NDLI: Metformin suppresses gluconeogenesis by inhibiting mitochondrial glycerophosphate dehydrogenase

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Author	Madiraju, Anila K. Erion, Derek M. Rahimi, Yasmeen Zhang, Xian-man Braddock, Demetrios Albright, Ronald A. Prigaro, Brett J. Wood, John L. Bhanot, Sanjay Macdonald, Michael J. Jurczak, Michael Camporez, Joao-paulo Lee, Hui-young Cline, Gary W. Samuel, Varman T. Kibbey, Richard G. Shulman, Gerald I.
Abstract	Metformin is considered to be one of the most effective therapeutics for the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D) since it specifically reduces hepatic gluconeogenesis without increasing insulin secretion, inducing weight gain, or posing a risk of hypoglycemia 1,2 . For over half a century, this agent has been prescribed to T2D patients worldwide, yet the underlying mechanism by which metformin inhibits hepatic gluconeogenesis remains unknown. Here we show that metformin non-competitively inhibits the redox shuttle enzyme mitochondrial glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (mGPD), resulting in an altered hepatocellular redox state, reduced conversion of lactate and glycerol to glucose, and decreased hepatic gluconeogenesis. Acute and chronic low-dose metformin treatment effectively reduced endogenous glucose production (EGP), while increasing cytosolic redox and decreasing mitochondrial redox states. Antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) knockdown of hepatic mGPD in rats resulted in a phenotype akin to chronic metformin treatment, and abrogated metformin-mediated increases in cytosolic redox state, decrease in plasma glucose concentrations and inhibition of EGP. These findings were replicated in whole-body mGPD knockout mice. These results have significant implications for understanding the mechanism of metformin’s blood glucose lowering effects and provide a novel therapeutic target for T2D.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature13270
Ending Page	546
Page Count	5
Starting Page	542
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00280836
e-ISSN	14764687
Journal	Nature
Issue Number	7506
Volume Number	510
Language	English
Publisher Date	2014-05-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	General Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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