Suppression of experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis by prazosin, anα1-adrenergic receptor antagonist
作者:
RuizJ. M.,
MisiukM.,
ThillayeB.,
de KozakY.,
期刊:
Current Eye Research
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 11,
issue sup1
页码: 135-140
ISSN:0271-3683
年代: 1992
DOI:10.3109/02713689208999523
出版商: Taylor&Francis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
S-antigen (S-Ag)-induced experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis (EAU) was suppressed in Lewis and PVG rats by treatment beginning 4 days post immunization with prazosin, a specificα1-adrenergic receptor antagonist. A significant suppression of EAU was observed at clinical and histological levels in both treated groups compared to a severe EAU which developed in controls. Fluorescein angiography showed no leakage of dye from the optic disc of a treated PVG rat presenting no ocular inflammation by clinical examination. The treatment had no effect on the titer of anti-S-Ag antibodies. Perivascular infiltrates of T-lymphocytes and macrophages together with alterations of blood-retinal barrier permeability are early events in EAU. Prazosin, by acting on the vascularα1-adrenoreceptors, inhibits vasospasm, preserves blood-retinal-barrier integrity and prevents vascular edema and early inflammatory cell infiltration observed in EAU.
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