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Cisd2 is essential to delaying cardiac aging and to maintaining heart functions.

PLoS Biol.2019 Oct 08;17(10):e3000508. eCollection 2019 Oct
Chi-Hsiao Yeh 1 , Zhao-Qing Shen 2 , Shao-Yu Hsiung 3 , Pei-Chun Wu 4 , Yuan-Chi Teng 3 , Yi-Ju Chou 3 , Su-Wen Fang 5 , Chian-Feng Chen 6 , Yu-Ting Yan 7 , Lung-Sen Kao 4 , Cheng-Heng Kao 8 , Ting-Fen Tsai 9
Chi-Hsiao Yeh 1 , Zhao-Qing Shen 2 , Shao-Yu Hsiung 3 , Pei-Chun Wu 4 , Yuan-Chi Teng 3 , Yi-Ju Chou 3 , Su-Wen Fang 5 , Chian-Feng Chen 6 , Yu-Ting Yan 7 , Lung-Sen Kao 4 , Cheng-Heng Kao 8 , Ting-Fen Tsai 9
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Author information
  • 1 College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
  • 2 Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • 3 Program in Molecular Medicine, School of Life Sciences, National Yang-Ming University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • 4 Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • 5 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.
  • 6 Genome Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • 7 Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • 8 Center of General Education, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
  • 9 Institute of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.

摘要


CDGSH iron-sulfur domain-containing protein 2 (Cisd2) is pivotal to mitochondrial integrity and intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis. In the heart of Cisd2 knockout mice, Cisd2 deficiency causes intercalated disc defects and leads to degeneration of the mitochondria and sarcomeres, thereby impairing its electromechanical functioning. Furthermore, Cisd2 deficiency disrupts Ca2+ homeostasis via dysregulation of sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (Serca2a) activity, resulting in an increased level of basal cytosolic Ca2+ and mitochondrial Ca2+ overload in cardiomyocytes. Most strikingly, in Cisd2 transgenic mice, a persistently high level of Cisd2 is sufficient to delay cardiac aging and attenuate age-related structural defects and functional decline. In addition, it results in a younger cardiac transcriptome pattern during old age. Our findings indicate that Cisd2 plays an essential role in cardiac aging and in the heart's electromechanical functioning. They highlight Cisd2 as a novel drug target when developing therapies to delay cardiac aging and ameliorate age-related cardiac dysfunction.