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Plan MAD1L1 chromogenic IHC in paraffin sections around the nuclear and nuclear membranous tissue pattern (HPA tissue IHC). This guide covers fixation consistency, the catalog antibody’s 0.5–1 μg/mL IHC dilution (datasheet PB9262), and interpretation of mitotic redistribution (UniProt).
Expected localisation, validated protocols, controls and antibodies — the at-a-glance facts below, then the full design guide.
| Expected localisation | Nuclear and nuclear membranous tissue staining (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Staining pattern | Most tissues show nuclear and nuclear rim staining (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | Citrate pH 6 HIER, heat-mediated (datasheet PB9262) | |
| Positive control | Cerebellum+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 | Mitotic redistribution can change the nuclear pattern (UniProt) | |
| Regulation | Cell-cycle stage changes signal distribution (UniProt) | |
| Isoform / epitope | 3 isoforms; epitope coverage is undetermined (UniProt) |
The catalog antibody uses citrate pH 6 retrieval (datasheet: PB9262). One published MAD1L1 IHC protocol uses EDTA pH 9.0 (PMC13163004).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded mouse intestine tissues; fixative not specified (datasheet PB9262) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet PB9262); 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 PB9262) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% goat serum (datasheet PB9262) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-MAD1L1, 0.5-1μg/ml (datasheet PB9262) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (datasheet PB9262) |
| Detection | Streptavidin-biotin complex (SABC), DAB chromogen (datasheet PB9262) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | MAD1L1-positive staining in cells in molecular layer of cerebellum (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: Nuclear and nuclear membranous expression in most tissues. No signal in the no-primary control. |
MAD1L1 staining is expected mainly in nuclei and along nuclear membranes in most tissues (HPA tissue IHC: Supported; medium consistency with RNA). In paraffin sections, examine the named cell populations rather than treating every cell as equally positive: high staining is reported in duodenal glandular cells and hippocampal glial cells, among others (HPA tissue IHC). MAD1L1 also has cell cycle dependent locations, including kinetochores and the spindle (UniProt Q9Y6D9). It has no transmembrane segment (UniProt Q9Y6D9 topology).
| Nuclear and nuclear rim staining in the expected cell population, with discernible cell boundaries and little signal outside cells. | This fits the tissue IHC profile of nuclear and nuclear membranous expression in most tissues (HPA tissue IHC). Compare cells within the section and a matched control before judging intensity; HPA reports a tissue pattern, not an intensity threshold for every paraffin specimen (HPA tissue IHC; general IHC practice). |
| A small number of dividing cells show staining at kinetochores or spindle structures rather than the usual interphase pattern. | Such a pattern can fit MAD1L1 trafficking during mitosis (UniProt Q9Y6D9 subcellular location). Kinetochore localisation is reported in prometaphase but not metaphase, so a mitotic figure needs cell cycle context (UniProt Q9Y6D9). A broad membrane or extracellular deposit does not follow the reported locations (UniProt Q9Y6D9). |
| Strong, widespread surface, extracellular, or diffuse cytoplasmic colour dominates while nuclei remain indistinct. | Treat this as a possible artefact and inspect detection controls and slide morphology (general IHC practice). MAD1L1 has no transmembrane segment, and the HPA tissue IHC profile is nuclear and nuclear membranous (UniProt Q9Y6D9 topology; HPA tissue IHC). A cytoplasmic spot alone is insufficient to identify a mitotic structure (UniProt Q9Y6D9 subcellular location). |
| Signal is concentrated in an unexpected cell population while the documented high staining population is weak. | Review cell identification and consider antibody cross-reactivity or endogenous chromogen activity (general IHC practice). For example, HPA reports high staining in kidney glomerular cells and low staining in adipocytes; low is not an absence claim (HPA tissue IHC). One unexpected cell population cannot establish a new tissue distribution by itself (general IHC practice). |
| No clear staining appears in a section selected for an HPA high staining cell population. | First confirm that the relevant cells are present, then check the matched positive control and staining run (general IHC practice). HPA reports high staining in duodenal glandular cells, but its overall tissue IHC reliability is Supported with medium consistency between staining and RNA data; an HPA observation does not guarantee every specimen will stain (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Tissue and cell choice | HPA reports high staining in cerebellar molecular layer cells, glandular cells of several named tissues, hippocampal glial cells, and kidney glomerular cells (HPA tissue IHC). Its low entries, including liver cholangiocytes, are low observations rather than validated negative controls (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Cell cycle stage | MAD1L1 is reported at the nuclear envelope during interphase and at kinetochores in prometaphase; its location changes through mitosis (UniProt Q9Y6D9 subcellular location). Interpret isolated mitotic patterns against nearby cell morphology before scoring the entire section (general IHC practice). |
| Antibody evidence | HPA lists IHC as Supported for HPA003635 and CAB015338; that status does not specify an intensity cutoff for a new specimen (HPA antibodies; HPA tissue IHC). Record the antibody and controls used when comparing patterns (general IHC practice). |
| Protein forms and target access | UniProt lists three MAD1L1 isoforms and a chain spanning residues 1–718, with no signal peptide or propeptide annotated (UniProt Q9Y6D9). The supplied record gives no antibody epitope, so it cannot predict which isoforms an individual antibody detects or a target-specific retrieval response (UniProt Q9Y6D9; HPA antibodies). |
| What should IF/ICC show? | The separate IF/ICC interpretation is nucleoplasm and nuclear membrane localisation; HPA lists U-251MG among cell lines with images (HPA subcellular ICC-IF). This IHC section supplies no IF/ICC protocol or dilution; the ICC evidence does not set a paraffin-section chromogen threshold (HPA subcellular ICC-IF; HPA tissue IHC). |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| Known high staining cells are present, but the whole IHC run is blank. | A failed staining or detection step is possible (general IHC practice); HPA high staining is an observation, not a guaranteed result for each run (HPA tissue IHC). | Check the run control, antibody identity, reagent sequence, and detection readout; repeat with documented IHC conditions if the control failed (general IHC practice). |
| The run control stains, but the expected nuclear or nuclear rim pattern is faint. | Target-specific fixation effects are not established by the supplied assay evidence. Verify with a matched IHC source before attributing a result to fixation. | Check tissue preservation and perform a controlled retrieval and antibody dilution comparison using the antibody's IHC instructions (general IHC practice). |
| Chromogen covers much of the section, including spaces between cells. | Excess background, nonspecific antibody binding, or endogenous detection activity may obscure compartments (general IHC practice). | Review the no-primary and detection controls; adjust blocking, washing, or development time according to the detection system (general IHC practice). |
| Surface or cytoplasmic staining is stronger than nuclear staining. | The dominant compartment conflicts with the HPA tissue IHC profile; a few mitotic MAD1L1 structures can have other locations (HPA tissue IHC; UniProt Q9Y6D9 subcellular location). | Inspect nuclear morphology and mitotic figures, then compare with an IHC-supported antibody and controls before assigning the signal to MAD1L1 (HPA antibodies; general IHC practice). |
| Only an unexpected cell population stains strongly. | Cell identification, cross-reactivity, or endogenous activity may explain the mismatch (general IHC practice); HPA reports distinct levels by cell population (HPA tissue IHC). | Verify the cell type on the counterstain and compare a documented high staining population in the same run; use detection controls to investigate the unexpected signal (HPA tissue IHC; general IHC practice). |
| Two antibodies give different tissue patterns. | HPA marks both listed antibodies IHC Supported, while the tissue profile has medium consistency with RNA; this does not resolve a specimen-level disagreement (HPA antibodies; HPA tissue IHC). | Compare the same cell populations and controls under documented conditions, and report the discordance rather than assigning an unsupported positive or negative call (general IHC practice). |
Comprehensive Human Protein Atlas IHC scoring per tissue (reliability: Supported — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebellum | Cells in molecular layer | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Duodenum | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Endometrium | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Epididymis | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Fallopian tube | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None in HPA: MAD1L1 is detected in all 45 scored tissues. Use a no-primary (secondary-only) and an isotype control instead. | ||||
Troubleshoot MAD1L1 staining in paraffin sections by checking retrieval, compartment, controls and scoring before interpreting biological differences.
The IHC-validated antibody PB9262 has paraffin-section images from mouse and rat intestine and human intestinal cancer, plus an IF image from U20S cells (PB9262 image captions).
PB9262 is listed for IHC in human, mouse and rat; its paraffin-section images show mouse and rat intestine and human intestinal cancer (PB9262 catalog applications, reactivity and IHC captions). PB9262 is also listed for IF/ICC, with an IF image from U20S cells (PB9262 catalog applications and IF caption).
Which to pick: Choose PB9262 for paraffin-section IHC: its tissue captions report citrate retrieval at pH 6 for 20 minutes and primary antibody at 1 μg/ml (PB9262 IHC captions); the fixative is unreported (PB9262 IHC captions). For IF/ICC, PB9262 has an IF image from U20S cells (PB9262 IF caption); for cross-species IHC, it is listed as reactive with human, mouse and rat (PB9262 catalog reactivity), with tissue images for all three (PB9262 IHC captions). Its host is rabbit, and clonality is unreported (PB9262 catalog host and clone fields).