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Plan CBL staining in paraffin sections around cytoplasmic signal in spermatogonia and subsets of immune cells (HPA tissue IHC). Use the catalog antibody's IHC-P evidence and score each cell population separately (datasheet: PB9077 IHC-P; 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 (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Staining pattern | Cytoplasmic in spermatogonia and subsets of immune cells (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | EDTA pH 8.0 HIER, heat-mediated (datasheet PB9077) | |
| Positive control | Testis+4 more · see all | |
| Negative control | Adipose tissue+4 more · see all |
| Fixation | Keep fixation consistent across paraffin sections. (standard IHC practice; not target-specific) | |
| Caveat | Immune-cell staining may complicate tissue-wide scoring (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Regulation | Intensity varies among cell populations (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Isoform / epitope | No annotated isoforms; no extracellular segment (UniProt) |
The catalog antibody’s IHC-P protocol (datasheet PB9077) is paired with a published marmoset c-CBL IHC protocol (PMC7041541).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded human intestinal cancer tissues; fixative not specified (datasheet PB9077) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet PB9077); verify before use. |
| Sectioning | 4–5 µm sections on charged slides (standard) |
| Deparaffinisation | Xylene, graded ethanol series to water (standard) |
| Antigen retrieval | Heat retrieval: EDTA pH 8.0 (datasheet PB9077); 20 min, 95–100 °C (standard) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% goat serum (datasheet PB9077) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-CBL, 0.5-1μg/ml (datasheet PB9077) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (datasheet PB9077) |
| Detection | Streptavidin-biotin complex (SABC), DAB chromogen (datasheet PB9077) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | CBL-positive staining in spermatogonia cells of testis (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: Cytoplasmic expression in spermatogonia, subsets of immune cells and lymphoid tissues. No signal in the no-primary control. |
CBL should show predominantly cytoplasmic staining in spermatogonia, selected immune cells, and lymphoid tissue on paraffin IHC sections (HPA: tissue IHC profile). The tissue profile has Enhanced reliability, supported by agreement between antibody staining and RNA expression and by similar results from paired antibodies (HPA: tissue IHC reliability). CBL has no transmembrane segment, although UniProt also places it at the cell membrane, cilium, and Golgi apparatus (UniProt P22681: topology and subcellular location).
| Strong cytoplasmic staining in spermatogonia, with less intense staining in selected lymphoid cells. | This matches the reported High level in spermatogonia and Medium levels in appendix lymphoid tissue and lymph-node or tonsil germinal-center cells (HPA: tissue IHC). Compare the named cells rather than assigning one intensity to every cell in the section. |
| Predominantly nuclear staining, without a convincing cytoplasmic component, in the expected positive cells. | Treat a nuclear-only pattern as suspect: HPA describes cytoplasmic tissue staining, and UniProt lists cytoplasm, membrane, cilium, and Golgi locations (HPA: tissue IHC profile; UniProt P22681: subcellular location). Check morphology and controls before calling it CBL signal; those sources do not establish nuclear staining as the expected IHC pattern. |
| Strong staining in an HPA-listed negative cell population, such as adipocytes or colon glandular cells. | HPA reports CBL as Not detected in those specific cell populations (HPA: adipose tissue and colon IHC). If the expected positive control stains appropriately, consider antibody cross-reactivity or endogenous detection activity; the finding alone cannot distinguish them (general IHC practice). |
| Diffuse brown deposit across cells and tissue spaces, with little distinction between positive and negative cell populations. | This obscures the cell-specific cytoplasmic pattern reported by HPA (HPA: tissue IHC profile). Uneven blocking, excess antibody or detection reagent, and inadequate washes are possible workflow causes; assess controls before interpreting the deposit as CBL (general IHC practice). |
| No staining in spermatogonia or another HPA-listed positive cell population. | Absence of signal in an expected positive population makes the run difficult to interpret (HPA: High in spermatogonia; Medium in listed immune and lymphoid populations). First confirm that the relevant cells are present, then review antibody and detection controls (general IHC practice). |
| Cell population chosen for comparison | CBL staining varies within tissues: HPA reports High in testis spermatogonia, Medium in lung macrophages, and Not detected in bronchial respiratory epithelium (HPA: tissue IHC). Record the cell type when judging a positive or negative result. |
| Subcellular location and topology | CBL has no transmembrane segment and is annotated in the cytoplasm, at the membrane, in cilia, and at the Golgi (UniProt P22681: topology and subcellular location). The observed paraffin-section profile is cytoplasmic; a membrane-only requirement would overstate the tissue IHC evidence (HPA: tissue IHC profile). |
| Antibody validation | Two listed antibodies have Enhanced IHC validation, while the overall tissue profile also has Enhanced reliability (HPA: antibody validation and tissue IHC reliability). This supports the reported pattern, but does not verify an unlisted antibody or establish the cause of staining in an individual run. |
| Fixation and antigen retrieval | Target-specific fixation sensitivity and a CBL retrieval condition are unreported in the supplied HPA and UniProt evidence. Retrieval choice should therefore follow the IHC-validated antibody's instructions and be checked with appropriate controls; any adjustment is a general IHC workflow decision, not a documented CBL effect. |
| IF/ICC Q: should fluorescence match tissue IHC exactly? | A: Expect mainly cytosolic signal in the reported ICC-IF setting (HPA: cytosol, Supported). HPA also lists an end piece location as approved and mitotic-spindle localization as uncertain (HPA: subcellular ICC-IF). These observations do not set a paraffin IHC scoring rule. |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| The positive-control testis section appears blank. | Spermatogonia may be absent from the area examined, or the antibody or detection run may have failed; HPA reports High staining specifically in spermatogonia (HPA: testis IHC). | Identify spermatogonia on the counterstained section, then check the antibody run and detection controls before treating the blank result as biological absence (general IHC practice). |
| Only a few cells stain in a lymphoid section. | The expected signal is assigned to selected populations, including germinal-center cells, rather than every cell in the section (HPA: tissue IHC profile; lymph node and tonsil IHC). | Score the named population separately and compare its cytoplasmic signal with surrounding cells; avoid treating sparse staining alone as assay failure (HPA: tissue IHC; general IHC interpretation). |
| Brown staining covers the negative-control slide as well as the test slide. | The detection system or tissue may contribute signal independently of the primary antibody; the pattern cannot be attributed to CBL on that evidence (general chromogenic IHC practice). | Review the no-primary control and, when using enzyme-based detection, check the relevant endogenous-activity block and detection reagents (general chromogenic IHC practice). |
| Adipocytes or colon glandular cells stain strongly. | Those cell populations are reported as Not detected; unexpected signal may reflect cross-reactivity or detection background (HPA: adipose tissue and colon IHC; general IHC practice). | Compare the staining with a no-primary control and an HPA-listed positive population in the same run; confirm cellular morphology before assigning the signal to CBL (HPA: tissue IHC; general IHC practice). |
| The slide has mostly nuclear signal. | Nuclear-only staining does not match the reported cytoplasmic IHC profile (HPA: tissue IHC profile). The image alone cannot identify which assay step produced it (general IHC interpretation). | Recheck compartment boundaries with the counterstain, then compare the positive tissue and no-primary controls; review antibody specificity if the nuclear pattern persists (general IHC practice). |
| The cytoplasmic signal is too diffuse to score by cell type. | Background from antibody concentration, blocking, washes, or detection can obscure a population-specific pattern (general IHC practice; HPA: tissue IHC profile). | Review the antibody's IHC instructions and optimize one workflow variable at a time with positive and no-primary controls; retain the HPA-listed cell populations as the scoring reference (general IHC practice; HPA: tissue IHC). |
Comprehensive Human Protein Atlas IHC scoring per tissue (reliability: Enhanced — High consistency between antibody staining and RNA expression data. Paired antibodies with high similarity supports the protein profile.). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testis | Spermatogonia cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Appendix | Lymphoid tissue | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Bone marrow | Hematopoietic cells | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Kidney | Cells in glomeruli | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Lung | Macrophages | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adipose tissue | Adipocytes | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Breast | Adipocytes | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Bronchus | Respiratory epithelial cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cervix | Glandular cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Colon | Glandular cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
Troubleshoot CBL staining in paraffin sections by checking retrieval, compartment, cell type and controls before comparing chromogenic scores (UniProt P22681; HPA tissue IHC).
The catalog antibodies have IHC images from human intestinal and colorectal cancer sections and mouse and rat brain sections; PB9077 also has IF data from U20S cells (catalog image captions).
PB9077 has IHC images from human intestinal cancer and mouse and rat brain paraffin sections, plus an IF/ICC image from U20S cells (PB9077 image captions). A00152-2 has an IHC image from a human colorectal cancer paraffin section; its listed reactivity is human, mouse, and rat (A00152-2 image caption; catalog applications and reactivity).
Which to pick: For tissue IHC, either SKU has a paraffin-section example: PB9077 uses EDTA retrieval at pH 8.0 and 1 μg/ml primary antibody in its image caption; A00152-2 uses the same retrieval pH and 2 μg/ml in its own caption (PB9077 and A00152-2 IHC image captions). Choose PB9077 for IF/ICC because those applications and a U20S cell IF image are listed only for PB9077 among the two cards (catalog applications; PB9077 IF image caption). PB9077 has mouse and rat IHC images as well as a human example, while A00152-2 lists mouse and rat reactivity but shows only a human IHC example; both are rabbit antibodies with no clone specified, and neither IHC caption reports the fixative (catalog host, clone, reactivity, and IHC image captions).