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. 2019 Jul 12;10:770. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00770

Table 4.

In vitro senolytic effect of tested drugs on different cell lines and different manners of senescence induction.

Group Drug Target Cell line Induction Senolytic Reference
BH3 mimetics Navitoclax (ABT-263) BCL-2, BCL-XL, BCL-W inhibitor -WI-38 -Radiation
-Replicative exhaustion
-Oncogenic RAS expression
-Yes
-Yes
-Yes
(Chang et al., 2016; Zhu et al., 2016; Fuhrmann-Stroissnigg et al., 2017; Pan et al., 2017; Schafer et al., 2017; Grezella et al., 2018)
-IMR90 -Radiation
-Etoposide
-Yes
-No
-RECs -Radiation -Yes
-MEFs -Radiation
-Premature aging
-Yes
-Yes
-HUVECs -Radiation -Yes
-Human preadipocytes -Radiation -No
-Human MSCs -Replicative exhaustion -Yes
-AECIIs primary pneumocytes (C57BL/6J mice) -Radiation -Yes
Venetoclax (ABT-199) BCL-2 inhibitor -WI-38 -Radiation -Yes, in combination with WEHI-539 (Chang et al., 2016)
-IMR90 -Etoposide
-Oncogenic H-Ras expression
-No
-Yes
(Yosef et al., 2016)
ABT-737 BCL-2, BCL-XL, BCL-W inhibitor -IMR90 -Radiation
-Etoposide
-Oncogenic H-Ras expression
-Replicative exhaustion
-Yes
-Yes
-Yes
-Yes
(Yosef et al., 2016; Baar et al., 2017)
WEHI-539 BCL-XL inhibitor -WI-38 -Radiation -Yes in combination with venetoclax (Chang et al., 2016)
TW-37 BCL-2, MCL-1 inhibitor -IMR90 -Radiation -Yes (Zhu et al., 2016)
-HUVECs -Radiation -Yes
-Human readipocytes -Radation -Yes
-MEFs -Oxidative stress
-Replicative exhaustion
-No
-No
A1331852 BCL-XL inhibitor -IMR90 -Radiation -Yes (Zhu et al., 2017)
-HUVECs -Radiation -Yes
-Human preadipocytes -Radiation -No
A1155463 BCL-XL inhibitor -IMR90 -Radiation -Yes
-HUVECs -Radiation -Yes
-Human preadipocytes -Radiation -No
Obatoclax (GX15-070) BCL-2, BCL-XL, BCL-W inhibitor -IMR90 -Etoposide
-Oncogenic H-Ras expression
-No (Yosef et al., 2016)
FOXO4 inhibitor FOXO4-DRI FOXO4-p53 interaction inhibition -WI-38 -Radiation -Yes (Baar et al., 2017)
-IMR90 -Radiation
-Doxorubicin
-Yes
-Yes
-BJ -Radiation -Yes
UBX0101 UBX0101 MDM2/p53 -Primary human chondrocytes -Osteoarthritis patient -Yes (Jeon et al., 2017)
Flavenoids and TKI Quercetin and dasatinib BCL-2 pathway inhibitor (proteasome activator)
PI3K and serpine inhibitor
Tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EFNB-dependent suppression of apoptosis)
-IMR90 -Radiation
-Etoposide
-Yes/no
-Yes
(Zhu et al., 2015; Baar et al., 2017; Fuhrmann-Stroissnigg et al., 2017; Lehmann et al., 2017; Schafer et al., 2017; Geng et al., 2019; Grezella et al., 2018; Xu et al., 2018)
-Pulmonary mouse ATII cells -Bleomycin -Yes
-HUVECs -Radiation
-Replicative exhaustion
-Yes
-Yes
-Human preadipocytes -Radiation
-Replicative exhaustion
-Yes/no
-Yes
-MEFs -Radiation
-Premature aging
-Yes
-Yes
-MSCs -Replicative exhaustion
-Premature aging
-No
-No
Fisetin BCL-2 pathway inhibitor (hydrophobic groove of BCL-2) -IMR90 -Etoposide -No (decreased senescence, no apoptosis) (Yousefzadeh et al., 2018)
-HUVECs -Etoposide -Yes
-MEFs -Etoposide
-Premature aging
-No
-No
-MSCs -Replicative exhaustion -No (Zhu et al., 2017)
HSP90 inhibitors 17-DMAG Inhibits the molecular chaperone HSP90, leading to AKT and ERK destabilization -WI-38 -Replicative exhaustion -Yes (Fuhrmann-Stroissnigg et al., 2017)
-IMR90 -Etoposide -Yes
-MEFs -Premature aging -Yes
-MSC -Oxidative stress -Yes
Geldanamycin -MEFs -Premature aging -Yes
Niacine Nicotinamide riboside Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) increase -MSCs -Replicative exhaustion -No (Grezella et al., 2018)
Resveralogues Resveratrol Activation of SIRT1 (NAD-dependent protein deacetylase) -NHDF (human fibroblasts) -Replicative exhaustion -No (Latorre et al., 2017)
-HF043 (human dermal fibroblasts) -Replicative exhaustion -No
-MRC5 (human lung fibroblasts) -Replicative exhaustion -No

Senolytic effect is defined as a selective induction of apoptosis in senescent cells. Cell lines: WI-38, human lung fibroblasts; IMR90, human lung fibroblasts; RECs, human renal epithelial cells; HUVECs, human umbilical vein endothelial cells; BJ, human foreskin fibroblasts; MSC (femoral bone marrow); NHDFs, normal human dermal fibroblasts.