Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Mitochondrial ATP synthase as a direct molecular target of chromium(III) to ameliorate hyperglycaemia stress

  • Haibo Wang,
  • Ligang Hu,
  • Hongyan Li,
  • Yau-Tsz Lai,
  • Xueying Wei,
  • Xiaohan Xu,
  • Zhenkun Cao,
  • Huiming Cao,
  • Qianya Wan,
  • Yuen-Yan Chang,
  • Aimin Xu,
  • Qunfang Zhou,
  • Guibin Jiang,
  • Ming-Liang He,
  • Hongzhe Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37351-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Despite common use as a diabetes mellitus supplement, chromium(III)’s pharmacological effects remain unknown. We identified the Cr(III)-proteome in cells with a metalloproteomic approach and uncovered ATP synthase as a vital target to relieve hyperglycaemia stress.