[Histonet] Cutting frozen fat

[Alan Bright]

Pam,

You should have no problem sectioning mesenteric and epididymal fat at a specimen temperature of -30ºC, but if your knife and anti-roll plate are at a warmer temperature than the specimen this would explain the results you report.

Please come back to me if you require further assistance.
 
Best Regards

Alan Bright

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-----Original Message-----
From: pam plumlee [mailto:paw555 <@t> yahoo.com] 
Sent: 15 March 2005 03:13
To: HistoNet Server
Subject: [Histonet] Cutting frozen fat


Hi all:    I have a project that the researcher wants
frozen sections on mouse fat for immunofluorescence. 
I froze mesenteric and epididymal fat at necropsy in isopentane.  I am having a hard time getting the tissue to cut-I'm getting the hole in the middle of the OCT block.  I have changed the temp in the cryostat to range from -16 to -35 and inbetween to see if colder would help.  Not much luck. Does anyone know if I can defrost and fix the tissue and will it improve the cutting or will that cause it to loose any FITC. Thanks for any suggestions.  Pam


		
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