Possible Interaction: Taurine and Rabbit Allergenic Extract

“It is quite convincing from the literature that taurine supplemented in the diet and administered to various animal models (rat, mouse, and rabbit ) has a significant effect in reducing both total cholesterol and the induced atherogenic lesions.”

“Using cultured RPE cells, we found that in vitro taurine specifically stimulated proliferation of human and rabbit RPE, but had only minimal effect on cultured scleral fibroblasts.”

“In a previous study, some structural analogues of taurine, namely 6‐aminomethyl‐3‐methyl‐4H‐1,… (AEA), 2‐hydroxyethanesulfonic (ISE) and (±)cis‐2‐aminocyclohexane sulfonic acids (CAHS) have been shown to displace [3H]taurine … rabbit brain synaptic membrane preparations, without interacting either … mechanism, thus behaving like direct taurinergic agents.”

“These results indicate that taurine exerts more potent inhibitory actions on ionic currents under Ca2+ overload conditions in rabbit sino-atrial nodal cells.”

“ Taurine has been shown to be an effective antagonist of depolarization- but not norepinephrine-induced tonic vasoconstrictions in rabbit ear artery (8,9), suggesting a selective interference on the availability of the voltage operated channel.”

“ Taurine which was toxic for rats as shown by means of histological and histochemical assays in chronic experiments, decreased the content of glucose in rabbit blood.”