Taurine 4 : taurine and excitable tissues /
This volume is the proceedings of the International Taurine Symposium 1999: Expanding the Circle, an official Satellite Symposium of the 17th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry, held on August 3-8, 1999, in Siena, Italy. Taurine, which is a naturally occurring compound,...
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Table of Contents:
- Expanding the Circle 1975-1999 : Sulfur Biochemistry and Insights on the Biological Functions of Taurine / Ryan J. Huxtable
- Emeritus Professor Doriano Cavallini : A Life for Sulfur Biochemistry / Silvestro Dupre
- Emeritus Professor Alberto Giotti : A Father of Taurine Research / Giampietro Sgaragli
- Plenary Presentations
- Mode of Action of Taurine and Regulation Dynamics of Its Synthesis in the CNS / Kathleen Davis [and others]
- Taurine and Skeletal Muscle Ion Channels / Annamaria De Luca [and others]
- Taurine-deficient Cardiomyopathy : Role of Phospholipids, Calcium, and Osmotic Stress / Stephen Schaffer, Junichi Azuma, Viktoriya Solodushko
- Part 1. Basic Aspects and Peripheral Actions of Taurine
- Post-transcriptional Regulation of Cysteine Dioxygenase in Rat Liver / Deborah L. Bella [and others]
- The Mitochondrial Permeability Transition and Taurine / Keith F. Tipton [and others]
- Cloning and Characterization of the Promoter Region of the Rat Taurine Transporter (TauT) Gene / Xiaobin Han, Andrea M. Budreau, Russell W. Chesney
- Taurine Prevents Ischemia Damage in Cultured Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes / Kyoko Takahashi [and others]
- Effects of Taurine and Thiosulfate on the Spectrophotometric Properties of RNA and DNA / S.I. Baskin [and others]
- Ionomycin Restores Taurine Transporter Activity in Cyclosporin-A Treated Macrophages / Ha Won Kim [and others]
- Part 2. Metabolic and Nutritional Aspects
- Daily Dietary Taurine Intake in Japan / K. Miura [and others]
- Comparative Studies on Serum Taurine and Plasma Fatty Acids in Humans between the Sea Side Area in Toyama, Japan and the Mountain Areas in Inner Mongolia, China / M. Zhang [and others]
- Biochemical and Ultrastructural Alterations in Rat after Hyperoxic Treatment: Effect of Taurine and Hypotaurine / Silvestro Dupre [and others]
- Hypotaurine Protection on Cell Damage by Singlet Oxygen / Silvestro Dupre [and others]
- Hypotaurine and Superoxide Dismutase : Protection of the Enzyme against Inactivation by Hydrogen Peroxide and Peroxidation to Taurine / Silvestro Dupre [and others]
- Dietary Taurine Changes Ascorbic Acid Metabolism and Cholesterol Metabolism in Rats Fed Diets Containing Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Hideki Mochizuki, Hiroaki Oda, Hidehiko Yokogoshi
- Effects of Long-term Treatment with Taurine in Mice Fed a High-fat Diet: Improvement in Cholesterol Metabolism and Vascular Lipid Accumulation by Taurine / Shigeru Murakami, Yukiko Kondo, Takatoshi Nagate
- Hypolipidemic Effect of Taurine in Golden Syrian Hamsters / Takaaki Takenaga, Keisuke Imada, Susumu Otomo
- Taurine Reduces Atherosclerotic Lesion Development in Apolipoprotein E-deficient Mice / H. Oda [and others]
- Does Taurine Play an Osmolarity Role during Ethanol Intoxication? / Frederic Lallemand [and others]
- Part 3. Taurine in the CNS
- Osmotic Sensitivity of Taurine Release from Hippocampal Neuronal and Glial Cells / James E. Olson, Guang-ze Li
- Isovolumic Regulation in Nervous Tissue : A Novel Mechanism of Cell Volume Regulation / O. Quesada [and others]
- New Role of Taurine as an Osmomediator between Glial Cells and Neurons in the Rat Supraoptic Nucleus / Nicolas Hussy [and others]
- Gene Expression of Taurine Transporter and Taurine Biosynthetic Enzymes in Hyperosmotic States : A Comparative Study with the Expression of the Genes Involved in the Accumulation of Other Osmolytes / Marcel Tappaz; Marc Bitoun
- Involvement of Ion Channels in Ischemia-induced Taurine Release in the Mouse Hippocampus / Pirjo Saransaari, Simo S. Oja
- Modulation of Taurine Release by Metabotropic Receptors in the Developing Hippocampus / Pirjo Saransaari, Simo S. Oja
- Extracellular Taurine as a Parameter to Monitor Cerebral Insults 'On-Line' : Time Courses and Mechanisms as Studied in Vivo / Dieter K. Scheller
- Effects of Taurine and Some Structurally Related Analogues on the Central Mechanism of Thermoregulation : A Structure-Activity Relationship Study / Alessandro Donati [and others]
- Taurine-induced Synaptic Potentiation: Dependence on Extra- and Intracellular Calcium Sources / Julian Bustamante [and others]
- The Effect of Kainic Acid and AMPA on the Release of Taurine and GABA from the Rat Substantia Nigra in Vivo / Loria Bianchi [and others]
- Effects of Ethanol and Glutamate Agonist Infusion on the Outflow of Sulphoacetaldehyde : Microdialysis Studies / Keith F. Tipton [and others]
- Taurine, Glutamine, Glutamate, and Aspartate Content and Efflux, and Cell Volume of Cerebrocortical Minislices of Rats with Hepatic Encephalopathy : Influence of Ammonia / Wojciech Hilgier [and others]
- The Effect of Taurine Derivative on Lipid Peroxidation and Interhemispheric Asymmetry of Phospholipids from the Brain Synaptosomes in Rats after Immobilization Stress / N.Y. Novoselova [and others]
- Taurine Transport Mechanism through the Blood Brain Barrier in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats / Young-Sook Kang
- Protection of Intrinsic Nerves of Guinea-Pig Detrusor Strips against Anoxia/Glucopenia and Reperfusion Injury by Taurine / Giampietro Sgaragli [and others]
- The Possible Role of Taurine and GABA as Endogenous Cryogens in the Rabbit : Changes in CSF levels in Heat-Stress / Loria Bianchi [and others]
- Part 4. Taurine Analogues and Metals : Health Care Aspects
- (Supported by COST D8 and D13)
- Interaction of Taurine with Metal Ions / E.C. O' Brien, E. Farkas, K.B. Nolan
- Attenuation of Oxidative Damage to DNA by Taurine and Taurine Analogs / Ralph Dawson, Jr., Steve A. Messina
- Tyrosine-Hydroxylase Immuno-reactive Cells in the Rat Striatum following Treatment with MPP[superscript +] / M.B. O'Byrne [and others]
- Investigation of the Therapeutic Efficacy of a Taurine Analogue during the Initial Stages of Ethanol Detoxification : Preliminary Studies in Chronic Alcohol Abusers / J. Martinez [and others]
- Metabolism of Taurine to Sulphoacetaldehyde during Oxidative Stress / Keith F. Tipton, Colm M. Cunningham
- Taurine Chloramine Attenuates the Hydrolytic Activity of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in LPS-activated Murine Peritoneal Macrophages / Eunkyue Park, Michael R. Quinn, Georgia Schuller-Levis
- Synthesis of Taurine Analogues from Alkenes: Preparation of 2-Aminocycloalkanesulfonic Acids / Maria Frosini [and others]
- Effects of Guandinoethane Sulfonate on Contraction of Skeletal Muscle / C. Cuisinier [and others]
- Protection by Taurine and Structurally Related Sulfur-containing Compounds against Erythrocyte Membrane Damage by Hydrogen Peroxide / Cesar A. Lau-Cam, Prabhat K. Pokhrel
- Part 5. Taurine and Vision
- Regulation of High Affinity Taurine Transport in Goldfish and Rat Retinal Cells / L. Lima, S. Cubillos, A. Guerra
- Effects of Osmotic and Light Stimulation on [superscript 3]H-Taurine Efflux from Isolated Rod Outer Segments and Synthesis of Tauret in the Frog Retina / Andranik M. Petrosian [and others]
- New HPLC Evidence on Endogenous Tauret in Retina and Pigment Epithelium / Andranik M. Petrosian [and others]
- Characterization of Taurine Uptake in the Rat Retina / Julius D. Militante, John B. Lombardini
- Calcium Uptake in the Rat Retina is Dependent on the Function of the Cyclic Nucleotide-gated Channel : Pharmacologic Evidence / Julius D. Militante, John B. Lombardini
- Effects of Calmodulin Antagonists on Taurine-stimulated Calcium Ion Uptake in the Rat Retina are Partly Independent of Calmodulin Activity / Julius D. Militante, John B. Lombardini
- Part 6. Taurine and Cell Homeostatic Mechanisms
- Swelling-induced Taurine Efflux from HeLa Cells : Cell Volume Regulation / Ian H. Lambert, Francisco V. Sepulveda
- Taurine Fluxes in Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus and Rehydration in Streptozotocin Treated Rats / Stephen J. Rose [and others]
- In Vitro and in Vivo Effects of Taurine and Structurally Related Sulfur-containing Compounds against Phenylhydrazine-induced Oxidative Damage to Erythrocytes / Cesar A. Lau-Cam, Prabhat K. Pokhrel
- A Taurine Transporter Isolated from Rat Cardiac Muscle / Jennifer J. Bedford, Jo-Ann Stanton, John P. Leader
- Identification of Promoter Elements Involved in Adaptive Regulation of the Taurine Transporter Gene : Role of Cytosolic Ca[superscript 2+] Signaling / Xiaobin Han, Andrea M. Budreau, Russell W. Chesney
- Suppression of Bleomycin-induced Increased Production of Nitric Oxide and NF-[kappa]B Activation by Treatment with Taurine and Niacin / Y. Wang, S.N. Giri, G. Gurujeyalakshmi
- Cytoprotective Effect of Taurine against Hypochlorous Acid Toxicity to PC12 Cells / Ralph Dawson, Jr., Sean Kearns
- Effect of Taurine and [beta]-Alanine on Morphological Changes of Pancreas in Streptozotocin-induced Rats / Kyung Ja Chang
- Immunohistochemical Localization of Insulin in Pancreatic [beta]-Cells of Taurine-supplemented or Taurine-depleted Diabetic Rats / Kyung Ja Chang, Woojung Kwon
- Taurine Attenuates the Induction of Immediate-Early Gene Expression by PDGF-BB / Takaaki Takenaga [and others]
- Part 7. Clinical Aspects
- Post-operative Monitoring of Cortical Taurine in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage : A Microdialysis Study / Loria Bianchi [and others]
- Taurine Intake and Excretion in Patients Undergoing Long Term Enteral Nutrition / K.H. Cho, E.S. Kim, J.D. Chen
- Does the Taurine Transporter Gene Play a Role in 3P-Syndrome? / Xiaobin Han [and others]
- Extracellular Levels of Taurine in Tumoral, Peritumoral, and Normal Brain Tissue in Patients with Malignant Glioma : An Intraoperative Microdialysis Study / Loria Bianchi [and others]
- The Treatment of Ammonia Poisoning by Taurine in Combination with a Broncholytic Drug / A. Zemlyanoy [and others]
- Concluding Comments / Keith F. Tipton [and others].