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ArticleMenopause (New York, N.Y.)2011

Estrogen receptor β-selective phytoestrogenic formulation prevents physical and neurological changes in a preclinical model of human menopause.

Liqin Zhao, Zisu Mao, Lon S Schneider, Roberta D Brinton

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Article in Menopause (New York, N.Y.), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Liqin ZhaoDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. liqinz@usc.edu
Zisu Mao
Lon S Schneider
Roberta D Brinton
University of Southern California · US

Funding

SEX STEROIDS AND SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY IN AGINGP01AG014751 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI FINCH, CALEB E · 1997 to 2006
$7.8M
Estrogen-Induced Neuroprotective Mitochondrial MechanismR01AG032236 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI BRINTON, ROBERTA EILEEN · 2009 to 2013
$1.6M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG014751NIA NIH HHS R01 AG032236
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAs an alternative to estrogen therapy, the efficacy of an estrogen receptor β-selective phytoestrogenic (phyto-β-SERM) formulation to regulate climacteric symptoms and decline in brain responses associated with ovarian hormone loss in menopause was assessed.

methodsA phyto-β-SERM formulation-containing diet was compared with a commercial soy extract diet and a phytoestrogen-free base/control diet in an ovariectomized (OVX) mouse model of human menopause. Two treatment studies were conducted: (1) a 2-month study assessed the effects of experimental diets on tail skin temperature as a model of menopausal hot flashes, and (2) a 9-month study assessed the long-term impact of the diets on overall health, hair thinning/loss, spatial working memory, and associated protein expression in the hippocampus.

resultsThe phyto-β-SERM diet prevented OVX-induced menopause-like changes including the rise in skin temperature, hair thinning/loss, deficit in spatial memory function, and reversed OVX-induced decline in the expression of hippocampal proteins involved in neural plasticity and β-amyloid degradation/clearance. The soy extract diet had no effect or exacerbated OVX-induced changes.

conclusionsOverall, the phyto-β-SERM diet induced physical and neurological responses comparable with ovary-intact mice, suggesting the therapeutic potential of the phyto-β-SERM formulation for the prevention/alleviation of climacteric symptoms and decline in brain responses induced by ovarian hormone loss, which provides the basis for further work in postmenopausal women.

Indexed as

Amyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEstrogen Receptor betaFemaleHairHippocampusHot FlashesHumansMemory DisordersMemory, Short-TermMenopauseMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuronal PlasticityPhytoestrogensAmyloid beta-PeptidesEstrogen Receptor betaPhytoestrogens

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PMID21738079
PMCPMC7577540
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