PMID: 6160795Jun 1, 1980Paper

Cytophotometric DNA measurements of chondrosarcoma: methodologic aspects of measurements in tissue sections from old paraffin-embedded specimens

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology
A Kreicbergs, A Zetterberg

Abstract

The methodologic prerequisites of cytophotometric DNA measurements of normal and tumor cells in tissue sections obtained from paraffin blocks and preserved as archival material were investigated. The optimal time of hydrolysis in 5-N HCl at room temperature was one hour for the different cell types analyzed. Paraffin-embedded tissues, stored for two decades, were still suitable for quantitative cytophotometric DNA determinations of Feulgen-stained nuclei. Different cell types in the Feulgen-stained sections could be identified with accuracy. The 90th percentile of fibroblast (internal control cells) DNA values was used as an upper limit of the diploid DNA content. By determining the number of tumor cells with DNA values exceeding this limit, nondiploid (hyperploid) tumor cell populations could be discriminated from diploid tumor cell populations. Cell population analysis of ploidy level, performed in this way, was found to be accurate in tissue sections of 4 micrometer. The accuracy of this analysis was not improved by increasing the section thickness. Since tissue sections obtained from old paraffin blocks could be used for the determination of hyperploidy, the prognostic significance of this parameter in different tumors can ...Continue Reading

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