our previous study reported that microrna (mir)-30a-5p upregulation under hypoxia postconditioning (HPostc) exert a protective effect on aged H9c2 cells against hypoxia/reoxygenation injury via dna methyltransferase 3B-induced dna hypomethylation at the mir-30a-5p gene promoter. This suggests that mir-30a-5p may be a potential preventative and therapeutic target for ischemic heart disease in aged myocardium. The present study aimed to investigate the underlying mechanisms of mir-30a-5p transcription in aged myocardium in ischemic heart disease. cardiomyocytes were treated with 8 mg/ml d-galactose for 9 days, and then exposed to hypoxic conditions. cell viability was determined using a cell viability assay. expression levels of histone deacetylase 2 (Hdac2), lc3B-ii/i, beclin-1 and p62 were detected via reverse transcription-quantitative Pcr and western blotting. chromatin immunoprecipitation-Pcr and luciferase reporter assays were performed to evaluate the effect of c-Myc binding and activity on the mir-30a-5p promoter in senescent cardiomyocytes following HPostc. it was found that HPostc enhanced the acetylation levels of H3K14 at the mir-30a-5p gene promoter in senescent cardiomyocytes, which attributed to the decreased expression of Hdac2. in addition, c-Myc could positively regulate mir-30a-5p transcription to inhibit senescent cardiomyocyte autophagy. Mechanically, it was observed that increased H3K14 acetylation level exposed to romidepsin facilitated c-Myc binding to the mir-30a-5p gene promoter region, which led to the increased transcription of mir-30a-5p. Taken together, these results demonstrated that Hdac2-mediated H3K14 hyperacetylation promoted c-Myc binding to the mir-30a-5p gene promoter, which contributed to HPostc senescent cardioprotection.