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ArticleNature communications2026

NPM3 functions as a lactyltransferase to promote necroptosis in male diabetic cardiomyopathy mice models via FASN transcription modulation.

Hongjiao Xu, Xinyu Jiang, Fangrui Wang, Fufen Meng, Yue Liu, Jiechun Huang, Jinbao Li, Minmin Zhu

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Hongjiao Xu *Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7483-4516
Xinyu Jiang *Department of Anesthesiology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-7547-0752
Fangrui Wang *Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China.
Fufen MengDepartment of Anesthesiology, Xinjiang Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
Yue LiuSchool of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan, China.
Jiechun HuangDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China. huangjiechun@huashan.org.cn.
Jinbao LiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. lijinbaoshanghai@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5582-5737
Minmin ZhuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China. zhu_mm@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4951-1421

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Abstract

Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterized by diastolic dysfunction, which progresses to heart failure and abnormal electrophysiological changes in patients with diabetes. Lactate-mediated histone lactylation has been implicated in DCM pathogenesis. We investigated the mechanisms by which lactate-mediated histone-H3-lysine-18 lactylation (H3K18la) and H3K27la promote necroptosis in male DCM mice models. Lactate-mediated H3K18la and H3K27la participate in necroptosis via modulating fatty acid synthase (FASN) transcription in DCM. Moreover, Nucleophosmin/nucleoplasmin-3 (NPM3), identified as a lactyltransferase, regulated H3K18la and H3K27la, thereby activating FASN transcription and triggering necroptosis. Furthermore, dihydroartemisinin (DHA) inhibited NPM3 lactyltransferase activity by competing for binding sites between lactate and NPM3. Importantly, DHA treatment reduced the expression of NPM3, H3K18la, H3K27la, and FASN; alleviated necroptosis and cardiac tissue damage; and resolved diastolic dysfunction and ventricular hypertrophy in DCM models. In conclusion, NPM3 acts as a lactyltransferase to modulate FASN transcription, thereby triggering necroptosis. Moreover, inhibiting NPM3-induced histone lactylation via DHA represents an efficacious therapeutic strategy for DCM.

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Diabetic CardiomyopathiesNecroptosisAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHistonesHumansLactic AcidMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMyocytes, CardiacNucleophosminTranscription, GeneticHistonesLactic AcidNucleophosmin

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