Abstract：
:Taurine is a sulfur amino acid that is present in high concentration in mammalian tissues and previously has been reported to decline in a number of tissues with advancing age. The aims of the present study were to examine: (1) the effects of dietary taurine supplementation; (2) the effects of taurine-free diets; (3) the ability of aged rats to conserve urinary taurine; and (4) the consequences of these dietary manipulations on some biochemical parameters. Male F344 rats (n = 30/group) 18 months of age were placed on control diets, diets supplemented with 1.5% taurine in the drinking water, or a taurine-free diet for 10 months. An adult control group (12 months old at the end of the study) on normal diets was included for comparison purposes. Significant (P < 0.05) age-related declines in taurine content were observed in the spleen, kidney, eye, cerebellum and serum. Taurine supplementation corrected these deficits in tissue content in aged rats and in many cases increased taurine content above that of adult controls. Urinary excretion of taurine was significantly (P < 0.05) reduced in aged rats indicating an increased need to conserve taurine. Taurine-deficient diets did not further exacerbate the age-related decline in tissue taurine content, suggesting biosynthetic adaptations to the lack of dietary taurine. Dietary taurine supplementation blunted age-related declines in serum IGF-1 and increases in serum creatinine and blood urinary nitrogen (BUN). These studies suggest that advanced aging results in a taurine-deficient state that can be corrected by dietary supplementation.
journal_name
Mech Ageing Devjournal_title
Mechanisms of ageing and developmentauthors
Dawson R Jr,Liu S,Eppler B,Patterson Tdoi
10.1016/s0047-6374(98)00138-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-02-01 00:00:00pages
73-91issue
1eissn
0047-6374issn
1872-6216pii
S0047-6374(98)00138-9journal_volume
107pub_type
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