摘要
In this review,we summarize the involvement of vitamin C in mental disorders by presenting available evidence on its pharmacological effects in animal models as well as in clinical studies.Vitamin C,especially its reduced form,has gained interest for its multiple functions in various tissues and organs,including central nervous system（CNS）.Vitamin C protects the neuron against oxidative stress,alleviates inflammation,regulates the neurotransmission,affects neuronal development and controls epigenetic function.All of these processes are closely associated with psychopathology.In the past few decades,scientists have revealed that the deficiency of vitamin C may lead to motor deficit,cognitive impairment and aberrant behaviors,whereas supplement of vitamin C has a potential preventive and therapeutic effect on mental illness,such as major depressive disorder（MDD）,schizophrenia,anxiety and Alzheimer＇s disease（AD）.Although several studies support a possible role of vitamin C against mental disorders,more researches are essential to accelerate the knowledge and investigate the mechanism in this field.
In this review,we summarize the involvement of vitamin C in mental disorders by presenting available evidence on its pharmacological effects in animal models as well as in clinical studies.Vitamin C,especially its reduced form,has gained interest for its multiple functions in various tissues and organs,including central nervous system（CNS）.Vitamin C protects the neuron against oxidative stress,alleviates inflammation,regulates the neurotransmission,affects neuronal development and controls epigenetic function.All of these processes are closely associated with psychopathology.In the past few decades,scientists have revealed that the deficiency of vitamin C may lead to motor deficit,cognitive impairment and aberrant behaviors,whereas supplement of vitamin C has a potential preventive and therapeutic effect on mental illness,such as major depressive disorder（MDD）,schizophrenia,anxiety and Alzheimer＇s disease（AD）.Although several studies support a possible role of vitamin C against mental disorders,more researches are essential to accelerate the knowledge and investigate the mechanism in this field.
作者
韩倩倩
谌甜甜
王芳
吴鹏飞
陈建国
Qian-qian HAN 1, Tian-tian SHEN 1, Fang WANG 1, Peng-fei WU 1,2,3,4 Jian-guo CHEN 1,2,3,4(1.Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongii Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China 2Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases （HUST）, Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan 430030, China 3The Key Laboratory for Drug Target Researches and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430030, China 4Laboratory of Neuropsychiatric Diseases, the Institute of Brain Research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China)
基金
supported by grants from the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of NSFC(No.81721005)
National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81773712,and No.81473198)
the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program,No.2014CB744601)
Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University(PCSIRT No.13016)
