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Plan chromogenic paraffin-section IHC for HNRNPH1 using the widespread nuclear pattern as a reference (HPA tissue IHC). The catalog antibody has an IHC dilution of 2–5 μg/mL (datasheet A07691); assess nuclear staining with the reported multi-gene detection caveat in mind (HPA tissue IHC).
Expected localisation, validated protocols, controls and antibodies — the at-a-glance facts below, then the full design guide.
| Expected localisation | Nuclear staining (HPA tissue IHC); nucleoplasm expected (UniProt) | |
| Staining pattern | Nuclei across many tissue cell types (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | EDTA pH 8.0 HIER, heat-mediated (datasheet A07691) | |
| Positive control | Adrenal gland+4 more · see all | |
| Negative control | None in HPA (detected in all 45 tissues); use no-primary + isotype controls |
| Fixation | Keep fixation consistent across sections (standard IHC practice; not target-specific) | |
| Caveat | Staining may detect proteins from more than one gene (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Regulation | Broad expression across tissues (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Isoform / epitope | 0 isoforms; chains start at aa 1 or 2, affecting N-terminal epitope mapping (UniProt) |
The catalog antibody uses EDTA retrieval (datasheet A07691). One published IHC protocol provides a tissue microarray workflow with citrate retrieval (PMC13039110).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded human breast cancer tissue; fixative not specified (datasheet A07691) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet A07691); 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 A07691); 20 min, 95–100 °C (standard) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% goat serum (datasheet A07691) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-HNRNPH1, 2-5 μg/ml (datasheet A07691) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (datasheet A07691) |
| Detection | HRP-conjugated secondary, DAB chromogen (datasheet A07691) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | HNRNPH1-positive staining in glandular cells of adrenal gland (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: Ubiquitous nuclear expression. No signal in the no-primary control. |
HNRNPH1 should appear predominantly in nuclei, especially the nucleoplasm, across many cell types (UniProt P31943: nucleoplasm; HPA: ubiquitous nuclear expression). Strong staining is documented in adrenal and breast glandular cells, bone marrow hematopoietic cells, and several other listed populations (HPA: High). HPA rates its tissue IHC pattern Supported, while cautioning that the antibodies may recognize proteins from more than one gene (HPA: Supported; HPA: multi-gene caution). HNRNPH1 has no transmembrane segment (UniProt P31943: topology).
| Crisp nuclear staining in glandular cells of adrenal gland, appendix, or breast, or in bone marrow hematopoietic cells. | This fits the reported compartment and documented High cell populations (HPA: ubiquitous nuclear expression; HPA: High in these cells). Score the nuclear signal within the relevant cell population; apparent strength alone does not establish HNRNPH1 specificity because HPA flags possible recognition of proteins from more than one gene (HPA: multi-gene caution). |
| Predominantly cytoplasmic or membranous staining with little nuclear signal. | The dominant compartment conflicts with nucleoplasmic localization (UniProt P31943: nucleoplasm; HPA: nucleoplasm). Treat it as a possible staining artefact or antibody specificity problem and inspect a documented High tissue alongside it (standard IHC practice; HPA: High in listed tissues). |
| Signal is confined to an unexpected cell population while documented High cells in the same specimen remain unstained. | The mismatch warrants checking cell identification, cross-reactivity, and endogenous detection activity (standard IHC practice; HPA: multi-gene caution). An unlisted cell type is not automatically negative: HPA describes ubiquitous nuclear expression and provides no negative tissue list (HPA: tissue IHC). |
| Diffuse staining covers nuclei, cytoplasm, and spaces between cells. | Poor compartment contrast makes the result difficult to interpret against the expected nuclear pattern (UniProt P31943: nucleoplasm; standard IHC practice). Background may arise from detection or staining conditions; use control sections to locate its source before scoring (standard IHC practice). |
| No nuclear signal appears in a documented High population, such as bone marrow hematopoietic cells. | The expected positive result has failed for that section (HPA: High in bone marrow hematopoietic cells). Check tissue preservation, retrieval, antibody application, and detection controls as general IHC troubleshooting; the supplied sources establish no HNRNPH1-specific fixation sensitivity (standard IHC practice; HPA: tissue IHC; UniProt P31943). |
| Tissue and cell selection (HPA: tissue IHC). | HPA reports ubiquitous nuclear expression and High staining in the listed adrenal, appendix, bone marrow, breast, bronchus, caudate, cerebellum, and cerebral cortex populations (HPA: tissue IHC). These are useful expected-positive populations; the payload supplies no validated negative tissue (HPA: negative list empty). |
| Antibody interpretation (HPA: validation and multi-gene caution). | HPA lists IHC as Supported for HPA001359, HPA016884, and CAB032820, yet cautions that its tissue profile targets proteins from more than one gene (HPA: antibody validation; HPA: multi-gene caution). A matching nuclear pattern supports interpretation but cannot by itself prove gene-specific staining (standard IHC practice). |
| Localization and molecular form (UniProt P31943). | The annotated location is nucleoplasm, with no transmembrane segment, signal peptide, propeptide, or reported isoforms (UniProt P31943: location, topology, processing, isoforms). The record lists full-length and N-terminally processed chains; it does not establish different tissue staining patterns for them (UniProt P31943: processing). |
| IF/ICC Q: What localization should a separate IF/ICC experiment show? (HPA: subcellular ICC-IF). | A: Mainly nucleoplasmic signal (HPA: nucleoplasm, enhanced). HPA lists ICC-IF images from A-431, U-251MG, and U2OS, but cautions that the localization assessment uses antibodies targeting proteins from multiple genes (HPA: subcellular ICC-IF). This observation does not specify an IF/ICC protocol (HPA: subcellular ICC-IF). |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| A documented High tissue shows no nuclear stain (HPA: tissue IHC). | The section, primary antibody step, or detection sequence may have failed; the sources do not identify a target-specific fixation mechanism (standard IHC practice; HPA: tissue IHC; UniProt P31943). | Run a documented High population as a positive control and verify retrieval, antibody application, detection reagents, and counterstain against the laboratory's validated IHC procedure (HPA: High in listed cells; standard IHC practice). |
| Color is chiefly cytoplasmic or membranous (UniProt P31943: nucleoplasm). | The compartment differs from the reported nuclear pattern and may reflect nonspecific binding or detection background (HPA: ubiquitous nuclear expression; standard IHC practice). | Compare with the positive control and a section omitting primary antibody; interpret only reproducible nuclear signal with adequate contrast (standard IHC practice; HPA: nuclear expression). |
| Unexpected cells stain strongly while expected High cells do not (HPA: tissue IHC). | Cell identification, cross-reactivity, or endogenous detection activity may explain the mismatch; HPA also flags potential multi-gene recognition (standard IHC practice; HPA: multi-gene caution). | Confirm cell morphology and compare the pattern across documented High populations and appropriate detection controls before assigning HNRNPH1 positivity (HPA: High in listed cells; standard IHC practice). |
| Brown color persists in the primary-omission control (standard IHC practice). | The primary antibody cannot account for that control signal; endogenous detection activity or detection-reagent background is possible (standard IHC practice). | Review the detection chemistry and apply the corresponding endogenous-activity block when indicated by that chemistry; repeat the omission control (standard IHC practice). |
| Diffuse color obscures nuclear boundaries (standard IHC practice). | Background from staining or detection conditions can prevent reliable compartment scoring (standard IHC practice). | Check reagent concentration, blocking, washes, and detection development within the validated IHC procedure, then compare a positive section and omission control (standard IHC practice; HPA: High in listed cells). |
| Two antibodies yield different nuclear patterns (standard IHC practice). | HPA reports Supported IHC validation but also warns of possible recognition of proteins from more than one gene; agreement cannot be assumed (HPA: antibody validation; HPA: multi-gene caution). | Record each antibody's pattern separately and resolve the discrepancy with appropriate specificity controls before treating either pattern as HNRNPH1-specific (standard IHC practice; HPA: multi-gene caution). |
Comprehensive Human Protein Atlas IHC scoring per tissue (reliability: Supported — High 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrenal gland | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Appendix | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Bone marrow | Hematopoietic cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Breast | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Bronchus | Respiratory epithelial cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None in HPA: HNRNPH1 is detected in all 45 scored tissues. Use a no-primary (secondary-only) and an isotype control instead. | ||||
Troubleshoot HNRNPH1 chromogenic IHC by checking nuclear staining, retrieval conditions, antibody controls and cell-level scoring (UniProt P31943; caption A07691).
Catalog antibody A07691 has IHC images from human paraffin sections and IF images from human cells, human paraffin sections, and rat brain paraffin sections (catalog image captions).
A07691 has IHC images from paraffin sections of human breast cancer, glioblastoma, ovarian serous adenocarcinoma, and colorectal adenocarcinoma (A07691 IHC captions). Its IF images cover MCF-7 cells, human breast cancer paraffin sections, and rat brain paraffin sections (A07691 IF captions).
Which to pick: Choose A07691 for tissue IHC in paraffin sections; its IHC captions document EDTA pH 8.0 retrieval and 2 μg/ml primary antibody, while the fixative is unreported (A07691 IHC captions). For IF/ICC, A07691 has MCF-7 cell IF data and a listed concentration of 5 μg/ml for immunocytochemistry/immunofluorescence (A07691 IF caption; catalog dilution). For work across species, A07691 lists human, mouse, and rat reactivity, although the supplied IHC images show human tissue; its host is rabbit and clonality is unreported (catalog reactivity and host; A07691 IHC captions).