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ArticleEMBO molecular medicine2026

Tomatidine is a senotherapeutic compound that improves cognitive function and reduces cellular senescence in aged mice.

Daniela G Costa, Lucy M Gee, Gung Lee, Lilian Sales Gomez, Ana Catarina Franco, Maria Grazia Vizioli, Karla Valdivieso, Lei J Zhang, Nick Pirius, Helene Martini and 10 more

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Article in EMBO molecular medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Daniela G Costa *Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
Lucy M Gee *Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
Gung LeeDepartment of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
Lilian Sales GomezDepartment of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5309-7438
Ana Catarina FrancoDepartment of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6730-7021
Maria Grazia VizioliDepartment of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
Karla ValdiviesoDepartment of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8058-5453
Lei J ZhangDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7409-6090
Nick PiriusDepartment of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
Helene MartiniDepartment of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8789-4585
Rebecca A PorrittSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Dominik SaulRobert Bosch Center for Tumor Diseases, Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0673-3710
Claudia CavadasCenter for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC-UC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8020-9266
Scott EbertDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6598-2629
Nathan K LeBrasseurDepartment of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2002-0418
Sundeep KhoslaDepartment of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2936-4372
João F PassosDepartment of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8765-1890
Christopher M AdamsDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Paul D RobbinsMasonic Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1068-7099
Diana JurkDepartment of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA. jurk.diana@mayo.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4486-0857

Funding

Validation and characterization of the identified variants associated with human longevity in mouse modelsU19AG056278 · NIA · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI JAN VIJG · 2017 to 2026
$24.5M
The role of sub-lethal mitochondrial apoptotic stress in cellular senescenceR01AG068048 · NIA · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI PASSOS, JOAO · 2020 to 2024
$2.2M
Investigating the role of cytosolic mitochondrial double-stranded RNA in cellular senescence and agingR01AG082708 · NIA · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI PASSOS, JOAO · 2023 to 2025
$1.5M
Development of machine learning software to quantitatively map telomere induced senescence in tissue sections during agingUG3CA268103 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI PASSOS, JOAO · 2021 to 2022
$1.1M
Hevolution Foundation (HF) #A22001Hevolution Foundation (HF) P30DK084567HHS | NIH | National Institute on Aging (NIA) AG062413HHS | NIH | National Institute on Aging (NIA) AG068182HHS | NIH | National Institute on Aging (NIA) AG076041HHS | NIH | National Institute on Aging (NIA) AG079754HHS | NIH | National Institute on Aging (NIA) AG086085HHS | NIH | National Institute on Aging (NIA) AI172501HHS | NIH | National Institute on Aging (NIA) R01AG068048HHS | NIH | National Institute on Aging (NIA) R01AG82708NCI NIH HHS UG3 CA268103NIA NIH HHS R01 AG068048NIA NIH HHS R01 AG082708NIA NIH HHS U19 AG056278
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular senescence drives aging and age-related dysfunction across multiple tissues, including the brain. Through a high-content, senescent cell-based phenotypic screen of a small panel of natural products, we identified tomatidine, an aglycone of tomatine found in tomatoes, as a previously unrecognized senotherapeutic agent. In senescent human brain microvascular endothelial cells and fibroblasts, tomatidine selectively suppressed SASP expression without affecting p16

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AgingCellular SenescenceCognitionSenotherapeuticsTomatineAnimalsBiomarkersFemaleGene Expression RegulationMaleMaze LearningMiceMice, Inbred C57BLTight JunctionsBiomarkersSenotherapeuticstomatidineTomatineAgingBrainCognitionSenescenceSenomorphic

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PMID41922652
PMCPMC13179369

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