The Claim
In C2C12 mouse myoblasts exposed to hydrogen peroxide, vitamin C treatment reduces cytosolic protein synthesis rates, while DNA synthesis rates remain unchanged, indicating that vitamin C suppresses protein production without altering cell proliferation under oxidative stress.
What the research says
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In mouse muscle cells under oxidative stress, vitamin C lowers the rate of protein synthesis without changing the rate of DNA synthesis.
See the scientific wording
In C2C12 mouse myoblasts exposed to hydrogen peroxide, vitamin C treatment reduces cytosolic protein synthesis rates, but this effect is confounded by unchanged DNA synthesis, suggesting vitamin C may suppress protein production without altering cell proliferation under oxidative stress.
When cells are under stress from hydrogen peroxide, vitamin C removes the hydrogen peroxide molecules. This stops the chemical signals that tell the cell to make more proteins, so protein production drops. But the cell still copies its DNA and divides normally because those processes don’t rely on those same signals.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Differential effects of vitamin C or protandim on skeletal muscle adaptation to exercise.
In muscle cells under stress, vitamin C slows down the making of new proteins, but doesn’t stop cells from dividing — it’s not that there are fewer cells, just that each cell makes less protein. The study shows this directly.
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