The present invention belongs to the field of
biomedicine, and particularly relates to the application of overexpressing Nudt12 in the preparation of drugs for treating acute
myocardial infarction. The present invention discloses the application of
nucleoside diphosphate-linked
moiety X motif 12 (Nudt12) in the preparation of drugs for treating acute
myocardial infarction. By establishing a model of
apoptosis induced by
ischemia and hypoxia in neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes and a model of acute
myocardial infarction induced by
ligation of the left anterior descending coronary
artery in mice, the present invention finds that after overexpression of Nudt12, it can significantly reduce the
oxidative stress and
apoptosis level of cardiomyocytes under
ischemia and hypoxia conditions, increase the synthesis of ATP, enhance the anti-
apoptosis ability of cardiomyocytes, significantly reduce
myocardial fibrosis and the area of myocardial
infarction after myocardial
infarction, maintain the contraction of cardiomyocytes, and improve the cardiac function of mice with myocardial
infarction. The present invention provides a new target and strategy for the
clinical diagnosis and treatment of
heart failure caused by acute myocardial infarction.