[Histonet] mouse IHC background

Mon Sep 17 12:09:32 CDT 2007

Maybe a mouse adsorbed secondary is all you need.  Vector makes them.

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Today's Topics:

   1. RE: Surgical specimens (Debbie Hogg)
   2. Background on FFPE mouse tissue (Gale, Nadia)
   3. RE: Background on FFPE mouse tissue (Monfils, Paul)
   4. Re: Re: negative controls (Amos Brooks)
   5. Formalin & FNA (Satterfield, Marirose)
   6. RE: I think I will give it an acronym (Amos Brooks)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:45:34 -0400
From: "Debbie Hogg" <debbie_hogg <@t> hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Surgical specimens
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
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   I  am  hospital  based  here  in  Canada  and  Surgical  specimens
are
   delivered to our pathology lab by circulator's.  Our assistant does
go
   to the Ambulatory Care Unit to pick up the small specimens.

   The  last hospital that I worked at also had designated times that
the
   surgicals  would  be  delivered to the Path. lab.  Technologist's
have
   more  than enough work to keep them busy without running to the OR
for
   specimens!

   Debbie Hogg
     _________________________________________________________________

   Put Your Face In Your Space [1]with Windows Live Spaces!

References

   1. http://g.msn.com/8HMBENCA/2728??PS=47575

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:47:33 -0700
From: "Gale, Nadia" <Ngale <@t> bccancer.bc.ca>
Subject: [Histonet] Background on FFPE mouse tissue
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Hello Histonetters,

I am relatively new to the mouse world of IHC having come from a
clinical background into research and have what might be a simple
problem... I am experiencing heavy background with the majority of mouse
tissues I am staining.  I am using the Ventana Discovery system with
their universal DAB kit and "titrate" 100uL of antibody diluent onto my
negative control slides.  I've tried a biotin blocking kit as well (even
though it doesn't look like biotin, thought I'd give it a try) and
observed no decrease in the amount of background staining.

Any ideas for me?

Thanks in advance!
Nadia

Nadia Gale
Lead Histotechnologist
Centre for Translational and Applied Genomics (CTAG)
3427-600 West 10th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6
tel 604-877-6000 ext 2426
fax 604-877-6089
ngale <@t> bccancer.bc.ca

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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:31:58 -0400
From: "Monfils, Paul" <PMonfils <@t> Lifespan.org>
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Background on FFPE mouse tissue
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Are you using mouse monoclonal antibodies?  Heavy background staining is
a common problem when your antibody was produced in the same species
that your tissue sample came from.  The anti-mouse secondary antibody
can't distinguish between the applied mouse primary and the endogenous
immunoglobulins naturally present in the mouse tissue.  You can avoid
this either by using a mouse-on-mouse kit, available from several
vendors, or by using primariy antibodies made in other species.

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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:40:24 -0400
From: "Amos Brooks" <amosbrooks <@t> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Re: negative controls
To: "godsgalnow <@t> aol.com" <godsgalnow <@t> aol.com>
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Roxanne,

   Is there any possibility that the multiple cores are from different
parts
of the prostate that may have metastasises from other places like kidney
&
liver?
   Ultimately you can do this how you like. It is just important to know
the
limitations of your testing and be aware that this can bite you in the
a$$
later on.

Just my $0.02
Amos

On 9/17/07, godsgalnow <@t> aol.com <godsgalnow <@t> aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> But what if all of the blocks are prostate core biopsies?
> Roxanne
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amos Brooks <amosbrooks <@t> gmail.com>
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Sent: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:16 pm
> Subject: [Histonet] Re: negative controls
>
> Hypothetically:
>      Let's say an endometriosis case has several parts as they
commonly do.
> A) Uterus bx (obviously), B) Ovary, C) Lg Colon bx, D) Kidney E) Liver
Bx.
> So an IHC is ordered on the case and randomly part A is chosen as a
> representative negative control. Have you ever noticed how much
endogenous
> biotin is in kidney & liver? Since there is not a negative control on
it
> there is no real way of knowing that the labeling that one would see
there
> is not real.
>      Honestly having a negative on each block is best, if not for eash
test
> being run (a tall order for sure!). Before polymer detection became
popular
> I once used kidney as a positive control for CD10. It labels the brush
> boarder of the proximal convuluded tubule really nicely. Problem is
that
> this is also a great place to find endogenous biotin! This really sold
me on
> the use of negative controls. Thanks Mary!
>
> Have a nice day,
> Amos
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:35:48 -0400
> From: godsgalnow <@t> aol.com
> Subject: [Histonet] negative controls
> To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
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> How many non-CAP labs out there are doing negative controls on every
block
> that you do an antibody on?
>
> If you have a case that goes A-J and they are all 1 block each and you
do an
> AE1/AE3 on blocks B,C,F,& J, will you do a negative on every block or
just
> one for the entire case?
>
> This has been an ongoing debate with us.? We typincally only do 1
negative
> control for the case and given the above example, it might be on block
A.?
> We ususally cut an extra on every block we cut and when the IHC is
requested
> we just go and pull it and for the negative, we just grab whatever
slide is
> left to run the negative on.? What is everyone else doing??
>
> Roxanne
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:37:45 -0400
From: "Satterfield, Marirose" <Marirose.Satterfield <@t> MercyMemorial.org>
Subject: [Histonet] Formalin & FNA
To: <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
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Actually I have two different questions. 

#1 Who performs the FNA procedures at your facility?

#2 How many people have their microtomy, staining, tissue processing and
grossing all in one room?

I am doing a little bit of research and any answers will help.

Thanks!

Mari S.

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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:47:35 -0400
From: "Amos Brooks" <amosbrooks <@t> gmail.com>
Subject: RE: [Histonet] I think I will give it an acronym
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
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Or better yet :
ALLYOURHISTOSTUFFAREBELONGTOUS

(let's see how many geeks we have on the histonet)
Amos

Message: 20
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:40:39 +0100
From: "Edwards, R.E." <ree3 <@t> leicester.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: [Histonet] I think I will give it an acronym
To: "Bernice Frederick" <b-frederick <@t> northwestern.edu>, "Rene J Buesa"
       <rjbuesa <@t> yahoo.com>, "Gayle Callis" <gcallis <@t> montana.edu>,
       <curtis.king <@t> thermofisher.com>,
<Histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
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       <DC88BEDFD1FC3F468D0376A7C75465F7101C7143 <@t> Saffron.cfs.le.ac.uk>
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  How  about "HISTOSTUFFRUS"

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