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Plan chromogenic GNB1 IHC on paraffin sections using the catalog antibody at 0.5–1 μg/mL (datasheet PB10067). Compare staining with high signal in cortical neuropil and kidney tubules, while accounting for the antibody's potential to detect proteins from more than one gene (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 tissue staining (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Staining pattern | High in cortical neuropil; variable cytoplasmic and membranous staining (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | Citrate pH 6 HIER, heat-mediated (datasheet PB10067) | |
| Positive control | Cerebral cortex+4 more · see all | |
| Negative control | Bone marrow+4 more · see all |
| Fixation | Keep fixation consistent across sections (standard IHC practice; not target-specific) | |
| Caveat | Antibody may detect proteins from more than one gene (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Regulation | No expression regulator annotated (UniProt) | |
| Isoform / epitope | 2 isoforms; epitope differences are unspecified (UniProt) |
The catalog antibody’s IHC-P protocol (datasheet: PB10067) is followed by three published GNB1 IHC protocols (PMC13565051; PMC10154882; PMC11515508).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded mouse kidney tissue; fixative not specified (datasheet PB10067) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet PB10067); 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 PB10067) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% goat serum (datasheet PB10067) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-GNB1, 0.5-1μg/ml (datasheet PB10067) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (datasheet PB10067) |
| Detection | Streptavidin-biotin complex (SABC), DAB chromogen (datasheet PB10067) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | GNB1-positive staining in neuropil of cerebral cortex (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: Cytoplasmic and membranous expression at variable levels in several different tissue types, highly expressed in brain. No signal in the no-primary control. |
GNB1 staining in paraffin sections is expected mainly in cytoplasmic and membranous compartments, with variable intensity across tissues (HPA: tissue IHC, Supported). Strong examples include cerebral cortex neuropil, kidney tubule cells and glandular cells in gallbladder and salivary gland (HPA: High). GNB1 has no transmembrane segment (UniProt P62873: topology). HPA reports medium agreement with RNA data and cautions that the antibodies may recognize proteins from more than one gene (HPA: reliability description).
| Strong cytoplasmic or membranous chromogenic staining in cerebral cortex neuropil, kidney tubules, or gallbladder or salivary glandular cells (HPA: High). | This matches the reported tissue and compartment pattern (HPA: tissue IHC). Score the named cell population and compartment, then compare intensity with a negative control on the same run (standard IHC practice). A matching pattern supports interpretation of the stain but does not resolve HPA's warning about recognition of proteins from more than one gene (HPA: reliability description). |
| Staining is exclusively nuclear, without the reported cytoplasmic or membranous pattern (HPA: tissue IHC). | Treat an isolated nuclear pattern as discordant with the available GNB1 tissue evidence (HPA: tissue IHC). Check counterstain separation, detection background and the antibody's validation before assigning a biological explanation (standard IHC practice). HPA ICC-IF reports plasma membrane and additional Golgi localization; it does not establish a nuclear IHC pattern (HPA: subcellular ICC-IF). |
| Prominent signal appears in bone marrow hematopoietic cells, esophageal squamous cells or skeletal muscle myocytes (HPA: Not detected). | These cell populations are useful low-signal comparators because HPA reports no detection in them (HPA: tissue IHC). Strong staining there may reflect nonspecific antibody binding or endogenous detection activity (standard IHC practice). Investigate it before scoring the slide as GNB1 positive; HPA's multiple-gene targeting caution limits specificity claims (HPA: reliability description). |
| Broad, even chromogen covers tissue and empty spaces, obscuring cell boundaries (standard IHC practice). | This is a background problem rather than an interpretable compartment pattern (standard IHC practice). Review the no-primary control and detection steps, then reassess the named cells against HPA's cytoplasmic and membranous pattern (HPA: tissue IHC). Do not assign intensity scores where background prevents identification of the stained cells (standard IHC practice). |
| Little or no signal appears in cerebral cortex neuropil or kidney tubule cells (HPA: High). | A failed expected-positive control makes a negative study section difficult to interpret (standard IHC practice). Verify tissue identity and run controls, then review retrieval, antibody dilution and detection using the catalog antibody's IHC-P instructions (standard IHC practice). The supplied HPA and UniProt records do not identify a GNB1-specific fixation effect. |
| Antibody specificity and evidence strength | The tissue IHC assessment is Supported, with medium agreement between staining and RNA expression (HPA: reliability description). HPA cautions that the antibodies may target proteins from more than one gene, so a plausible tissue pattern alone cannot establish GNB1-specific binding (HPA: reliability description). |
| Isoforms and epitope coverage | UniProt lists 2 GNB1 isoforms (UniProt P62873: isoforms). The supplied evidence does not locate the IHC antibody epitope or establish equal detection of both isoforms; interpret variation across cells without assigning it to a particular isoform. |
| Protein topology and processing | GNB1 has no annotated transmembrane segment or signal peptide, and its annotated chain spans residues 2–340 (UniProt P62873: topology and processing). These facts do not by themselves determine how antigen retrieval affects staining in paraffin sections (standard IHC interpretation). |
| Antigen retrieval | Retrieval choice can change visibility of epitopes in paraffin-section IHC (standard IHC practice). Follow the catalog antibody's IHC-P instructions and compare controls when optimizing; the supplied HPA and UniProt evidence gives no GNB1-specific retrieval response or fixation sensitivity. |
| IF/ICC: what pattern is reported? | HPA reports a mainly plasma membrane location, with additional Golgi localization, in ICC-IF (HPA: subcellular ICC-IF, approved). Its multiple-gene targeting caution applies to that observation (HPA: subcellular ICC-IF). This cell-image result is context for localization, not a paraffin-section IHC scoring rule. |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| Expected-positive cerebral cortex neuropil or kidney tubule cells are unstained (HPA: High). | A failed control can indicate a problem with the IHC run or tissue identification (standard IHC practice); the supplied sources do not identify a GNB1-specific fixation cause. | Confirm the positive-control tissue and staining run, then check retrieval, primary-antibody dilution and detection against the catalog antibody's IHC-P instructions (standard IHC practice). Interpret negative study tissue only after the expected-positive control works. |
| Bone marrow hematopoietic cells or esophageal squamous cells stain strongly (HPA: Not detected). | Possible nonspecific binding or endogenous detection activity (standard IHC practice); HPA also cautions that the antibodies may recognize proteins from more than one gene (HPA: reliability description). | Inspect a no-primary control and the distribution of signal; review blocking and detection steps as needed (standard IHC practice). Compare with a named HPA-positive cell population before calling the signal GNB1-associated (HPA: tissue IHC). |
| Chromogen obscures cells across the section (standard IHC practice). | Excess background may arise during primary-antibody or detection steps (standard IHC practice); its appearance does not establish increased GNB1 expression. | Compare the no-primary control, review reagent concentrations and wash steps, and repeat with controls if cell boundaries remain unreadable (standard IHC practice). Score compartment and intensity only where cells can be distinguished. |
| Only nuclei stain while cytoplasm and cell borders remain negative (HPA: tissue IHC). | The distribution conflicts with the reported cytoplasmic and membranous tissue pattern (HPA: tissue IHC); counterstain or detection artifacts are possible (standard IHC practice). | Check the no-primary control and whether chromogen can be distinguished from counterstain (standard IHC practice). Reassess localization in a named HPA-positive population before treating nuclear staining as target signal (HPA: tissue IHC). |
| A medium- or low-level cell population appears weaker than the positive control (HPA: tissue IHC). | HPA reports variable expression, including Medium in cerebellar granular-layer cells and Low in caudate neuronal cells (HPA: tissue IHC). Weakness alone therefore does not show assay failure. | Compare like cell populations across matched sections and retain a High HPA-positive control in the run (HPA: tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). Record compartment and relative intensity without converting weak staining into an unsupported negative call. |
| IF/ICC images suggest membrane or Golgi signal, but the paraffin IHC section shows a broader cytoplasmic pattern (HPA: subcellular ICC-IF; tissue IHC). | The HPA observations come from different assay contexts: ICC-IF reports plasma membrane and Golgi, while tissue IHC describes cytoplasmic and membranous expression (HPA: subcellular ICC-IF; tissue IHC). | Judge the paraffin section against the tissue IHC pattern and its named cell populations (HPA: tissue IHC). Keep the ICC-IF observation as localization context, with HPA's multiple-gene targeting caution attached (HPA: subcellular ICC-IF). |
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.). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebral cortex | Neuropil | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Gallbladder | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Kidney | Cells in tubules | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Salivary gland | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Adrenal gland | Glandular cells | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone marrow | Hematopoietic cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cervix | Glandular cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Esophagus | Squamous epithelial cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Lymph node | Germinal center cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Oral mucosa | Squamous epithelial cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
Troubleshoot GNB1 staining in paraffin sections using the PB10067 tissue image and expression references, while keeping antibody specificity and processing limits in view.
Real GNB1 IHC images cover paraffin sections of mouse kidney, rat kidney and human liver cancer; IF/ICC images cover human A549 and SiHa cells (PB10067 and M04650 image captions).
PB10067 lists IHC and IF/ICC applications, with paraffin-section IHC images from mouse kidney, rat kidney and human liver cancer, plus IF/ICC in A549 cells (catalog applications; PB10067 image captions). M04650 lists IF/ICC and shows IF in SiHa cells; its catalog does not list IHC (catalog applications; M04650 IF image caption).
Which to pick: Choose PB10067 for paraffin-section tissue IHC: it is a rabbit antibody with listed human, mouse and rat IHC-P reactivity, and its IHC captions document citrate pH 6 retrieval for 20 minutes; the fixative is unreported (catalog applications/reactivity; PB10067 IHC image captions). Choose M04650 for human-cell IF/ICC when a mouse monoclonal is preferred: its SiHa IF image documents that use, while IHC is absent from its application list (catalog clone/applications; M04650 IF image caption). For cross-species tissue IHC, PB10067 has IHC images from human, mouse and rat samples; both SKUs list human, mouse and rat reactivity, but M04650’s shown IF result is in human cells (PB10067 IHC image captions; catalog reactivity; M04650 IF image caption).