Liver-derived extracellular vesicles improve whole-body glycaemic control via inter-organ communication

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Small extracellular vesicles (EVs) are signalling messengers that regulate inter-tissue communication through delivery of their molecular cargo. Here, we show that liver-derived EVs are acute regulators of whole-body glycaemic control in mice. Liver EV secretion into the circulation is increased in response to hyperglycaemia, resulting in increased glucose effectiveness and insulin secretion through direct inter-organ EV signalling to skeletal muscle and the pancreas, respectively. This acute blood glucose lowering effect occurs in healthy and obese mice with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, despite marked remodelling of the liver-derived EV proteome in obese mice. The EV-mediated blood glucose lowering effects were recapitulated by administration of liver EVs derived from humans with or without progressive non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, suggesting broad functional conservation of liver EV signalling and potential therapeutic utility. Taken together, this work reveals a mechanism whereby liver EVs act on peripheral tissues via endocrine signalling to restore euglycaemia in the postprandial state.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

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Nature metabolism - 6(2024), 2 vom: 23. Feb., Seite 254-272

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Miotto, Paula M [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Chieh-Hsin [VerfasserIn]
Keenan, Stacey N [VerfasserIn]
De Nardo, William [VerfasserIn]
Beddows, Cait A [VerfasserIn]
Fidelito, Gio [VerfasserIn]
Dodd, Garron T [VerfasserIn]
Parker, Benjamin L [VerfasserIn]
Hill, Andrew F [VerfasserIn]
Burton, Paul R [VerfasserIn]
Loh, Kim [VerfasserIn]
Watt, Matthew J [VerfasserIn]

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Blood Glucose
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Date Completed 28.02.2024

Date Revised 28.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s42255-023-00971-z

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NLM367537362