[EN] CHEMICAL COCKTAIL FOR INDUCING SENESCENCE IN HUMAN NEURONS TO PROMOTE DISEASE MODELING AND DRUG DISCOVERY<br/>[FR] COCKTAIL CHIMIQUE POUR INDUIRE LA SÉNESCENCE DANS DES NEURONES HUMAINS POUR FAVORISER LA MODÉLISATION DE MALADIES ET LA DÉCOUVERTE DE MÉDICAMENTS
申请人:WISCONSIN ALUMNI RES FOUND
公开号:WO2021119217A1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-17
Provided herein are methods and compositions for inducing chemical senescence in neurons and methods of using chemically induced senescent neurons for modeling neurodegenerative disease and drug discovery. The methods include contacting human neurons with a culture medium comprising an inhibitor of DNA glycosylase 1, an autophagy inhibitor, and an HIV protease inhibitor to obtain an in vitro population of senescent neurons within about 4 days. When the neurons are obtained from a patient having a neurodegenerative disease, chemically induced senescent neurons obtained by these methods recapitulate cellular and subcellular phenotypes observed in individuals with the neurodegenerative disease.