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ArticleNature communications2025

Dysregulated mast cell activation induced by diabetic milieu exacerbates the progression of diabetic peripheral neuropathy in mice.

Xiangyun Yao, Xin Wang, Rui Zhang, Lingchi Kong, Cunyi Fan, Yun Qian

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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6 authors.

Xiangyun Yao *National Center for Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xin Wang *National Center for Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8694-1172
Rui ZhangNational Center for Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Lingchi KongNational Center for Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6472-5383
Cunyi FanNational Center for Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. cyfan@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7854-5233
Yun QianNational Center for Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. sakio@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1600-5693

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2024M762031National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82372409National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 824B2072
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), a common disorder in diabetes, is associated with severe microenvironment imbalance due to immunometabolic stress. However, the underlying mechanistic drivers remain unclear. Here, we generate a single-cell atlas of human peripheral nerves and identify cell-specific transcriptional changes in DPN as well as aberrant amplification of mast cells. Using streptozotocin-induced mouse diabetes models, we further find that glucose uptake mediated by GLUT3 in high-glucose (HG) diabetic milieu upregulates ERK1/2 phosphorylation in mouse mast cells. Sustained HG stimulation also induces aberrant mTOR hyperactivity, resulting in endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial oxidative stress, thereby impairing mitochondrial functions of mast cells. Dysregulated mast cells then degranulate and release histamine, tryptase and inflammatory factors into neural microenvironment to cause neuropathy in diabetic mice. Lastly, mice with mast cell deficiency are protected from the immune imbalance in nerves and progression of neuropathy. Our findings thus implicate dysregulated activation of mast cells as a potential driver in the progression of DPN.

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Diabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetic NeuropathiesMast CellsAnimalsDisease ProgressionEndoplasmic Reticulum StressGlucoseHistamineHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMitochondriaOxidative StressPeripheral NervesTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesGlucoseHistamineTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMCPMC12052842

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