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Plan chromogenic IHC-P for ANP32E using the catalog antibody at a starting concentration of 2 μg/mL (datasheet). Assess nuclear staining against the widespread tissue pattern while accounting for the reported specificity caveat (HPA tissue IHC).
Expected localisation, validated protocols, controls and antibodies — the at-a-glance facts below, then the full design guide.
| Expected localisation | Nuclear staining in tissue (HPA tissue IHC); cytoplasm listed (UniProt) | |
| Staining pattern | Widespread nuclear staining across tissue cells (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | Tris-EDTA pH 9.0 HIER, 95–98 °C, 20 min (rule: nuclear antigen) | |
| Positive control | Adrenal gland+4 more · see all | |
| Negative control | None in HPA (detected in all 45 tissues); use no-primary + isotype controls |
| Fixation | Matched tissue-IHC evidence does not establish the fixation claim. Validate the specimen-specific method before use. (selected-SKU IHC image A07456) | |
| Caveat | Staining may reflect proteins from more than one gene (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Regulation | Low tissue specificity; no regulator established (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Isoform / epitope | 3 isoforms; epitope effects are unknown (UniProt) |
Compare the catalog antibody’s IHC-P protocol with published ANP32E protocols for kidney sections (PMC9576520) and tissue sections (PMC13194895).
| Sample | Tissue sections; selected-image fixative not specified (standard IHC workflow) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet A07456); verify before use. |
| Sectioning | 4–5 µm sections on charged slides (standard) |
| Deparaffinisation | Xylene, graded ethanol series to water (standard) |
| Antigen retrieval | Heat-induced epitope retrieval in Tris-EDTA buffer, pH 9.0, 20 min at 95–98 °C (standard rule: nuclear antigen) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% normal serum of the secondary host, 30 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-ANP32E, 2 μg/mL (datasheet A07456) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (standard) |
| Detection | HRP-polymer secondary, DAB chromogen 5–10 min (standard) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | ANP32E-positive staining in glandular cells of adrenal gland (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: Ubiquitous nuclear expression. No signal in the no-primary control. |
ANP32E should stain mainly nuclei across many cell types in paraffin sections; HPA describes ubiquitous nuclear expression and rates its tissue IHC evidence Supported, with medium agreement between staining and RNA data (HPA tissue IHC). High staining is reported in colon glandular cells, bronchial respiratory epithelial cells and bone marrow hematopoietic cells (HPA tissue IHC). UniProt also places ANP32E in the cytoplasm and reports no transmembrane segment (UniProt Q9BTT0).
| Predominantly nuclear chromogen in colon glandular cells, with clear cell boundaries. | This fits the reported high glandular-cell staining and ubiquitous nuclear profile (HPA tissue IHC). Judge intensity against the chosen tissue and its negative control; a high HPA category is a reference observation, not an absolute staining threshold (HPA tissue IHC; general IHC practice). |
| Strong staining confined to cell membranes, with little or no nuclear signal. | Membrane-only staining conflicts with the reported nuclear tissue profile and the absence of a transmembrane segment (HPA tissue IHC; UniProt Q9BTT0). Treat it as an unexpected pattern and investigate nonspecific staining or detection artefact before interpreting it as ANP32E (general IHC practice). |
| Signal appears chiefly in an unexpected cell population while expected nuclei are blank. | Compare the cell identity with the annotated population for that tissue; HPA reports high staining in bronchial respiratory epithelial cells and bone marrow hematopoietic cells (HPA tissue IHC). An isolated unexpected pattern may reflect cross-reactivity or endogenous detection activity (general IHC practice). HPA also cautions that the antibodies target proteins from more than one gene (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Diffuse chromogen obscures nuclei and extends over stroma or empty spaces. | This prevents a confident compartment call (general IHC practice). Check the negative control and inspect blocking, washing and detection background before assigning positive cells (general IHC practice). HPA's nuclear profile cannot validate a diffuse field-wide deposit (HPA tissue IHC). |
| No staining is visible in the expected cells of a high-staining reference tissue. | A blank colon glandular-cell or bronchial epithelial-cell reference conflicts with the reported high staining in those populations (HPA tissue IHC). First check that the reference section contains the annotated cells, then assess the IHC run and controls; absence alone does not establish absent ANP32E (general IHC practice). |
| Compartment and processing | Target-specific fixation effects are not established by the supplied assay evidence. Verify with a matched IHC source before attributing a result to fixation. |
| Isoforms and epitope coverage | Three isoforms are listed (UniProt Q9BTT0). Without an antibody epitope or isoform coverage in the supplied evidence, a stain cannot identify which isoform contributes to the signal; interpret the result as antibody-dependent ANP32E-family staining rather than an isoform-specific measurement (UniProt Q9BTT0; HPA tissue IHC caveat). |
| Evidence strength and specificity | HPA calls the tissue IHC pattern Supported, describes medium consistency with RNA, and warns that the antibodies target proteins from more than one gene; external verification is pending (HPA tissue IHC). Its three listed antibodies have Supported IHC status, which supports pattern comparison but does not resolve every unexpected positive cell (HPA antibodies; HPA tissue IHC). |
| IF/ICC question: should cytosolic or centrosomal signal be expected? | HPA's ICC-IF summary calls nucleoplasm the main approved location and cytosol and centrosome additional approved locations, with a cross-gene antibody caution (HPA subcellular). That cellular localisation context does not replace the predominantly nuclear tissue IHC expectation (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| High-staining reference tissue gives no nuclear signal. | The section may lack the annotated cells, or the IHC run may have failed; HPA reports high staining in colon glandular cells and bronchial respiratory epithelial cells (HPA tissue IHC; general IHC practice). | Confirm cell identity and section quality, then review the positive control, antibody incubation, chromogen development and run records (general IHC practice). Do not infer a target-specific fixation defect from this result; none is documented in the supplied sources (HPA tissue IHC; UniProt Q9BTT0). |
| Membrane-only or predominantly extracellular staining appears. | This distribution does not match ubiquitous nuclear tissue staining or the reported nonmembrane topology (HPA tissue IHC; UniProt Q9BTT0). Nonspecific staining or detection artefact is possible (general IHC practice). | Compare the negative control and repeat interpretation in identifiable cells; assess blocking and detection background before scoring (general IHC practice). Retain any persistent discordant pattern as unresolved, given HPA's cross-gene caution (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Unexpected cell types stain more strongly than the annotated population. | The signal could reflect tissue-dependent expression, cross-reactivity or endogenous detection activity; HPA's tissue annotations and cross-gene caution limit a specificity claim (HPA tissue IHC; general IHC practice). | Identify the stained cells morphologically, compare the corresponding HPA tissue entry, and examine a negative control for endogenous or nonspecific colour (HPA tissue IHC; general IHC practice). Avoid assigning the unexpected cells as ANP32E-positive from intensity alone (general IHC practice). |
| Diffuse brown background makes nuclei hard to score. | Nonspecific binding, insufficient washing or detection background can obscure chromogenic IHC interpretation (general IHC practice). HPA reports a nuclear tissue profile, not a diffuse background pattern (HPA tissue IHC). | Review the negative control, blocking and wash steps, then assess whether individual nuclei remain distinguishable (general IHC practice). If they do not, mark the field uninterpretable and repeat the run under controlled conditions (general IHC practice). |
| Cytoplasmic colour accompanies clear nuclear staining. | UniProt lists both nucleus and cytoplasm; HPA ICC-IF additionally approves cytosol, although tissue IHC is described as ubiquitously nuclear (UniProt Q9BTT0; HPA subcellular; HPA tissue IHC). | Score the nuclear component separately and check that cytoplasmic colour exceeds the negative-control background (general IHC practice). Report mixed localisation descriptively; do not use the ICC-IF finding as proof that a cytoplasm-only tissue result is specific (HPA subcellular; HPA tissue IHC). |
| A tissue listed as low shows faint staining. | HPA lists low staining in caudate neuronal cells, oral mucosa squamous epithelial cells and stomach glandular cells; low is not a negative-control designation (HPA tissue IHC). | Compare the relevant cell population and nuclear compartment with the HPA entry, then judge faint colour against the run's negative control (HPA tissue IHC; general IHC practice). Report weak interpretable staining separately from background or a completely blank result (general IHC practice). |
Comprehensive Human Protein Atlas IHC scoring per tissue (reliability: Supported — Medium consistency between antibody staining and RNA expression data. Caution, targets protein from more than one gene. Pending external verification.). Rows are taken directly from the HPA tissue chart — click any row's HPA link to view the source.
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrenal gland | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Bone marrow | Hematopoietic cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Breast | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Bronchus | Respiratory epithelial cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cerebellum | Cells in molecular layer | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None in HPA: ANP32E is detected in all 45 scored tissues. Use a no-primary (secondary-only) and an isotype control instead. | ||||
Troubleshoot ANP32E staining in paraffin sections by checking retrieval, compartment, controls and cell-level scoring before interpreting chromogenic signal.
A07456 provides human small-intestine IHC and IF images (catalog image captions), with IHC-P and IF applications and Human, Mouse, and Rat reactivity listed (catalog applications and reactivity).
A07456 has an IHC image of human small-intestine tissue at 2 μg/mL (catalog IHC image caption). Its IF image shows human small-intestine cells at 10 μg/mL (catalog IF image caption); the application list includes IHC-P and IF (catalog applications).
Which to pick: Choose A07456 for paraffin-section tissue IHC: IHC-P is listed, and its own IHC image shows human small-intestine tissue at 2 μg/mL (catalog applications; catalog IHC image caption). For IF/ICC planning, A07456 has an IF application and a human small-intestine cell image at 10 μg/mL; ICC processing is unreported (catalog applications; catalog IF image caption). A07456 lists Human, Mouse, and Rat reactivity, while its clone and the IHC specimen’s fixative are unreported (catalog reactivity; catalog clone field; catalog IHC image caption).