Heat‐induced antigen retrieval of proliferating cell nuclear antigen and p53 protein in formalin‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded sections

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Abstract
Immunohistochemical demonstration of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and p53 protein is important, particularly for the surgical diagnosis of neoplastic disorders. An effective, simple and reproducible method was established for observing the expression of these intranuclear antigens in routinely processed, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections. Dramatic improvement of the antigenicity was obtained when the deparaffinized sections were heated in a hot water bath at 90°C for 120 rnin in 0.01 mol/L citrate buffer, pH 6.0, for PCNA and in 0.01 mol/L phosphate-buffered saline, pH 7.2, for p53 protein. These reliable pre-treatments are useful for the detailed comparative analysis of the expression of PCNA and p53 protein and fine histologic architecture and for retrospective study using a large number of archival specimens.

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