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JAK inhibition alleviates the cellular senescence-associated secretory phenotype and frailty in old age

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Xu, Ming, Tchkonia, Tamara, Ding, Husheng, Ogrodnik, Mikolaj, Lubbers, Ellen R., Pirtskhalava, Tamar, White, Thomas A., Johnson, Kurt O. +6 more·2015·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Significance: A hallmark of aging is chronic sterile inflammation, which is closely associated with frailty and age-related diseases. We found that senescent fat progenitor cells accumulate in adipose tissue with aging and acquire a senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), with increased production of proinflammatory cytokines compared with nonsenescent cells. These cells provoked inflammation in adipose tissue and induced macrophage migration. The JAK pathway is activated in adipose tissue with aging, and the SASP can be suppressed by inhibiting the JAK pathway in senescent cells. JAK1/2 inhibitors reduced inflammation and alleviated frailty in aged mice. One possible mechanism contributing to reduced frailty is SASP inhibition. Our study points to the JAK pathway as a potential target for countering age-related dysfunction.

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  • Senescent cells can directly cause insulin resistance by releasing SASP factors such as IL-6 and TNF-α.

    “Sncs can directly cause insulin resistance through release of SASP factors such as IL-6 and TNF-α (39, 40).”

    From Senolytic Drugs: Reducing Senescent Cell Viability to Extend Health Span (2021) · cites this paper as [39]

    The “Senescent Preadipocytes Develop a SASP” section reports increased secretion of IL-6 and increased TNF-α mRNA in senescent preadipocytes. The “Senescent Preadipocytes Induce Inflammation in Adjacent Cells” section shows that their conditioned medium induces inflammation, but the paper does not establish that these factors directly cause insulin resistance or demonstrate TNF-α secretion. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Aged 3xTg-AD male mice exhibit elevated plasma levels of known SASP factors, including IL-12, IL-10, IL-6, CXCL2, CXCL1, and G-CSF.

    “We showed that aged 3xTg-AD male mice in particular, exhibit elevated plasma levels of known SASP factors [65, 66], including IL-12, IL-10, IL-6, CXCL2, CXCL1, and G-CSF”

    From Age, sex and Alzheimer’s disease: a longitudinal study of 3xTg-AD mice reveals sex-specific disease trajectories and inflammatory responses mirrored in postmortem brains from Alzheimer’s patients (2024) · cites this paper as [66]

    The sections “Senescent Preadipocytes Develop a SASP” and “Inhibition of JAK Suppresses the SASP in Senescent Preadipocytes” identify IL-6, CXCL-1, and G-CSF as SASP-associated factors. The citation is attached to the description of the factors, not the citing authors’ finding in 3xTg-AD mice. Our copy does not identify IL-12, IL-10, or CXCL2 as SASP factors, so it supports only part of the cited list (page numbers unavailable). (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • In aged mice, pharmacologic JAK inhibition suppresses adipose tissue and systemic inflammation markers and improves muscle strength, endurance, and coordination.

    “This concept is supported by a study of aged mice demonstrating that pharmacologic inhibition of the JAK pathway, which regulates the SASP in senescent preadipocytes and endothelial cells in vitro, suppresses markers of both adipose tissue and systemic inflammation and improved parameters of muscle strength, endurance, and coordination (39).”
  • JAK inhibitors reduce frailty in aged mice.

    “Furthermore, JAK inhibitors alleviated frailty in aged mice99.”

    From Cellular senescence in ageing: from mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities (2021) · cites this paper as [99]

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  • Other inhibitors of proinflammatory signalling (e.g. JAK/STAT and p38) and antibodies targeting IL-6, IL-1 and TNFα might be potentially effective senomorphic drugs.

    “Similarly, other inhibitors of proinflammatory signalling (e.g. JAK/STAT [124] and p38 [60]) and antibodies targeting IL-6 [125], IL-1 [126] and TNFa [127], might be potentially effective senomorphic drugs.”

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Xu, M., Tchkonia, T., Ding, H., Ogrodnik, M., Lubbers, E. R., Pirtskhalava, T., White, T. A., Johnson, K. O., Stout, M. B., Mezera, V., Giorgadze, N., Jensen, M. D., LeBrasseur, N. K., & Kirkland, J. L.
Affiliations
  • Mayo Clinic (US)
  • Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging,Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905;
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2015-11-02
Volume
112
Issue
46
Pages
E6301-10
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W1932046626
Cited by
915
References
68
Citations by year
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FWCI
30.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
Funders
HHS | NIH | National Institute on Aging (AG041122, AG013925)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
Keywords
JAK inhibition, cellular senescence, senescence-associated secretory phenotype, frailty, aging, age-related inflammation, adipose tissue, preadipocytes, macrophage migration, conditioned medium, endothelial cells, physical function, JAK inhibitors
MeSH terms
Adipose Tissue, Animals, Cell Movement, Extracellular Matrix, Humans, Macrophages, Signal Transduction, Cellular Senescence, Adipocytes, RNA, Small Interfering, Mice, Janus Kinases, Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells

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