[Histonet] RE: melanin counterstaining

[Diane.Craft <@t> amcny.org]

I am not sure what others do, but I do not run my Azure B slides through 
alcohol because I find the alcohol diminishes the intensity of the green. 
I air dry, clear, then coverslip.

Diane Craft
Pathology Department
Animal Medical Center
510 East 62nd St
New York NY 10065-8314
212-329-8675 (phone)
212-759-5878 (fax)



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[Histonet] RE: melanin counterstaining





You can try a simple Schmorl's stain - which stains melanin.  You can find 
it in a Sheehan/Shrapchek


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Naira
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Subject: [Histonet] melanin counterstaining

Good morning,

I have heavily pigmented melanocytic cells and trying to differentiate 
between melanin pigment and chromogen (DAB) by using Azure B.

After IHC with DAB I incubate slides for 30-45 min in the working solution 
of:

*   4ml of a 25mg/ml aqueous solution of Azure B
*   3.4ml of 0.1M acetic acid
*   600µl of 0.1M sodium acetate
*   27ml of DI water
*   5ml acetone

Then water wash and hematoxylin counter-stain. By the end all melanin 
supposed to turn blue-green, but I still see some remained brown melanin.

My question is: I would like to increase green color, so the concentration 
of what reagent I have to increase?

Thanks in advance,
Naira

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