Electronic Resource
Springer
Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology
224 (1986), S. 419-422
ISSN:
1435-702X
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Lipid solubility is a major determinant of permeability across the blood-brain barrier, to which the blood-retinal barrier (BRB) has many similarities. Carboxyfluorescein is a dye with about 1/1000 the lipid solubility of fluorescein, but their molecular sizes and spectral characteristics are similar. We studied the importance of lipid solubility in BRB permeability by comparing the BRB permeabilities to these two dyes. Dye in the vitreous and plasma of four monkeys was measured by fluorophotometry. The estimated inward permeability coefficients (P in) were 11 ± 7.4 × 10−6) cm/min (mean and SD) for carboxyfluorescein and 21 ± 5.9 × 10−6 cm/min for fluorescein. The ratio of the means was 1/1.9, far from the expected 1/1000. This finding suggests that the BRB does not function as a continuous lipid membrane and that other factors are more important determinants of permeability for these dyes than lipid solubility.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02173356
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