Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Cordycepin prevents radiation ulcer by inhibiting cell senescence via NRF2 and AMPK in rodents

  • Ziwen Wang,
  • Zelin Chen,
  • Zhongyong Jiang,
  • Peng Luo,
  • Lang Liu,
  • Yu Huang,
  • Huilan Wang,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Lei Long,
  • Xu Tan,
  • Dengqun Liu,
  • Taotao Jin,
  • Yawei Wang,
  • Yang Wang,
  • Fengying Liao,
  • Chi Zhang,
  • Long Chen,
  • Yibo Gan,
  • Yunsheng Liu,
  • Fan Yang,
  • Chunji Huang,
  • Hongming Miao,
  • Jieping Chen,
  • Tianmin Cheng,
  • Xiaobing Fu,
  • Chunmeng Shi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10386-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Radiation damage causes DNA foci to form and senescence, causing ulcers. Here, the authors show that a naturally occurring adenosine analogue, cordycepin, prevents cell senescence via an increase in AMPK/NRF2, so blocking ulcers caused by radiation on skin/intestine/tongue damage in rodents.