Platelet taurine concentration and uptake in the Brattleboro diabetes insipidus rat

• Published in: Acta medica Okayama Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 203 - 210
• Main Authors: Nieminen, M L, Tuomisto, L, Solatunturi, E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan 01.08.1996
• Subjects: Animals; Blood Platelets - metabolism; Dehydration - metabolism; Diabetes Insipidus - metabolism; Kinetics; Male; Osmolar Concentration; Rats; Rats, Brattleboro; Sodium - blood; Taurine - blood; Taurine - metabolism; Water Deprivation; Water-Electrolyte Balance

Since platelets accumulate taurine, they provide a model for studying the taurine transport in anisosmotic disorders. Thus, in this work we studied the taurine concentration and uptake in the platelets of Brattleboro rats, homozygous (DI) and heterozygous (HZ) for hereditary hypothalamic diabetes in...