[Histonet] Bone adhesion problems after HIER

[Andrea Hooper]

Hi Patrick,

This is a major problem in the land of mouse bone histology. The only 
suggestion is to do as little HIER as humanly possible to get the 
results you need. I have cut mine back to 10 minutes. Still get 
beautiful immuno with minimal detachment.

-- Andrea

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>[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Leung,
>Patrick
>Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:18 PM
>To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>Subject: [Histonet] Bone adhesion problems after HIER
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>Hi,
>
>I am having problems with cortical bone detaching from the slide during
>the antigen retrieval step. The samples I am staining are paraffin
>embedded mouse tibia.
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>I am currently using Superfrost+ slides. The AR is with citrate buffer
>(pH6.1) from Dako performed in a waterbath for 15 minutes. The slides
>are baked overnight at 59C prior to deparaffinizing.
>
>I have tried using a steamer and microwave, however I still ended up
>with the same results. In addition Superfrost GOLD slides did not help
>in keeping the bone on. I found that performing HIER at 70C for three
>hrs as suggested in the archives to be ineffective in exposing my
>antigen (although the bone did stay attached).
>
>Do you have any suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>Patrick
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