{"title":"Multiorgan transcriptomics in mice identifies immunoglobulin heavy constant mu ( Ighm ) as a tissue-level aging biomarker","authors":"Fan-Qian Yin, Xia-Yan Wang, Yong-Xuan Li, Kai-Jing Li, Si-Yu Ma, Meng-Jiao Lv, Zhen-Hua Liu, Wei-Xia Zhong, Yan Liu, Chuan-Fang Tang, Hong-Shi Liu, Yuze Li, Fu-Hui Xiao, Qing-Peng Kong","doi":"10.1073/pnas.2423142122","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Identifying aging-associated biomarkers applicable for multiple tissues is challenging but crucial for assessing tissue aging. Here, we obtained and analyzed 456 transcriptomes on 17 organs from 30 C57BL/6 J mice with different ages, revealing the consistently upregulated mRNAs of <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ighm</jats:italic> , <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">C4b</jats:italic> , and <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ccl8</jats:italic> in most aged organs. This finding received support from independent transcriptomic and proteomic datasets and was further validated through western blot, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and immunofluorescence, arguing for both <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ighm</jats:italic> mRNA and protein as tissue-level aging biomarkers, at least in mice. Its sensitivity to antiaging interventions further emphasizes the significance of <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ighm</jats:italic> in assessing tissue aging in mice.","PeriodicalId":20548,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America","FirstCategoryId":"103","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2423142122","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"综合性期刊","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Identifying aging-associated biomarkers applicable for multiple tissues is challenging but crucial for assessing tissue aging. Here, we obtained and analyzed 456 transcriptomes on 17 organs from 30 C57BL/6 J mice with different ages, revealing the consistently upregulated mRNAs of Ighm , C4b , and Ccl8 in most aged organs. This finding received support from independent transcriptomic and proteomic datasets and was further validated through western blot, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and immunofluorescence, arguing for both Ighm mRNA and protein as tissue-level aging biomarkers, at least in mice. Its sensitivity to antiaging interventions further emphasizes the significance of Ighm in assessing tissue aging in mice.
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