[Histonet] IHC trouble shooting question

[Lester Raff]

Hello to the Histonet,

 

We are having intermittent difficulties with IHC staining.  We are
staining well fixed prostate core biopsies for AMACR and p63 using the
PIN2 cocktail.  We do a pressure cooker HIER and stain on the Dako
Autostainer.  We use slides that have the control tissue on the top,
patient tissue on the lower 2/3rds.

 

We are running into a condition we call "train-tracking".  Looking at a
core longitudinally, the center will stain, but the edges will not. The
artifact is very linear, with sharp cut-off between staining and
non-staining.  We do not see this artifact with our CK stain, which we
do not use retrieval for. 

 

Dako has been out to level the racks and check the probe tips, but the
problem keeps coming back.  Anyone else deal with something like this?

 

Thanks,

 

Lester J. Raff, MD
Medical Director
UroPartners, LLC Laboratory

2225 Enterprise Dr. Suite 2511

Westchester, IL 60154


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