[Histonet] Histonet Digest, Vol 171, Issue 15

[Madeleine Huey]

 Subject: [Histonet] P16 Antibody
Jason, I also tried many different vendors & clones many years ago (human
FFPE tissues), and the winner is from Roche/Ventana (CINtec, Cat. 9517 =
11.5ml).  You can get 5ml dispenser as well.


*Madeleine Huey**, HTL & QIHC (ASCP)*

Supervisor - Pathology (Histology & IPOX)

El Camino Hospital, and Los Gatos Hospital

2500 Grant Rd (Rm #GC-413), Mountain View, CA 94040-4378

Phone:  650-940-7038

Fax:  650-966-9292

Email:  *madeleine_h at elcaminohospital.org
<madeleine_h at elcaminohospital.org>*


On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 10:00 AM, <histonet-request at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
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> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:50:15 +0000
> From: "Kusters, Ronald" <ronald.kusters at pfmmedical.com>
> To: Reuel Cornelia <Reuel.Cornelia at tsrh.org>,
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> Subject: Re: [Histonet] Deplastifying MMA
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> Dear Reuel,
> Maybe the Kulkzer Technovit manufacturers website provides you more
> information or you could contact their specialists directly through this
> link:
> http://kulzer-technik.de/en_kt/kt/maerkte/histologie/
> startseite_histologie.aspx
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> Yours,
> Ronald
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> Mit freundlichen Gr??en/Kind Regards
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>  Ronald Kusters
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reuel Cornelia [mailto:Reuel.Cornelia at tsrh.org]
> Sent: maandag 12 februari 2018 22:07
> To: histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: [Histonet] Deplastifying MMA
>
> Hello histonetters,
>
> I have a problem with my MMA plastic section on my slide. I could not
> remove the plastic MMA even if I leave the section slides in Xylene for
> several days with heat incubation at 60 degrees. This is the first time
> that happened to my section for several years of doing the same thing over.
> I was thinking that it was my Xylene lot number so I tried to change it but
> still does not remove the plastic, and then Itried different solvent
> Acetone, and Ethylene glycol Monoethyl ether but still it does not work.
> Can I ask for help if anyone knows what was going on and what would be the
> best way to remove this plastic from my section?
>
> Just to give you my embedding solution was MMA -94% , dibutly phthalate-
> 5% and perkadox 16- 0.5%. This have been my solution for years and I do not
> have any problem with the removal of plastic section until now. I was
> thinking that my MMA (M55909) different lot number from Sigma Aldrich may
> have cause this because even I tried to use the MMA to dissolve my plastic
> it does not work.
>
>
> Thank you for and any opinions or protocols are greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Reuel Cornelia
>
> TSRH
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 08:34:42 -0500
> From: Dorothy Hu <abtdhu at gmail.com>
> To: histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: Re: [Histonet] [EXTERNAL] Deplastifying MMA
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> Hi Lori,
>
> Would you please tell me which company and catalog # of  tetrahydrofuran
> you used before?
> For how many minutes you did for deplastifying in tetrahydrofuran?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Dorothy
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 20:05:16 +0000
> From: "Garcia, Lori, M.Sc." <lori.garcia at medtronic.com>
> To: "Reuel.Cornelia at tsrh.org" <Reuel.Cornelia at tsrh.org>
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> Hi Reuel,
>
> One thing you could try is THF (tetrahydrofuran). We have used it in the
> past to rapidly dissolve the MMA on slides.
>
> Good luck,
> Lori
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:31:11 -0700
> From: Jason McGough <jmcgough at clinlab.com>
> To: 'histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu'
>         <histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
> Subject: [Histonet] P16 Antibody
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> We are looking to bring in P16 to do in house but are having a hard time
> getting the stain to be clean. We are having issues with positive staining
> on tissue that should be negative. We are working with a concentrated
> antibody that we have diluted out to 1:6000 (which is 6 times the amount
> suggested from vendors 1:200-1:1000). We might need to change clones or
> vendors and were wondering if you could tell us what kind of p16 (clone)
> you use for staining and possible what vendor you get it from? Any
> information or suggestions you have would greatly be appreciated. Thank you.
>
>
> Jason McGough, HT(ASCP)
>
> Operations Manager
> Clinical Laboratory of the Black Hills
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