The m6A Methyltransferase METTL3 Ameliorates Methylglyoxal-Induced Impairment of Insulin Secretion in Pancreatic β Cells by Regulating MafA Expression
Methylglyoxal, a major precursor of advanced glycation end products, is elevated in the plasma of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Islet β-cell function was recently shown to be regulated by N 6 -methyladenosine (m 6 A), an RNA modification consisting of methylation at the N6 position of aden...
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Published in | Frontiers in endocrinology (Lausanne) Vol. 13; p. 910868 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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08.07.2022
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Summary: | Methylglyoxal, a major precursor of advanced glycation end products, is elevated in the plasma of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Islet β-cell function was recently shown to be regulated by N
6
-methyladenosine (m
6
A), an RNA modification consisting of methylation at the N6 position of adenosine. However, the role of m
6
A methylation modification in methylglyoxal-induced impairment of insulin secretion in pancreatic β cells has not been clarified. In this study, we showed that treatment of two β-cell lines, NIT-1 and β-TC-6, with methylglyoxal reduced m
6
A RNA content and methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3) expression levels. We also showed that silencing of METTL3 inhibited glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) from NIT-1 cells, whereas upregulation of METTL3 significantly reversed the methylglyoxal-induced decrease in GSIS. The methylglyoxal-induced decreases in m
6
A RNA levels and METTL3 expression were not altered by knockdown of the receptor for the advanced glycation end product but were further decreased by silencing of glyoxalase 1. Mechanistic investigations revealed that silencing of METTL3 reduced m
6
A levels, mRNA stability, and the mRNA and protein expression levels of musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene family A (MafA). Overexpression of MafA greatly improved the decrease in GSIS induced by METTL3 silencing; silencing of MafA blocked the reversal of the MG-induced decrease in GSIS caused by METTL3 overexpression. The current study demonstrated that METTL3 ameliorates MG-induced impairment of insulin secretion in pancreatic β cells by regulating MafA. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Reviewed by: Yao-Wu Liu, Xuzhou Medical University, China; Jeena Gupta, Lovely Professional University, India Edited by: Undurti Narasimha Das, UND Life Sciences LLC, United States These authors have contributed equally to this work This article was submitted to Diabetes: Molecular Mechanisms, a section of the journal Frontiers in Endocrinology |
ISSN: | 1664-2392 1664-2392 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fendo.2022.910868 |