Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

A defect in mitochondrial protein translation influences mitonuclear communication in the heart

  • Feng Gao,
  • Tian Liang,
  • Yao Wei Lu,
  • Xuyang Fu,
  • Xiaoxuan Dong,
  • Linbin Pu,
  • Tingting Hong,
  • Yuxia Zhou,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Ning Liu,
  • Feng Zhang,
  • Jianming Liu,
  • Andrea P. Malizia,
  • Hong Yu,
  • Wei Zhu,
  • Douglas B. Cowan,
  • Hong Chen,
  • Xinyang Hu,
  • John D. Mably,
  • Jian’an Wang,
  • Da-Zhi Wang,
  • Jinghai Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37291-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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The heart requires high levels of mitochondria to sustain function, and mitochondrial stressors can be transmitted to the nucleus and reprogram metabolism. Here, the authors show that a mitochondrial ribosomal protein is important for heart development in mice by increasing nuclear Klf15 expression.