I have infected my mice with Mycobacterium marinum. The goal is to perform foot pad histology and do H&E and acid fast stain.
Has any one performed footpad histology? Is there any standard protocol available for mice footpad histology?
Do you use the same ages, in my research the same result appeared and this is due to the difference in stages of differentiation .
See my research in this link :
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282661476_Expression_Pattern_of_Stem_Cell_Markers_in_Developing_Mouse_Pancreas_Full_Text_PDF
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Thanks for your response Saleh Alkarim.
My question was not on how to perform H&E staining, it was more on to how to prepare the mice foodpad for histology without compromising on the kind of staining I want to perform with it.
If you want to do HE or other histological stainings on the food pad, you can fix it in formalin 10 % and then process it normally (ethanol, xylen and paraffin) and then embed it in paraffin and cut it by microtome!
Thanks for your response Javad.
Isn't it necessary to decalcify the foot pad as they have bones?
Indeed, in anatomy and histology foot pad contains fat and connective tissue. As I understand you want to work on paw. So decalcifcation is necessary after fixation:)
Anyway, if you want to investigate a special tissue which the bacteria affect on it (for example skin), I suggest to sample just your tissue (skin) for tissue processing (without bone). In this way decalcification is not necessary and your tissue will not damage by the mineral acids during decalcification.