Taurine 2

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Chemistry, Biochemistry, Metabolism of Taurine

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. In Vitro Reactions of Hypotaurine

      • Silvestro Duprè, Mario Fontana, Giuseppina Pitari, Doriano Cavallini

      Pages 3-8

   3. The Reactivity of Taurine with Hypochlorous Acid and Its Application for Eye Drops

      • Ikuo Koyama, Katsu Nakamori, Tomomi Nagahama, Mizuho Ogasawara, Masami Nemoto

      Pages 9-18

   4. Depletion of Feline Taurine Levels by β-Alanine and Dietary Taurine Restriction

      • J. A. Sturman, P. Lu, J. M. Messing, H. Imaki

      Pages 19-36

   5. The Effects of Taurine in a Rodent Model of Aging

      • Ralph Dawson Jr., Baerbel Eppler, Tucker A. Patterson, Debbie Shih, Steve Liu

      Pages 37-50

   6. Taurine Administration Raises Plasma Taurine Levels and Affects Certain Plasma Amino Acids and Related Compounds in Rats

      • Karsten Korang, Louis Milakofsky, Theodor A. Hare, James M. Hofford, Wolfgang H. Vogel

      Pages 51-53

   7. Taurine and Kynureninase

      • Y. Shibata, T. Ohta, M. Nakatsuka, H. Ishizu, Y. Matsuda, T. Shindo et al.

      Pages 55-58

   8. Dexamethasone Recovers Phorbol-Ester Induced Reduction of Taurine Transportation in Mouse Macrophage Cell Line, RAW 264.7

      • Ha Won Kim, Mi Ja Shim, Won Bae Kim, Byong Kak Kim

      Pages 59-66

3. Taurine and the Liver

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. Taurine Production in Rat Primary Hepatocytes

      • Jun Ohta, Martha H. Stipanuk

      Pages 69-71

   3. High Levels of Dietary Protein or Methionine have Different Effects on Cysteine Metabolism in Rat Hepatocytes

      • Deborah L. Bella, Martha H. Stipanuk

      Pages 73-84

   4. Taurine in the Liver

      • Toshiaki Nakashima, Toshihide Shima, Hironori Mitsuyoshi, Koji Inaba, Ninko Matsumoto, Yoshikuni Sakamoto et al.

      Pages 85-92

   5. Combined Effect of Taurine and Ox Bile on Biliary Flow

      • Yukitaka Fukaya, Nobuko Senda, Akiko Fujita, Shoji Imai, Ikuo Sawada

      Pages 93-97

   6. Significance of Taurine Conjugation of Bile Acid in the Biliary Excretion of Bilirubin

      • Junichi Yamao, Yoshinobu Matsumura, Yoichi Hokaze, Masahide Yoshikawa, Norie Umemoto, Yuji Matsui et al.

      Pages 99-106

   7. Effect of Dietary Taurine on Lipid Metabolism in Normcholesterolemic and Hypercholesterolemic Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

      • Hiroshi Ogawa

      Pages 107-115

   8. Effects of Taurine and Structurally Related Analogues on Ca2+ Uptake and Respiration Rate in Rat Liver Mitochondria

      • M. Palmi, F. Fusi, G. Youmbi, M. Frosini, L. Bianchi, L. Della Corte et al.

      Pages 117-124

   9. Changes in Taurine as an Indicator of Hepatic Dysfunction and Biochemical Perturbations

      • John A. Timbrell, Catherine J. Waterfield

      Pages 125-134

   10. Effect of the Pyrrolizidine Alkaloid Monocrotaline on Taurine and Sulfur Amino Acid Metabolism in the Rat Liver

       • Chong Chao Yan, Ryan J. Huxtable

       Pages 135-145

   11. Protective Effect of Taurine on Indomethacin-Induced Gastric Mucosal Injury

       • Miwon Son, Hee Kee Kim, Won Bae Kim, Junnick Yang, Byong Kak Kim

       Pages 147-155

This volume comprises the edited proceedings of the International Taurine Sympo­ sium held in Osaka, Japan, in June 1995, as a Satellite Symposium of the 15th Biennial of the International Society for Neurochemistry. This Taurine Symposium was the Meeting latest in a series held since 1975 at approximately two-year intervals by an informal group of international researchers. It attracted contributions from 20 countries, ranging from Armenia via Finland and Spain to the United States. Some 121 participants attended. The Symposium was organized and chaired by Junichi Azuma, University of Osaka. Other members of the Organizing Committee in Japan consisted of Kinya Kuriyama and Masao Nakagawa, both from the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, and Akemichi Baba, from Osaka University. The Committee had to contend with the disaster of the Kobe earthquake, which struck on January 21. The epicenter was only around 25 miles from the meeting site, and the quake demolished the home of one Committee member. Despite this unnaturally natural handicap, the participants experienced a superbly organized meeting, one which more than maintained the high social and scientific standards established for this series. In his Welcome Message, Dr. Azuma listed a threefold objective for the Symposium: To provide a forum for the interdisciplinary exchange of information on taurine; to give an opportunity for renewing old friendships and making new friends; and to promote coopera­ tion among participants from around the world.

• Calcium
• Nervous System
• biochemistry
• chemistry
• diabetes
• medicine
• metabolism
• tissue
• transport

• University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

  Ryan J. Huxtable

• Osaka University Osaka, Osaka, Japan

  Junichi Azuma, Akemichi Baba

• Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

  Kinya Kuriyama, Masao Nakagawa

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