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Selective estrogen receptor‐β activation stimulates skeletal muscle growth and regeneration
Author(s) -
Velders Martina,
Schleipen Burkhardt,
Fritzemeier Karl H.,
Zierau Oliver,
Diel Patrick
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fj.11-194779
Subject(s) - myod , medicine , endocrinology , skeletal muscle , estrogen receptor , agonist , biology , regeneration (biology) , myosin , myogenin , chemistry , receptor , myogenesis , microbiology and biotechnology , cancer , breast cancer
There is increasing evidence suggesting that estrogens augment skeletal muscle regeneration processes after injury. To study the contribution of estrogen receptors α and β (ERα and ERβ) during muscle regeneration, skeletal muscles of ovariectomized (OVX) rats, as well as ERa‐ and ERβ‐knockout (αErko and βErko) mice, were injured with a myotoxin (notexin). OVX rats were simultaneously treated with the ER‐selective ligands genistein, ERα agonist 16α‐LE2 (alpha), ERβ agonist 8β‐VE2 (beta), or 17β‐estradiol (E 2 ). OVX rats showed significantly elevated serum creatine kinase (CK) activity after muscle injury compared to intact sham‐treated animals. Treatment with ER ligands significantly reduced CK activity. TNF‐α, IL‐10, and MCP‐1 expression served to characterize immune responses. Treatment with all ER ligands, but particularly E 2 and beta, reduced TNF‐α, but elevated MCP‐1 and IL‐10 expression. PCNA and MyoD expression served to define satellite cell activation and proliferation and were found to be up‐regulated by beta and E 2 . To further study muscle regeneration responses, expression of the embryonic myosin heavy chain (MHC) was analyzed. Beta and E 2 but not alpha increased embryonic MHC expression compared to OVX. The absence of ERβ in βErko mice negatively affected CK activity levels and expression of satellite cell and muscle regeneration markers (MHC embryonic, MyoD, Pax7) compared with aErko and wild‐type mice. In a classic Hershberger assay using male rats, beta stimulated muscle growth, accompanied by a strong induction of IGF‐1 expression. Our data provide evidence that ERβ signaling is involved in the regulation of skeletal muscle growth and regeneration by stimulating anabolic pathways, activating satellite cells and modulating immune responses.—Velders, M., Schleipen, B., Fritzemeier, K. H., Zierau, O., Diel, P. Selective estrogen receptor‐β activation stimulates skeletal muscle growth and regeneration. FASEB J. 26, 1909‐1920 (2012). www.fasebj.org