The role of estrogen-metabolizing enzymes and estrogen receptors in human epidermis
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Local estrogen metabolism and its sensitivities in the skin have been also suggested to contribute to skin homeostasis in addition to age- and/or gender-dependent circulating estrogen, even though their local mechanisms have been largely unknown. To characterize their potential correlations, age- and gender-dependencies were evaluated focusing on 5 pivotal estrogen-metabolizing enzymes including aromatase, estrogen sulfotransferase, steroid sulfatase, and 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases and estrogen receptors (ERα and ERβ) using immunohistochemistry of 100 human skin specimens. When their epidermal expression levels were compared among 7 age groups, ranging from the teens to the seventies, the highest expression in the teens group and the lowest expression in the seventies group were found in the expression of aromatase and ERβ, respectively, while no significant differences between the male and the female groups were found in the immunoreactivities of our interested proteins. Our results suggest that age-related differences in aromatase and ERβ expressions impact epidermal homeostasis.
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- Authors
- Inoue, T., Miki, Y., Abe, K., Hatori, M., Hosaka, M., Kariya, Y., Kakuo, S., Fujimura, T., Hachiya, A., Aiba, S., & Sasano, H.
- Affiliations
- Tohoku University (JP)
- Kao Corporation (Japan) (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Sasano, Hironobu
- ORCID
- Venue
- Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-09
- Volume
- 344
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 35-40
- ISSN
- 0303-7207 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2014281282
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 1.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Estrogen and related hormone effects
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Skin Protection and Aging
- Keywords
- estrogen metabolism, estrogen receptor, human epidermis, aromatase, estrogen sulfotransferase, steroid sulfatase, 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, estrogen receptor alpha, estrogen receptor beta, skin homeostasis, age-related expression, sex differences
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aromatase, Child, Epidermis, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, 17-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases, Sulfotransferases, Steryl-Sulfatase, Estrogen Receptor alpha, Estrogen Receptor beta, Young Adult
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