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Journal of Clinical Pathology 2005;58:322-324; doi:10.1136/jcp.2004.019299
Copyright © 2005 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & Association of Clinical Pathologists.
Journal of Clinical Pathology 2005;58:322-324
© 2005 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & Association of Clinical Pathologists

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Immunohistochemical assays in prostatic biopsies processed in Bouin’s fixative

V Ananthanarayanan1, M R Pins2, R E Meyer3 and P H Gann1,4

1 The Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
2 The Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611
3 The Pathology Core Facility, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
4 Department of Preventive Medicine, Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

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Correspondence to:
Dr V Ananthanarayanan
Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 680 North Lake Shore Drive, Suite1102, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; viju{at}northwestern.edu

ABSTRACT

Aims: To investigate the problems involved in undertaking immunohistochemistry (IHC) and nuclear morphometry using Bouin’s fixed prostate biopsies.

Methods: Archival Bouin’s fixed and formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded prostatic biopsies were immunostained for three nuclear biomarkers (minichromosome maintenance protein 2 (MCM-2), p27, and Ki-67), one membrane localised biomarker (C-erb-B2), CD34, and {alpha} methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR). The quality of IHC staining was compared between tissues prepared separately in both fixatives. Feulgen staining was also performed on Bouin’s fixed tissues to check its suitability for nuclear morphometry.

Results: MCM-2 staining was completely negative in Bouin’s fixed tissues, whereas p27 showed more background and excess cytoplasmic staining in Bouin’s fixed versus formalin fixed tissues. C-erb-B2 showed non-specific, strong luminal cell staining in the Bouin’s fixed tissue. Feulgen staining was also very weak in Bouin’s fixed tissue. However, Ki-67, AMACR, and CD34 worked equally well in Bouin’s and formalin fixed tissues.

Conclusions: Bouin’s fixed tissues may be unsuitable when subsequent IHC and morphometry are contemplated. An awareness of which antibodies are suitable for use in Bouin’s fixed biopsies is essential.

Abbreviations: AMACR, {alpha}methylacyl-CoA racemase; BF, Bouin’s fixed; IHC, immunohistochemistry; MCM-2, minichromosome maintenance protein 2; NBF, neutral buffered formalin

Keywords: Bouin’s fixative; immunohistochemistry; prostate


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