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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

ECSIT-X4 is Required for Preventing Pressure Overload-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy via Regulating Mitochondrial STAT3.

Xia Lu, Tingting Tong, Haoliang Sun, Yi Chen, Yongfeng Shao, Pengxi Shi, Linli Que, Li Liu, Guoqing Zhu, Qi Chen and 4 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Targeted Mitochondrial ECSIT Overexpression Attenuates MASH by Increasing OTUD3 Expression.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Xia LuKey Laboratory of Targeted Intervention of Cardiovascular Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Disease Translational Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China.
Tingting TongKey Laboratory of Targeted Intervention of Cardiovascular Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Disease Translational Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China.
Haoliang SunDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China.
Yi ChenKey Laboratory of Targeted Intervention of Cardiovascular Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Disease Translational Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China.
Yongfeng ShaoDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China.
Pengxi ShiKey Laboratory of Targeted Intervention of Cardiovascular Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Disease Translational Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China.
Linli QueKey Laboratory of Targeted Intervention of Cardiovascular Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Disease Translational Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China.
Li LiuDepartment of Geriatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China.
Guoqing ZhuKey Laboratory of Targeted Intervention of Cardiovascular Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Disease Translational Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China.
Qi ChenKey Laboratory of Targeted Intervention of Cardiovascular Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Disease Translational Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China.
Chuanfu LiDepartment of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, Campus Box 70575, Johnson City, TN, 37614-0575, USA.
Jiantao LiKey Laboratory of Targeted Intervention of Cardiovascular Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Disease Translational Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China.
Shuo YangDepartment of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Immunological Environment and Disease, State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4164-4438
Yuehua LiKey Laboratory of Targeted Intervention of Cardiovascular Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Disease Translational Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1504-946X

Funding

Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular Disease Translational MedicineNational Natural Science Foundation of China 81470418National Natural Science Foundation of China 81770230National Natural Science Foundation of China 81900221National Natural Science Foundation of China 82070234National Natural Science Foundation of China 82300284
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial dysfunction is a key factor in exacerbating pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy and is linked to increased morbidity and mortality. ECSIT, a crucial adaptor for inflammation and mitochondrial function, has been reported to express multiple transcripts in various species and tissues, leading to distinct protein isoforms with diverse subcellular localizations and functions. However, whether an unknown ECSIT isoform exists in cardiac cells and its potential role in regulating mitochondrial function and pathological cardiac hypertrophy has remained unclear. This study identified a 42-kDa ECSIT isoform encoded by the transcript variant Ecsit-X4, which is highly expressed in the mitochondria of adult cardiomyocytes but down-regulated in hypertrophic human heart samples and TAC-treated mouse hearts. AAV9-mediated Ecsit-X4 gene therapy, administered either before or after TAC surgery, significantly attenuated cardiac hypertrophy. Cardiomyocyte-specific Ecsit deficiency worsened TAC-induced cardiac hypertrophy, while Ecsit-X4 compensation independently rescued hypertrophic phenotypes in Ecsit

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CardiomegalyMitochondriaMitochondria, HeartSTAT3 Transcription FactorAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMyocytes, CardiacStat3 protein, mouseSTAT3 Transcription Factorcardiac hypertrophyECSIT‐X4mitochondriaSTAT3

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PMID39746855
PMCPMC11848529

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