Abstract
We assessed whether anaphylactic stimulation of rat ocular tissue produces a late-phase reaction at the histologic level. Clinical changes of swelling and redness started within minutes, peaked at about 20 min, and then subsided. Neutrophils increased at 1 2 hr after stimulation, peaked at 6 hr, and subsided to normal at 24 hr. Eosinophils reached a significant increase at 6 hr. Compaction of vessel contents was present at 1 2 hr; vessels were normal thereafter. Extravasated red blood cells and debris in the tissue were prominent at 6 hr. Macrophages had accumulated significantly at 6 hr and maintained that level at 24 hr. Any effect of anaphylaxis on macrophage accumulation was masked because control-injected ocular tissue also showed an accumulation of macrophages at 24 hr. Our results demonstrate that in ocular tissue, as in skin, the early acute phase of immediate hypersensitivity is but one stage of a multiphasic reaction.
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