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Preparation of tissues for study - Pre-Med
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Preparation of tissues
for study
Hanan Jafar BDS.MSc.PhD
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PLEASE REFER TO THE VIDEO TITLED
“SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY”
UPLOADED ONTO E-LEARNING PORTAL
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HISTOLOGY :
It is the branch of science which deals with the microscopic study of normal tissue
HISTOPATHOLOGY :
It is the branch of science which deals with the microscopic study of tissue affected by disease
Tissue for study can be obtained from:
Biopsies
Autopsies
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Microtechnique
• Microtechnique: is tissue preparation for
microscopic examination
• There are different methods used, however
the basic principles are similar
• It usually involves hardening of the tissue
followed by sectioning (cutting)
- Paraffin technique
- Freezing technique
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Histological Techniques:
1. Paraffin
Tissues are hardened by replacing water with
paraffin wax
2. Freezing technique:
Water-rich tissues are hardened by freezing and cut
frozen
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Freezing technique is much faster than traditional
histology (20 minutes vs. 16 hours) and are used in
operations to achieve a quick diagnosis
Cryosections can also be used in
immunohistochemistry as freezing tissue does not
alter or mask its chemical composition
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Protocols followed in Histotechniques
1. Identification & Labeling of the specimen
2. Fixation
3. Dehydration
4. Clearing
5. Impregnation (infiltration)
6. Embedding
7. Section cutting
8. Staining
9. Mounting
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Labeling
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Cassette
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Fixation
• This is the process by which the constituents of
cells and tissue are fixed in a physical and chemical state so that they will withstand subsequent treatment with various reagents with minimum loss of architecture
• This is achieved by exposing the tissue to chemical compounds: fixatives
• Fixatives prevent autolysis and bacterial decomposition and preserves tissue in their natural state and fix all components
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Tissue fixatives
• Buffered paraformaldehyde (light microscope preparation)
• Buffered gluteraldehyde (electron microscope preparation)
• Osmium tetraoxide (electron microscope preparation,
preserve and stain, we call it a post-fixative)
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• No fixative will penetrate a piece of tissue
thicker than 1 cm.
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Specimen is placed in porous cassettes
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Cassettes are collected in fixatives 10% formalin
1mm/hour fixation
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Processing
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Tissue Processing
In order to cut thin sections of the tissues, it
should have suitable hardness and consistency
when presented to the knife edge.
These properties can be imparted by infiltrating and
surrounding the tissue with paraffin wax, various
types of resins or by freezing.
This process is called tissue processing.
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Tissue Processing
It can be subdivided into:
a) Dehydration
b) Clearing
c) Impregnation (infiltration)
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Types of tissue processing
• There are two types :
1. Manual Tissue Processing
2. Mechanical Tissue Processing
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Manual Tissue Processing
• In this process the tissue is changed from one
container of reagent to another by hand
Note:
The processing, whether manually or mechanically, involves the same steps and reagents in same sequence
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Mechanical Tissue Processing
• In this the tissue is moved from one jar to another by mechanical device
• Timings are controlled by a timer which can be adjusted in respect to hours and minutes
• Temperature is maintained around 60 ºC
• Automatic tissue processor:
Overnight
12 Baths
16 hours
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Tissues processor
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Tissue basket
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Dehydration (removal of water)
It is the process in which the water content in the
tissue to be processed is completely removed by
passing the tissue through increasing concentrations of
dehydrating agents
• Tissues are dehydrated by using increasing strength of alcohol; e.g.
70%, 90% and 100%
• Water is replaced by diffusion
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• During dehydration water in tissue has been
replaced by alcohol
• The next step alcohol should be replaced by
paraffin wax
• As paraffin wax is not alcohol soluble, we
replace alcohol with a substance in which wax is
soluble. This step is called clearing.
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Clearing
• Replacing the dehydrating fluid with a fluid that is
totally miscible with both the dehydrating fluid
(alcohol) and the embedding medium (wax)
• Some clearing agents:
- Xylene
- Toluene
- Chloroform
- Benzene
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Impregnation (infiltration):
The tissue is kept in a wax bath containing
molten paraffin wax
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The duration of the procedure can be noted down as:
Fixation
1. 10 % Formalin saline (I) for 1.5 hours2. 10 % Formalin saline (II) for 1.5 hours
Dehydration
1. 80 % alcohol for 1 hour2. 95 % alcohol (I) for 1 hour 3. 95 % alcohol (II) for 1 hour4. Absolute alcohol (100%) (I) for 1 hour5. Absolute alcohol (100%) (II) for 1 hour6. Absolute alcohol (100%) (III) for 1 hour
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Clearing:
1. Xylene (I) for 1.5 hours2. Xylene (II) for 1.5 hours
Infiltration:
1. Paraffin wax (I) for 1.5 hours 2. Paraffin wax (II) for 1.5 hours
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Embedding: is the process by which impregnated
tissues are surrounded by a medium such as agar,
gelatin, or wax which when solidified will provide
sufficient external support during sectioning
Embedding
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Embedding:
It is done by transferring the tissue to a mould filled
with molten wax & is allowed to cool & solidify
After solidification, a wax block is obtained which is
then sectioned to obtain ribbons of sections
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Embedding tools
Moulds Paraffin wax
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Embedding Centre
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Embedding Centre
Molten wax (60°C)
(reservoir)
Cold plates (-5°C)Wax dispenser
Wax flow adjuster
Heated chambersUsed lids
Hot surfaceCassette
Mould
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General Embedding
Procedure
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Fill the mould with paraffin wax
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Using warm forceps select the tissue, take care
that it does not cool in the air
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Orienting the tissue in the mould
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Types of Tissue Sections (1)• Longitudinal section
– tissue cut along the longest direction of an organ
• Cross section– tissue cut perpendicular to
the length of an organ
• Oblique section– tissue cut at an angle
between a cross & longitudinal section
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Correct orientation of tissue in a mould is the most important step in embedding
1. cross section
2. longitudinal section
Incorrect placement of tissues may result in diagnostically important tissue elements being missed or damaged during microtomy
Orientation Of Tissue In The Block
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Cool the block on the cold plate
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Blocks on the cold plate
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Remove the block from the mould
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Blocks of embedded tissue are usually trimmed
to remove the excess wax on the surface
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Sectioning (Section Cutting)
It is the procedure in which the blocks
which have been prepared are cut or
sectioned and thin strips of uniform
thickness are prepared
The instrument by which this is done is
called as a Microtome
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TYPES OF MICROTOMES:
• Rotary microtome
• Freezing (cryostat) microtome
• Ultramicrotome
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Paraffin Block
Micron adjustment
(section thickness)
1-30µm
Steel knife
Rotary Microtome
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Freezing (Cryostat) microtome
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Ultra Microtome
Used for very thin
section
The typical thickness
of tissue cut is between
20 -100 nm for TEM
Knife: Diamond or
Glass
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Ultra Microtome
Diamond Knife
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Tissue floatation bath
It is a thermostatically
controlled water bath
• It is maintained at a
temperature 5 – 6
degrees below the
melting point of paraffin
wax
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Flattened paraffin sections
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Taking the floating sections onto slide
Adhesives used for fixing the sections on the slides
Albumin solution ( Mayor’s egg albumin)
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Taking the section
onto slide
Flat, no air bubbles,
no stretch or breaks
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Staining
• Staining is a process by which we give color to a section. Staining of the section is done to bring out the particular details in the tissue under study
• There are hundreds of stains available
• The most commonly used stain in routine practice is Hematoxylin & Eosin stain
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Staining
Classification of Stains:
• Acid stains (ex. Eosin)
• Basic stains (ex. Hematoxylin)
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Acid Dyes
In an acidic dye:
• The basic component is colored and the acid component is colorless
• Acid dyes stain basic components e.g. eosin stains cytoplasm
• The color imparted is shade of red/pink
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Basic Dyes
In a basic dye:
• The acid component is colored and the basic
component is colorless
• Basic dyes stain acidic components e.g.
Hematoxylin stains nucleus
• The color imparted is shade of blue
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• Result :
The nucleus
stains Blue
The cytoplasm
stains pink
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Procedure of staining:
• There are two types of staining:
• Manual Staining
• Automatic staining
• Slides stained either manually or by
automatic stainer, pass through same
sequences of reagents.
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Manual Staining
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Automatic stainer
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Mounting• Stained section on microscope slide is
mounted using mounting medium
dissolved in xylene
• Examples of Mountants : DPX ( Distrene
Dibutyl phthalate Xylene )
A coverslip is placed on top, to protect the sample
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Light Microscopic Examination
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Concerning Electron Microscopy
Electron beam instead of light
Gluteraldehyde fixative
Embedding is in hard epoxy plastic
Ultramicrotome
• Diamond or Glass knives
• Ultra-thin section (0.02 -0.1 µm).
Specimen is mounted on a metal grid