Multiorgan transcriptomics in mice identifies immunoglobulin heavy constant mu ( <i>Ighm</i> ) as a tissue-level aging biomarker

F Fan-Qian Yin (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) X Xia-Yan Wang (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Y Yong-Xuan Li (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) K Kai-Jing Li (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) S Si-Yu Ma (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) M Meng-Jiao Lv (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Z Zhen-Hua Liu (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) W Wei-Xia Zhong (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Y Yan Liu C Chuan-Fang Tang (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) H Hong-Shi Liu (Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital) Y Yuze Li (Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital) F Fu-Hui Xiao (State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Q Qing-Peng Kong

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.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 122, Issue 28
Published July 15, 2025
ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher National Academy of Sciences

Authors (14)

F

Fan-Qian Yin

State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

X

Xia-Yan Wang

State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Y

Yong-Xuan Li

State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

K

Kai-Jing Li

State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

S

Si-Yu Ma

State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

M

Meng-Jiao Lv

State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Z

Zhen-Hua Liu

State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

W

Wei-Xia Zhong

State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Y

Yan Liu

C

Chuan-Fang Tang

State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

H

Hong-Shi Liu

Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital

Y

Yuze Li

Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital

F

Fu-Hui Xiao

State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research of Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Q

Qing-Peng Kong