Health benefits attributed to 17α-estradiol, a lifespan-extending compound, are mediated through estrogen receptor α
- OUHSC, United States
- The Jackson Laboratory, United States
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, United States
- Mayo Clinic, United States
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, United States
Abstract
Metabolic dysfunction underlies several chronic diseases, many of which are exacerbated by obesity. Dietary interventions can reverse metabolic declines and slow aging, although compliance issues remain paramount. 17α-estradiol treatment improves metabolic parameters and slows aging in male mice. The mechanisms by which 17α-estradiol elicits these benefits remain unresolved. Herein, we show that 17α-estradiol elicits similar genomic binding and transcriptional activation through estrogen receptor α (ERα) to that of 17β-estradiol. In addition, we show that the ablation of ERα completely attenuates the beneficial metabolic effects of 17α-E2 in male mice. Our findings suggest that 17α-E2 may act through the liver and hypothalamus to improve metabolic parameters in male mice. Lastly, we also determined that 17α-E2 improves metabolic parameters in male rats, thereby proving that the beneficial effects of 17α-E2 are not limited to mice. Collectively, these studies suggest ERα may be a drug target for mitigating chronic diseases in male mammals.
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Sequencing data has been deposited in GEO under accession code GSE151039
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Assessment of transcriptional ERa activity following exposure to 17a-E2 and 17b-E2NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus, GSE151039.
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Funding
National Institutes of Health (R00 AG51661,R01 EY030513,T32 AG052363,P30 EY012190,P30 AG038072)
- Shivani N Mann
- Martin-Paul Agbaga
- Derek M Huffman
- Michael B Stout
Harold Hamm Diabetes Center (Pilot Research Funding)
- Shivani N Mann
- Michael B Stout
National Institutes of Health (R01 AG069742)
- Michael B Stout
National Institutes of Health (R01 AG059430)
- Willard M Freeman
Veterans Affairs Oklahoma City (I01BX003906)
- Willard M Freeman
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
Ethics
Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All of the animals were handled according to approved institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) protocols (#19-063-SEAHI) of the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center.
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© 2020, Mann et al.
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Health benefits attributed to 17α-estradiol, a lifespan-extending compound, are mediated through estrogen receptor α
eLife 9:e59616.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.59616
