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THE PERMEABILITY OF THE HUMAN CILIARY AND IRIDIAL EPITHELIUM TO HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE
Author(s) -
TøNJUM ASBJøRN M.,
PEDERSEN OLAV øYVIND
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1977.tb08276.x
Subject(s) - horseradish peroxidase , epithelium , anatomy , ciliary body , tight junction , biology , cilium , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , enzyme , genetics , neuroscience
The permeability of the human ciliary epithelium to horseradish peroxidase (PO) has been studied in vitro with the electron microscope. Ciliary body and iris specimens were obtained from freshly enucleated eyes. PO was applied at the stromal side of the epithelium, and was left for 120 min. The movement of PO through the intercellular spaces of the human ciliary epithelium was blocked apically in the lateral intercellular spaces of the non‐pigmented epithelial cells, indicating that these cells are girdled by zonulae occludentes. In the iridial epithelium, the same distribution pattern of peroxidase reaction products (PORP) was found, i. e. the progression of PO was blocked apically in the lateral intercellular spaces of the posterior epithelial cells. The study indicates that the human ciliary and iridial epithelium contains a system of zonulae occludentes , which represents a diffusion barrier to high molecular, water soluble substances. This is consistent with previous studies in several species of animals.