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Abstract

Mitochondrial epigenetics is rising as intriguing notion for its potential involvement in aging and diseases, while the details remain largely unexplored. Here it is shown that among the 13 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) encoded genes, NADH‐dehydrogenase 6 (ND6) transcript is primarily decreased in obese and type 2 diabetes populations, which negatively correlates with its distinctive hypermethylation. Hepatic mtDNA sequencing in mice unveils that ND6 presents the highest methylation level, which dramatically increases under diabetic condition due to enhanced mitochondrial translocation of DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) promoted by free fatty acid through adenosine 5’‐monophosphate (AMP)‐activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation. Hepatic knockdown of ND6 or overexpression of Dnmt1 similarly impairs mitochondrial function and induces systemic insulin resistance both in vivo and in vitro. Genetic or chemical targeting hepatic DNMT1 shows significant benefits against insulin resistance associated metabolic disorders. These findings highlight the pivotal role of ND6 epigenetic network in regulating mitochondrial function and onset of insulin resistance, shedding light on potential preventive and therapeutic strategies of insulin resistance and related metabolic disorders from a perspective of mitochondrial epigenetics.

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Title
Hypermethylation of Hepatic Mitochondrial ND6 Provokes Systemic Insulin Resistance
Author
Cao, Ke 1 ; Lv, Weiqiang 1 ; Wang, Xueqiang 1 ; Dong, Shanshan 2 ; Liu, Xuyun 1 ; Yang, Tielin 2 ; Xu, Jie 1 ; Zeng, Mengqi 1 ; Zou, Xuan 3 ; Zhao, Daina 1 ; Ma, Qingqing 4 ; Lin, Mu 4 ; Long, Jiangang 1 ; Zang, Weijin 5 ; Gao, Feng 6 ; Feng, Zhihui 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Liu, Jiankang 8 

 Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China 
 Biomedical Informatics & Genomics Center, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China 
 National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biodiagnosis and Biotherapy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China 
 Guizhou Aerospace Hospital, Zunyi, Guizhou, China 
 Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China 
 School of Aerospace Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China 
 Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China; Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China 
 Center for Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine, The Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China; Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China; National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biodiagnosis and Biotherapy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shannxi, China 
Section
Research Articles
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Jun 2021
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
e-ISSN
21983844
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2671793050
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© 2021. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.