[Histonet] heart specimens

[bettina.hutz <@t> orionpharma.com]

Hello,

I am working on a similar heart model, and first of all: I replaced the
Shandon Processing Center by Sakura Tissue Tek VIP5, and suddenly everything
works fine:)
Nothing against Shandon, but their Histology equipment sucks a big time!

Greetings,
Tina

-----Original Message-----
From: Galina Deyneko [mailto:galinadeyneko <@t> yahoo.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 12:14 AM
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] heart specimens




Galina Deyneko <galinadeyneko <@t> yahoo.com> wrote: Dear colleagues please help!
I am performing evaluation of the mouse's heart model of cardiac hypertrophy
and infarct, but I ran into some problems with microtome sectioning of
paraffin blocks of the hearts. It is first time in my practice and I am
upset. After harvesting (without perfusion with BNF) hearts are fixed in 10%
BNF (I also tried fixation in Bouin's solution and 4% paraphormaldehyde) for
48 hrs and also the time of fixation was extended to 1 week, dehydrated
overnight in 70% Ethanol in Cold Room, dissected in short and long axes, and
processed in Shandon Processing Center.
Ethanol : 60%- 30min              Xylene1- 45min
              70%-30 min              Xylene2- 45 min
              95%-40 min              Xylene3- 45 min
              95%-40 min               Wax1-   45 min
              100%-40 min              Wax2-   1. hrs
              100%-45 min               Wax3-   1hrs.
              100%-45 min
I tried to increase and decrease time of processing with and without vacuum
and kept in last wax until next morning. Heart tissues appear very dry; they
also crumble during sectioning. Before sectioning  I kept blocks on ice tray
and I also tried to soak them in soap solution. I wetted them with 1%
ammonium hydroxide. For waterbath I use distilled water of 43*C. Tissue
sections under objective X2 and X4 look unsatisfactory: muscle fibers are
torn in many places, crumbled, with pieces torn off, but the remain tissue
section mostly without wrinkles. What is significant is that under higher
magnification (X100-X400) the cells and nuclei appear fine and  clear, but
for the photography and measurement my slides are inadequate. Any advice
would be highly appreciated. Sincerely, Galina Deyneko.


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