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Plan GOT1 IHC in paraffin sections using cytoplasmic staining as the expected pattern (HPA tissue IHC). Compare control and test sections with consistent fixation, and interpret intensity in light of HPA’s medium consistency between staining and RNA expression (HPA tissue IHC).
Expected localisation, validated protocols, controls and antibodies — the at-a-glance facts below, then the full design guide.
| Expected localisation | Cytoplasmic tissue staining (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Staining pattern | Cytoplasmic staining; most abundant in CNS, heart and liver (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | EDTA pH 8.0 HIER, heat-mediated (datasheet A04085-3) | |
| Positive control | Testis+4 more · see all | |
| Negative control | Adipose tissue+4 more · see all |
| Fixation | Matched tissue-IHC evidence does not establish the fixation claim. Validate the specimen-specific method before use. (selected-SKU IHC image A04085-3) | |
| Caveat | Staining has medium consistency with RNA expression (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Regulation | Expression regulation is not annotated (UniProt) | |
| Isoform / epitope | Two isoforms; epitope coverage is unspecified (UniProt) |
The catalog antibody’s IHC-P protocol is paired with published GOT1 staining methods for pancreatic tumor sections (PMC9735520) and human head and neck carcinoma sections (PMC12671062).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded mouse brain tissue; fixative not specified (datasheet A04085-3) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet A04085-3); 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 A04085-3); 20 min, 95–100 °C (standard) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% goat serum (datasheet A04085-3) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-GOT1, 2-5μg/ml (datasheet A04085-3) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (datasheet A04085-3) |
| Detection | Streptavidin-biotin complex (SABC), DAB chromogen (datasheet A04085-3) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | GOT1-positive staining in round or early spermatids of testis (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: General cytoplasmic expression, most abundant in CNS, heart muscle and liver. No signal in the no-primary control. |
GOT1 should appear mainly in the cytoplasm, consistent with its cytoplasmic annotation and lack of a transmembrane segment (UniProt P17174). On paraffin sections, expect staining in round or early spermatids, neuronal cells, and several glandular cell populations (HPA: tissue IHC). HPA calls the overall IHC reliability Enhanced, while noting medium consistency between antibody staining and RNA expression (HPA: tissue IHC).
| Cytoplasmic staining is strong in round or early spermatids and moderate in cortical neurons. | This matches the reported cell compartments and levels: GOT1 is cytoplasmic (UniProt P17174); spermatids are High and cortical neurons Medium (HPA: tissue IHC). Compare cells within each tissue, since these reported levels do not set an absolute intensity threshold across slides (general IHC practice). |
| Signal is predominantly nuclear or outlines cell membranes. | That distribution conflicts with the annotated cytoplasmic location and lack of a transmembrane segment (UniProt P17174). Treat it as a suspect pattern; review morphology, counterstain, and detection controls before assigning it to GOT1 (general IHC practice). |
| Adipocytes stain strongly while the expected positive cells remain unstained. | Adipocytes in adipose tissue and breast are reported Not detected (HPA: tissue IHC). This reversal raises concern for antibody cross-reactivity or endogenous detection activity; it does not identify which cause is responsible (general IHC practice). |
| Color spreads across cells and surrounding tissue without clear cytoplasmic boundaries. | The diffuse background prevents reliable cell-level scoring against the reported cytoplasmic pattern (UniProt P17174; HPA: tissue IHC). Check the no-primary control, blocking, washes, and detection chemistry before interpreting weak positives (general IHC practice). |
| Round or early spermatids show no signal despite intact tissue morphology. | They are reported High and can serve as a positive reference (HPA: tissue IHC). A blank result warrants a check of retrieval, antibody incubation, and detection controls; a single failed section does not establish biological absence (general IHC practice). |
| Compartment and topology | UniProt places GOT1 in the cytoplasm and reports no transmembrane segment (UniProt P17174). Use cell boundaries and a nuclear counterstain to judge compartment, rather than scoring any brown tissue as positive (general IHC practice). |
| Cell and tissue context | HPA reports High round or early spermatids, Medium neuronal and selected glandular cells, and Not detected adipocytes in adipose tissue (HPA: tissue IHC). Score the named cell population; whole-tissue labels can hide mixed staining (general IHC practice). |
| Antibody evidence | Two listed antibodies, HPA064532 and HPA072629, each have Enhanced IHC status (HPA: antibodies). The tissue profile still notes medium staining–RNA consistency (HPA: tissue IHC), so investigate discordant cells rather than treating validation status as proof of every signal. |
| Isoforms and processing | UniProt lists two isoforms and a chain spanning residues 2–413, with no signal peptide or propeptide (UniProt P17174). The supplied record gives no antibody epitope or isoform-specific IHC result, so a staining difference cannot be assigned to one isoform. |
| IF/ICC: is the IHC pattern confirmed there? | No: HPA provides no main ICC-IF location or imaged cell lines for GOT1 (HPA: subcellular ICC-IF). Cytoplasmic localisation is annotated by UniProt P17174, but this payload does not establish an IF/ICC staining pattern or an IF protocol. |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| Positive reference is blank. | The result conflicts with High staining reported for round or early spermatids (HPA: tissue IHC); retrieval, incubation, or detection may have failed (general IHC practice). | Confirm the positive cells are present, then review the antibody's IHC-P instructions and run a known-positive section with the same detection setup (general IHC practice). |
| Nuclei or cell edges dominate the stain. | The compartment conflicts with cytoplasmic GOT1 and its lack of a transmembrane segment (UniProt P17174); the cause cannot be inferred from location alone. | Recheck morphology and counterstain, compare a no-primary control, and assess whether the pattern persists with an independently validated IHC antibody (general IHC practice; HPA: antibodies). |
| Adipocytes or another reported negative cell population stain strongly. | Adipocytes are Not detected in adipose tissue and breast (HPA: tissue IHC). Cross-reactivity or endogenous detection activity is possible (general IHC practice). | Identify the stained cells on the counterstain and compare a no-primary control. If signal persists only with primary antibody, reassess antibody specificity (general IHC practice). |
| Diffuse brown background obscures cell boundaries. | Background can arise from incomplete blocking, washing, or detection controls (general IHC practice); it cannot be scored against the reported cell-level pattern (HPA: tissue IHC). | Check no-primary staining, blocking, washes, and detection conditions, then repeat scoring only where cytoplasmic signal can be assigned to individual cells (general IHC practice). |
| Two tissue sections have different overall signal strength. | HPA reports cell-specific High, Medium, Low, and Not detected results across tissues (HPA: tissue IHC). Section-wide darkness alone does not distinguish distribution from technical variation (general IHC practice). | Compare the same named cell populations where possible and include a positive reference in the staining run; record compartment and cell-level intensity (general IHC practice). |
| A faint signal appears in a reported negative population. | HPA's Not detected designation describes its observed IHC pattern, not an absolute detection limit (HPA: tissue IHC). Weak chromogen may reflect background or a condition-dependent result (general IHC practice). | Compare no-primary and positive-reference sections, inspect whether signal is truly cytoplasmic, and avoid calling the faint result GOT1-specific without supporting controls (general IHC practice; UniProt P17174). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testis | Round or early spermatids | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Adrenal gland | Glandular cells | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Appendix | Glandular cells | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Caudate | Neuronal cells | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cerebellum | Cells in granular layer | Medium | 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 → |
| Breast | Adipocytes | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Endometrium | Cells in endometrial stroma | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Esophagus | Squamous epithelial cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
Troubleshoot GOT1 staining in paraffin sections using the catalog antibody’s mouse brain IHC result and the reported tissue expression pattern.
Anti-GOT1 antibodies have real IHC images from paraffin-embedded mouse brain and human liver cancer; IF examples include T-47D cells, rat kidney, and human pancreas cancer (catalog image captions).
A04085-3 has IHC images from paraffin-embedded mouse brain, rat brain, human stomach cancer, and human bladder cancer, plus IF images from T-47D cells, rat kidney, and human pancreas cancer (catalog image captions). M04085-1 has IHC images from paraffin-embedded human liver cancer, renal pelvis squamous tissue, and rectum adenocarcinoma (catalog image captions).
Which to pick: For human tissue IHC, M04085-1 is a mouse monoclonal with paraffin-section examples; its fixative is unreported (catalog entry: clone 6B3B4; M04085-1 IHC captions). For IF/ICC, choose A04085-3, which lists both applications and has IF images from cells and paraffin sections (A04085-3 catalog applications and IF captions). For IHC across human, mouse, and rat samples, choose A04085-3: all three species are listed as reactive and represented in its paraffin-section captions; the fixative is unreported (A04085-3 catalog reactivity and IHC captions).