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ArticleJACC. Basic to translational science2025

Ufmylation Suppresses Unfolded Protein Response to Prevent Peripartum Cardiomyopathy.

Varsha Tandra, Lingxian Zhang, Chang Min Lee, Yongbing Wu, Guihua Yue, Honglin Li, Huabo Su, Jie Li

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Article in JACC. Basic to translational science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. UFMylation of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Regulates Mitochondrial Metabolism.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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8 authors.

Varsha TandraVascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Lingxian ZhangVascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Chang Min LeeVascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Yongbing WuDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Guihua YueGuangxi International Zhuang Medicine Hospital, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, China.
Honglin LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Huabo SuVascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA.
Jie LiVascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA; Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA. Electronic address: JIELI@augusta.edu.

Funding

Neddylation and cardiac protein quality controlR01HL124248 · NHLBI · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI SU, HUABO · 2014 to 2024
$4.1M
Wrestling stress: role of ufm1 modification in pathological cardiac remodelingR01HL146807 · NHLBI · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI Jie Li · 2020 to 2026
$2.7M
Mitochondrial quality control in the heartR01HL165205 · NHLBI · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI SU, HUABO · 2022 to 2025
$2.4M
Elucidating the role of Cullin 3 in the heartR01HL173796 · NHLBI · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI Huabo Su · 2024 to 2026
$2.0M
Posttranslational control of VSMC identity and vascular healthR01HL179809 · NHLBI · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI Huabo Su, Jiliang Zhou · 2025 to 2026
$1.5M
Role of Neddylation in Cardiac DevelopmentF31HL139079 · NHLBI · AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY · PI LITTLEJOHN, RODNEY ERIC · 2017 to 2019
$116k
NHLBI NIH HHS F31 HL139079NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL124248NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL146807NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL165205NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL173796NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL179809
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ufmylation is a novel ubiquitin-like protein modification that plays a critical role in maintaining the homeostasis of different tissues, but its role in the heart remains poorly understood. Here, we showed that mice lacking UFM1 ligase 1 (UFL1), an enzyme essential for ufmylation, in the heart developed peripartum cardiomyopathy. Loss of UFL1 reversed pregnancy-induced adaptive cardiac transcriptome alterations. Moreover, loss of UFL1 triggered excessive endoplasmic reticulum stress, inhibited mitochondrial oxidative metabolism, and caused augmented mTOR signaling, leading to pronounced pathological remodeling and heart failure. These results demonstrate that ufmylation is essential for physiological cardiac remodeling and that disruption of ufmylation predisposes the heart to peripartum cardiomyopathy.

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heart failureperipartum cardiomyopathyufmylationunfolded protein response

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PMID40742366
PMCPMC12665421

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