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Richard T. Jackson, PhD; John H. Burson, MD, PhD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1977;103(8):441-444.

Abstract
• A technique used for study of permeability and vasodilation in the middle ear has been adapted to study the response of nasal mucosa to common inflammatory mediators involved in the natural production of allergic or infectious rhinitis. All of the mediators tested (histamine, prostaglandin E₁, bradykinin, the C3a fraction of complement, Escherichia coli endotoxin, and lysozyme) were found to increase nasal permeability to the isotopic tracer⁹⁹ Tc as the pertechnetate ion. Histamine increased the permeability of nasal mucosa to technetium-labeled plasma protein. Results indicate that the nasal mucosa is approximately ten times as permeable to the pertechnetate ion as middle ear mucosa. Nasal mucosa was also noted to be permeable to protein, even in the absence of inflammatory mediator, in contrast to prior studies of middle ear mucosa that showed little or no permeability in the absence of inflammatory mediator. In almost all cases, a corresponding change in vasodilation accompanied permeability changes.

(Arch Otolaryngol 103:441-444, 1977)

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 11, 1977.

Reprint requests to 441 Woodruff Memorial Building, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 (Dr Jackson).

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