Transcriptome profiling of flax plants exposed to a low-frequency alternating electromagnetic field.

Frontiers in genetics · 2023 · Unclear · Insufficient evidence

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PublicationFrontiers in genetics · 2023

Study typeother

Reported directionUnclear

Evidence ratingInsufficient

Abstract

All living organisms on Earth evolved in the presence of an electromagnetic field (EMF), adapted to the environment of EMF, and even learned to utilize it for their purposes. However, during the last century, the Earth's core lost its exclusivity, and many EMF sources appeared due to the development of electricity and electronics. Previous research suggested that the EMF led to changes in intercellular free radical homeostasis and further altered the expression of genes involved in plant response to environmental stresses, inorganic ion transport, and cell wall constituent biosynthesis. Later, CTCT sequence motifs in gene promoters were proposed to be responsible for the response to EMF. How these motifs or different mechanisms are involved in the plant reaction to external EMF remains unknown. Moreover, as many genes activated under EMF treatment do not have the CTCT repeats in their promoters, we aimed to determine the transcription profile of a plant exposed to an EMF and identify the genes that are directly involved in response to the treatment to find the common denominator of the observed changes in the plant transcriptome.

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Study typeother

Effect directionunclear

PopulationFlax plants

Sample sizeNot supplied

ExposureELF

Evidence strengthInsufficientConfidence: 62% · Peer reviewed: yes

Main findings

Outcomes measured

Plant transcriptome/gene expression changes under EMF exposure
Identification of genes involved in response to EMF treatment
Promoter motif involvement (CTCT repeats) in EMF response

Limitations

No exposure parameters provided (e.g., frequency, field strength, duration).
No results reported in the provided abstract excerpt.

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DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1205469
PubMed: 37351344

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