Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Identification and characterization of Cardiac Glycosides as senolytic compounds

  • Francisco Triana-Martínez,
  • Pilar Picallos-Rabina,
  • Sabela Da Silva-Álvarez,
  • Federico Pietrocola,
  • Susana Llanos,
  • Verónica Rodilla,
  • Enrica Soprano,
  • Pablo Pedrosa,
  • Alba Ferreirós,
  • Marta Barradas,
  • Fernanda Hernández-González,
  • Marta Lalinde,
  • Neus Prats,
  • Cristina Bernadó,
  • Patricia González,
  • María Gómez,
  • Maria P. Ikonomopoulou,
  • Pablo J. Fernández-Marcos,
  • Tomás García-Caballero,
  • Pablo del Pino,
  • Joaquín Arribas,
  • Anxo Vidal,
  • Miguel González-Barcia,
  • Manuel Serrano,
  • María I. Loza,
  • Eduardo Domínguez,
  • Manuel Collado

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12888-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Senolytic compounds have the ability to eliminate senescent cells from tissues and have been shown to be beneficial in various animal models of age-related diseases. Here the authors show that cardiac glycosides commonly used for heart diseases have senolytic properties in humanized mouse models of tumorigenesis and lung fibrosis.