Multidimensional insights into the repeated electromagnetic field stimulation and biosystems interaction in aging and age-related diseases

J Biomed Sci. 2022 Jun 13;29(1):39. doi: 10.1186/s12929-022-00825-y.

Abstract

We provide a multidimensional sequence of events that describe the electromagnetic field (EMF) stimulation and biological system interaction. We describe this process from the quantum to the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels. We hypothesized that the sequence of events of these interactions starts with the oscillatory effect of the repeated electromagnetic stimulation (REMFS). These oscillations affect the interfacial water of an RNA causing changes at the quantum and molecular levels that release protons by quantum tunneling. Then protonation of RNA produces conformational changes that allow it to bind and activate Heat Shock Transcription Factor 1 (HSF1). Activated HSF1 binds to the DNA expressing chaperones that help regulate autophagy and degradation of abnormal proteins. This action helps to prevent and treat diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease (PD) by increasing clearance of pathologic proteins. This framework is based on multiple mathematical models, computer simulations, biophysical experiments, and cellular and animal studies. Results of the literature review and our research point towards the capacity of REMFS to manipulate various networks altered in aging (Reale et al. PloS one 9, e104973, 2014), including delay of cellular senescence (Perez et al. 2008, Exp Gerontol 43, 307-316) and reduction in levels of amyloid-β peptides (Aβ) (Perez et al. 2021, Sci Rep 11, 621). Results of these experiments using REMFS at low frequencies can be applied to the treatment of patients with age-related diseases. The use of EMF as a non-invasive therapeutic modality for Alzheimer's disease, specifically, holds promise. It is also necessary to consider the complicated and interconnected genetic and epigenetic effects of the REMFS-biological system's interaction while avoiding any possible adverse effects.

Keywords: Age-related disease; Aging; Alzheimer’s disease; Amyloid beta; Autophagy; Chaperones; HSF1; Repeated electromagnetic field stimulation.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aging
  • Alzheimer Disease* / genetics
  • Alzheimer Disease* / metabolism
  • Alzheimer Disease* / therapy
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Electromagnetic Fields*
  • Humans
  • RNA
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism

Substances

  • Amyloid beta-Peptides
  • Transcription Factors
  • RNA