Taurine 7 (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Book 643)

Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) is an enigmatic compound abounding in animal tissues. It is present at relatively high concentrations in all electrically excitable tissues such as brain, sensory organs, heart, and muscle, and in certain endocrine glands. Some of its physiological functions are already established, for example as an essential nutrient during development and as a neuromodulator or osmolyte, but the cellular mechanisms are still mostly a matter of conjecture. Moreover, there are a number of other putative functions of taurine less well known at present. __Taurine 7__ contains the proceedings of the 16th International Taurine Meeting. This meeting is a multidisciplinary symposium, with participants presenting different fields of biological science. This volume focuses on all aspects of taurine research from immunology and its effect on health to chemistry and biochemistry, including future clinical applications. Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic Acid) Is An Enigmatic Compound Abounding In Animal Tissues. It Is Present At Relatively High Concentrations In All Electrically Excitable Tissues Such As Brain, Sensory Organs, Heart, And Muscle, And In Certain Endocrine Glands. Some Of Its Physiological Functions Are Already Established, For Example As An Essential Nutrient During Development And As A Neuromodulator Or Osmolyte, But The Cellular Mechanisms Are Still Mostly A Matter Of Conjecture. Moreover, There Are A Number Of Other Putative Functions Of Taurine Less Well Known At Present. Taurine 7 Contains The Proceedings Of The 16th International Taurine Meeting. This Meeting Is A Multidisciplinary Symposium, With Participants Presenting Different Fields Of Biological Science. This Volume Focuses On All Aspects Of Taurine Research From Immunology And Its Effect On Health To Chemistry And Biochemistry, Including Future Clinical Applications. Part I: Cardiovascular And Renal Effects Of Taurine -- Effect Of Taurine On Protein Kinase C Isoforms: Role In Taurine's Actions? Takashi Ito ...[et Al.] -- Taurine As The Nutritional Factor For The Longevity Of The Japanese Revealed By A World-wide Epidemiological Survey / Yukio Yamori ... [et Al.] -- Taurine-mediated Cardioprotection Is Greater When Administered Upon Reperfusion Than Prior To Ischemia / Tadaomi-alfonso Miyamoto ... [et Al.] -- Vascular Modulation Of Rat Aorta By Taurine / Seiichiro Nishida And Hiroyasu Satoh -- Modulation By Taurine Of Human Arterial Stiffness And Wave Reflection / Hiroyasu Satoh And Jangmi Kang -- Taurine Suppresses Pressor Response Through The Inhibition Of Sympathetic Nerve Activity And The Improvement In Baro-reflex Sensitivity Of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats / Takuzo Hano ... [et Al.] -- Beneficial Effect Of Taurine Treatment Against Doxorubicin-induced Cardiotoxicity In Mice / Takashi Ito ... [et Al.] -- Antihypertensive Effect Of Taurine In Rat / Jianmin Hu ... [et Al.] -- Attenuating Action Of Taurine And Labetalol On Cardiovascular Alterations By Pyridoxal-isoproterenol, A Vitamin-drug Interaction With Cardiopathlogic Significance / Miteshkumar Acharya And Cesar A. Lau-cam -- Tool From Traditional Medicines Is Useful For Health-medication: Bezoar Bovis And Taurine / Kyoko Takahashi ... [et Al.] -- Mechanism Of Taut In Protecting Against Cisplatin-induced Kidney Injury (aki) / Xiaobin Han And Russell W. Chesney -- Taut Protects Against Cisplatin-induced Acute Kidney Injury (aki) Established In A Taut Transgenic Mice Model / Xiaobin Han And Russell W. Chesney -- Perinatal Taurine Depletion Increases Susceptibility To Adult Sugar-induced Hypertension In Rats / Sanya Roysommuti ... [et Al.] -- Sex Dependent Effects Of Perinatal Taurine Exposure On The Arterial Pressure Control In Adult Offspring / Sany Roysommuti ... [et Al.] -- Perinatal Taurine Alters Arterial Pressure Control And Renal Function In Adult Offspring / Sanya Roysommuti -- Part Ii: Effect Of Taurine On Brain And Retina -- Taurine Protects Immature Cerebellar Granullar Neurons Against Acute Alcohol Administration / Andrey G. Taranukhin ... [et Al.] -- Mechanism Of Neuroprotective Function Of Taurine / Jang-yen Wu ... [et Al.] -- Taurine And Guanidinoethanesulfonic Acid (ges) Differentially Affects The Expression And Phosphorylation Of Cellular Proteins In C6 Glial Cells / Hemanta K. Sarkar, Thanh T. Tran, And Rao Papineni -- Taurine Improves Congestive Functions In A Mouse Model Of Fragile X Syndrome / Abdeslem El Idrissi ... [et Al.] -- Functional Implication Of Taurine In Aging / Abdeslem El Idrissi ... [et Al.] -- Effects Of Taurine On Anxiety-like And Locomotor Behavior Of Mice / Abdeslem El Idrissi ... [et Al.] -- Taurine Transporter In Lymphocytes Of Patients With Major Depression Treated With Venlafaxine Plus Psychotherapy / Fili Fazzino ... [et Al.] -- Effect Of Medium Osmolarity And Taurine On Neuritic Outgrowth From Goldfish Retinal Explants / Lisbeth Cubillán, Francisco Obregón, And Lucimey Lima -- Localization Of Taurine Transporter, Taurine, And Zinc In Goldfish Retina / Sonia Nusetti, Victor Salazar, And Lucimey Lima -- Part Iii: Effect Of Taurine On Skeletal Muscle -- Effects Of Taurine Administration On Exercise / Yoshihisa Yatabe ... [et Al.] -- Characterization Of Myogenic Differentiation Under Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress And Taurine Treatment / Hasuk Song ... [et Al.] -- Part Iv: Gastroenteric And Hepatic Effects Of Taurine -- Dietary Taurine Attenuates Dextran Sulfate Sodium (dss)-induced Experimental Colitis In Mice / Makoto Shimizu ... [et Al.] -- Protective Effect Of Taurine Against Nitrosative Stress In The Stomach Of Rat With Water Immersion Restraint Stress / Ning Ma ... [et Al.] -- Taurine Feeding Inhibits Bile Acid Absorption From The Ileum In Rats Fed A High Cholesterol And High Fat Diet / Naomichi Nishimura, Tatsuro Yamamoto, And Toru Ota -- The Protective Effect Of Taurine Against Hepatic Damage In A Model Of Liver Disease And Hepatic Stellate Cells / Teruo Miyazaki ... [et Al.] -- Taurine Depletion By Ss-alanine Inhibits Induction Of Hepatotoxicity In Mice Treated Acutely With Carbon Tetracholoride / Dalwoong Choi ... [et Al.] -- Effect Of Taurine On Alcoholic Liver Disease In Rats / Gaofeng Wu ... [et Al.] -- Part V: Effect Of Taurine On Bone -- Does Taurine Deficiency Cause Metabolic Bone Disease And Rickets In Polar Bear Cubs Raised In Captivity? / Russell W. Chesney ... [et Al.] -- The Preventive Effect Of Fermented Milk Supplement Containing Tomato (lycopersion Esculentum) And Taurine On Bone Loss In Ovariectomized Rats / Sun Hee Cheong And Kyung Ja Chang -- The Effects Of Dietary Taurine Supplementation On Bone Mineral Density In Ovariectomized Rats / Mi-ja Choi And Nancy M. Dimarco -- Part Vi: Effect Of Taurine On Diabetes And Obesity -- Taurine Supplementation And Pancreatic Remodeling / Abdeslem El Idrissi, Latifa Boukarrou, And William L'amoreaux -- The Effects Of Taurine, Taurine Homologs And Hypotaurine On Cell And Membrane Antioxidative System Alterations Caused By Type 2 Diabetes In Rat Erythrocytes / Davekanand Gossai And Cesar A. Lau-cam -- The Effects Of Taurine, Hypotaurine, And Taurine Homologs On Erythrocyte Morphology, Membrane Fluidity And Cytoskeletal Spectrin Alterations Due To Diabetes, Alcoholism And Diabetes-alcoholism In The Rat / Davekanand Gossai And Cesar A. Lau-cam -- Effect Of Ptp1b Inhibitors And Taurine On Blood Lipid Profiles In Adolescent Obesity / Sun Hee Cheong, Hyeongjin Cho, And Kyung Ja Chang -- The Effects Of Dietary Taurine Supplementation On Plasma And Liver Lipid In Ovariectomized Rats / Mi-ja Choi And Kyung Ja Chang -- Part Vii: Potential Therapeutic Effects Of Taurine -- Comparative Studies On 24-hour Urinary Excretion In Japanese And Chinese Adults And Children -- Need For Nutritional Education / Mari Mori ... [et Al.] -- Taurine Normalizes Blood Levels And Urinary Loss Of Selenium, Chromium, And Manganese In Rats Chronically Consuming Alcohol / Taesun Park ... [et Al.] -- Effect Of Taurine Supplementation On Plasma Homocysteine Levels Of The Middle-aged Korean Women / Chang Soon Ahn -- Correlations Between Dietary Taurine Intake And Life Stress In Korean College Students / Min Jung Sung And Kyung Ja Chang -- Dietary Taurine And Nutrients Intake And Anthropometric And Body Composition Data By Abdominal Obesity In Korean Male College Students / Min Jung Sung And Kyung Ja Chang -- Part Viii: Taurine As An Antioxidant: Role In Immune System And Other Tissues -- Taurine Haloamines And Heme Oxygenase-1 Cooperate In The Regulation Of Inflammation And Attenuation Of Oxidative Stress / Janusz Marcinkiewicz ... [et Al.] -- Taurine Chloramine: A Possible Oxidant Reservoir / Tetsuya Ogino ... [et Al.] -- Production Of Reactive Oxygen And Nitrogen Species In Phagocytes Is Regulated By Taurine Chloramine / Chaekyun Kim And Young-nam Cha -- Taurine Chloramine Inhibits Lps-induced Glucose Uptake And Glucose Transporter 1 Expression In Raw 264.7 Macropages / Chaekyun Kim And Seongtag Kim -- Inhibition Of Apoptosis By Taurine In Macrophages Treated With Sodium Nitroprusside / So Young Kim, Taesun Park, And Ha Won Kim -- Effect Of Taurine On Antioxidant Enzyme System In B16f10 Melanoma Cells / Jisun Yu And An Keun Kim -- Part Ix: Regulation Of The Taurine Transporter -- Inhibition Of Taurine Transport By Cyclosporin A Is Due To Altered Surface Abundance Of The Taurine Transporter And Is Reversible / Thanh T. Tran ... [et Al.] -- Downregulation Of Taurine Transport By Calcium Blockers In Osteoblast Cells / Young-sook Kang -- Involvement Of Transcriptional Factor Tonebp In The Regulation Of The Taurine Transporter In The Cardiomyocyte / Takashi Ito ... [et Al.] -- Effects Of Taurine On Cardiovascular And Autonomic Nervous Functions In Cold Exposed Rats / Masayoshi Kuwahara ... [et Al.]. Junichi Azuma, Stephen W. Schaffer, Takashi Ito, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages I-XVII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Effect of Taurine on Protein Kinase C Isoforms: Role in Taurine’s Actions?....Pages 3-11 Taurine as the Nutritional Factor for the Longevity of the Japanese Revealed by a World-Wide Epidemiological Survey....Pages 13-25 Taurine-Mediated Cardioprotection is Greater When Administered upon Reperfusion than Prior to Ischemia....Pages 27-36 Vascular Modulation of Rat Aorta by Taurine....Pages 37-46 Modulation by Taurine of Human Arterial Stiffness and Wave Reflection....Pages 47-55 Taurine Suppresses Pressor Response Through the Inhibition of Sympathetic Nerve Activity and the Improvement in Baro-Reflex Sensitivity of Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats....Pages 57-63 Beneficial Effect of Taurine Treatment Against Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Mice....Pages 65-74 Antihypertensive Effect of Taurine in Rat....Pages 75-84 Attenuating Action of Taurine and Labetalol on Cardiovascular Alterations by Pyridoxal-Isoproterenol, a Vitamin-Drug Interaction with Cardiopathologic Significance....Pages 85-93 Tool from Traditional Medicines is Useful for Health-Medication: Bezoar Bovis and Taurine....Pages 95-103 Mechanism of TauT in Protecting Against Cisplatin-Induced Kidney Injury (AKI)....Pages 105-112 TauT Protects Against Cisplatin-Induced Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Established in a TauT Transgenic Mice Model....Pages 113-122 Perinatal Taurine Depletion Increases Susceptibility to Adult Sugar-Induced Hypertension in Rats....Pages 123-133 Sex Dependent Effects of Perinatal Taurine Exposure on the Arterial Pressure Control in Adult Offspring....Pages 135-144 Perinatal Taurine Alters Arterial Pressure Control and Renal Function in Adult Offspring....Pages 145-156 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Taurine Protects Immature Cerebellar Granullar Neurons against Acute Alcohol Administration....Pages 159-167 Mechanism of Neuroprotective Function of Taurine....Pages 169-179 Taurine and Guanidinoethanesulfonic Acid (GES) Differentially Affects the Expression and Phosphorylation of Cellular Proteins in C6 Glial Cells....Pages 181-190 Taurine Improves Congestive Functions in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome....Pages 191-198 Functional Implication of Taurine in Aging....Pages 199-206 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Effects of Taurine on Anxiety-Like and Locomotor Behavior of Mice....Pages 207-215 Taurine Transporter in Lymphocytes of Patients with Major Depression Treated with Venlafaxine Plus Psychotherapy....Pages 217-224 Effect of Medium Osmolarity and Taurine on Neuritic Outgrowth from Goldfish Retinal Explants....Pages 225-231 Localization of Taurine Transporter, Taurine, and Zinc in Goldfish Retina....Pages 233-242 Front Matter....Pages 243-243 Effects of Taurine Administration on Exercise....Pages 245-252 Characterization of Myogenic Differentiation under Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Taurine Treatment....Pages 253-261 Front Matter....Pages 263-263 Dietary Taurine Attenuates Dextran Sulfate Sodium (DSS)-induced Experimental Colitis in Mice....Pages 265-271 Protective Effect of Taurine against Nitrosative Stress in the Stomach of Rat with Water Immersion Restraint Stress....Pages 273-283 Taurine Feeding Inhibits Bile Acid Absorption from the Ileum in Rats Fed a High Cholesterol and High Fat Diet....Pages 285-291 The Protective Effect of Taurine Against Hepatic Damage in a Model of Liver Disease and Hepatic Stellate Cells....Pages 293-303 Taurine Depletion by β-Alanine Inhibits Induction of Hepatotoxicity in Mice Treated Acutely with Carbon Tetrachloride....Pages 305-311 Effect of Taurine on Alcoholic Liver Disease in Rats....Pages 313-322 Front Matter....Pages 323-323 Does Taurine Deficiency Cause Metabolic Bone Disease and Rickets in Polar Bear Cubs Raised in Captivity?....Pages 325-331 The Preventive Effect of Fermented Milk Supplement Containing Tomato Lycopersion Esculentum and Taurine on Bone Loss in Ovariectomized Rats....Pages 333-340 The Effects of Dietary Taurine Supplementation on Bone Mineral Density in Ovariectomized Rats....Pages 341-349 Front Matter....Pages 351-351 Taurine Supplementation and Pancreatic Remodeling....Pages 353-358 The Effects of Taurine, Taurine Homologs and Hypotaurine on Cell and Membrane Antioxidative System Alterations Caused by Type 2 Diabetes in Rat Erythrocytes....Pages 359-368 The Effects of Taurine, Hypotaurine, and Taurine Homologs on Erythrocyte Morphology, Membrane Fluidity and Cytoskeletal Spectrin Alterations Due to Diabetes, Alcoholism and Diabetes-Alcoholism in the Rat....Pages 369-379 Effect of PTP1B Inhibitors and Taurine on Blood Lipid Profiles in Adolescent Obesity....Pages 381-388 The Effects of Dietary Taurine Supplementation on Plasma and Liver Lipid in Ovariectomized Rats....Pages 389-395 Front Matter....Pages 397-397 Comparative Studies on 24-hour Urinary Excretion in Japanese and Chinese Adults and Children – Need for Nutritional Education....Pages 399-405 Taurine Normalizes Blood Levels and Urinary Loss of Selenium, Chromium, and Manganese in Rats Chronically Consuming Alcohol....Pages 407-414 Effect of Taurine Supplementation on Plasma Homocysteine Levels of the Middle-Aged Korean Women....Pages 415-422 Correlations Between Dietary Taurine Intake and Life Stress in Korean College Students....Pages 423-428 Dietary Taurine and Nutrients Intake and Anthropometric and Body Composition Data by Abdominal Obesity in Korean Male College Students....Pages 429-435 Front Matter....Pages 437-437 Taurine Haloamines and Heme Oxygenase-1 Cooperate in the Regulation of Inflammation and Attenuation of Oxidative Stress....Pages 439-450 Taurine Chloramine: A Possible Oxidant Reservoir....Pages 451-461 Production of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Phagocytes is Regulated by Taurine Chloramine....Pages 463-472 Taurine Chloramine Inhibits LPS-Induced Glucose Uptake....Pages 473-480 Inhibition of Apoptosis by Taurine in Macrophages Treated with Sodium Nitroprusside....Pages 481-489 Effect of Taurine on Antioxidant Enzyme System in B16F10 Melanoma Cells....Pages 491-499 Front Matter....Pages 501-501 Inhibition of Taurine Transport by Cyclosporin A is Due to Altered Surface Abundance of the Taurine Transporter and is Reversible....Pages 503-511 Downregulation of Taurine Transport by~Calcium Blockers in Osteoblast Cells....Pages 513-521 Involvement of Transcriptional Factor TonEBP in the Regulation of the Taurine Transporter in the Cardiomyocyte....Pages 523-532 Effects of Taurine on Cardiovascular and Autonomic Nervous Functions in Cold Exposed rats....Pages 533-540 Erratum....Pages E1-E2 Back Matter....Pages 541-545