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Plan PSMD4 staining in paraffin sections with the catalog antibody at 2–5 μg/ml (datasheet A03544-1). Use nuclear and cytoplasmic staining in most tissues as the reference pattern (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 in most tissues (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Staining pattern | Nuclear and cytoplasmic staining in most tissues (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | EDTA pH 8.0 HIER, heat-mediated (datasheet A03544-1) | |
| Positive control | Caudate+4 more · see all | |
| Negative control | Heart muscle+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 A03544-1) | |
| Caveat | Staining and RNA show medium consistency (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Regulation | No specific regulator in the supplied record (UniProt) | |
| Isoform / epitope | 2 isoforms; epitope coverage unspecified (UniProt) |
Compare the catalog antibody’s IHC-P protocol (datasheet: A03544-1) with three published PSMD4 paraffin-section methods (PMC8797679; PMC8463577; PMC5995171).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded human lung adenocarcinoma tissue; fixative not specified (datasheet A03544-1) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet A03544-1); verify before use. |
| Sectioning | 4–5 µm sections on charged slides (standard) |
| Deparaffinisation | Xylene, graded ethanol series to water (standard) |
| Antigen retrieval | Heat retrieval: EDTA pH 8.0 (datasheet A03544-1); 20 min, 95–100 °C (standard) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% goat serum (datasheet A03544-1) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-PSMD4, 2-5 μg/ml (datasheet A03544-1) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (datasheet A03544-1) |
| Detection | HRP-conjugated secondary, DAB chromogen (datasheet A03544-1) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | PSMD4-positive staining in neuronal cells of caudate (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: Nuclear and cytoplasmic expression in most tissues. No signal in the no-primary control. |
Expect nuclear and cytoplasmic PSMD4 staining in most tissues (HPA tissue IHC: Enhanced reliability; medium consistency with RNA). Neuronal cells in caudate, cerebral cortex and hippocampus, and testicular Leydig cells are useful high-staining references (HPA tissue IHC: High). PSMD4 has no transmembrane segment (UniProt P55036 topology), so a membrane-only pattern needs scrutiny.
| Nuclear and cytoplasmic staining in the expected cells, with clear cell boundaries and limited background. | This fits the tissue IHC profile (HPA: nuclear and cytoplasmic expression in most tissues). Compare intensity within the same run: neuronal cells in caudate, cortex and hippocampus and Leydig cells are High, whereas adipocytes are Medium (HPA tissue IHC). HPA reports Enhanced reliability, with medium consistency between staining and RNA; intensity is a reference pattern, not an absolute cutoff. |
| Strong staining confined to plasma membranes, with little nuclear or cytoplasmic signal. | Treat this as a questionable compartment pattern: PSMD4 has no transmembrane segment (UniProt P55036 topology), and HPA describes nuclear and cytoplasmic tissue staining (HPA tissue IHC). Check morphology, controls and detection background before assigning it to PSMD4 (standard IHC practice). A membrane outline alone does not establish target localization. |
| Prominent signal in a cell population expected to be unstained, such as skeletal myocytes. | HPA reports PSMD4 as Not detected in skeletal myocytes (HPA tissue IHC). Unexpected signal may reflect cross-reactivity or endogenous detection activity, but a negative HPA observation is not proof of universal absence. Inspect a reagent-only control and compare the suspect cells with expected positive cells on the same run (standard IHC practice). |
| Diffuse color covers tissue, empty spaces or many cell types without recognizable nuclear or cytoplasmic detail. | This pattern limits interpretation because HPA's reported tissue pattern is cellular and nuclear/cytoplasmic (HPA tissue IHC). Nonspecific antibody binding, incomplete blocking or detection background are possible causes (standard IHC practice). Judge the slide against a negative reagent control and a known-positive section processed together (standard IHC practice). |
| No convincing signal in neuronal cells of caudate, cerebral cortex or hippocampus, or in Leydig cells. | These are High-staining references in HPA tissue IHC (HPA: High in those cells). A blank result suggests a run-level problem before it supports a biological negative. Check section integrity, primary antibody application and detection controls (standard IHC practice); HPA's Enhanced rating does not guarantee every preparation will stain. |
| Tissue and cell selection | HPA records High neuronal staining in caudate, cortex and hippocampus and High Leydig-cell staining; cardiomyocytes and skeletal myocytes are Not detected (HPA tissue IHC). Use cell identity when interpreting a section: a low or negative reference cell does not substitute for a High positive control. |
| Evidence strength | The tissue profile has Enhanced reliability but only medium consistency between antibody staining and RNA (HPA tissue IHC). HPA lists two rabbit antibodies with Enhanced IHC validation and one mouse antibody with Supported IHC validation (HPA antibodies). Interpret an unexpected pattern with the validation status of the antibody actually used. |
| Protein topology and processing | UniProt lists no transmembrane segment, signal peptide or propeptide and describes a chain spanning residues 1–377 (UniProt P55036). These annotations support scrutiny of a membrane-only result; they do not predict antigen retrieval conditions or staining intensity. |
| Isoforms and epitope coverage | UniProt lists Rpn10A and Rpn10E isoforms (UniProt P55036). No antibody epitope or isoform coverage is supplied here, so isoform-dependent staining cannot be inferred from a positive or negative section. |
| IF/ICC: what localization is expected? | HPA reports mainly nucleoplasmic signal with additional cytosolic signal; both locations are approved (HPA subcellular ICC-IF). This answers the localization question for IF/ICC without treating an ICC image as an IHC-P protocol or requiring identical compartment intensity in tissue sections. |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| A High-reference cell is blank while the rest of the slide appears interpretable. | The reference may have been misidentified, or staining may have failed locally; HPA reports High signal for the specified neuronal and Leydig cells (HPA tissue IHC). | Confirm cell identity and tissue morphology, then compare another High-reference area stained in the same run (standard IHC practice). Record a genuine discordance rather than changing the HPA category. |
| The entire positive-control section is blank. | A run-level failure of primary antibody application, retrieval or detection is possible (standard IHC practice); no PSMD4-specific retrieval requirement is supplied. | Check reagent application, the catalog antibody's validated IHC-P instructions and detection controls; repeat with a High HPA reference tissue (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). |
| Broad brown signal appears on a negative reagent control. | Detection chemistry or endogenous tissue activity may contribute signal independent of the primary antibody (standard IHC practice). | Resolve the control signal using the detection system's blocking and control guidance before scoring PSMD4; reassess cellular localization after background is controlled (standard IHC practice). |
| The stain outlines membranes but spares nuclei and cytoplasm. | This conflicts with HPA's nuclear/cytoplasmic tissue pattern and UniProt's lack of a transmembrane segment (HPA tissue IHC; UniProt P55036 topology). | Compare a High-reference section and negative reagent control; inspect whether chromogen follows tissue edges or deposits outside cells (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). |
| Only weak signal is seen in liver hepatocytes or pancreatic exocrine cells. | HPA calls both cell populations Low, so weak staining can be compatible with the reference profile (HPA tissue IHC). | Check a High-reference cell population in the same run before calling the assay insensitive; score the named cell population rather than the whole tissue (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). |
| IF/ICC appears nucleoplasmic while tissue IHC appears nuclear and cytoplasmic. | Both observations fit their respective HPA summaries: nucleoplasm is the main ICC-IF location, with additional cytosol, and tissue IHC reports both compartments (HPA subcellular ICC-IF; HPA tissue IHC). | Assess each preparation against its own HPA pattern and its own negative control; investigate only if the observed compartment falls outside those patterns (HPA; standard IHC practice). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caudate | Neuronal cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cerebellum | GLUC cells - nucleus | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cerebral cortex | Neuronal cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Hippocampus | Neuronal cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Testis | Leydig cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart muscle | Cardiomyocytes | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Nasopharynx | Respiratory epithelial cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Ovary | Ovarian stroma cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Skeletal muscle | Myocytes | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Smooth muscle | Smooth muscle cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
Troubleshoot PSMD4 staining in paraffin sections by checking retrieval, detection controls and cell-level localisation before interpreting chromogenic signal.
A03544-1 has IHC data from human paraffin sections and IF data from human cells and tissue and rat tissue (catalog image captions); listed reactivity includes human, mouse and rat (catalog applications/reactivity).
A03544-1 has IHC images from paraffin sections of human lung adenocarcinoma, urothelial carcinoma, lung cancer and liver cancer (catalog IHC image captions). The same SKU has IF images from U2OS cells, human intestinal cancer sections and rat brain sections (catalog IF image captions).
Which to pick: Choose A03544-1 for chromogenic IHC on paraffin sections: its lung adenocarcinoma image documents EDTA retrieval at pH 8.0, 2 μg/ml primary antibody and HRP/DAB detection (A03544-1 IHC image caption); the fixative is unreported (A03544-1 IHC image caption). For IF/ICC, A03544-1 is listed for both applications and has cell and tissue IF images at 5 μg/ml (catalog applications; A03544-1 IF image captions). For work across species, A03544-1 lists human, mouse and rat reactivity, while the supplied IF images show human and rat samples (catalog reactivity; A03544-1 IF image captions).