HYALURONIC ACID AND HYALURONIDASE IN THE AQUEOUS HUMOUR AND THE ANGLE OF THE ANTERIOR CHAMBER
HYALURONIC ACID AND HYALURONIDASE IN THE AQUEOUS HUMOUR AND THE ANGLE OF THE ANTERIOR CHAMBER
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1748-1716.1955.tb01208.x
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发表时间:
1955-01-01
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WOODIN, AM
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作者:
BARANY, EH;WOODIN, AM
A study has been made of some factors which might be of importance for the hydrodynamic resistance of the angle of the anterior chamber. The possible occurrence in the aqueous humour of chemical agents affecting the resistance has been investigated and the nature of the barrier studied with the aid of hyaluronidase. The main results are:1. No hyaluronidase could be detected in cattle aqueous humour,2. Aqueous humour contains hyaluronic acid capable of being hydrolysed by added hyaluronidase.3. Aqueous humour has a diffusable thermo‐stable component which reduces the viscosity of the hyaluronic acid‐protein complex from synovial fluid. The action of this component is inhibited by diethyldithiocarbamate.4. No increase in hyaluronic acid‐depolymerising power is observable in aqueous humour after induction of the gradual break down of resistance caused by mechanical trauma.5. Mechanical trauma sometimes seems to act on the angle through an immediate physical derangement followed by a slower, temperature‐dependent phase. This latter is not inhibited by diethyldithiocarbamate.6. The fast initial resistance drop caused by small amounts of testicular hyaluronidase can also be induced by staphylococcal hyaluronidase.7. On perfusing the angle for 8 hours with buffer, the resistance decreases continuously. With aqueous humour as perfusate the resistance is stable for about 100 minutes and then decreases. The hyaluronidase‐sensitive component in the angle does not disappear for several hundred minutes when perfused with aqueous.8. In addition to its immediate action in low concentrations, hyaluronidase in high concentrations induces a further slow decrease in resistance of the angle.