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Galactose-modified duocarmycin prodrugs as senolytics.

Guerrero, A; Guiho, R; Herranz, N; Uren, A; Withers, DJ; Martínez-Barbera, JP; Tietze, LF; (2020) Galactose-modified duocarmycin prodrugs as senolytics. Aging Cell , Article e13133. 10.1111/acel.13133. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Senescence is a stable growth arrest that impairs the replication of damaged, old or preneoplastic cells, therefore contributing to tissue homeostasis. Senescent cells accumulate during ageing and are associated with cancer, fibrosis and many age-related pathologies. Recent evidence suggests that the selective elimination of senescent cells can be effective on the treatment of many of these senescence-associated diseases. A universal characteristic of senescent cells is that they display elevated activity of the lysosomal β-galactosidase, and this has been exploited as a marker for senescence (senescence-associated β-galactosidase activity). Consequently, we hypothesized that galactose-modified cytotoxic prodrugs will be preferentially processed by senescent cells, resulting in their selective killing. Here, we show that different galactose-modified duocarmycin (GMD) derivatives preferentially kill senescent cells. GMD prodrugs induce selective apoptosis of senescent cells in a lysosomal β-galactosidase (GLB1)-dependent manner. GMD prodrugs can eliminate a broad range of senescent cells in culture, and treatment with a GMD prodrug enhances the elimination of bystander senescent cells that accumulate upon whole-body irradiation treatment of mice. Moreover, taking advantage of a mouse model of adamantinomatous craniopharyngioma (ACP), we show that treatment with a GMD prodrug selectively reduced the number of β-catenin-positive preneoplastic senescent cells. In summary, the above results make a case for testing the potential of galactose-modified duocarmycin prodrugs to treat senescence-related pathologies.

Type: Article
Title: Galactose-modified duocarmycin prodrugs as senolytics.
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/acel.13133
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.13133
Language: English
Additional information: © 2020 The Authors. Aging Cell published by the Anatomical Society and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Duocarmycin, prodrug, senescence, senescence-associated β-galactosidase, senolytics
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094456
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