Effect of glutaurine on the pineal gland of the rat.
Glutaurine (gamma-L-glutamyl-taurine), the recently discovered hormone of the parathyroid enhances the aggregation and subsequent degeneration of mitochondria in the pinealocyte processes of the rat pineal gland. It also stimulates autophagy, probably through its general lysosome activating effect.
D000818:Animals; D001343:Autophagy; D005260:Female; D005973:Glutamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051381:Rats; D013654:Taurine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000648:ultrastructure
D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D005973:Glutamine; D013654:Taurine; C020903:glutaurine