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Plan chromogenic ARHGAP35 IHC in paraffin sections around the cytoplasmic pattern reported in most tissues (HPA tissue IHC). Breast glandular cells show high staining, while liver cholangiocytes are reported as undetected; use these observations to guide controls and scoring (HPA tissue IHC).
Expected localisation, validated protocols, controls and antibodies — the at-a-glance facts below, then the full design guide.
| Expected localisation | Cytoplasmic in tissue IHC (HPA tissue IHC); nuclear and membrane locations are annotated (UniProt) | |
| Staining pattern | Cytoplasmic in most tissues; high in breast glandular cells (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | Tris-EDTA pH 9.0 HIER, 95–98 °C, 20 min (rule: nuclear antigen) | |
| Positive control | Breast+4 more · see all | |
| Negative control | Liver |
| Fixation | Keep paraffin-section fixation consistent across samples. (standard IHC practice; not target-specific) | |
| Caveat | Signaling may shift ARHGAP35 toward membrane ruffles (UniProt) | |
| Regulation | Expression regulation not established (UniProt) | |
| Isoform / epitope | No listed isoforms or processing; map the epitope within residues 1–1499 (UniProt) |
The catalog antibody’s IHC-P protocol is paired with a published gastric cancer tissue microarray method (PMC9342288).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded human brain tissue; fixative not specified (datasheet A03592) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet A03592); 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-ARHGAP35, 1:100-1:300 (datasheet A03592) |
| 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 | ARHGAP35-positive staining in glandular cells of breast (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: Cytoplasmic expression in most tissues. No signal in the no-primary control. |
ARHGAP35 is expected mainly in the cytoplasm of cells across many tissues (HPA: tissue IHC profile). High staining is reported in breast and endometrial glandular cells, cerebellar Purkinje cells, and cerebral cortical neurons (HPA: High in each). UniProt also lists cytoskeletal, nuclear, and cell membrane locations (UniProt Q9NRY4: subcellular location). It has no transmembrane segment (UniProt Q9NRY4: topology). HPA rates its tissue IHC profile Approved, with medium staining–RNA consistency and external verification pending (HPA: reliability).
| Cytoplasmic chromogen in breast or endometrial glandular cells, Purkinje cells, or cortical neurons (HPA: High in each). | This fits the reported tissue IHC profile (HPA: cytoplasmic expression in most tissues). Compare intensity within the relevant cell population; a positive tissue section establishes that the staining run worked, but HPA's Approved rating still carries medium staining–RNA consistency and pending external verification (HPA: reliability). |
| Predominantly nuclear chromogen, with little cytoplasmic staining, in a tissue section (HPA: tissue IHC profile). | Treat a nuclear-only IHC result as discordant with HPA's mainly cytoplasmic tissue pattern and review controls and morphology (HPA: tissue IHC profile; standard IHC practice). Do not call every nuclear signal artefactual: UniProt lists the nucleus, and HPA reports approved nuclear-body localisation by ICC-IF (UniProt Q9NRY4: subcellular location; HPA: ICC-IF). |
| Strong cholangiocyte staining in liver, especially if the no-primary control is also coloured (HPA: cholangiocytes Not detected). | The cell-type result conflicts with HPA's liver observation (HPA: cholangiocytes Not detected). Shared colour in a no-primary control suggests endogenous detection activity; colour confined to the primary-antibody section warrants checking cross-reactivity and scoring (standard IHC practice). One discordant section alone cannot identify the cause. |
| Diffuse colour over stroma, lumina, and several cell types without clear cellular boundaries (standard IHC practice). | This is difficult to score as ARHGAP35 because the expected tissue pattern identifies stained cells and their cytoplasm (HPA: tissue IHC profile). Review no-primary and tissue controls, then assess blocking, washing, and chromogen development as general IHC variables (standard IHC practice). |
| No chromogen in the expected cells of a breast or cerebellum section (HPA: High in breast glandular and cerebellar Purkinje cells). | An absent signal in a reported high-staining cell population raises a run or detection question, provided that population is present on the section (HPA: High in those cells; standard IHC practice). Check section identity, tissue preservation, antibody incubation, detection reagents, and counterstain before interpreting the sample as negative (standard IHC practice). |
| Choice of comparison tissue (HPA: tissue IHC). | Breast glandular cells, Purkinje cells, and cortical neurons are reported High; liver cholangiocytes are Not detected (HPA: tissue IHC). Compare like cell types when judging a run, since HPA reports low tissue specificity overall (HPA: RNA specificity). |
| Membrane-associated redistribution (UniProt Q9NRY4: subcellular location). | After integrin and SDC4 responses with PKC phosphorylation, ARHGAP35 can move from cytoplasm to plasma membrane ruffles and colocalise with polymerised actin (UniProt Q9NRY4: subcellular location). Focal peripheral staining can therefore merit closer review alongside the expected cytoplasmic tissue pattern (HPA: tissue IHC). |
| Ciliary staining (HPA: tissue IHC). | HPA reports High staining at cilia tips in fallopian tube and nasopharyngeal ciliated cells (HPA: tissue IHC). Assess those tips separately from broad surface colour when the relevant ciliated cells are present (HPA: tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). |
| Antibody evidence (HPA: antibody validation). | HPA055184, HPA056470, and CAB037311 each have Approved IHC status (HPA: antibody validation). The overall tissue profile still has medium staining–RNA consistency and awaits external verification (HPA: reliability); approval does not settle a discordant result in a particular section. |
| IF/ICC Q: Should its localisation match chromogenic tissue IHC? | A: HPA reports mainly nuclear bodies, plus microtubules and aggresomes, in ICC-IF; these locations are Approved (HPA: ICC-IF). Evaluate an IF image against that evidence while evaluating a paraffin tissue section against HPA's mainly cytoplasmic IHC profile (HPA: tissue IHC). |
| Protein topology and processing (UniProt Q9NRY4: topology and processing). | UniProt lists no transmembrane segment, signal peptide, or propeptide, and annotates one chain spanning residues 1–1499 (UniProt Q9NRY4: topology and processing). Those annotations alone do not predict antigen retrieval performance or a fixation-sensitive staining change. |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| Reported high-staining cells remain blank (HPA: breast glandular or cerebellar Purkinje cells, High). | The expected population may be absent, or an IHC run step may have failed (standard IHC practice). HPA's high rating describes observed staining; it does not identify which run step failed (HPA: tissue IHC). | Confirm the cell population on the counterstained section and inspect a positive control processed with the same run (standard IHC practice). Then check primary-antibody application, detection reagents, and chromogen development (standard IHC practice). |
| Liver cholangiocytes stain strongly (HPA: cholangiocytes Not detected). | The result is discordant with HPA; cross-reactivity or endogenous chromogen-generating activity are possible explanations (HPA: liver IHC; standard IHC practice). | Check a no-primary control on comparable liver tissue, confirm cell identity, and review detection blocking (standard IHC practice). If colour remains primary-dependent, treat the cell-type result as unresolved rather than assigning it to ARHGAP35. |
| Colour covers the section without distinct cytoplasmic cell outlines (HPA: cytoplasmic tissue profile). | Nonspecific binding, inadequate washing, or excess chromogen development can obscure cellular interpretation (standard IHC practice). This appearance alone does not establish ARHGAP35 expression. | Compare no-primary and positive-tissue controls; review blocking, washes, antibody incubation, and chromogen development within the general IHC workflow (standard IHC practice). Score only signal that can be assigned to cells and compartments. |
| Signal is mainly nuclear in paraffin tissue IHC (HPA: mainly cytoplasmic tissue profile). | The IHC pattern is discordant with HPA tissue images, although nuclear localisation is listed by UniProt and nuclear bodies are approved by HPA ICC-IF (UniProt Q9NRY4: subcellular location; HPA: ICC-IF). | Check tissue morphology, no-primary control, and cytoplasmic staining in a reported high-staining population (standard IHC practice; HPA: tissue IHC). Record the nuclear result as discordant until supported by controls. |
| A ciliated section shows only broad surface colour, with no discernible cilia tips (HPA: fallopian tube and nasopharynx IHC). | The reported cilia-tip pattern may be unresolved because the ciliated border is poorly preserved or visually indistinct (HPA: cilia-tip staining; standard IHC practice). | Verify that intact ciliated cells are visible with the counterstain, then assess tip-localised colour at suitable magnification (standard IHC practice). Do not score a feature that cannot be resolved. |
| A low-staining tissue looks weaker than a high-staining comparison (HPA: tissue IHC). | HPA reports Low staining in parathyroid glandular cells, ovarian follicle cells, skeletal myocytes, and splenic white-pulp cells, versus High in selected glandular and neuronal cells (HPA: tissue IHC). | Score the named cell type against its own reported level and retain a high-staining control in the run (HPA: tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). Weak colour in a Low category is not, by itself, evidence of assay failure. |
Comprehensive Human Protein Atlas IHC scoring per tissue (reliability: Approved — Medium consistency between antibody staining and RNA expression data. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cerebellum | Purkinje cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cerebral cortex | Neuronal cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Endometrium | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Epididymis | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liver | Cholangiocytes | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
Troubleshoot ARHGAP35 staining in paraffin sections by checking retrieval, compartment, cell identity, and controls before interpreting chromogenic signal.
Both antibodies have paraffin-embedded human brain IHC images (catalog image captions). IF is listed for both, ICC for P30433, and catalog reactivity covers human, mouse, and rat (catalog applications/reactivity).
A03592 has a human brain paraffin-section IHC image with a peptide-blocked comparison; IF and human, mouse, and rat reactivity are listed (A03592 image caption; catalog applications/reactivity). P30433 has human brain and breast carcinoma paraffin-section IHC images with peptide-blocked comparisons; IF, ICC, and human, mouse, and rat reactivity are listed (P30433 image captions; catalog applications/reactivity).
Which to pick: For tissue IHC, choose A03592 for ARHGAP35 or P30433 for phospho-Tyr1105; both have human brain paraffin-section images, and P30433 also has a human breast carcinoma image (catalog titles; respective IHC image captions). For IF, both are listed; for ICC, choose P30433, the only ICC-listed option and one identified as polyclonal; A03592 clonality is unreported (catalog applications; P30433 dilution data; A03592 clone field). For cross-species work, both list human, mouse, and rat reactivity, although their IHC images show human tissue only; neither paraffin-section caption reports the fixative (catalog reactivity; respective IHC image captions).