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  • Title: Outward permeability of the blood-retinal barrier.
    Author: Yoshida A, Ishiko S, Kojima M.
    Journal: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol; 1992; 230(1):78-83. PubMed ID: 1547973.
    Abstract:
    To characterize quantitatively the active transport mechanism of the blood-retinal barrier (BRB), we estimated the inward (Pin) and outward permeability (Pout) of the BRB in monkey eyes using vitreous fluorophotometry. Pin values for fluorescein (F) and fluorescein glucuronide (FG) were simulated by computer in separate experiments following measurements of intraocular fluorescence at 1 h following the intravenous injection of F or FG. The estimated mean Pin values for F and FG were 4.7 +/- 1.6 and 5.9 +/- 1.7 x 10(-6) cm/min, respectively, in ten eyes of five monkeys. At 1 month thereafter, F was injected into the right vitreous cavity and the same amount of FG was injected into the left vitreous cavity. The intraocular kinetics of fluorescence were measured at 6-24 h postinjection. As estimated by the simulation model, the mean Pout values were 7.7 +/- 2.6 and 1.7 +/- 0.9 x 10(-4) cm/min for F and FG, respectively. The Pout/Pin ratio was 160 +/- 78 for F and 26 +/- 9 for FG. The intraperitoneal injection of probenecid resulted in a significant decrease in the Pout value for F (P less than 0.005) but had no significant effect on that for FG, suggesting that F is excreted from the retina via an active transport mechanism; as characterized by the Pout/Pin ratio, the actual magnitude of the latter is far greater than that previously reported.
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