Abstract
Basophils accumulate in response to antigen challenge in cutaneous basophil hypersensitivity (CBH) reactions. Two ocular diseases, vernal conjunctivitis and contact-lens-associated conjunctivitis, are also characterized by this histopathology. We have refined a model previously developed in guinea pig conjunctiva by precisely defining the site of antigen injection and correlating the site with the clinical and histologic changes. Guinea pigs were primed by an intradermal injection of keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) in the flank and challenged (Day 6) by injection of a small bolus of KLH just under the conjunctival epithelium. Twenty-four hours later histologic examination showed a perivascular infiltrate of inflammatory cells containing large numbers of basophils. Eosinophils, neutrophils, macrophages, and mast cells were also seen. Serial sections of the reaction site showed discrete boundaries. At all sites examined in antigen-challenged tissues, there were significantly more basophils than in control-injected conjunctiva. Insertion of a sterile needle or injection of PBS or KLH into normal conjunctiva induced a significant increase in neutrophils and some macrophages. Injection of graded doses of antigen into the conjunctiva of primed animals, resulted in a dose-dependent increase in basophils up to 50 μg KLH (optimal dose).
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