Each month, we will highlight a paper published in Aging chosen as the “Editors’ Choice.” These selections are handpicked by our editors and accompanied by a brief summary, showcasing research with significant impact and novel insights in aging and age-related diseases.
A research paper recently published in Volume 18 of Aging, titled “Slowing intervertebral disc aging in mice through long-term systemic treatment with the senolytic BCL-2/BCL-xL proteolysis targeting chimera (PROTAC) 753b,” examines whether the senolytic PROTAC 753b can slow age-related intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) in mice. Long-term systemic treatment with 753b reduced key features of disc degeneration in 22-month-old male mice, including matrix breakdown, loss of disc aggrecan, age-related structural changes, and inflammatory markers such as IL-6 and TNFα. These benefits, however, were not observed in female mice, highlighting potential sex-based differences in the role of cellular senescence in IDD and the response to senolytic therapies.
Click here to read the full research paper published in Volume 18 of Aging.
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