A Review on Sex Steroid Hormone Estrogen Receptors in Mammals and Fish

Eric Amenyogbe; Gang Chen; Zhongliang Wang; Xiaoying Lu; Mingde Lin; Ai Ying Lin

doi:10.1155/2020/5386193

A Review on Sex Steroid Hormone Estrogen Receptors in Mammals and Fish

Int J Endocrinol. 2020 Feb 7:2020:5386193. doi: 10.1155/2020/5386193. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Eric Amenyogbe^{1

2}, Gang Chen^{1

2}, Zhongliang Wang^{1

2}, Xiaoying Lu^{1

2}, Mingde Lin^{1

2}, Ai Ying Lin^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ College of Fisheries, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524025, China.
² Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquaculture in the South China Sea for Aquatic Economic Animal of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Laboratory of Fish Aquaculture, Zhanjiang 524025, China.

Abstract

Steroid hormones play essential roles in the reproductive biology of vertebrates. Estrogen exercises its effect through estrogen receptors and is not only a female reproductive hormone but acts virtually in all vertebrates, including fish, and is involved in the physiological and pathological states in all males and females. Estrogen has been implicated in mandible conservation and circulatory and central nervous systems as well as the reproductive system. This review intended to understand the structure, function, binding affinities, and activations of estrogens and estrogen receptors and to discuss the understanding of the role of sex steroid hormone estrogen receptors in mammals and fish.

Publication types

Review