Deepak Modi
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, India, India,
研究方向
  • Cell biology
Histochemical Staining of Collagen and Identification of Its Subtypes by Picrosirius Red Dye in Mouse Reproductive Tissues
使用天狼星红染料对小鼠生殖组织中胶原蛋白进行组织化学染色并鉴定其亚型
作者:Smita Bhutda, Manalee V Surve, Anjali Anil, Kshama Kamath, Neha Singh, Deepak Modi and Anirban Banerjee 日期:11/05/2017,浏览量:25858,Q&A: 1
Collagen is one of the foremost components of tissue extracellular matrix (ECM). It provides strength, elasticity and architecture to the tissue enabling it to bear the wear and tear from external factors like physical stress as well as internal stress factors like inflammation or other pathological conditions. During normal pregnancy or pregnancy related pathological conditions like preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM), collagen of the fetal membrane undergoes dynamic remodeling defining biochemical properties of the fetal membrane. The protocol in this article describes the histochemical method to stain total collagen by Picrosirius red stain which is a simple, quick and reliable method. This protocol can be used on paraformaldehyde (PFA) and formaldehyde fixed paraffin embedded tissue sections. We further describe the staining and distribution of collagen in different mouse reproductive tissues and also demonstrate how this technique in combination with polarization microscopy is useful to detect the distribution of different subtypes of collagen.