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ArticleeLife2025

AARS2 ameliorates myocardial ischemia

Zongwang Zhang, Lixia Zheng, Yang Chen, Yuanyuan Chen, Junjie Hou, Chenglu Xiao, Xiaojun Zhu, Shi-Min Zhao, Jing-Wei Xiong

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Article in eLife, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Zongwang ZhangBeijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, and State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3711-0090
Lixia ZhengBeijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, and State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Yang ChenBeijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, and State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2087-8875
Yuanyuan ChenBeijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, and State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Junjie HouSchool of Basic Medical Sciences and The Second Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Chenglu XiaoSchool of Basic Medical Sciences and The Second Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
Xiaojun ZhuBeijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, and State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Shi-Min ZhaoObstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, State Key Lab of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Jing-Wei XiongBeijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, and State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-4782

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFA0800501National Key Research and Development Program of China SQ2023YFA1800026National Natural Science Foundation of China 31730061National Natural Science Foundation of China 32230032National Natural Science Foundation of China 81870198
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AARS2, an alanyl-tRNA synthase, is essential for protein translation, but its function in mouse hearts is not fully addressed. Here, we found that cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of mouse AARS2 exhibited evident cardiomyopathy with impaired cardiac function, notable cardiac fibrosis, and cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Cardiomyocyte-specific AARS2 overexpression in mice improved cardiac function and reduced cardiac fibrosis after myocardial infarction (MI), without affecting cardiomyocyte proliferation and coronary angiogenesis. Mechanistically, AARS2 overexpression suppressed cardiomyocyte apoptosis and mitochondrial reactive oxide species production, and changed cellular metabolism from oxidative phosphorylation toward glycolysis in cardiomyocytes, thus leading to cardiomyocyte survival from ischemia and hypoxia stress. Ribo-Seq revealed that

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Myocardial IschemiaPyruvate KinaseThyroid HormonesAnimalsApoptosisEnergy MetabolismFibrosisGlycolysisMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMyocytes, CardiacThyroid Hormone-Binding ProteinsPkm protein, mousePyruvate KinaseThyroid Hormone-Binding ProteinsThyroid HormonesAARS2cardiac remodelingcardiomyocytescell biologyglycolysismedicinemousePKM2

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PMID40371904
PMCPMC12080999

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