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The Impact of Skeletal Muscle ERα on Mitochondrial Function and Metabolic Health

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Hevener, Andrea L, Ribas, Vicent, Moore, Timothy M, Zhou, Zhenqi·2020·Endocrinology

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The incidence of chronic disease is elevated in women after menopause. Increased expression of ESR1 (the gene that encodes the estrogen receptor alpha, ERα) in muscle is highly associated with metabolic health and insulin sensitivity. Moreover, reduced muscle expression levels of ESR1 are observed in women, men, and animals presenting clinical features of the metabolic syndrome (MetSyn). Considering that metabolic dysfunction elevates chronic disease risk, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers, treatment strategies to combat metabolic dysfunction and associated pathologies are desperately needed. This review will provide published work supporting a critical and protective role for skeletal muscle ERα in the regulation of mitochondrial function, metabolic homeostasis, and insulin action. We will provide evidence that muscle-selective targeting of ERα may be effective for the preservation of mitochondrial and metabolic health. Collectively published findings support a compelling role for ERα in the control of muscle metabolism via its regulation of mitochondrial function and quality control. Studies identifying ERα-regulated pathways essential for disease prevention will lay the important foundation for the design of novel therapeutics to improve metabolic health of women while limiting secondary complications that have historically plagued traditional hormone replacement interventions.

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  • Estrogen actions in skeletal muscle, liver, adipose tissue, and immune cells are involved in insulin sensitivity and prevention of lipid accumulation and inflammation.

    “Estrogen actions in skeletal muscle, liver, adipose tissue, and immune cells are involved in insulin sensitivity as well as prevention of lipid accumulation and inflammation [20,21,67,68].”

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    The sections “Estrogen Action, Metabolic Function, and Insulin Sensitivity” and “ERα and Skeletal Muscle Fatty Acid Metabolism” link estrogen or ERα to insulin sensitivity, fat mass, inflammatory markers, and lipid accumulation in muscle (page numbers unavailable in our copy). They do not establish the claimed protective actions in all four listed tissues and cell types: the paper says the specific role of adipose ERα remains unresolved, and the retrieved passages do not show a corresponding role for immune cells. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • Significant sex differences and sex hormone influences on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism are apparent.

    “Significant sex differences and sex hormone influences on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism are apparent”
  • Important sex differences exist in mitochondrial function, substrate utilization, insulin sensitivity, immune responses, muscle morphology and body composition, iron metabolism, thermoregulation, hydration, appetite control, and energy availability and endocrine function.

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Authors
Hevener, A. L., Ribas, V., Moore, T. M., & Zhou, Z.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Corresponding author
  • Hevener, Andrea L
  • Ribas, Vicent
Venue
Endocrinology
Published
2020-02-01
Volume
161
Issue
2
ISSN
  • 0013-7227 (ISSN-L)
  • 1945-7170
OpenAlex
W3006130017
Cited by
54
References
170
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 4
FWCI
1.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Endocrinology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (DK89109, DK063491)
  • NIH Nuclear Receptor Signaling Atlas (U24DK097748)
  • UCLA Department of Medicine
  • Iris Cantor-UCLA Women’s Health Research Foundation
  • UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Keywords
estrogen receptor alpha, skeletal muscle, mitochondrial function, mitochondrial quality control, metabolic health, insulin sensitivity, metabolic syndrome, menopause, type 2 diabetes, hormone replacement therapy, women's health
MeSH terms
Animals, Energy Metabolism, Estradiol, Fatty Acids, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Mitochondria, Muscle, Skeletal, Estrogen Receptor alpha

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