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Studies of Sulfur Reduction of Taurine and Taurine-Conjugated Bile Acids by Bile acid 7α-Dehydroxylating Bacteria
… hydrolase, which hydrolyzes the peptide bond in taurine-conjugated bile acids to yield a free bile acid and taurine. Taurine is an organosulfonate containing a sulfite moiety. There have been no published reports indicating whether 7α-dehydroxylating bacteria can utilize taurine. Given that …
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The effect of taurine on dystrophic muscle tissue function
… of severe pathology in dystrophy. The amino acid taurine is essential for normal skeletal muscle function, and has been shown to act on several factors thought to be key contributors to the development of skeletal muscle pathology in dystrophy. Moreover, as dystrophic skeletal muscle demonstrates …
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Taurine depletion and Schwann cell dysfunction in diabetic neuropathy
… diabetes have low levels of platelet and plasma taurine and in animal models taurine supplementation ameliorates neuropathic symptoms. The mechanisms behind Taurine depletion and taurine supplementation are not well understood. Schwann cells are highly vulnerable to hyperglycaemia-induced stress …
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Effects of taurine and hypotaurine on oxidative lung injury
… The sulfur-containing (λ²-amino acids, taurine and its precursor, hypotaurine, have been shown indirectly to possess antioxidant properties by several investigators. The mechanism(s) by which taurine and hypolaurine exert their antioxidant effects has(have) remained unclear despite many …
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Glutamate Receptor-Mediated Taurine Release From The Hippocampus During Oxidative Stress
… efflux of the endogenous sulfonic amino acid taurine via volume-regulated anion channels (VRACs). Studies in brain slice preparations also suggest that the excitatory amino acid glutamate plays an important role in both brain tissue swelling and in cell volume regulation. We examined …
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Significance of Indispensable Amino Acids, Choline and Taurine in Feline Nutrition
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Taurine's effect on cocaine reward and neurogenesis in the adolescent male rat brain.
… adult male rats with the essential β-amino acid taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) has been effective in attenuating the reward value of cocaine in a conditioned place preference paradigm, independent of hormonal status. Taurine has also been shown to be a neuroprotectant and neurogenic. In …
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Evaluation of novel plant- and yeast-based protein sources on nutrient digestibility, fecal metabolites, and taurine status in dogs and cats
… (CON). The third aim was to evaluate changes in taurine status and circulating essential and non-essential amino acids in dogs fed a diet containing 45% green lentil diet (GLD) compared with a traditional poultry by-product meal-based diet (CON). The fourth and final aim was to evaluate effects …
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Clinical and Molecular Analyses of Intestinal Goblet Cell Acidomucins and Cysteine Metabolism
… as essential molecules including glutathione, taurine, and pyruvate. However, high cysteine levels are cytotoxic. Mammals regulate cysteine metabolism to maintain levels within a range that is sufficient for synthesis of essential molecules but below the level of cytotoxicity through the use of …
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Biomarkers in the measurement of hepatic damage in sheep
The measurement of urinary taurine and the liver specific enzymes AST and GGT in sheep with hepatic damage was undertaken to determine if urinary taurine could be used as a biomarker of hepatic damage. Two treatment groups (n = 5) were treated with O.125ml/Kg BW of carbon tetrachloride (CCl₄) …
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Microbial pathways of sulfur metabolism and colorectal cancer risk
… wadsworthia produces H2S through metabolism of taurine, a sulfur amino acid available in the colon by diet and taurine conjugated bile acids. While studies have demonstrated preference for taurine as a terminal electron acceptor by B. wadworthia in vitro, none have determined the in vivo …
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Pharmacologically Replicating Metabolic Protective Mechanisms of Hypothermia in Cardiac Arrest
… treatment on ischemic release of amino acids taurine and glutamate, and then evaluate the neuroprognostication potential of these markers in a prospective observational study of cardiac arrest patients. Using an isolated rat heart model, we found that direction cardioprotection by hypothermia …
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Evaluation of organically certifiable alternate protein sources for production of the marine carnivore, cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
… by the amino acids methionine, tryptophan, and taurine. Diets containing 50 and 75% of the yeast-based protein were investigated with the addition of methionine (0.3%) and tryptophan (0.2%), with and without taurine (0.5%). Taurine significantly and dramatically increased production performance. …
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Biochemical studies of enzymes in insect cuticle hardening
… (CSADC) activity, able to generate hypotaurine and taurine. The result throws lights on research in the physiological roles of insect ADC and the pathway of insect taurine biosynthesis. Cysteine was found to be an inactivator of several PLP-dependent decarboxylases, such as ADC, …
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The nutritional role of endosymbiotic bacteria in animal-bacteria symbioses : Solemya velum, a case study
… absolute concentrations of the sulfur amino acid taurine were greater than the total free amino acid concentrations typically found in bivalves. The possible roles for taurine as a sink for oxidized sulfur compounds in the Solemya velum symbiosis was examined. Preliminary experiments suggest that …
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Hydrothermally stable heterogeneous catalysts for biorenewable-derived molecule conversions to chemicals
… compounds and a proof of concept of glucose and taurine. This use of the Malliard reaction resulted in a catalyst stable under hydrothermal conditions but initially in colloidal form. Since this is undesireable in industrial processing, we sought to further stabilize the carbon backbone with the …
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Identifying metabolic indicators of phytoplankton and comparing the temporal changes in algal community composition in two Lake Ontario areas of concern
… time. The results from this study identified taurine, serine, and glycine in large amounts in both locations and that phytoplankton community composition is primarily affected by nitrates, total phosphorus, and turbidity. These findings will improve our understanding of these AOCs as well as …
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Studies of the effects of various lithogenic and antilithogenic dietry supplements on calcium oxalate kidney stone risk factors in South African black and white subjects
… solution of sodium oxalate itself. Finally, taurine, which has been shown to reduce urinary glycolate and oxalate in animal models, was also selected for investigation in the two population groups. In all studies, similar protocols were adopted. These were approved by the Research and Ethics …
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Nutritional control of gene expression, larval development and physiology in fish
… growth rate. In addition, the effects of dietary taurine supplementation and incorporation of mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) into live feeds on cobia larvae development was examined. Fish fed supplementary MOS did not grow faster but displayed higher microvilli length and density. In addition, …
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