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Plan chromogenic DDAH1 IHC using cytoplasmic kidney proximal tubule staining as a reference (HPA tissue IHC). This guide covers fixation, antibody titration, controls, and interpretation of the 2 annotated isoforms (UniProt).
Expected localisation, validated protocols, controls and antibodies — the at-a-glance facts below, then the full design guide.
| Expected localisation | Cytoplasmic in most tissues (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Staining pattern | Cytoplasmic staining in kidney proximal tubule cell bodies (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | Citrate pH 6 HIER, heat-mediated (datasheet PB10000) | |
| Positive control | Adrenal gland+4 more · see all | |
| Negative control | Adipose tissue+4 more · see all |
| Fixation | Keep fixation consistent across sections (standard IHC practice; not target-specific) | |
| Caveat | Staining and RNA show medium consistency (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Regulation | Expression-inducing cues are unreported (UniProt) | |
| Isoform / epitope | 2 isoforms; epitope differences are unspecified (UniProt) |
The catalog antibody’s IHC-P protocol (datasheet: PB10000) is followed by published DDAH1 staining protocols for rat corpus cavernosum (PMC5245815) and human gastric cancer tissue microarrays (PMC5579338).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded rat brain tissues; fixative not specified (datasheet PB10000) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet PB10000); verify before use. |
| Sectioning | 4–5 µm sections on charged slides (standard) |
| Deparaffinisation | Xylene, graded ethanol series to water (standard) |
| Antigen retrieval | Heat retrieval: Citrate pH 6, 20 min (datasheet PB10000) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% goat serum (datasheet PB10000) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-DDAH1, 0.5-1μg/ml (datasheet PB10000) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (datasheet PB10000) |
| Detection | Streptavidin-biotin complex (SABC), DAB chromogen (datasheet PB10000) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | DDAH1-positive staining in glandular cells of adrenal gland (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: Cytoplasmic expression in most tissues, including kidney. No signal in the no-primary control. |
In paraffin-section IHC, expect mainly cytoplasmic DDAH1 staining, especially in kidney proximal tubule cell bodies, glial cells, and selected glandular and respiratory epithelial cells (HPA tissue IHC: Enhanced; medium staining–RNA consistency). UniProt lists no subcellular location or transmembrane segment, so compartment expectations for tissue sections come from HPA staining rather than UniProt topology (UniProt O94760 topology; HPA tissue IHC).
| Strong cytoplasmic staining in kidney proximal tubule cell bodies, with recognizable tubular structure. | This matches a high-signal reference tissue and cell type (HPA tissue IHC: High in kidney proximal tubules). Score the relevant cells and compartment, not overall section darkness (standard IHC practice). HPA rates its tissue staining evidence Enhanced but reports only medium consistency with RNA expression, so a matching image supports interpretation without proving antibody specificity in a new experiment (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Cytoplasmic staining in cortical or hippocampal glia, or in bronchial respiratory epithelium. | These are additional high-staining examples (HPA tissue IHC: High in cerebral cortex and hippocampal glia; High in bronchial respiratory epithelial cells). The expected positive cell changes with the tissue; staining every cell equally would need scrutiny (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). Compare cell identity, distribution, and negative controls before calling a whole section positive (standard IHC practice). |
| Predominantly nuclear staining in an IHC section, without the expected cytoplasmic pattern. | Treat this as a compartment mismatch and possible artefact (HPA tissue IHC: cytoplasmic expression in most tissues). HPA also reports nucleoli as an additional location in ICC-IF, so a nucleolar IF signal alone cannot establish a nuclear IHC pattern (HPA subcellular ICC-IF). Check the positive tissue, antibody-specific controls, and detection background before assigning a new localisation (standard IHC practice). |
| Prominent signal in adipocytes, cardiomyocytes, or lymph-node germinal center cells. | These cell types are listed as not detected in HPA tissue IHC (HPA tissue IHC: adipocytes, cardiomyocytes, and germinal center cells Not detected). An unexpected signal may reflect cross-reactivity or endogenous detection activity, especially if a reagent control also stains (standard IHC practice). It is a reason to investigate, not proof that DDAH1 is absent from every cell in those organs (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Diffuse chromogen across tissue and spaces, or no staining in kidney proximal tubules. | Uniform haze lacks the cell-restricted pattern expected from the HPA examples; first assess background and controls (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). A blank known-positive compartment makes a negative result in a test sample uninterpretable until the run works (HPA tissue IHC: High in kidney proximal tubules; standard IHC practice). HPA staining levels do not identify the failed processing step (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Tissue and cell choice | Kidney proximal tubules offer a high-staining comparison, whereas adipocytes and cardiomyocytes are listed as not detected (HPA tissue IHC). Pancreatic exocrine glandular cells have low staining, despite UniProt reporting DDAH1 detection in pancreas (HPA tissue IHC: Low in pancreatic exocrine cells; UniProt O94760 tissue specificity). Select controls by cell type and assay readout (standard IHC practice). |
| What should IF/ICC show? | HPA reports approved main locations at the plasma membrane and in the cytosol, with nucleoli as an additional approved location, from ICC-IF data (HPA subcellular ICC-IF). This is context for interpreting IF/ICC images; the paraffin-section IHC reference remains predominantly cytoplasmic (HPA tissue IHC). Do not require every location in every tissue cell (HPA tissue IHC; HPA subcellular ICC-IF). |
| Topology and variants | UniProt reports no transmembrane segment or signal peptide and lists 2 isoforms (UniProt O94760 topology, processing, isoforms). These facts do not identify an antibody epitope or establish isoform-specific staining, and they do not explain HPA's ICC-IF plasma-membrane signal (UniProt O94760; HPA subcellular ICC-IF). |
| Strength and scope of evidence | HPA marks tissue IHC reliability Enhanced, while describing medium consistency between staining and RNA data; its listed antibodies HPA006308 and HPA071064 both have Enhanced IHC status (HPA tissue IHC; HPA antibodies). Apply that confidence to the reported patterns, then assess controls in the actual run (standard IHC practice). Target-specific fixation sensitivity is unreported in the supplied UniProt and HPA records. |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| Kidney control has little or no proximal tubule staining. | The expected high-staining cell compartment failed to appear (HPA tissue IHC: High in kidney proximal tubules); the records do not identify a DDAH1-specific cause. | Confirm that proximal tubules are present and check primary-antibody application, retrieval conditions, detection reagents, and counterstain against the run record (standard IHC practice). Avoid assigning a negative call to test tissue until the positive control is readable (standard IHC practice). |
| Chromogen coats many structures or obscures cell boundaries. | Diffuse background can arise from nonspecific reagent binding or endogenous enzyme activity in chromogenic IHC (standard IHC practice). | Review the no-primary and detection controls; check blocking, washes, antibody concentration, and endogenous activity blocking as appropriate for the detection system (standard IHC practice). Reassess whether staining resolves to HPA-listed cells and cytoplasm (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Listed not-detected cell types stain strongly. | Signal in adipocytes, cardiomyocytes, or germinal center cells conflicts with the HPA tissue examples and may reflect cross-reactivity or detection background (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). | Compare those cells with a same-run positive control and no-primary control; review staining morphology and detection activity before interpreting the unexpected signal (standard IHC practice). Do not turn an HPA ‘Not detected’ entry into a universal absence claim (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Nuclei dominate the IHC result. | A nuclear-dominant IHC pattern conflicts with HPA's predominantly cytoplasmic tissue profile, although nucleoli are an additional ICC-IF location (HPA tissue IHC; HPA subcellular ICC-IF). | Check whether chromogen lies in nuclei, overlying cytoplasm, or background; examine a positive tissue and reagent controls under the same detection conditions (standard IHC practice). Report the compartment mismatch if it persists (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Pancreatic exocrine cells look faint beside kidney proximal tubules. | HPA lists pancreatic exocrine glandular cells as Low and kidney proximal tubule cell bodies as High (HPA tissue IHC). UniProt's report of detection in pancreas does not set an IHC intensity threshold (UniProt O94760 tissue specificity). | Judge each tissue against its reported cell-level pattern and same-run controls (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). Do not increase detection until a low-staining tissue resembles the high kidney reference (HPA tissue IHC). |
| IF/ICC shows a membrane or nucleolar signal that seems unlike the IHC slide. | The assays have different reported patterns: ICC-IF includes plasma membrane, cytosol, and additional nucleoli, while tissue IHC is predominantly cytoplasmic (HPA subcellular ICC-IF; HPA tissue IHC). | Interpret each image against its assay-specific HPA record and its own controls (HPA subcellular ICC-IF; HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). Keep the paraffin-section IHC call tied to tissue cell identity and cytoplasmic distribution (HPA tissue IHC). |
Comprehensive Human Protein Atlas IHC scoring per tissue (reliability: Enhanced — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrenal gland | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Bronchus | Respiratory epithelial cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cerebral cortex | Glial cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Fallopian tube | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Gallbladder | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adipose tissue | Adipocytes | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Bone marrow | Hematopoietic cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cerebellum | Cells in granular layer | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cervix | Squamous epithelial cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Endometrium | Cells in endometrial stroma | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
Troubleshoot DDAH1 staining by checking retrieval, tissue preservation, cellular distribution and controls before comparing chromogenic IHC results across sections.
Anti-DDAH1 image evidence covers paraffin brain sections from rat, mouse, and human, plus IF in U20S cells (PB10000 image captions).
PB10000 has IHC images from paraffin brain sections of rat, mouse, and human, and an IF image from U20S cells (PB10000 image captions). M03136 lists IHC and IF/ICC applications and human, monkey, mouse, and rat reactivity, but has no image captions in the payload (M03136 catalog).
Which to pick: For tissue IHC, choose PB10000 because its own captions show paraffin brain sections from three species; the fixative is unreported (PB10000 IHC image captions). For IF/ICC, PB10000 has a U20S cell IF image, while M03136 lists IF/ICC without image evidence in the payload (PB10000 IF image caption; M03136 catalog). For the broadest listed species coverage, choose rabbit monoclonal M03136, clone AEAG-4, which includes monkey alongside human, mouse, and rat (M03136 catalog).