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The mitochondrial dicarboxylate carrier mediates in vivo hepatic gluconeogenesis
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The mitochondrial dicarboxylate carrier mediates in vivo hepatic gluconeogenesis

Daniel J Pape, Kelly C Falls-Hubert, Ronald A Merrill, Adnan Ahmed, Qingwen Qian, Gavin R McGivney, Paulina Sobieralski, Adam J Rauckhorst, Ling Yang and Eric B Taylor
bioRxiv
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
09/13/2024
DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.12.612761
PMCID: PMC11419125
PMID: 39314408
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https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.12.612761View
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Abstract

Hepatic gluconeogenesis (GNG) is essential for maintaining euglycemia during prolonged fasting. However, GNG becomes pathologically elevated and drives chronic hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes (T2D). Lactate/pyruvate is a major GNG substrate known to be imported into mitochondria for GNG. Yet, the subsequent mitochondrial carbon export mechanisms required to supply the extra-mitochondrial canonical GNG pathway have not been genetically delineated. Here, we evaluated the role of the mitochondrial dicarboxylate carrier (DiC) in mediating GNG from lactate/pyruvate. We generated liver-specific DiC knockout (DiC LivKO) mice. During lactate/pyruvate tolerance tests, DiC LivKO decreased plasma glucose excursion and 13 C-lactate/-pyruvate flux into hepatic and plasma glucose. In a Western diet (WD) feeding model of T2D, acute DiC LivKO after induction of obesity decreased lactate/pyruvate-driven GNG, hyperglycemia, and hyperinsulinemia. Our results show that mitochondrial carbon export through the DiC mediates GNG and that the DiC contributes to impaired glucose homeostasis in a mouse model of T2D.Hepatic gluconeogenesis (GNG) is essential for maintaining euglycemia during prolonged fasting. However, GNG becomes pathologically elevated and drives chronic hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes (T2D). Lactate/pyruvate is a major GNG substrate known to be imported into mitochondria for GNG. Yet, the subsequent mitochondrial carbon export mechanisms required to supply the extra-mitochondrial canonical GNG pathway have not been genetically delineated. Here, we evaluated the role of the mitochondrial dicarboxylate carrier (DiC) in mediating GNG from lactate/pyruvate. We generated liver-specific DiC knockout (DiC LivKO) mice. During lactate/pyruvate tolerance tests, DiC LivKO decreased plasma glucose excursion and 13 C-lactate/-pyruvate flux into hepatic and plasma glucose. In a Western diet (WD) feeding model of T2D, acute DiC LivKO after induction of obesity decreased lactate/pyruvate-driven GNG, hyperglycemia, and hyperinsulinemia. Our results show that mitochondrial carbon export through the DiC mediates GNG and that the DiC contributes to impaired glucose homeostasis in a mouse model of T2D.

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