G protein-coupled estrogen receptor activation by Bisphenol-A disrupts protection from apoptosis conferred by estrogen receptors ERα and ERβ in pancreatic beta cells
I. Babiloni-Chust, R. S. Dos Santos, R. M. Medina-Gali, A. A. Perez-Serna, J. A. Encinar, J. Martinez-Pinna, J.-A. Gustafsson, L. Marroqui, A. Nadal
This paper shows that BPA induces apoptosis in pancreatic beta cells by reducing ERβ heterodimers, while GPER activation by G1 has a similar effect, highlighting a novel mechanism of endocrine disruption.
bioRxiv · Jan 31, 2022Physiology