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- Title
Phosphotungstic Acid–treated Picrosirius Red Staining Improves Whole-slide Quantitative Analysis of Collagen in Histological Specimens.
- Authors
Mukade, Yui; Kobayashi, Sayaka; Nishijima, Yoshimi; Kimura, Kiminori; Watanabe, Akira; Ikota, Hayato; Shirabe, Ken; Yokoo, Hideaki; Saio, Masanao
- Abstract
We tried to prevent nonspecific nuclear staining (NS-NS) of picrosirius red (PSR) staining by treating the specimens with one of the heteropoly acids phosphotungstic acid (PTA). We analyzed a total of 35 cases of non-cancerous liver tissue for fibrosis and NS-NS under PSR-alone, phosphomolybdic acid (PMA)-pretreated PSR (PMA + PSR), or PTA-pretreated PSR (PTA + PSR) condition. In addition, we analyzed the photosensitivity of PMA or PTA single stain specimens. PTA + PSR significantly suppressed NS-NS compared with PSR. The color of the specimens did not change into blue by 30 times the exposure to whole slide scanner (WSS) light. The PTA + PSR condition showed the highest correlation with the Ishak score (pathological evaluation of liver fibrosis) compared with other conditions. Furthermore, Sirius Red–positive percentage (SRP%) in PSR was increased in the NS-NS observed cases. SRP% in PMA + PSR was significantly affected by WSS light exposure time. Moreover, the deposition of non-polarized PSR-stained substances (NP-PSR+S) clinging to the collagen fibers potentially explains why SRP% seemed bigger under PSR than PTA + PSR. Our protocol enabled us to analyze the whole slide image of PSR staining by high magnification, which would contribute to the accurate analysis of collagen amount in the tissue sections.
- Subjects
STAINS &; staining (Microscopy); HEPATIC fibrosis; PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC acids; COLLAGEN; HETEROPOLY acids
- Publication
Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry, 2023, Vol 71, Issue 1, p11
- ISSN
0022-1554
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1369/00221554221141140