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Fetal Hypoglycemia Induced by Placental SLC2A3 RNA Inter-ference Alters Fetal Pancreas Development and Transcriptome at Mid-Gestation


ABSTRACT: Glucose, the primary energy substrate for fetal oxidative processes and growth, is transferred from maternal to fetal circulation down a concentration gradient by placental facili-tative glucose transporters. In sheep, SLC2A1 and SLC2A3 are the primary transporters available in the placental epithelium, with SLC2A3 located on the maternal-facing apical trophoblast membrane and SLC2A1 located on the fetal-facing basolateral trophoblast membrane. We have previously reported that impaired placental SLC2A3 glucose transport resulted in smaller, hypo-glycemic fetuses with reduced umbilical artery insulin and glucagon concentrations, in addition to diminished pancreas weights. These findings led us to subject RNA derived from SLC2A3-RNAi (RNA interference) and NTS-RNAi (non-targeting sequence) fetal pancreases to qPCR followed by transcriptomic analysis. We identified a total of 771 differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Upregulated pathways were associated with fat digestion and absorption, partic-ularly fatty acid transport, lipid metabolism, and cholesterol biosynthesis, suggesting a potential switch in energetic substrates due to hypoglycemia. Pathways related to molecular transport and cell signaling, including PPAR and PI3K-Akt signaling, as well as negative regulation of cellular proliferation were also impacted. A few genes directly related to gluconeogenesis were also dif-ferentially expressed. Our results suggest that fetal hypoglycemia during the first half of gestation impacts fetal pancreas development and function that is not limited to beta cell function.

ORGANISM(S): Ovis aries

PROVIDER: GSE261932 | GEO | 2024/04/26

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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