"Proceedings of the International Taurine Symposium '99, an official Satellite Symposium of the 17th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry, held August 3-8, 1999, in Sienna, Italy"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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 ... [et al.] -- Taurine and Skeletal Muscle Ion Channels / Annamaria De Luca ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- The Mitochondrial Permeability Transition and Taurine / Keith F. Tipton ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Effects of Taurine and Thiosulfate on the Spectrophotometric Properties of RNA and DNA / S.I. Baskin ... [et al.] -- Ionomycin Restores Taurine Transporter Activity in Cyclosporin-A Treated Macrophages / Ha Won Kim ... [et al.] -- Part 2. Metabolic and Nutritional Aspects -- Daily Dietary Taurine Intake in Japan / K. Miura ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Biochemical and Ultrastructural Alterations in Rat after Hyperoxic Treatment: Effect of Taurine and Hypotaurine / Silvestro Dupre ... [et al.] -- Hypotaurine Protection on Cell Damage by Singlet Oxygen / Silvestro Dupre ... [et al.] -- Hypotaurine and Superoxide Dismutase : Protection of the Enzyme against Inactivation by Hydrogen Peroxide and Peroxidation to Taurine / Silvestro Dupre ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Does Taurine Play an Osmolarity Role during Ethanol Intoxication? / Frederic Lallemand ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- New Role of Taurine as an Osmomediator between Glial Cells and Neurons in the Rat Supraoptic Nucleus / Nicolas Hussy ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Taurine-induced Synaptic Potentiation: Dependence on Extra- and Intracellular Calcium Sources / Julian Bustamante ... [et al.] -- The Effect of Kainic Acid and AMPA on the Release of Taurine and GABA from the Rat Substantia Nigra in Vivo / Loria Bianchi ... [et al.] -- Effects of Ethanol and Glutamate Agonist Infusion on the Outflow of Sulphoacetaldehyde : Microdialysis Studies / Keith F. Tipton ... [et al.] -- Taurine, Glutamine, Glutamate, and Aspartate Content and Efflux, and Cell Volume of Cerebrocortical Minislices of Rats with Hepatic Encephalopathy : Influence of Ammonia / Wojciech Hilgier ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- The Possible Role of Taurine and GABA as Endogenous Cryogens in the Rabbit : Changes in CSF levels in Heat-Stress / Loria Bianchi ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Investigation of the Therapeutic Efficacy of a Taurine Analogue during the Initial Stages of Ethanol Detoxification : Preliminary Studies in Chronic Alcohol Abusers / J. Martinez ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Effects of Guandinoethane Sulfonate on Contraction of Skeletal Muscle / C. Cuisinier ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- New HPLC Evidence on Endogenous Tauret in Retina and Pigment Epithelium / Andranik M. Petrosian ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Part 7. Clinical Aspects -- Post-operative Monitoring of Cortical Taurine in Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage : A Microdialysis Study / Loria Bianchi ... [et al.] -- 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 ... [et al.] -- Extracellular Levels of Taurine in Tumoral, Peritumoral, and Normal Brain Tissue in Patients with Malignant Glioma : An Intraoperative Microdialysis Study / Loria Bianchi ... [et al.] -- The Treatment of Ammonia Poisoning by Taurine in Combination with a Broncholytic Drug / A. Zemlyanoy ... [et al.] -- Concluding Comments / Keith F. Tipton ... [et al.]