Re: Mib-1 staining on wax sections of decalcified bone, adhesion prob lems after microwave antigen retrieval step
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From: | "a i d a n s c h u r r" <Aidan.Schurr@hvh.co.nz> |
To: | "Mendes, Maria" <mmendes@mtsinai.on.ca>, histonet@pathology.swmed.edu |
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Hi Maria,
You don't make any mention of having tried silanised slides...
We coat our own with 3-aminotriethoxysilane (APES), and don't
have too many problems with things falling off. Difficult tissues
often need a lot longer to dry on - 3-4 days @37 degress won't go
amiss. One trick that can help is to draw water from under the
section with a bit of filter paper before putting it in the incubator (we
don't put any of our immuno's anywhere near a hot plate - too much
damage to antigens for our liking...)
Good luck!
Aidan
> Hi I hope someone out there can help me with my problem. In our lab we are
> trying to perform immunohistochemistry on decalcified bone, mainly in
> respect to Mib-1. The problem is that after performing the antigen retrieval
> that involves putting sections in the microwave the sections fall off. Below
> are all the different things that have been tried to get around this
> problem. I would appreciate any help that could be sent my way. I may be
> contacted directly at mmendes@mtsinai.on.ca <mailto:mmendes@mtsinai.on.ca> .
> The following procedures have been tried with no success thus far:
> 1) Contacted vendor that supplies Mib-1 to see if they had any
> information as well I did a search on Pubmed to find any articles on the
> subject
> 2) Used positively charged slides from two different vendors
> 3) Used positively charged slides with albumin and then using a wet
> filter paper rolled over the section to get any air out of the section
> 4) Used gelatinized slides with and without albumin and with and
> without the rolling feature above
> On all slides the wax was melted on the hot plate and the slides left
> overnight in a 37oC oven in some cases the slides were left over the
> weekend.
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> Thanks,
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> Maria (Toronto, Canada)
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> Thanks,
> Maria Toronto, Canada
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