900 MHz radiofrequency radiation has potential to increase the expression of rno-miR-145-5p in brain

2-s2.0-85081204776Interaction between radiofrequency radiation (RFR) and miRNA which plays paramount role in growth, differentiation, proliferation, and cell death by suppressing one or more target genes, is still unknown. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of long term 900 MHz mobile phone exposure on some of the miRNA in brain tissues (sham: 7; Exposure: 7)., which were kept in appropriate laboratory conditions for the second phase of our previous study [5]. It is remembered that rats in the exposure group were exposed to 900 MHz RFR for 3 h per day (7 days a week) for one year. For the aim of this study, expression of miRNAs such as rno-miR-22-3p, rno-miR-24-1-3p, rno-miR-132-3p, rno-miR-145-5p, rno-miR-181a-5p, rno-miR-186-5p, rno-miR-195-5p, rno-miR-219a-5p, rno-miR-221-3p and rno-miR-222-3p were investigated. Results indicated that long-term exposure of 900 MHz RF radiation increased only expression of rno-miR-145-5p (adj P * = 0.047) value where 1g average SAR value in brain was 0.198 W/kg. Our results indicated that chronic exposure of 900 MHz RFR has potential to increase expression of rno-miR-145-5p. Therefore, further studies are necessary to understand the relation between 900 MHz mobile phone exposure and diseases related to the expression of rno-miR-145-5p. © University of Dicle