cell proliferation,learning and memory,and in vitro tubulin assembly.In the present study,we aimed to elucidate the molecular mechanism by which the HMF exerts its effect,by comparing the transcriptome profiles of human neuroblastoma cells exposed to either the HMF or the geomagnetic field.A total of 2464 differentially expressed genes(DEGs)were identified,216 of which were up-regulated and2248 of which were down-regulated after exposure to the HMF.These DEGs were found to be significantly clustered into several key processes,namely macromolecule localization,protein transport,RNA processing,and brain function.Seventeen DEGs were verified by real-time quantitative PCR,and the expression levels of nine of these DEGs were measured every 6 h.Most notably,MAPK1 and CRY2,showed significant up-and down-regulation,respectively,during the first 6 h of HMF exposure,which suggests involvement of the MAPK pathway and cryptochrome in the early bio-HMF response.Our results provide insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the observed biological effects of the HMF.
