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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 437, Issue C, Pages 190-200Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.08.025
Keywords
Estrogen receptor; Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Gene regulation; Botanical estrogens; Cell proliferation; Xenobiotic metabolism
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- NIH from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) [P50AT006268]
- Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- NIH [DK015556]
- Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF)
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Botanical estrogen (BE) dietary supplements are consumed by women as substitutes for loss of endogenous estrogens at menopause. To examine the roles of estrogen receptor alpha (ER alpha) and aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) and their crosstalk in the actions of BEs, we studied gene regulation and proliferation responses to four widely used BEs, genistein, daidzein, and S-equol from soy, and liquiritigen from licorice root in breast cancer and liver cells. BEs and estradiol (E2), acting through ERa, stimulated proliferation, ERa chromatin binding and target-gene expression. BEs but not E2, acting through AhR, bound to xenobiotic response element-containing chromatin sites and enhanced AhR target-gene expression (CYP1A1, CYP1B1). While E2 and TCDD acted quite selectively through their respective receptors, BEs acted via both receptors, with their AhR activity moderated by negative crosstalk through Ella. Both ER alpha and AhR should be considered as mediators of the biology and pharmacology of BEs. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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