Tom,
This is a total shot in the dark, but cellulose, being a very large
long-chain, complicated polysaccharide, might stain with Grocotts
Methenamine silver? You may want to try some different chromic acid
oxidation times to try and enhance the cellulose, but get rid of tissue
components that stain positive for GMS. In other words, overoxidize the
tissue components so the cellulose is what you end up with. Collagen may
still stain, but you should be able to distinguish this morphologically.
Chromic acid is often done for 1 hour, so maybe a time study to pull
sections at 30 minutes, 1, hr, then 1.5 hours, 2 hours.
You could also try a Chromic acid Schiffs (NOT a PAS here) to see if fibers
will stain dark pink compared to other tissue components. Periodic acid
may not be a strong enough oxidizer to do the job.
I have no clue if this would work, but it may be worth a try.
Gayle M. Callis
HTL(ASCP)HT,MT
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Subject: [Histonet] Stain for Cellulose
I am looking for a stain that will specifically label cellulose, mixed in
with other mammalian tisssue elements. Any ideas?
Tom Crowell
Novartis Institute for BiomedicalReseach
Cambridge, MA
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