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Plan chromogenic IHC on paraffin sections using GOLM1’s granular cytoplasmic tissue pattern as a guide (HPA tissue IHC). Compare glandular positive controls with negative cell populations and account for liver expression changes associated with HBV or HCV infection (HPA tissue IHC; UniProt).
Expected localisation, validated protocols, controls and antibodies — the at-a-glance facts below, then the full design guide.
| Expected localisation | Granular cytoplasm (HPA tissue IHC); cis-Golgi membrane (UniProt) | |
| Staining pattern | Granular cytoplasmic staining in most tissues (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | EDTA pH 8.0 HIER, heat-mediated (datasheet A02975-3) | |
| Positive control | Appendix+4 more · see all | |
| Negative control | Adipose tissue+4 more · see all |
| Fixation | Keep fixation consistent across sections (standard IHC practice; not target-specific). Selected-image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet A02975-3); verify before use. | |
| Caveat | Normal liver: biliary cells express GOLM1; hepatocytes do not (UniProt) | |
| Regulation | Increases in HBV/HCV-infected liver (UniProt) | |
| Isoform / epitope | 2 isoforms; epitope coverage unknown; residues 1–12 cytoplasmic, 36–401 lumenal (UniProt) |
The catalog antibody protocol is followed by published GOLM1 IHC methods for lymphoma, prostate tissue, and head and neck cancer (PMC10388734; PMC10071148; PMC9737887).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded human esophageal squamous carcinoma tissue; fixative not specified (datasheet A02975-3) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet A02975-3); 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 A02975-3); 20 min, 95–100 °C (standard) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% goat serum (datasheet A02975-3) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-GOLM1, 2-5μg/ml (datasheet A02975-3) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (datasheet A02975-3) |
| Detection | Streptavidin-biotin complex (SABC), DAB chromogen (datasheet A02975-3) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | GOLM1-positive staining in glandular cells of appendix (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: Cytoplasmic expression with a granular pattern in most tissues. No signal in the no-primary control. |
GOLM1 is a membrane protein of the early Golgi and cis-Golgi network, with a short cytoplasmic segment and a lumenal region (UniProt Q8NBJ4 topology). In paraffin-section IHC, expect granular cytoplasmic staining, especially in glandular epithelial cells and kidney distal tubules (HPA tissue IHC). HPA rates the tissue staining profile Enhanced, citing high consistency between antibody staining and RNA expression (HPA tissue IHC).
| Granular cytoplasmic staining in stomach or prostate glandular cells, or kidney distal tubules (HPA tissue IHC). | This fits the reported high staining in those cells (HPA tissue IHC) and GOLM1's Golgi localisation (UniProt Q8NBJ4; HPA ICC-IF). Score the relevant cells and their cytoplasmic pattern; do not treat every cell in a positive tissue as an expected positive (standard IHC practice). |
| Predominantly nuclear staining, or a uniform outline of the plasma membrane, without the expected cytoplasmic granules. | That compartment does not match the reported granular cytoplasmic tissue pattern or enhanced Golgi localisation (HPA tissue IHC; HPA ICC-IF). Treat it as suspect until antibody specificity and detection background are checked; localisation alone cannot establish the cause (standard IHC practice). |
| Strong staining in adipocytes, cardiomyocytes, or lymph-node germinal center cells (HPA tissue IHC). | HPA reports GOLM1 as not detected in those specific cell populations (HPA tissue IHC). Check a no-primary control and the antibody's validation before assigning the signal to GOLM1; cross-reactivity or endogenous detection activity are possible explanations, not diagnoses from the slide alone (standard IHC practice). |
| Widespread, diffuse colour obscures cell boundaries and the expected granular pattern. | A diffuse field is hard to reconcile with HPA's granular cytoplasmic profile (HPA tissue IHC). Review the no-primary control, blocking, washing and chromogen development; nonspecific binding or detection background can obscure a genuine cellular signal (standard IHC practice). |
| No staining in stomach or prostate glandular cells, or kidney distal tubules (HPA tissue IHC). | Those are reported high-staining populations, so their absence makes the run difficult to interpret (HPA tissue IHC). Check tissue identity and preservation, the IHC antibody's validated use, and the detection controls before calling the sample negative (standard IHC practice). This record supplies no GOLM1-specific fixation sensitivity. |
| Cell population and tissue | HPA reports high staining in glandular cells of stomach, prostate, appendix, duodenum, endometrium, gallbladder and rectum, and in kidney distal tubules (HPA tissue IHC). Its not-detected calls apply to the named cells within negative tissues, not necessarily every cell in those sections (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Subcellular position and topology | GOLM1 occupies the early Golgi and cis-Golgi network membrane; residues 1–12 are cytoplasmic and 36–401 lumenal (UniProt Q8NBJ4). HPA's ICC-IF localisation to the Golgi supports the compartment call, but does not prescribe an IHC retrieval or permeabilisation condition (HPA ICC-IF). |
| Antibody evidence | HPA lists IHC as Enhanced for HPA010638, HPA011929 and CAB015341 (HPA antibodies). That validation supports comparing their tissue patterns; it does not establish the performance, dilution or epitope of a different catalog antibody (HPA antibodies; standard IHC practice). |
| Liver context | UniProt reports low expression in normal liver, constitutive expression in biliary epithelial cells, and increased expression in virus-infected liver (UniProt Q8NBJ4). Interpret hepatocyte staining in its clinical context rather than using diseased liver as a universal positive control (UniProt Q8NBJ4). |
| IF/ICC cross-check: what is expected? | Golgi localisation is the reported IF/ICC result, with images listed for A-431, U-251MG and U2OS (HPA ICC-IF). This is a localisation cross-check for an IHC finding; IF/ICC workflow belongs to its own guide (HPA ICC-IF). |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| The known-positive glandular cells are blank. | The result conflicts with HPA's high calls for stomach and prostate glandular cells (HPA tissue IHC); the cause is undetermined. | Confirm the section contains the intended cells, then review the catalog antibody's IHC validation and run controls for retrieval and detection (standard IHC practice). |
| Only nuclei are strongly coloured. | Nuclear dominance conflicts with the reported Golgi localisation and granular cytoplasmic IHC profile (HPA ICC-IF; HPA tissue IHC). | Compare with a known-positive section and a no-primary control; verify that the scored colour comes from the intended detection channel (standard IHC practice). |
| A reportedly negative cell population stains strongly. | HPA calls adipocytes, cardiomyocytes and lymph-node germinal center cells not detected; staining there needs independent assessment (HPA tissue IHC). | Identify the stained cells on the section, inspect the no-primary control for endogenous detection activity, and review antibody specificity (standard IHC practice). |
| Brown colour is diffuse across the section. | Diffuse colour may be detection background and obscures the granular cytoplasmic pattern reported by HPA (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). | Review blocking, washing and chromogen development alongside a no-primary control; score cellular staining only when its boundaries are clear (standard IHC practice). |
| A liver section shows uneven hepatocyte staining. | Normal liver expression is low, while UniProt describes increased expression in virus-infected liver and some advanced disease settings (UniProt Q8NBJ4). | Record whether signal is in hepatocytes or biliary epithelium, and interpret it with the specimen context and run controls (UniProt Q8NBJ4; standard IHC practice). |
| An IF image appears Golgi-localised but the IHC slide is blank. | HPA supports Golgi localisation by ICC-IF and high staining in selected IHC cell populations, but the two preparations do not prove identical assay sensitivity (HPA ICC-IF; HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). | Check the IHC section's expected cell population and IHC controls; use the separate IF/ICC guide for that assay's workflow (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). |
Comprehensive Human Protein Atlas IHC scoring per tissue (reliability: Enhanced — High 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appendix | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Duodenum | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Endometrium | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Gallbladder | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Kidney | Distal tubules | 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 → |
| Esophagus | Squamous epithelial cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Heart muscle | Cardiomyocytes | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Lymph node | Germinal center cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
Use the catalog antibody’s tissue IHC conditions as a starting point, then assess staining against GOLM1’s expected cell types and Golgi localisation.
The catalog includes IHC images from human paraffin sections (A02975-3 image captions) and rat brain (A02975 image caption), plus IF images from human A431 cells and rat brain (catalog IF captions).
A02975-3 shows IHC in human paraffin sections and IF/ICC in A431 cells (A02975-3 image captions). A02975 shows IHC and IF in rat brain (A02975 image captions).
Which to pick: For human tissue IHC, choose A02975-3: its paraffin-section caption reports 2 μg/mL with EDTA retrieval at pH 8.0; the fixative is unreported (A02975-3 IHC caption). For human cell IF/ICC, A02975-3 has an A431 image at 5 μg/mL (A02975-3 IF caption); A02975 has a rat brain IF image at 20 μg/mL (A02975 IF caption). For rat tissue IHC, A02975 has a rat brain image at 2.5 μg/mL, though processing and fixative are unreported (A02975 IHC caption); both SKUs list human, mouse and rat reactivity, but neither reports clonality (catalog payload).