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ArticleCell metabolism2020

Small Extracellular Vesicles Have GST Activity and Ameliorate Senescence-Related Tissue Damage.

Juan Antonio Fafián-Labora, Jose Antonio Rodríguez-Navarro, Ana O'Loghlen

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Article in Cell metabolism, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

112 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  16. Young cardiac telocyte-derived exosomes rejuvenate aging hearts in rats.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  18. PRDM16 Reduces Cellular Senescence by Upregulating GSTM1.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  20. Superoxide dismutase impacts extracellular vesicle biogenesis and uptake.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Juan Antonio Fafián-LaboraEpigenetics & Cellular Senescence Group, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK.
Jose Antonio Rodríguez-NavarroInstituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigaciones Sanitarias, Neurobiología-Investigación, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Ctra Colmenar km 9.1, 28034 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: jose.a.rodriguez@hrc.es.
Ana O'LoghlenEpigenetics & Cellular Senescence Group, Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK. Electronic address: a.ologhlen@qmul.ac.uk.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P000223/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is a process of cellular and tissue dysfunction characterized by different hallmarks, including cellular senescence. However, there is proof that certain features of aging and senescence can be ameliorated. Here, we provide evidence that small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) isolated from primary fibroblasts of young human donors ameliorate certain biomarkers of senescence in cells derived from old and Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome donors. Importantly, sEVs from young cells ameliorate senescence in a variety of tissues in old mice. Mechanistically, we identified sEVs to have intrinsic glutathione-S-transferase activity partially due to the high levels of expression of the glutathione-related protein (GSTM2). Transfection of recombinant GSTM2 into sEVs derived from old fibroblasts restores their antioxidant capacity. sEVs increase the levels of reduced glutathione and decrease oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation both in vivo and in vitro. Altogether, our data provide an indication of the potential of sEVs as regenerative therapy in aging.

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AgingAnimalsCellular SenescenceExtracellular VesiclesGlutathione TransferaseHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLglutathione S-transferase Mu 2Glutathione Transferase4-HNEagingEVextracellular vesiclesglutathione metabolismglutathione-S-transferaseGSHGSTlipid peroxidationrejuvenationROSSASPsenescencesenescence-associated secretory phenotype

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PMID32574561
PMCPMC7342013

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