Circulating extracellular vesicle-derived miR-1299 disrupts hepatic glucose homeostasis by targeting the STAT3/FAM3A axis in gestational diabetes mellitus

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Background: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-enclosed structures containing lipids, proteins, and RNAs that play a crucial role in cell-to-cell communication. However, the precise mechanism through which circulating EVs disrupt hepatic glucose homeostasis in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) remains unclear. Results: Circulating EVs isolated from human plasma were co-cultured with mammalian liver cells to investigate the potential induction of hepatic insulin resistance by GDM-EVs using glucose output assays, Seahorse assays, metabolomics, fluxomics, qRT-PCR, bioinformatics analyses, and luciferase assays. Our findings demonstrated that hepatocytes exposed to GDM-EVs exhibited increased gluconeogenesis, attenuated energy metabolism, and upregulated oxidative stress. Particularly noteworthy was the discovery of miR-1299 as the predominant miRNA in GDM-EVs, which directly targeting the 3′-untranslated regions (UTR) of STAT3. Our experiments involving loss- and gain‐of‐function revealed that miR-1299 inhibits the insulin signaling pathway by regulating the STAT3/FAM3A axis, resulting in increased insulin resistance through the modulation of mitochondrial function and oxidative stress in hepatocytes. Moreover, experiments conducted in vivo on mice inoculated with GDM-EVs confirmed the development of glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, and downregulation of STAT3 and FAM3A. Conclusions: These results provide insights into the role of miR-1299 derived from circulating GDM-EVs in the progression of insulin resistance in hepatic cells via the STAT3/FAM3A axis and downstream metabolic reprogramming.

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Chen, X., Tao, X., Wang, M., Cannon, R. D., Chen, B., Yu, X., … Zhang, H. (2024). Circulating extracellular vesicle-derived miR-1299 disrupts hepatic glucose homeostasis by targeting the STAT3/FAM3A axis in gestational diabetes mellitus. Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-024-02766-0

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