This document discusses histological staining techniques used to visualize tissue structures under a microscope. It describes the basic steps of tissue processing which include fixation, dehydration, clearing, infiltration, and embedding. It then explains how different stains can be used to distinguish between tissue components by targeting basophilic, acidophilic, or carbohydrate structures. Common stains discussed include hematoxylin and eosin, PAS, Masson's trichrome, Sudan black, silver stains, and Verhoeff van Gieson. The document also mentions methods to visualize specific molecules using fluorescent, radioactive, enzyme, or metal labels as well as techniques like immunohistochemistry.
This document discusses histological staining techniques used to visualize tissue structures under a microscope. It describes the basic steps of tissue processing which include fixation, dehydration, clearing, infiltration, and embedding. It then explains how different stains can be used to distinguish between tissue components by targeting basophilic, acidophilic, or carbohydrate structures. Common stains discussed include hematoxylin and eosin, PAS, Masson's trichrome, Sudan black, silver stains, and Verhoeff van Gieson. The document also mentions methods to visualize specific molecules using fluorescent, radioactive, enzyme, or metal labels as well as techniques like immunohistochemistry.
This document discusses histological staining techniques used to visualize tissue structures under a microscope. It describes the basic steps of tissue processing which include fixation, dehydration, clearing, infiltration, and embedding. It then explains how different stains can be used to distinguish between tissue components by targeting basophilic, acidophilic, or carbohydrate structures. Common stains discussed include hematoxylin and eosin, PAS, Masson's trichrome, Sudan black, silver stains, and Verhoeff van Gieson. The document also mentions methods to visualize specific molecules using fluorescent, radioactive, enzyme, or metal labels as well as techniques like immunohistochemistry.
This document discusses histological staining techniques used to visualize tissue structures under a microscope. It describes the basic steps of tissue processing which include fixation, dehydration, clearing, infiltration, and embedding. It then explains how different stains can be used to distinguish between tissue components by targeting basophilic, acidophilic, or carbohydrate structures. Common stains discussed include hematoxylin and eosin, PAS, Masson's trichrome, Sudan black, silver stains, and Verhoeff van Gieson. The document also mentions methods to visualize specific molecules using fluorescent, radioactive, enzyme, or metal labels as well as techniques like immunohistochemistry.
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Histological Stains
Rizka Vidya Lestari
Department of Histology, Medical Faculty Universitas Mataram • The most common procedure used in histologic research is the preparation of tissue slices or “sections” Steps
• Fixation: To preserve cell and tissue structure (ex: formalin,
formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde) • Dehydration: To removes all water with alcohol solutions • Clearing: Alcohol removal with xylol • Infiltration: The tissue is placed in melted paraffin • Embedding: The paraffin-infiltrated tissue • Trimming: Sectioning (slicing) on a microtome Staining
• Most cell and extracellular material are completely colorless
• Methods of staining can be use to distinguish tissue component from one another • Dyes stain material often behaving like acidic or basic compounds Basic Dyes
Staining basophilic tissue components (DNA, RNA, and
glycosaminoglycans) ex: • Toluidine blue • Alcian blue • Methylene blue • Hematoxylin Acid Dyes
Stain the acidophilic components
(mitochondria, secretory granules, and collagen) ex: • Eosin • Orange G • Acid fuchsin Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) is used most commonly. Hematoxylin producing a dark blue or purple color, In contrast, eosin producing a pink color
The PAS-stained tissue was counterstained with hematoxylin to show the cell nuclei intensely Another Dyes
• PAS (Periodic Acid–Schiff ): To determine polysaccharides and other carbohydrate
(purple/magenta) • Masson’s trichrome: To distinguish various extracellular tissue components • Sudan Black: To determine intracellular accumulations of cholesterol, phospholipids, or glycolipids • Silver stain/ metal impregnation: Using solutions of silver salts to visual certain ECM fibers and specific cellular elements in nervous tissue • Verhoeff van Gieson: A special stain for elastic fibers/ connective tissue • Giemsa stain: used in cytogenetics and histopathological diagnosis • Trypan blue: Direct identification and enumeration of live (unstained) and dead (blue) cells PAS Masson’s trichrome Sudan Black Silver stain Verhoeff van Gieson Giemsa stain Trypan blue Visualizing Specific Molecules
• A specific macromolecule may also be identified by using tagged
compounds that bind specifically with the molecule of interest • The most commonly used labels are: 1. Fluorescent compounds 2. Radioactive atoms 3. Enzymes 4. Metal (usually gold) • These methods can be used to detect and localize specific sugars, proteins, and nucleic acids • Molecules that interact specifically with other molecules: 1. Phalloidin: Interacts strongly with the actin protein of microfilaments 2. Protein A: Can be used to localize naturally antibodies bound to cell structures 3. Lectins: Bind to carbohydrates with high affinity and specificity Immunohistochemistry
• A highly specific interaction between macromolecules is that between
an antigen and its antibody • To identify and localize many specific proteins Enzymes that can be detected histochemically: 1. Phosphatases: Remove phosphate groups from macromolecules 2. Dehydrogenases: Transfer hydrogen ions from one substrate to another, such as many enzymes of the citric acid (Krebs) cycle 3. Peroxidase: Promotes the oxidation of substrates with the transfer of hydrogen ions to hydrogen peroxide