Effects of various pharmacologic agents on allergic inflammation of the eye. The roles of chemical mediators in ocular inflammation.

Abstract

Effects of pharmacologic agents on experimental ocular inflammation induced by reverse passive Arthus reactions were investigated by a slit-lamp technique utilizing fluorescein-labeled rabbet serum albumin as an indicator. Cobra venom factor completely eliminated inflammatory responses, indicating that the complement system is a trigger for this type of ocular inflammation. Antihistamines mainly suppressed the early vascular response. Reserpine and indomethacin remarkably inhibited the increase of the permeability of the blood-aqueous barrier over the first 5 hr. Epinephrine and steroid hormone were also effective. Neither diethylcarbamazine nor isonicotinic acid showed effects on the permeability changes induced in this type of inflammation.

• Authors: M Okada, K Shimada
• Journal: Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci) Vol. 19 Issue 2 Pg. 176-81 (Feb 1980) ISSN: 0146-0404 [Print] United States
• PMID: 6101322 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Inflammatory Agents
• Elapid Venoms
• Histamine H1 Antagonists
• Reserpine
• Indomethacin

Topics

• Animals
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Antigen-Antibody Reactions
• Aqueous Humor (drug effects, physiology)
• Arthus Reaction (drug therapy)
• Disease Models, Animal
• Elapid Venoms (therapeutic use)
• Eye Diseases (drug therapy)
• Histamine H1 Antagonists (therapeutic use)
• Indomethacin (therapeutic use)
• Rabbits
• Reserpine (therapeutic use)