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:The chemical reactions of the amino group of taurine with aldehydes were investigated. Glucose, acetaldehyde, and malondialdehyde were used as aldehydes. After taurine had reacted, the amounts of remaining taurine and aldehydes were measured, and the reactivity was evaluated. Amino acids such as glycine, alpha-alanine, and beta-alanine were compared because of their structural resemblance to each other. Taurine showed a high reactivity with each one of the aldehydes tested. It is known that protein is altered through reactions of the amino group with various aldehydes. Low density lipoprotein (LDL) was used as a model protein and the inhibiting effect of taurine against the modification of LDL by malondialdehyde was examined. It was shown that the inhibiting effects of taurine correlated with the reactivity of malondialdehyde with amino acids. Further, the taurine-glucose reaction product showed an antioxidative effect on the peroxidation of liposomes made of yolk phosphatidylcholine as a biomembrane model. The results suggest the possibility of an inhibiting effect of taurine against the modification of protein, as well as an antioxidative effect through the reactions of taurine with aldehydes in vivo.
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Adv Exp Med Bioljournal_title
Advances in experimental medicine and biologyauthors
Ogasawara M,Nakamura T,Koyama I,Nemoto M,Yoshida Tdoi
10.1007/978-1-4899-1471-2_8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1994-01-01 00:00:00pages
71-8eissn
0065-2598issn
2214-8019journal_volume
359pub_type
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