Oil red O staining
Oil red O fat staining is often used in pathological diagnosis and scientific research work to reveal the fat content in tissues, specifically with the aid of oil red O, a fat-soluble dye. Oil Red O is highly soluble in fat and exhibits a specific staining effect on neutral fats such as triglycerides and the like therein, thereby detecting the fat content.
Technical principle
Oil red O fat staining is a commonly used method to show the fat in tissues in daily pathological diagnosis and scientific research. This method uses Oil Red O as a fat-soluble dye that is highly soluble in fat to specifically stain triglycerides and other neutral fats in tissues. Oil red O staining solution is mainly used to show the degeneration of fat and abnormal deposition of lipids in tissues and organs, especially in the fatty degeneration of liver, kidney, heart and other solid organs. At this time, there will be a large number of neutral fat droplets in the cell. In addition, this staining method can also be used to identify and diagnose tumors occurring in adipose tissue and their nature. It should be noted that when performing oil red O staining, avoid using a fixative solution containing ethanol (10% formalin can be used if fixation is required). In addition, paraffin sections should not be used, but frozen sections or carbon wax sections should be used. Normal fat will show positive staining results from orange to red after staining, depending on the lipid concentration.
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