[Histonet] tissue blocks stored in cooler C for 2wks - any successwith IHC?

[Colleen Forster]

I agree with Brett.

I believe the histological aspect will be horrible and probably not worth
the time and money spent. I feel you would be terribly disappointed with
the lack of usable results.

Colleen Forster HT(ASCP)QIHC

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 11:14 AM Brett Connolly via Histonet <
histonet at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:

> Merissa,
> I have done tons of IHC assays on frozen tissues, including many procured
> from commercial tissue banks. My experience has been that the most of the
> time the microscopic morphology is terrible (abysmal if it is brain
> tissue). Cells are always blown open from slow freezing. It’s bad enough
> that there is a 2 week PMI…add to that storage at 4C instead of at least
> -20C (best would be -80C) and IMO it’s a recipe for failure. Wouldn’t touch
> that tissue no way, no how…well maybe if they paid ME I would take it and
> try to use it for autoradiography or something.
> Just my opinion.
>
> Brett Connolly HTL (ASCP), PhD
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
> From: M.O. via Histonet
> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2019 11:24 AM
> To: Histonet
> Subject: [Histonet] tissue blocks stored in cooler C for 2wks - any
> successwith IHC?
>
> Good morning!
>
> We are working with a tissue bank that is only able to procure tissue
> blocks from donors that have postmortem intervals of 2wks or more. The
> storage conditions are in a cooler (I believe 4C), the block will be
> procured and frozen and we will harvest the tissue from that block once we
> thaw it. We plan to use these samples for histological purposes only.
>
> Has anyone had success with IHC on donors/tissues that were stored in 4C
> for 2wks or more? Will the integrity of the cells and proteins be okay?
>
> Thank you,
> Merissa
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Colleen Forster HT(ASCP)QIHC
BLS Histology and IHC Laboratory
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