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Taurine crosses the [[blood–brain barrier]]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Urquhart N, Perry TL, Hansen S, Kennedy J | title = Passage of taurine into adult mammalian brain | journal = Journal of Neurochemistry | volume = 22 | issue = 5 | pages = 871–872 | date = May 1974 | pmid = 4407108 | doi = 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1974.tb04309.x | s2cid = 32864924 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Tsuji A, Tamai I | title = Taurine 2 | chapter = Sodium- and chloride-dependent transport of taurine at the blood-brain barrier | volume = 403 | pages = 385–391 | year = 1996 | pmid = 8915375 | doi = 10.1007/978-1-4899-0182-8_41 | isbn = 978-1-4899-0184-2 | series = Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Salimäki J, Scriba G, Piepponen TP, Rautolahti N, Ahtee L | title = The effects of systemically administered taurine and N-pivaloyltaurine on striatal extracellular dopamine and taurine in freely moving rats | journal = Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology | volume = 368 | issue = 2 | pages = 134–141 | date = August 2003 | pmid = 12898127 | doi = 10.1007/s00210-003-0776-6 | s2cid = 24364099 }}</ref> and has been implicated in a wide array of physiological phenomena including inhibitory [[neurotransmission]],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Olive MF | title = Interactions between taurine and ethanol in the central nervous system | journal = Amino Acids | volume = 23 | issue = 4 | pages = 345–357 | year = 2002 | pmid = 12436202 | doi = 10.1007/s00726-002-0203-1 | s2cid = 5406826 }}</ref> [[long-term potentiation]] in the [[striatum]]/[[hippocampus]],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Dominy J, Thinschmidt JS, Peris J, Dawson R, Papke RL | title = Taurine-induced long-lasting potentiation in the rat hippocampus shows a partial dissociation from total hippocampal taurine content and independence from activation of known taurine transporters | journal = Journal of Neurochemistry | volume = 89 | issue = 5 | pages = 1195–1205 | date = June 2004 | pmid = 15147512 | doi = 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02410.x | s2cid = 5461179 | doi-access = free }}</ref> [[Membrane stabilizing effect|membrane stabilization]]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Schaffer SW, Jong CJ, Ramila KC, Azuma J | title = Physiological roles of taurine in heart and muscle | journal = Journal of Biomedical Science | volume = 17 Suppl 1 | issue = Suppl 1 | pages = S2 | date = August 2010 | pmid = 20804594 | pmc = 2994395 | doi = 10.1186/1423-0127-17-S1-S2 }}</ref> feedback inhibition of [[neutrophil]]/[[macrophage]] [[respiratory burst]], [[adipose]] tissue regulation and possible prevention of obesity,<ref name="pmid12200766">{{cite journal | vauthors = Ide T, Kushiro M, Takahashi Y, Shinohara K, Cha S | title = mRNA expression of enzymes involved in taurine biosynthesis in rat adipose tissues | journal = Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental | volume = 51 | issue = 9 | pages = 1191–1197 | date = September 2002 | pmid = 12200766 | doi = 10.1053/meta.2002.34036 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Tsuboyama-Kasaoka N, Shozawa C, Sano K, Kamei Y, Kasaoka S, Hosokawa Y, Ezaki O | title = Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) deficiency creates a vicious circle promoting obesity | journal = Endocrinology | volume = 147 | issue = 7 | pages = 3276–3284 | date = July 2006 | pmid = 16627576 | doi = 10.1210/en.2005-1007 | doi-access = free }}</ref> calcium [[homeostasis]],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Foos TM, Wu JY | title = The role of taurine in the central nervous system and the modulation of intracellular calcium homeostasis | journal = Neurochemical Research | volume = 27 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 21–26 | date = February 2002 | pmid = 11926272 | doi = 10.1023/A:1014890219513 | s2cid = 29948337 }}</ref> recovery from [[osmotic shock]],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Stummer W, Betz AL, Shakui P, Keep RF | title = Blood-brain barrier taurine transport during osmotic stress and in focal cerebral ischemia | journal = Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism | volume = 15 | issue = 5 | pages = 852–859 | date = September 1995 | pmid = 7673378 | doi = 10.1038/jcbfm.1995.106 | doi-access = free }}</ref> protection against glutamate [[excitotoxicity]],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Leon R, Wu H, Jin Y, Wei J, Buddhala C, Prentice H, Wu JY | title = Protective function of taurine in glutamate-induced apoptosis in cultured neurons | journal = Journal of Neuroscience Research | volume = 87 | issue = 5 | pages = 1185–1194 | date = April 2009 | pmid = 18951478 | doi = 10.1002/jnr.21926 | s2cid = 24725862 }}</ref> and prevention of epileptic seizures.<ref>{{cite book |vauthors= El Idrissi A, Messing J, Scalia J, Trenkner E|chapter= Prevention of epileptic seizures by taurine|year= 2003|volume= 526|pages= 515–525|pmid= 12908638|doi= 10.1007/978-1-4615-0077-3_62|series=Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology|isbn=978-1-4613-4913-6|title= Taurine 5}}</ref>
Taurine crosses the [[blood–brain barrier]]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Urquhart N, Perry TL, Hansen S, Kennedy J | title = Passage of taurine into adult mammalian brain | journal = Journal of Neurochemistry | volume = 22 | issue = 5 | pages = 871–872 | date = May 1974 | pmid = 4407108 | doi = 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1974.tb04309.x | s2cid = 32864924 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Tsuji A, Tamai I | title = Taurine 2 | chapter = Sodium- and chloride-dependent transport of taurine at the blood-brain barrier | volume = 403 | pages = 385–391 | year = 1996 | pmid = 8915375 | doi = 10.1007/978-1-4899-0182-8_41 | isbn = 978-1-4899-0184-2 | series = Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Salimäki J, Scriba G, Piepponen TP, Rautolahti N, Ahtee L | title = The effects of systemically administered taurine and N-pivaloyltaurine on striatal extracellular dopamine and taurine in freely moving rats | journal = Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology | volume = 368 | issue = 2 | pages = 134–141 | date = August 2003 | pmid = 12898127 | doi = 10.1007/s00210-003-0776-6 | s2cid = 24364099 }}</ref> and has been implicated in a wide array of physiological phenomena including inhibitory [[neurotransmission]],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Olive MF | title = Interactions between taurine and ethanol in the central nervous system | journal = Amino Acids | volume = 23 | issue = 4 | pages = 345–357 | year = 2002 | pmid = 12436202 | doi = 10.1007/s00726-002-0203-1 | s2cid = 5406826 }}</ref> [[long-term potentiation]] in the [[striatum]]/[[hippocampus]],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Dominy J, Thinschmidt JS, Peris J, Dawson R, Papke RL | title = Taurine-induced long-lasting potentiation in the rat hippocampus shows a partial dissociation from total hippocampal taurine content and independence from activation of known taurine transporters | journal = Journal of Neurochemistry | volume = 89 | issue = 5 | pages = 1195–1205 | date = June 2004 | pmid = 15147512 | doi = 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02410.x | s2cid = 5461179 | doi-access = free }}</ref> [[Membrane stabilizing effect|membrane stabilization]]<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Schaffer SW, Jong CJ, Ramila KC, Azuma J | title = Physiological roles of taurine in heart and muscle | journal = Journal of Biomedical Science | volume = 17 Suppl 1 | issue = Suppl 1 | pages = S2 | date = August 2010 | pmid = 20804594 | pmc = 2994395 | doi = 10.1186/1423-0127-17-S1-S2 }}</ref> feedback inhibition of [[neutrophil]]/[[macrophage]] [[respiratory burst]], [[adipose]] tissue regulation and possible prevention of obesity,<ref name="pmid12200766">{{cite journal | vauthors = Ide T, Kushiro M, Takahashi Y, Shinohara K, Cha S | title = mRNA expression of enzymes involved in taurine biosynthesis in rat adipose tissues | journal = Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental | volume = 51 | issue = 9 | pages = 1191–1197 | date = September 2002 | pmid = 12200766 | doi = 10.1053/meta.2002.34036 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Tsuboyama-Kasaoka N, Shozawa C, Sano K, Kamei Y, Kasaoka S, Hosokawa Y, Ezaki O | title = Taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) deficiency creates a vicious circle promoting obesity | journal = Endocrinology | volume = 147 | issue = 7 | pages = 3276–3284 | date = July 2006 | pmid = 16627576 | doi = 10.1210/en.2005-1007 | doi-access = free }}</ref> calcium [[homeostasis]],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Foos TM, Wu JY | title = The role of taurine in the central nervous system and the modulation of intracellular calcium homeostasis | journal = Neurochemical Research | volume = 27 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 21–26 | date = February 2002 | pmid = 11926272 | doi = 10.1023/A:1014890219513 | s2cid = 29948337 }}</ref> recovery from [[osmotic shock]],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Stummer W, Betz AL, Shakui P, Keep RF | title = Blood-brain barrier taurine transport during osmotic stress and in focal cerebral ischemia | journal = Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism | volume = 15 | issue = 5 | pages = 852–859 | date = September 1995 | pmid = 7673378 | doi = 10.1038/jcbfm.1995.106 | doi-access = free }}</ref> protection against glutamate [[excitotoxicity]],<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Leon R, Wu H, Jin Y, Wei J, Buddhala C, Prentice H, Wu JY | title = Protective function of taurine in glutamate-induced apoptosis in cultured neurons | journal = Journal of Neuroscience Research | volume = 87 | issue = 5 | pages = 1185–1194 | date = April 2009 | pmid = 18951478 | doi = 10.1002/jnr.21926 | s2cid = 24725862 }}</ref> and prevention of epileptic seizures.<ref>{{cite book |vauthors= El Idrissi A, Messing J, Scalia J, Trenkner E|chapter= Prevention of epileptic seizures by taurine|year= 2003|volume= 526|pages= 515–525|pmid= 12908638|doi= 10.1007/978-1-4615-0077-3_62|series=Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology|isbn=978-1-4613-4913-6|title= Taurine 5}}</ref>


According to the single study on human subjects, daily administration of 1.5 g of taurine had no significant effect on insulin secretion or insulin sensitivity.<ref name="pmid15054439">{{cite journal | vauthors = Brøns C, Spohr C, Storgaard H, Dyerberg J, Vaag A | title = Effect of taurine treatment on insulin secretion and action, and on serum lipid levels in overweight men with a genetic predisposition for type II diabetes mellitus | journal = European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | volume = 58 | issue = 9 | pages = 1239–1247 | date = September 2004 | pmid = 15054439 | doi = 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601955 | s2cid = 2199220 | doi-access = free }}</ref> There is evidence that taurine may exert a beneficial effect in preventing diabetes-associated [[microangiopathy]] and tubulointerstitial injury in [[diabetic nephropathy]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Wu QD, Wang JH, Fennessy F, Redmond HP, Bouchier-Hayes D | title = Taurine prevents high-glucose-induced human vascular endothelial cell apoptosis | journal = The American Journal of Physiology | volume = 277 | issue = 6 | pages = C1229–1238 | date = December 1999 | pmid = 10600775 | doi = 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.277.6.C1229 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Verzola D, Bertolotto MB, Villaggio B, Ottonello L, Dallegri F, Frumento G, Berruti V, Gandolfo MT, Garibotto G, Deferran G | display-authors = 6 | title = Taurine prevents apoptosis induced by high ambient glucose in human tubule renal cells | journal = Journal of Investigative Medicine | volume = 50 | issue = 6 | pages = 443–451 | date = November 2002 | pmid = 12425431 | doi = 10.1136/jim-50-06-04 | s2cid = 22191154 }}</ref>
Taurine supplementation reduces glycemia in patients with [[diabetes type 2]], as shown by reductions in [[HbA1c]], [[Fasting Blood Sugar]], and [[HOMA-IR]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tao |first1=Xiaomei |last2=Zhang |first2=Zhanzhi |last3=Yang |first3=Zhenpeng |last4=Rao |first4=Benqiang |title=The effects of taurine supplementation on diabetes mellitus in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis |journal=Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences |date=July 2022 |volume=4 |pages=100106 |doi=10.1016/j.fochms.2022.100106}}</ref> There is evidence that taurine may exert a beneficial effect in preventing diabetes-associated [[microangiopathy]] and tubulointerstitial injury in [[diabetic nephropathy]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Wu QD, Wang JH, Fennessy F, Redmond HP, Bouchier-Hayes D | title = Taurine prevents high-glucose-induced human vascular endothelial cell apoptosis | journal = The American Journal of Physiology | volume = 277 | issue = 6 | pages = C1229–1238 | date = December 1999 | pmid = 10600775 | doi = 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.277.6.C1229 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Verzola D, Bertolotto MB, Villaggio B, Ottonello L, Dallegri F, Frumento G, Berruti V, Gandolfo MT, Garibotto G, Deferran G | display-authors = 6 | title = Taurine prevents apoptosis induced by high ambient glucose in human tubule renal cells | journal = Journal of Investigative Medicine | volume = 50 | issue = 6 | pages = 443–451 | date = November 2002 | pmid = 12425431 | doi = 10.1136/jim-50-06-04 | s2cid = 22191154 }}</ref>


According to animal studies, taurine produces an [[anxiolytic]] effect and may act as a modulator or antianxiety agent in the central nervous system by activating the [[glycine receptor]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kong WX, Chen SW, Li YL, Zhang YJ, Wang R, Min L, Mi X | title = Effects of taurine on rat behaviors in three anxiety models | journal = Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior | volume = 83 | issue = 2 | pages = 271–276 | date = February 2006 | pmid = 16540157 | doi = 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.02.007 | s2cid = 30644212 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Zhang CG, Kim SJ | title = Taurine induces anti-anxiety by activating strychnine-sensitive glycine receptor in vivo | journal = Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism | volume = 51 | issue = 4 | pages = 379–386 | year = 2007 | pmid = 17728537 | doi = 10.1159/000107687 | s2cid = 10017887 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Chen SW, Kong WX, Zhang YJ, Li YL, Mi XJ, Mu XS | title = Possible anxiolytic effects of taurine in the mouse elevated plus-maze | journal = Life Sciences | volume = 75 | issue = 12 | pages = 1503–1511 | date = August 2004 | pmid = 15240184 | doi = 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.03.010 }}</ref>
According to animal studies, taurine produces an [[anxiolytic]] effect and may act as a modulator or antianxiety agent in the central nervous system by activating the [[glycine receptor]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kong WX, Chen SW, Li YL, Zhang YJ, Wang R, Min L, Mi X | title = Effects of taurine on rat behaviors in three anxiety models | journal = Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior | volume = 83 | issue = 2 | pages = 271–276 | date = February 2006 | pmid = 16540157 | doi = 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.02.007 | s2cid = 30644212 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Zhang CG, Kim SJ | title = Taurine induces anti-anxiety by activating strychnine-sensitive glycine receptor in vivo | journal = Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism | volume = 51 | issue = 4 | pages = 379–386 | year = 2007 | pmid = 17728537 | doi = 10.1159/000107687 | s2cid = 10017887 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Chen SW, Kong WX, Zhang YJ, Li YL, Mi XJ, Mu XS | title = Possible anxiolytic effects of taurine in the mouse elevated plus-maze | journal = Life Sciences | volume = 75 | issue = 12 | pages = 1503–1511 | date = August 2004 | pmid = 15240184 | doi = 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.03.010 }}</ref>

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This article is about the chemical compound. For the bovine sub-species, see Taurine cattle.
Taurine
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
2-Aminoethane-1-sulfonic acid
Other names
2-Aminoethanesulfonic acid
Tauric acid
Identifiers
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  • InChI=1S/C2H7NO3S/c3-1-2-7(4,5)6/h1-3H2,(H,4,5,6) checkY
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Properties
C2H7NO3S
Molar mass 125.14 g/mol
Appearance colorless or white solid
Density 1.734 g/cm3 (at −173.15 °C)
Melting point 305.11 °C (581.20 °F; 578.26 K) Decomposes into simple molecules
Acidity (pKa) <0, 9.06
Related compounds
Related compounds
 Sulfamic acid
Aminomethanesulfonic acid
Homotaurine
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Taurine (/ˈtɔːriːn/), or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, is an organic compound that is widely distributed in animal tissues.[1] It is a major constituent of bile and can be found in the large intestine, and accounts for up to 0.1% of total human body weight. It is named after Latin taurus (cognate to Ancient Greek ταῦρος, taûros) meaning bull or ox, as it was first isolated from ox bile in 1827 by German scientists Friedrich Tiedemann and Leopold Gmelin.[2] It was discovered in human bile in 1846 by Edmund Ronalds.[3]

It has many biological roles, such as conjugation of bile acids, antioxidation, osmoregulation, membrane stabilization, and modulation of calcium signaling. It is essential for cardiovascular function, and development and function of skeletal muscle, the retina, and the central nervous system.

It is an unusual example of a naturally occurring sulfonic acid.

Chemical and biochemical features

Taurine exists as a zwitterion H3N+CH2CH2SO−3, as verified by X-ray crystallography.[4] The sulfonic acid has a low pKa[5] ensuring that it is fully ionized to the sulfonate at the pHs found in the intestinal tract.

Synthesis

Synthetic taurine is obtained by the ammonolysis of isethionic acid (2-hydroxyethanesulfonic acid), which in turn is obtained from the reaction of ethylene oxide with aqueous sodium bisulfite. A direct approach involves the reaction of aziridine with sulfurous acid.[6]

In 1993, about 5,000–6,000 tonnes of taurine were produced for commercial purposes: 50% for pet food and 50% in pharmaceutical applications.[7] As of 2010, China alone has more than 40 manufacturers of taurine. Most of these enterprises employ the ethanolamine method to produce a total annual production of about 3,000 tonnes.[8]

In the laboratory taurine can be produced by alkylation of ammonia with bromoethanesulfonate salts.[9]

Biosynthesis

Taurine is naturally derived from cysteine. Mammalian taurine synthesis occurs in the pancreas via the cysteine sulfinic acid pathway. In this pathway, cysteine is first oxidized to its sulfinic acid, catalyzed by the enzyme cysteine dioxygenase. Cysteine sulfinic acid, in turn, is decarboxylated by sulfinoalanine decarboxylase to form hypotaurine. Hypotaurine is enzymatically oxidized to yield taurine by hypotaurine dehydrogenase.[10]

Taurine is also produced by the transsulfuration pathway, which converts homocysteine into cystathionine. The cystathionine is then converted to hypotaurine by the sequential action of three enzymes: cystathionine gamma-lyase, cysteine dioxygenase, and cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase. Hypotaurine is then oxidized to taurine as described above.[11]

Oxidative degradation of cysteine to taurine

Nutritional significance

Taurine occurs naturally in fish and meat.[12][13][14] The mean daily intake from omnivore diets was determined to be around 58 mg (range from 9 to 372 mg) and to be low or negligible from a strict vegan diet. In another study, taurine intake was estimated to be generally less than 200 mg/day, even in individuals eating a high-meat diet. According to a third study, taurine consumption was estimated to vary between 40 and 400 mg/day.[15]

The availability of taurine is affected depending on how the food is prepared, raw diets retaining the most taurine, and baking or boiling resulting in the greatest taurine loss.[16]

Taurine levels were found to be significantly lower in vegans than in a control group on a standard American diet. Plasma taurine was 78% of control values, and urinary taurine was 29%.[17]

Prematurely born infants are believed to lack the enzymes needed to convert cystathionine to cysteine, and may, therefore, become deficient in taurine. Taurine is present in breast milk, and has been added to many infant formulas, as a measure of prudence, since the early 1980s. However, this practice has never been rigorously studied, and as such it has yet to be proven to be necessary, or even beneficial.[18]

Energy drinks and workout supplements

Taurine is an ingredient in some energy drinks. Many contain 1000 mg per serving,[19] and some as much as 2000 mg.[20]

It is also found in various dietary supplements aimed towards athletes.

Physiological functions

Taurine is essential for cardiovascular function and development and function of skeletal muscle, the retina, and the central nervous system.[21] It is a biosynthetic precursor to the bile salts sodium taurochenodeoxycholate and sodium taurocholate.

Taurine functions as an antioxidant, suppressing the toxicity of hypochlorite and hypobromite produced physiologically. Taurine reacts with these halogenating agents to form N-chloro- and N-bromotaurine, which are less toxic than their precursors hypohalides.[22]

Role in liver function

Taurine has been shown to reduce the secretion of apolipoprotein B100 and lipids in HepG2 cells.[23]

Role in the muscular system

Taurine is necessary for normal skeletal muscle functioning.[24] Mice with a genetic taurine deficiency had a nearly complete depletion of skeletal and cardiac muscle taurine levels and a reduction of more than 80% of exercise capacity compared to control mice. Taurine can influence (and possibly reverse) defects in nerve blood flow, motor nerve conduction velocity, and nerve sensory thresholds in experimental diabetic neuropathic rats.[25][26]

Pharmacology

Taurine crosses the blood–brain barrier[27][28][29] and has been implicated in a wide array of physiological phenomena including inhibitory neurotransmission,[30] long-term potentiation in the striatum/hippocampus,[31] membrane stabilization[32] feedback inhibition of neutrophil/macrophage respiratory burst, adipose tissue regulation and possible prevention of obesity,[33][34] calcium homeostasis,[35] recovery from osmotic shock,[36] protection against glutamate excitotoxicity,[37] and prevention of epileptic seizures.[38]

Taurine supplementation reduces glycemia in patients with diabetes type 2, as shown by reductions in HbA1c, Fasting Blood Sugar, and HOMA-IR.[39] There is evidence that taurine may exert a beneficial effect in preventing diabetes-associated microangiopathy and tubulointerstitial injury in diabetic nephropathy.[40][41]

According to animal studies, taurine produces an anxiolytic effect and may act as a modulator or antianxiety agent in the central nervous system by activating the glycine receptor.[42][43][44]

Taurine acts as a glycation inhibitor. Taurine-treated diabetic rats had a decrease in the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and AGEs content.[45][46] The United States Department of Agriculture has found a link between cataract development and lower levels of vitamin B6, folate, and taurine in the diets of the elderly.[47]

Animal physiology and nutrition

In diabetic rats, taurine supplementation slightly reduced abdominal body fat while improving glucose tolerance.[48] Taurine is effective in removing fatty liver deposits in rats, preventing liver disease, and reducing cirrhosis in tested animals.[49][50]

Likewise, taurine administration to diabetic rabbits resulted in 30% decrease in serum glucose levels.[51]

Cats lack the enzymatic machinery (sulfinoalanine decarboxylase) to produce taurine and must therefore acquire it from their diet.[52] A taurine deficiency in cats can lead to retinal degeneration and eventually blindness. Other effects of a diet lacking in this essential amino acid are dilated cardiomyopathy and reproductive failure in females.[53] The absence of taurine causes a cat's retina to slowly degenerate, causing eye problems and (eventually) irreversible blindness – a condition known as central retinal degeneration (CRD),[54][55] as well as hair loss and tooth decay. Decreased plasma taurine concentration has been demonstrated to be associated with feline dilated cardiomyopathy.[56] Unlike CRD, the condition is reversible with supplementation. Taurine is now a requirement of the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) and any dry or wet food product labeled approved by the AAFCO should have a minimum of 0.1% taurine in dry food and 0.2% in wet food.[57] Studies suggest the amino acid should be supplied at 10 mg/kg of bodyweight/day for domestic cats.[58]

Taurine appears essential to the development of passerine birds. Many passerines seek out taurine-rich spiders to feed their young, particularly just after hatching. Researchers compared the behaviours and development of birds fed a taurine-supplemented diet to a control diet and found the juveniles fed taurine-rich diets as neonates were much larger risk takers and more adept at spatial learning tasks.[59]

Taurine has been used in some cryopreservation mixes for animal artificial insemination.[60]

Safety and toxicity

A substantial increase in the plasma concentration of growth hormone was reported in some epileptic patients during taurine tolerance testing (oral dose of 50 mg per kg body mass per day), suggesting a potential to stimulate the hypothalamus and to modify neuroendocrine function.[61] A 1966 study found an indication that taurine (2 g/day) has some function in the maintenance and possibly in the induction of psoriasis.[15] Three later studies failed to support that finding.[62][63][64] It may also be necessary to take into consideration that absorption of taurine from beverages may be more rapid than from foods.[15]

Taurine has an observed safe level of supplemental intake in normal healthy adults at up to 3 g/day.[65] Even so, a study by the European Food Safety Authority found no adverse effects for up to 1,000 mg of taurine per kilogram of body weight per day.[66]

A review published in 2008 found no documented reports of negative or positive health effects associated with the amount of taurine used in energy drinks, concluding, "The amounts of guarana, taurine, and ginseng found in popular energy drinks are far below the amounts expected to deliver either therapeutic benefits or adverse events".[67]

Other uses

In cosmetics and contact lens solutions

Since the 2000s cosmetic compositions containing taurine have been introduced, possibly due to its antifibrotic properties. It has been shown to prevent the damaging effects of TGFB1 to hair follicles.[68] It also helps to maintain skin hydration.[69]

Taurine is also used in some contact lens solutions.[70]

Derivatives

See also: Derivative (chemistry)

See also

References

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