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Plan chromogenic IHC for NEDD8 using the catalog antibody’s paraffin-section protocol (datasheet A00547). Compare nuclear and cytoplasmic staining against a high-staining tissue such as bronchial respiratory epithelium, while accounting for the uncertain reliability of the tissue profile (HPA tissue IHC).
Expected localisation, validated protocols, controls and antibodies — the at-a-glance facts below, then the full design guide.
| Expected localisation | Nuclear and cytoplasmic tissue staining (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Staining pattern | Nuclear and cytoplasmic staining in most tissues (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | Citrate pH 6 HIER, heat-mediated (datasheet A00547) | |
| Positive control | Bronchus+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). Selected-image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet A00547); verify before use. | |
| Caveat | Tissue staining has uncertain RNA concordance (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Regulation | Broad tissue expression; no stimulus response reported (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Isoform / epitope | No annotated isoforms; mature chain spans residues 1–76 (UniProt) |
The catalog antibody’s IHC-P protocol is paired with three published NEDD8 IHC methods (PMC12960655; PMC6501157; PMC9830515).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded human lung cancer tissues; fixative not specified (datasheet A00547) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet A00547); 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 A00547) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% goat serum (datasheet A00547) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-NEDD8, 0.5-1μg/ml (datasheet A00547) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (datasheet A00547) |
| Detection | Streptavidin-biotin complex (SABC), DAB chromogen (datasheet A00547) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | NEDD8-positive staining in respiratory epithelial cells of bronchus (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: Cytoplasmic and nuclear expression in most tissues. No signal in the no-primary control. |
NEDD8 staining should be predominantly nuclear, with cytoplasmic staining possible in tissue sections (UniProt Q15843: mainly nuclear; HPA tissue IHC: cytoplasmic and nuclear expression in most tissues). Respiratory epithelial cells in bronchus and nasopharynx, Purkinje cells, cortical neurons, and parathyroid glandular cells show high staining (HPA tissue IHC). Interpret this pattern cautiously: HPA rates tissue IHC reliability Uncertain, pending external verification (HPA tissue IHC). NEDD8 has no transmembrane segment (UniProt Q15843 topology).
| Nuclear staining, with some cytoplasmic staining, in bronchial respiratory epithelium. | This fits a high-staining reference cell population (HPA tissue IHC: High in bronchial respiratory epithelial cells) and the reported compartment pattern (HPA tissue IHC: cytoplasmic and nuclear; UniProt Q15843: mainly nuclear). It is supportive, rather than definitive, because tissue IHC reliability is Uncertain (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Staining appears only at cell borders or outside cells, with no convincing nuclear signal. | An exclusively membranous or extracellular pattern conflicts with the mainly nuclear annotation and the reported tissue IHC pattern (UniProt Q15843: mainly nuclear, no transmembrane segment; HPA tissue IHC: cytoplasmic and nuclear). Review localization and controls before assigning it to NEDD8 (general IHC practice). |
| Strong staining occurs in alveolar cells while the expected respiratory epithelial cells are faint. | The cell distribution conflicts with the supplied reference: alveolar cells are Low, whereas bronchial and nasopharyngeal respiratory epithelial cells are High (HPA tissue IHC). Cross-reactivity or endogenous detection activity is possible; morphology and detection controls can help distinguish them (general IHC practice). |
| Uniform color covers nuclei, cytoplasm, and tissue spaces without clear cell boundaries. | This is more consistent with diffuse background than an interpretable cell pattern (general IHC practice). The HPA tissue profile describes cellular cytoplasmic and nuclear expression; it does not validate color deposited across tissue spaces (HPA tissue IHC). |
| No staining is visible in a bronchus section with identifiable respiratory epithelium. | That is unexpected for this reference population (HPA tissue IHC: High in bronchial respiratory epithelial cells). Check tissue preservation, detection controls, and assay conditions before calling the specimen NEDD8-negative (general IHC practice); the HPA IHC assessment itself remains Uncertain (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Choice of reference cells | HPA reports High staining in bronchial and nasopharyngeal respiratory epithelium, Purkinje cells, cortical neurons, and parathyroid glandular cells; alveolar cells, cholangiocytes, cardiomyocytes, smooth muscle cells, myocytes, and fibroblasts are Low (HPA tissue IHC). Choose and score the specified cells within each tissue (general IHC practice). |
| Transcript–stain comparison | UniProt lists heart and skeletal muscle among tissues with high NEDD8 expression, while HPA scores cardiomyocytes and skeletal myocytes Low by tissue IHC (UniProt Q15843 tissue specificity; HPA tissue IHC). These statements concern different readouts and do not justify upgrading those cells to high-staining IHC controls (general interpretation). |
| Subcellular interpretation | UniProt describes NEDD8 as mainly nuclear; HPA tissue IHC reports nuclear and cytoplasmic expression in most tissues (UniProt Q15843 subcellular location; HPA tissue IHC). Nuclear enrichment is therefore useful, but cytoplasmic staining alone cannot be dismissed without checking cell type and controls (general IHC practice). |
| NEDD8 processing and conjugation | The annotated precursor is 81 amino acids, with residues 77–81 removed and residues 1–76 forming mature NEDD8; NEDD8 can conjugate to substrates including cullins and p53 (UniProt Q15843 processing and function). These facts do not specify this antibody's epitope or predict its staining intensity (UniProt Q15843; antibody epitope not supplied). |
| Evidence and antibody validation | HPA rates tissue IHC reliability Uncertain, with medium antibody–RNA consistency pending external verification; CAB004082 has an Uncertain IHC status, while IHC status is not listed for HPA027583 or HPA060254 (HPA tissue IHC; HPA antibodies). Interpret apparent positives alongside controls (general IHC practice). |
| IF/ICC: should its pattern match IHC? | The separate ICC-IF evidence supports nucleoplasmic localization and labels additional Golgi and cytosolic localization Uncertain (HPA subcellular). Tissue IHC reports nuclear and cytoplasmic staining (HPA tissue IHC). Compare the compartment-level observations cautiously; these are different applications (general interpretation). |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| A reference section is entirely blank. | The absent signal conflicts with High staining reported for bronchial respiratory epithelial cells (HPA tissue IHC); the failure point cannot be identified from that observation alone (general IHC practice). | Target-specific fixation effects are not established by the supplied assay evidence. Verify with a matched IHC source before attributing a result to fixation. |
| Respiratory epithelium stains weakly, but nearby low-reference cells stain strongly. | This reverses the reported comparison between bronchial respiratory epithelial cells and alveolar cells, if those are the cells present (HPA tissue IHC: High versus Low). Cell identification or nonspecific detection may explain the mismatch (general IHC practice). | Recheck morphology and scoring areas, then compare with a no-primary detection control and a separate known-positive section (general IHC practice). Treat the HPA profile as a guide because its tissue IHC reliability is Uncertain (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Signal forms a broad haze across cells and tissue spaces. | Diffuse deposition can obscure cellular localization (general IHC practice); tissue spaces are not part of the reported nuclear and cytoplasmic cell pattern (HPA tissue IHC). | Review background on the no-primary control and assess blocking, antibody concentration, washes, and chromogen development using routine IHC controls (general IHC practice). Re-score only distinguishable cells (general IHC practice). |
| Color is confined to cell borders or extracellular material. | An exclusively border or extracellular pattern is inconsistent with mainly nuclear NEDD8 and its lack of a transmembrane segment (UniProt Q15843 subcellular location and topology). | Verify the compartment with a nuclear counterstain and cell morphology, and compare detection controls before accepting it as NEDD8 staining (general IHC practice). |
| Cardiomyocytes or skeletal myocytes show little staining. | Low staining in these cells agrees with the HPA tissue IHC entries, despite UniProt listing heart and skeletal muscle among tissues with high expression (HPA tissue IHC: Low in cardiomyocytes and myocytes; UniProt Q15843 tissue specificity). | Score the named cell populations against IHC reference patterns rather than treating tissue-level expression as an IHC intensity prediction (general interpretation; HPA tissue IHC). Use a High reference cell population for a stronger positive comparison (HPA tissue IHC). |
| The IHC slide differs from an ICC-IF image. | HPA supports nucleoplasmic ICC-IF localization but marks its additional Golgi and cytosolic locations Uncertain; tissue IHC reports cytoplasmic and nuclear staining (HPA subcellular; HPA tissue IHC). | Compare nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments within each application and inspect its own controls (general IHC/IF practice). Do not use an uncertain ICC-IF Golgi assignment as a required IHC pattern (HPA subcellular). |
Comprehensive Human Protein Atlas IHC scoring per tissue (reliability: Uncertain — Medium consistency between antibody staining and RNA expression data. Pending external verification.). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronchus | Respiratory epithelial cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cerebellum | Purkinje cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cerebral cortex | Neuronal cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Nasopharynx | Respiratory epithelial cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Parathyroid gland | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None in HPA: NEDD8 is detected in all 45 scored tissues. Use a no-primary (secondary-only) and an isotype control instead. | ||||
These answers use the A00547 paraffin-section IHC caption, UniProt Q15843 and HPA observations to guide chromogenic NEDD8 staining and interpretation.
A00547 has IHC data from a human paraffin tissue section and IF/ICC data from A431 cells (A00547 image captions). Both antibodies list human, mouse and rat reactivity (catalog reactivity).
A00547 will render with an IHC figure from a paraffin section of human lung cancer tissue; its separate IF/ICC caption documents A431 cells (A00547 image captions). M00547 lists IHC and IF/ICC applications and human, mouse and rat reactivity, but has no supplied IHC or IF figure (M00547 catalog applications, reactivity and image fields).
Which to pick: Choose A00547 for tissue IHC: its own caption documents citrate retrieval at pH 6 for 20 minutes and 1 μg/ml primary antibody overnight at 4°C in a human paraffin section; the fixative is unreported (A00547 IHC image caption). For IF/ICC, A00547 has an A431-cell figure using 2 μg/ml, while M00547 lists IF/ICC without a supplied figure (A00547 IF image caption; M00547 catalog applications and image fields). For mouse or rat samples, both list reactivity, and M00547 is rabbit monoclonal while A00547 has no clone specified; the supplied tissue IHC figure documents human tissue only (catalog reactivity, host and clone; A00547 IHC image caption).