Taurine 4: Taurine and Excitable Tissues

Expanding the Circle 1975–1999: Sulfur Biochemistry and Insights on the Biological Functions of Taurins....Pages 1-25
Professor Doriano Cavallini: A Life for Sulfur Biochemistry....Pages 27-29
Professor Alberto Giotti: A Father of Taurine Research....Pages 31-33
Mode of Action of Taurine and Regulation Dynamics of Its Synthesis in the CNS....Pages 35-44
Taurine and Skeletal Muscle Ion Channels....Pages 45-56
Taurine-Deficient Cardiomyopathy: Role of Phospholipids, Calcium and Osmotic Stress....Pages 57-69
Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Cysteine Dioxygenase in Rat Liver....Pages 71-85
The Mitochondrial Permeability Transition and Taurine....Pages 87-96
Cloning and Characterization of the Promoter Region of the Rat Taurine Transporter (TauT) Gene....Pages 97-108
Taurine Prevents Ischemia Damage in Cultured Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes....Pages 109-116
Effects of Taurine and Thiosulfate on the Spectrophotometric Properties of Rna and Dna....Pages 117-126
Ionomycin Restores Taurine Transporter Activity in Cyclosporin-A Treated Macrophages....Pages 127-135
Daily Dietary Tautine Intake in Japan....Pages 137-142
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....Pages 143-148
Biochemical and Ultrastructural Alaterations is Rat After Hyperoxic Treatment: Effect of Taurine and Hypotaurine....Pages 149-156
Hypotaurine Protection on Cell Damage by Singlet Oxygen....Pages 157-162
Hypotaurine and Superoxide Dismutase....Pages 163-168
Dietary Taurine Changes Ascorbic Acid Metabolism and Cholesterol Metabolism In Rats Fed Diets Containing Polychlorinated Biphenyls....Pages 169-175
Effects of Long-Term Treatment with Taurine in Mice Fed a High -Fat Diet....Pages 177-186
Hypolipidemic Effect of Taurine in Golden Syrian Hamsters....Pages 187-202
Taurine Reduces Atherosclerotic Lesion Development in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mine....Pages 193-202
Does Taurine Play an Osmolarity Role During Ethanol Intoxication?....Pages 203-212
Osmotic Sensitivity of Taurine Release from Hippocampal Neuronal and Glial Cells....Pages 213-218
Isovolumic Regulation in Nervous Tissue....Pages 219-225
New Role of Taurine as an Osmomediator between Glial Cells and Neurons in the Rat Supraoptic Nucleus....Pages 227-237
Gene Expression of Taurine Transporter and Taurine Biosynthetic Enzymes in Hyperosmotic States....Pages 239-248
Involvement of Ion Channels in Ischemia-Induced Taurine Release in the Mouse Hippocampus....Pages 249-256
Modulation of Taurine Release by Metabotropic Receptors in the Developing Hippocampus....Pages 257-264
Extracellular Taurine as a Parameter to Monitor Cerebral Insults ‘On-Line’....Pages 265-272
Effects of Taurine and some Structurally Related Analogues on the Central Mechanism of Thermoregulation....Pages 273-282
Taurine-Induced Synaptic Potentiation....Pages 283-292
The Effect of Kainic Acid and Ampa on the Release of Taurine and Gaba from the Rat Substantia Nigra In Vivo ....Pages 293-296
Effects of Ethanol and Glutamate Agonist Infusion on the Outflow of Sulphoacetaldehyde....Pages 297-304
Taurine, Glutamine, Glutamate, and Aspartate Content and Efflux, and Cell Volume of Cerebrocortical Minislices of Rats with Hepatic Encephalopathy....Pages 305-312
The Effect of Taurine Derivative on Lipid Peroxidation and InterHemispheric Asymmetry of Phospholipids from the Brain Synaptosomes in Rats after Immobilization Stress....Pages 313-319
Taurine Transport Mechanism Through the Bloos-Brain Barrier in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats....Pages 321-324
Protection of Intrinsc Nerves of Guinea-Pig Detrusor Strips Against Anoxia/Glucopenia and Reperfusion Injury by Taurine....Pages 325-333
The Possible Role of Taurine and Gaba as Endogenous Cryogens in the Rabbit....Pages 335-344
Interaction of Taurine With Metal Ions....Pages 345-354
Attenuation of Oxidative Damage to Dna by Tairome and Taurine Analogs....Pages 355-367
Tyrosine-Hydroxylase Immunoreactive Cells in the Rat Striatum Following Treatment with MPP + ....Pages 369-374
Investigation of the Therapeutic Efficacy af a Taurine Analogue During the Initial Stages of Ethanol Detoxification: Preliminary Studies in Chronic Alcohol Abusers....Pages 375-381
Metabolism of Taurine to Sulphoacetaldehyde During Oxidative Stress....Pages 383-388
Taurine Chloramine Attenuates the Hydrolytic Activity of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in LPS-Activated Murine Peritoneal Macrophages....Pages 389-398
Synthesis of Taurine Analogues from Alkenes....Pages 399-401
Effects of Guandinoethane Sulfonate on Contraction of Skeletal Muscle....Pages 403-409
Protection by Taurine and Structurally Related Sulfur-Containing Compounds Against Erythrocyte Membrane Damage by Hydrogen Peroxide....Pages 411-429
Regulation of High Affinity Taurine Transport in Goldfish and Rat Retinal Cells....Pages 431-440
Effects of Osmotic and Light Stimulation on 3 H-Taurine Efflux from Isolated Rod Outer Segments and Synthesis of Tauret in the Frog Retina....Pages 441-451
New HPLC Eevidence on Endogenous Tauret in Retina and Pigment Epithelium....Pages 453-460
Characterization of Taurine Uptake in the Rat Retina....Pages 461-467
Calcium Uptake in the Rat Retina is Dependent on the Function of the Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel: Pharmacologic Evidence....Pages 469-476
Effects of Calmodulin Antagonists on Taurine-Stimulated Calcium Ion Uptake in the Rat Retina are Partly Independent of Calmodulin Activity....Pages 477-485
Swelling-Induced Taurine Efflus from Hela Cells: Cell Volume Regulation....Pages 487-495
Taurine Fluxes in Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus and Rehydration in Streptozotocin Treated Rats....Pages 497-501
 In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Taurine and Structurally Related Sulfur-Containing Compounds Against Phenylhydrazine-Induced Oxidative Damage to Erythrocytes....Pages 503-522
A Taurine Transporter Isolated from Rat Cardiac Muscle....Pages 523-534
Identification of Promoter Elements Involved in Adaptive Regulation of the Taurine Transporter Gene: Role of Cytosolic Ca 2+ Signaling....Pages 535-544
Suppression of Bleomycin-Induced Increased Production of Nitric Oxide and NF-kB Activation by Treatment with Taurine and Niacin....Pages 545-561
Cytoprotective Effect of Taurine Against Hypochlorous Acid Toxicity to PC12 Cells....Pages 563-570
Effect of Taurine and β-Alanine on Morphological Changes of Pancreas in Streptozotocin-Induced Rats....Pages 571-577
Immunohistochemical Localization of Insulin in Pancreatic β-Cells of Taurine-Supplemented or Taurine-Depleted Diabetic Rats....Pages 579-587
Taurine Attenuates the Induction of Immediate-Early Gene Expression by PDGF-BB....Pages 589-594
Post-Operative Monitoring of Contical Taurine in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Microdialysis Study....Pages 595-603
Taurine Intake and Excretion in Patients Undergoing Long Term Enterel Nutrition....Pages 605-612
Does the Taurine Transporter Gene Play a Role in 3p-Syndrome?....Pages 613-619
Extracellar Levers of Taurine in Tumoral, Peritumoral and Normal Brain Tissue in Patients with Malignant Glioma: An Iitraoperative Microdialsis Study....Pages 621-625
The Treatment of Ammonia Poisoning by Taurine in Combination with a Broncholytic Drug....Pages 627-630
Concluding Comments....Pages 631-631