中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2024, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (7): 1473-1479.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.387969

• 综述:退行性病与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

乳酸:一种精神疾病治疗的潜在靶点

  

  • 出版日期:2024-07-15 发布日期:2023-11-28
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(82271508,82001384,82271316)

Lactate: a prospective target for therapeutic intervention in psychiatric disease

Yanhui Cai1, #, Haiyun Guo2, #, Tianle Han1, Huaning Wang1, *   

  1. 1Department of Psychiatry, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China; 2Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China
  • Online:2024-07-15 Published:2023-11-28
  • Contact: Huaning Wang, MD, xskzhu@fmmu.edu.cn.
  • Supported by:
    This work was financially supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China, Nos. 82271508 (to YC), 82001384 (to YC), 82271316 (to HG).

摘要:

基于单胺类神经递质调节的抗精神病药物尽管具有显著的治疗效果,但部分精神障碍患者的临床症状并不能完全改善,这可能与精神药物调节神经递质的范围有限相关。最近有观点认为这些被忽视的神经递质的精神药物应该值得更多的关注。而乳酸就是一种传统意义上的代谢废物转变的神经胶质细胞信号分子。既往有研究表明,在多种精神疾病中,大脑乳酸会发生显著的变化,且在动物实验中,外源性乳酸具有抗抑郁作用。此次综述从神经递质在精神药物中的作用出发,指出靶向新型神经递质的药物是治疗精神疾病的一个很有前途的策略,基于此探讨了乳酸作为信号分子及其相关信号通路的研究进展,描述了抑郁、焦虑、双相情感障碍和精神分裂中脑乳酸水平的变化,并指出脑乳酸做为精神药理学治疗目标的潜力和面临的挑战。

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1981-4293 (Huaning Wang)

关键词: 乳酸, 精神病, 信号分子, 精神药理学, 治疗, 抗抑郁药, 抑郁, 精神分裂, 双相情感障碍, 焦虑

Abstract: Although antipsychotics that act via monoaminergic neurotransmitter modulation have considerable therapeutic effect, they cannot completely relieve clinical symptoms in patients suffering from psychiatric disorders. This may be attributed to the limited range of neurotransmitters that are regulated by psychotropic drugs. Recent findings indicate the need for investigation of psychotropic medications that target less-studied neurotransmitters. Among these candidate neurotransmitters, lactate is developing from being a waste metabolite to a glial-neuronal signaling molecule in recent years. Previous studies have suggested that cerebral lactate levels change considerably in numerous psychiatric illnesses; animal experiments have also shown that the supply of exogenous lactate exerts an antidepressant effect. In this review, we have described how medications targeting newer neurotransmitters offer promise in psychiatric diseases; we have also summarized the advances in the use of lactate (and its corresponding signaling pathways) as a signaling molecule. In addition, we have described the alterations in brain lactate levels in depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia and have indicated the challenges that need to be overcome before brain lactate can be used as a therapeutic target in psychopharmacology.

Key words: antidepressant, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, lactate, psychiatric disease, psychopharmacology, schizophrenia, signal molecular, therapeutics