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Plan paraffin-section PNP staining using epididymal glandular cells and kidney collecting ducts as positive controls (HPA tissue IHC). Expect cytoplasmic signal and score red blood cells separately because they are also PNP-positive (HPA tissue IHC).
Expected localisation, validated protocols, controls and antibodies — the at-a-glance facts below, then the full design guide.
| Expected localisation | Cytoplasmic staining in most tissues (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Staining pattern | Cytoplasmic; high in epididymal glands and kidney ducts (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | Citrate pH 6 HIER, heat-mediated (datasheet A00988-1) | |
| Positive control | Bone marrow+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 A00988-1); verify before use. | |
| Caveat | PNP-positive red blood cells can complicate cell scoring (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Regulation | Tissue-enhanced RNA: marrow, epididymis (HPA tissue RNA) | |
| Isoform / epitope | No annotated isoforms; one cytosolic chain, 1–289 (UniProt) |
The catalog antibody protocol uses citrate pH 6 heat retrieval (datasheet A00988-1). The published IHC protocols below cover prostate and breast tissue (PMC3261671; PMC12774560).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded mouse kidney tissues; fixative not specified (datasheet A00988-1) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet A00988-1); 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 A00988-1) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% goat serum (datasheet A00988-1) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-PNP, 0.5-1μg/ml (datasheet A00988-1) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (datasheet A00988-1) |
| Detection | Streptavidin-biotin complex (SABC), DAB chromogen (datasheet A00988-1) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | PNP-positive staining in hematopoietic cells of bone marrow (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: Cytoplasmic expression in most tissues, highly abundant in epididymis, kidney and the gastrointestinal tract. Distinct positivity in red blood cells. No signal in the no-primary control. |
PNP should appear mainly in the cytoplasm, consistent with its cytosolic location and lack of a transmembrane segment (UniProt P00491: cytosol; no transmembrane segment). Expect strong staining in selected cells of bone marrow, epididymis, kidney, gut, placenta and spleen, with distinct red blood cell positivity (HPA tissue IHC: High in listed cells; red blood cells positive). HPA rates its tissue IHC evidence Enhanced (HPA tissue IHC: reliability Enhanced).
| Strong cytoplasmic staining in epididymal glandular cells or kidney collecting ducts, with little nuclear signal. | This fits the reported High staining in those cell populations and PNP's cytosolic location (HPA tissue IHC: High; UniProt P00491: cytosol). Score the named cells separately from neighboring structures, since a tissue-wide average can hide the expected cell-specific pattern (general IHC practice). |
| Predominantly nuclear staining, or a sharp cell-surface rim without convincing cytoplasmic staining. | That compartment conflicts with the reported cytosolic location and absence of a transmembrane segment (UniProt P00491: cytosol; no transmembrane segment). Treat the pattern as suspect until it is reproduced with appropriate staining controls and a separately validated antibody (general IHC practice). |
| Strong staining in adipocytes, esophageal squamous cells or cardiomyocytes. | Those specific cells are reported as Not detected, making prominent staining unexpected (HPA tissue IHC: adipocytes, esophageal squamous cells and cardiomyocytes Not detected). Consider cross-reactivity or endogenous chromogenic activity; check the cell identity and detection controls before assigning the signal to PNP (general IHC practice). |
| Diffuse color across cells and extracellular areas, without a discernible cytoplasmic pattern. | A field-wide haze does not match the reported cellular cytoplasmic pattern (HPA tissue IHC: cytoplasmic expression in most tissues). Review no-primary and detection controls for background, then assess blocking, washing and detection conditions as general IHC variables (general IHC practice). |
| No cellular signal in an otherwise evaluable epididymis, kidney or bone marrow section. | Absence in the relevant glandular, collecting-duct or hematopoietic cells conflicts with their reported High staining (HPA tissue IHC: High in those cells). Check that the expected cells are present and that retrieval, antibody incubation and chromogenic detection worked; the supplied sources give no PNP-specific fixation sensitivity. |
| Compartment and topology (UniProt P00491: cytosol; no transmembrane segment) | Interpret cell-body cytoplasmic color as the expected localization; a membrane rim alone does not establish PNP staining (UniProt P00491: cytosol; no transmembrane segment). Use the counterstain to distinguish cytoplasm from nuclei (general IHC practice). |
| Cell-specific tissue distribution (HPA tissue IHC: High and Not detected entries) | Compare like cells within a section: kidney collecting ducts are High, whereas adipocytes are Not detected (HPA tissue IHC). HPA's negative designation applies to the named cell population, not every cell in that organ (HPA tissue IHC: cell-level entries). |
| Antibody evidence (HPA tissue IHC: reliability Enhanced; HPA antibody HPA001625: IHC Enhanced) | The reported IHC pattern has supporting validation, but it does not make every new staining run specific (HPA tissue IHC: reliability Enhanced; HPA antibody HPA001625: IHC Enhanced). Interpret the run alongside its own controls (general IHC practice). |
| IF/ICC question: Where should fluorescence appear? (HPA subcellular ICC-IF: cytosol supported) | Expect cytosolic fluorescence: HPA reports supported cytosol localization in ICC-IF (HPA subcellular ICC-IF: cytosol supported). That observation can inform localization checks, while this section's tissue intensity calls come from HPA tissue IHC. |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| The expected positive cells are unstained. | The sampled section may lack the named cells, or a general IHC step may have failed; PNP-specific fixation sensitivity is unreported in the supplied sources. | Confirm the cell population against the counterstain and compare a known High population, such as epididymal glandular cells (HPA tissue IHC: High). Then check retrieval, antibody incubation and detection controls (general IHC practice). |
| Only nuclei stain. | Nuclear dominance conflicts with PNP's cytosolic assignment (UniProt P00491: cytosol). | Verify the compartment at higher magnification, review the counterstain and no-primary control, and seek concordant cytoplasmic staining before scoring PNP positive (general IHC practice; UniProt P00491: cytosol). |
| A sharp membrane outline dominates. | A surface-only pattern conflicts with the reported cytosolic location and lack of a transmembrane segment (UniProt P00491: cytosol; no transmembrane segment). | Check whether any cell-body cytoplasm stains and compare the result with an expected positive cell population; withhold a positive call based on the rim alone (HPA tissue IHC: High populations; general IHC practice). |
| Chromogen appears in an HPA Not detected cell population. | Cross-reactivity or endogenous detection activity is possible; the HPA designation is specific to the listed cells (HPA tissue IHC: Not detected entries). | Confirm cell identity, inspect no-primary and detection controls, and evaluate whether blocking and washing reduce the unexpected color (general IHC practice). |
| The entire section has diffuse color. | General staining background can obscure the cellular cytoplasmic distribution reported for PNP (HPA tissue IHC: cytoplasmic expression in most tissues). | Compare a no-primary control, then review blocking, washing, antibody concentration and chromogen development as general IHC variables (general IHC practice). Do not score diffuse haze as cellular positivity. |
| Red blood cells stain strongly while nearby nucleated cells are weak. | Distinct red blood cell positivity is part of the reported pattern, so it does not by itself establish nonspecific staining (HPA tissue IHC: red blood cells positive; UniProt P00491: expressed in red blood cells). | Identify red blood cells by morphology and score the neighboring named cell populations separately (general IHC practice). Compare their staining with HPA's cell-specific levels rather than treating red blood cell color as a tissue-wide result (HPA tissue IHC: cell-level entries). |
Comprehensive Human Protein Atlas IHC scoring per tissue (reliability: Enhanced — High consistency between antibody staining and RNA expression data. External characterization data supports antibody staining.). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone marrow | Hematopoietic cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Colon | Enterocytes - Microvilli | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Duodenum | Endocrine cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Epididymis | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Kidney | Collecting ducts | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adipose tissue | Adipocytes | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Adrenal gland | Glandular cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Caudate | Glial cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cerebral cortex | Endothelial cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Esophagus | Squamous epithelial cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
Use the catalog antibody’s paraffin-section conditions as the IHC starting point, then judge staining by cell type, cytosolic localisation and matched controls.
Anti-PNP antibodies have IHC images from paraffin sections of mouse and rat kidney and human cancer tissues (A00988-1 and M00988 IHC captions), plus an A431 cell IF image (M00988 IF caption).
A00988-1 will render with an IHC image of mouse kidney; its other IHC captions show rat kidney and human liver and renal cancer (A00988-1 IHC captions). M00988 will render with an IHC image of human lung cancer; its other captions show human liver cancer by IHC and A431 cells by IF (M00988 IHC and IF captions).
Which to pick: For tissue IHC across human, mouse, and rat, choose A00988-1 (catalog: IHC application and human, mouse, and rat reactivity; A00988-1 IHC captions: paraffin sections). For human tissue IHC or IF/ICC, choose monoclonal M00988, clone 7G5 (catalog: human reactivity and IHC, IF, and ICC applications; M00988 IHC captions: paraffin sections; M00988 IF caption: A431 cells). The fixative is unreported for both antibodies’ paraffin section images (A00988-1 and M00988 IHC captions).