Simple Detection Of Tissue Lipid Accumulation

Carnegie Institution for Science
Embryology
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Company:

Life Technologies by Thermo Fisher Scientific

Product Name:

HCS LipidTox Green Neutral Lipid staining

Catalog Number:

H34475

I tried to work out the condition to detect Lipid droplets or lipid-expressing cells within tissue (Frozen cyrosection slide). Life Technologies' LipidTox Green Neutral Lipid staining kit is very easy to follow and gave me the clear lipid staining results.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Lipid staining

Starting Material

20-month-old mouse thymus cyrosection slides (10um)

Protocol Overview

1. Air dry the slides 1- 5mins.2. PBS ~10-12mins to remove OCT3. Blocking at RT for 1h4. Keratin8 (1:20 red) staining at RT for 1.5h5. 3X PBSwash at RT for 6~8 mins6. 2nd antibody (1:1000) and DAPI (1:1000) at RT for 1 h7. 3X PBS wash at RT for 6~8 mins8. Lipid green (1:200) at RT for 1h9. Mount with Prolong gold antifade.

Tips

Protect from light during handing

Results Summary

Detection of clear lipid-expressing cells within thymus and peri-thymus lipid droplets (showing in green in IF picture). Keratin8 (Red)

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Summary

The Good

High specificity to neutral lipid and no wash step required after staining

The Bad

Avoid freeze/thaw cycles and better aliquot for long-term use

The Bottom Line

Good quality and reasonable price

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