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Plan CLTC chromogenic IHC in paraffin sections using parathyroid glandular and placental trophoblastic cells as high staining references (HPA tissue IHC). Start with the catalog antibody’s 1:50 IHC dilution (datasheet M03134) and assess cytoplasmic and membranous staining (HPA tissue IHC).
Expected localisation, validated protocols, controls and antibodies — the at-a-glance facts below, then the full design guide.
| Expected localisation | Cytoplasmic and membranous staining (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Staining pattern | High in glandular and trophoblastic cells; cytoplasmic/membranous (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | EDTA pH 8.0 HIER, heat-mediated (datasheet M03134) | |
| Positive control | Parathyroid gland+4 more · see all | |
| Negative control | Adipose tissue+3 more · see all |
| Fixation | Keep fixation consistent across sections. (standard IHC practice; not target-specific) | |
| Caveat | Medium consistency with RNA expression (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Regulation | No specific regulator annotated (UniProt) | |
| Isoform / epitope | 2 isoforms; epitope coverage unknown (UniProt) |
The catalog antibody protocol uses EDTA pH 8.0 retrieval (datasheet M03134). The published breast cancer IHC protocol below uses citrate pH 6.0 retrieval (PMC4284514).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded human liver cancer tissue; fixative not specified (datasheet M03134) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet M03134); 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 M03134); 20 min, 95–100 °C (standard) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% goat serum (datasheet M03134) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit monoclonal (clone ABDH-3) anti-CLTC, 1:50 (datasheet M03134) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (datasheet M03134) |
| Detection | HRP-conjugated secondary, DAB chromogen (datasheet M03134) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | CLTC-positive staining in glandular cells of parathyroid gland (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: General cytoplasmic and membranous expression. No signal in the no-primary control. |
CLTC should give predominantly cytoplasmic and membranous staining in paraffin sections, consistent with its location on the cytoplasmic face of coated pits and vesicles and its lack of a transmembrane segment (UniProt Q00610 topology; HPA tissue IHC). Expect strong staining in parathyroid glandular cells and placental trophoblastic cells (HPA: High). HPA rates the tissue IHC pattern Approved, with medium consistency between staining and RNA expression (HPA tissue IHC).
| Cytoplasmic staining, with membranous accentuation, in parathyroid glandular cells or placental trophoblastic cells. | This matches the HPA tissue pattern, which rates both cell populations High (HPA tissue IHC). CLTC associates with the cytoplasmic face of coated pits and vesicles, so staining need not form a continuous cell outline (UniProt Q00610 subcellular location). Interpret intensity against controls from the same staining run (general IHC practice). |
| Predominantly nuclear staining, with little cytoplasmic signal, in an otherwise positive section. | This does not fit the general cytoplasmic and membranous tissue pattern (HPA tissue IHC). Review antibody specificity, detection background and the section's morphology before calling it CLTC; the supplied sources do not establish a nuclear tissue IHC pattern (HPA tissue IHC; UniProt Q00610 subcellular location). |
| Strong staining in adipocytes, oral squamous epithelial cells, or muscle cells while expected positive cells are weak. | HPA reports CLTC as Not detected in adipocytes, oral squamous epithelial cells, skeletal myocytes and smooth muscle cells (HPA tissue IHC). Consider cross-reactivity or endogenous detection activity, and check a no-primary control (general IHC practice). An unexpected positive alone cannot prove either cause, especially given HPA's medium RNA–staining consistency (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Diffuse color across cells, stroma and empty areas, with little compartment distinction. | Treat this as background until controls show otherwise (general IHC practice). It does not resolve the expected cytoplasmic and membranous cellular pattern (HPA tissue IHC). Compare no-primary and tissue controls, then assess blocking, washing, primary-antibody concentration and detection chemistry (general IHC practice). |
| No staining in parathyroid glandular cells or placental trophoblastic cells. | These are High HPA tissue IHC examples, so their absence raises a run-performance question (HPA tissue IHC). Check section quality, retrieval conditions, antibody preparation and chromogen development against run controls (general IHC practice). HPA's Approved rating has medium RNA–staining consistency; a single negative section does not establish biological absence (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Topology and compartment | CLTC has no transmembrane segment and lies on the cytoplasmic face of coated pits and vesicles (UniProt Q00610 topology and subcellular location). Membranous accentuation can therefore accompany cytoplasmic staining; require cellular context when scoring an apparent membrane signal (HPA tissue IHC; general IHC practice). |
| Tissue benchmark and evidence strength | HPA rates parathyroid glandular cells and placental trophoblastic cells High, while its overall tissue IHC reliability is Approved with medium RNA–staining consistency (HPA tissue IHC). Use those examples as positive benchmarks; treat an unexpected tissue result as a finding to verify, not a definitive expression call (general IHC practice). |
| Antigen retrieval | 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 processing | UniProt lists two CLTC isoforms and a mature chain spanning residues 2–1675, without a signal peptide or propeptide (UniProt Q00610 isoforms and processing). These annotations alone cannot show whether an antibody recognizes both isoforms; verify the immunogen or epitope documentation before attributing a pattern difference to isoform recognition (general IHC practice). |
| IF/ICC: What appearance is expected? | HPA reports mainly endosomal and lysosomal localization in ICC-IF, with additional supported mitotic-spindle localization (HPA subcellular). That can appear punctate in fluorescence images; it is context for interpretation, not a separate IF/ICC protocol or a requirement that chromogenic tissue IHC resolve individual vesicles (HPA subcellular; general microscopy practice). |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| Known-positive tissue is blank. | The staining run may have failed, or the chosen conditions may not reveal the antibody's signal (general IHC practice). | Check run controls, section integrity, antibody preparation, retrieval and detection steps; compare with parathyroid or placental positive cells (general IHC practice; HPA: High). |
| Signal is mainly nuclear. | The compartment differs from HPA's general cytoplasmic and membranous tissue profile (HPA tissue IHC). | Examine morphology and no-primary controls, then reassess antibody specificity and detection background before scoring CLTC (general IHC practice). |
| Color persists without primary antibody. | Endogenous detection activity or nonspecific detection chemistry may contribute (general IHC practice). | Apply the detection system's appropriate endogenous-activity controls or blocking step and repeat the no-primary control (general IHC practice). |
| Adipocytes or oral squamous epithelial cells stain strongly. | Those cell types are Not detected in the HPA examples; cross-reactivity or background is possible (HPA tissue IHC; general IHC practice). | Compare expected positive cells, a no-primary control and tissue morphology; investigate the unexpected result before treating it as CLTC expression (general IHC practice). |
| The whole section has a diffuse haze. | Nonspecific reagent binding, insufficient washing or excessive detection signal may obscure the cellular pattern (general IHC practice). | Review blocking, washing, antibody concentration and development time with matched controls; score only distinguishable cellular staining (general IHC practice). |
| IF puncta seem inconsistent with broad IHC cytoplasmic staining. | HPA describes enhanced endosomal and lysosomal ICC-IF localization, while its tissue IHC profile is generally cytoplasmic and membranous (HPA subcellular; HPA tissue IHC). | Interpret each image at its method's resolution and compare within the same application; use the separate IF/ICC guide for fluorescence workflow (general microscopy practice). |
Comprehensive Human Protein Atlas IHC scoring per tissue (reliability: Approved — Medium consistency between antibody staining and RNA expression data.). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parathyroid gland | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Placenta | Trophoblastic cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Adrenal gland | Glandular cells | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Appendix | Glandular cells | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Bone marrow | Hematopoietic cells | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adipose tissue | Adipocytes | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Oral mucosa | Squamous epithelial cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Skeletal muscle | Myocytes | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Smooth muscle | Smooth muscle cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
Troubleshoot CLTC staining in paraffin sections by checking retrieval, controls, and the expected cytoplasmic pattern (datasheet M03134; HPA: tissue IHC).
Three anti-CLTC antibodies have paraffin-section IHC images from human tissues (catalog IHC captions); A03134-1 also has mouse and rat intestine IHC images and a cell IF image (A03134-1 image captions).
M03134 has IHC images from human liver and lung cancer sections (M03134 IHC captions), while A03134-1 has IHC images from human lung cancer and mouse and rat intestine, plus IF in U20S cells (A03134-1 image captions). M03134-2 has IHC images from human pancreatic cancer, renal carcinoma and tonsil sections (M03134-2 IHC captions).
Which to pick: For tissue IHC, choose M03134 for its rabbit monoclonal clone and human liver and lung cancer paraffin-section examples (catalog: clone ABDH-3; M03134 IHC captions); M03134-2 offers a mouse monoclonal with human pancreatic cancer, renal carcinoma and tonsil examples (catalog: clone 6D3; M03134-2 IHC captions). For IF/ICC, choose A03134-1 because it lists both applications and has a cell IF image (catalog: applications; A03134-1 IF caption). For cross-species paraffin IHC, A03134-1 has human, mouse and rat section images (A03134-1 IHC captions); the fixative is unreported in the IHC captions for all three SKUs (catalog IHC captions).