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AMINO ACIDS
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 37-48Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-004-0096-2
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hyperhomocysteine; taurine; heart; mitochondria; rat
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Taurine can protect against cardiovascular diseases, whereas elevated levels of plasma homocysteine are associated with atherosclerotic and thromboembolic cardiovascular diseases. To illustrate the effects of taurine on hyperhomocysteinemia, we observed the myocardial mitochondria dysfunction in the rats with hyperhomocysteinemia induced by diet methionine loading, and the therapeutic effect of taurine. A methionine diet increased plasma homocysteine concentration (133.51 +/- 27.91 mumol/L vs 12.31 +/- 2.58 mumol/L in control, P < 0.01), stimulated the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the myocardial mitochondria, and inhibited the activities of mitochondrial Mn-superoxide dismutase and catalase. The Ca-45 uptake and Ca2+-ATPase activity in the myocardial mitochondria were significantly lowered in rats with hyperhomocysteinemia. Taurine supplements effectively attenuated the hyperhomocysteinemia-induced ROS production and inhibition of Mn-superoxide dismutase and catalase activities in the myocardial mitochondria, and increased its Ca-45 uptake and Ca2+-ATPase activity. Thus, taurine antagonizes the oxidative stress injury in the myocardial mitochondria induced by the hyperhomocysteinemia.
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