I agree with Carl Hobbs: "Perhaps your H2O2 ( substrate) stock has 'gone off'?
That will give you a weaker/negative DAB result."
If your frozen DAB aliquots keep the same color, I would be very suspect of the
Hydrogen Peroxide. It can become unstable very quickly.
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From: Carl Hobbs
Re: [Histonet] DAB freezing (Alonso Mart?nez Canabal)
I do manual IHC-DAB regularly
DAB shouldn't "go off" after freezing unless you have somehow oxidised it
during mixing/aliquoting.
It would then show as a dark brown aliquot I state this because I still make up
my own DAB from dry powder ( have been doing for > 20yrs) SIgma D5637 I
dissolve, aliquot and freeze, as you do.
An aliquot may be stored at -20C for 2yrs before I defrost/use it If I run
out of 50microL aliquots I will defrost a 1ml aliquot, re-aliquot into 50
microL ( when I am doing IHC on a few slides, I make up a small working DAB
vol.)
Perhaps your H2O2 ( substrate) stock has "gone off"?
That will give you a weaker/negative DAB result
NB: left-over working DAB solution can be stored at 4C for at least 7 days
and still be perfectly usable ( NOT re-usable) If I have only 5-10 slides I
will do the DAB step in the humidity chamber, applying DAB as I would antibody
(only into the hydrophobic pen-ringed section)
Good luck and...please let us know the answer when you solve your problem
Carl Hobbs FIBMS
Histology and Imaging Manager
Wolfson SPaRC
Guys Campus, London Bridge
Kings College London
London
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