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While radiation injury in the heart may include cardiomyocyte senescence, there are no available strategies to prevent this phenomenon. This study evaluated the effects of the mitochondrial-targeted peptide SS-31 (elamipretide) on radiation-induced cell senescence in cardiomyoblast H9C2 cells and human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs). Exposure to \u03b3-radiation at doses of 2, 5, and 10\u00a0Gy inhibited H9C2 cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner, and induced senescence-associated beta-galactosidase (SA-\u03b2-gal) staining, a gold standard of cell senescence. Treatment with SS-31 (1\u00a0\u03bcM) for 7\u00a0days reduced SA-\u03b2-gal positive staining from 67% to 38% in H9C2 cells under 10\u00a0Gy radiation. SS-31 also prevented increases in the expression of p16 and p21, two well-accepted senescence markers, in irradiated H9C2 cells and hiPSC-CMs. SS-31 decreased the canonical senescence-associated secretory phenotype markers TNF-\u03b1, IL-6, and IL-1\u03b2. SS-31 also reversed the BAX\/bcl-2 ratio, a marker of mitochondrial-related apoptosis. Moreover, SS-31 mitigated mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species. Interestingly, we found that a dose of 10\u00a0Gy increased mitochondrial respiration, and SS-31 reversed this elevation. 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