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ArticleResearch (Washington, D.C.)2025

Marine N-3 Fatty Acids Mitigate Hyperglycemia in Prediabetes by Improving Muscular Glucose Transporter 4 Translocation and Glucose Homeostasis.

Haoyu Li, Pan Zhuang, Xiaohui Liu, Yin Li, Yang Ao, Yimei Tian, Wei Jia, Yu Zhang, Jingjing Jiao

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Haoyu LiDepartment of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang, China.
Pan ZhuangDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, Zhejiang, China.
Xiaohui LiuDepartment of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang, China.
Yin LiDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China.
Yang AoDepartment of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China.
Yimei TianNational Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Agri-food Reources and High-value Utilization, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China.
Wei JiaNational Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Agri-food Reources and High-value Utilization, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China.
Yu ZhangNational Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Food Technology and Equipment, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Agri-food Reources and High-value Utilization, College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China.
Jingjing JiaoDepartment of Endocrinology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4167-1567

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Abstract

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) have been proposed to benefit cardiometabolic health. However, the relationship between the intake of DHA and EPA and type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk remains equivocal, and the effects of DHA and EPA on skeletal muscle, the primary organ for glucose metabolism, merit further investigation. Here, we show that habitual fish oil supplementation was associated with a 9% lower T2D risk and significantly interacted with variants at GLUT4 in a prospective cohort of 48,358 people with prediabetes. Muscular metabolome analysis in the animal study revealed that DHA and EPA altered branched-chain amino acids, creatine, and glucose oxidation-related metabolites, concurrently with elevated muscular glycogen synthase and pyruvate dehydrogenase contents that promoted glucose disposal. Further myotube investigation revealed that DHA and EPA promoted muscular GLUT4 translocation by elevating Rab GTPases and target-SNARE expression. Together, DHA and EPA supplementation provides a promising approach for T2D prevention through targeting muscular glucose homeostasis, including enhancing GLUT4 translocation, glycogen synthesis, and aerobic glycolysis.

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