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Issue title: The Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Food Factors (ICoFF 03)
Article type: Research Article
Authors: Mochizuki, Tetsunosuke | Satsu, Hideo | Nakano, Tomoko | Shimizu, Makoto
Affiliations: Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 5841 5131; Fax: +81 3 5841 8026; E-mail: aa37021@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Abstract: We investigated whether or not the inflammatory cytokines affect the activity of taurine transporter (TAUT) in human intestinal Caco-2 cells. Among the cytokines, tumor necrosis factor α(TNF-α) markedly augmented the TAUT activity. A kinetic analysis of the TAUT activity in TNF-α-treated Caco-2 cells suggests that this up-regulation was associated with both an increase in the amount of TAUT and an increase in its affinity. Considering these results, it seems that intracellular taurine plays a role in the intestinal epithelial cells under such an inflammatory condition as that caused by an excessive amount of TNF-α secreted by macrophages. To verify this hypothesis, we examined the effect of taurine on inflamed intestinal cells by using a co-culture system of Caco-2 cells with human macrophage-like THP-1 cells. The result shows that taurine significantly repressed the damage to Caco-2 cells caused by TNF-α secreted by THP-1 cells. Thus, taurine may be a useful substance against intestinal inflammation.
Keywords: Caco-2, tumor necrosis factor α(TNF-α), taurine transporter (TAUT), THP-1, co-culture
Journal: BioFactors, vol. 21, no. 1-4, pp. 141-144, 2004
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