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Neddylation, a reversible post-translational conjugation of the ubiquitin-like protein NEDD8 by E1\/E2\/E3 enzymes, is essential for cardiac morphogenesis, but its role in the adult heart is unknown.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We assessed the relevance of neddylation to human cardiac disease by gene set enrichment analysis of ischemic (ICM) and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) datasets and by immunoblotting and qPCR of ventricular tissue from patients with ICM or dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). In adult mice, we induced cardiomyocyte-restricted deletion of the NEDD8-activating enzyme 1 (NAE1) by tamoxifen injection and monitored cardiac function at baseline and after transverse aortic constriction (TAC). Bulk RNA-seq 4 weeks post-tamoxifen was combined with bioenergetic, biochemical, and ultrastructural analyses. To assess mitochondrial dynamics, we generated NAE1\/MFN2 and NAE1\/DRP1 double-knockout mice. Cullin activity, mitochondrial ubiquitination, and mitophagy were measured in hearts and cultured cardiomyocytes.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Neddylation pathways were dysregulated in human ICM and NICM datasets and in failing ICM\/DCM myocardium. Cardiomyocyte-specific NAE1 deletion caused systolic dysfunction and heart failure by 10 weeks post-tamoxifen, culminating in premature death and exacerbating TAC-induced pressure-overload heart failure. At 4 weeks, NAE1 loss repressed metabolic and mitochondrial bioenergetic programs, reduced ATP production, and impaired respiration. Electron microscopy revealed elongated mitochondria and accumulated mitophagic vesicles, with dysregulation of DRP1, MFN2, PINK1, LC3-II, and p62. DRP1\/NAE1 co-deletion accelerated systolic failure relative to either single knockout, whereas MFN2\/NAE1 co-deletion did not alter early disease progression, implicating pathogenic mitochondrial hyperfusion. Genetic NAE1 depletion in vivo and pharmacologic NAE1 inhibition in vitro impaired mitophagic vesicle formation and flux, inactivated cullin scaffold proteins, reduced mitochondrial ubiquitination, and blunted mitophagic clearance.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Cardiac neddylation preserves adult heart function by coordinating mitochondrial fusion-fission dynamics and sustaining cullin-dependent ubiquitination and turnover of damaged mitochondria. These findings identify neddylation as a key regulator of mitochondrial quality control and link its disruption to human cardiomyopathy. Therapeutically, targeting the neddylation-cullin axis may limit mitochondrial dysfunction, enhance mitophagy, and improve energetic reserve in failing hearts, while neddylation signatures in patient myocardium may help guide stratification and precision therapy for cardiomyopathy.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Clinical Perspective<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>What Is New?<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\u2022 Demonstrates for the first time that the NEDD8-activating enzyme (NAE1)driven neddylation pathway is indispensable for maintaining mitochondrial quality control in the adult heart.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\u2022 Links loss of neddylation to mitochondrial hyperfusion, impaired mitophagy, and rapid progression to heart failure.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\u2022 Reveals that neddylation promotes cullin-RING ligase-mediated 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