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Plan chromogenic IHC-P for TPI1 using the catalog antibody at 1:50–1:100 (datasheet: A02559-1). Compare the cytoplasmic expectation (UniProt) with nuclear and cytoplasmic tissue staining reported with uncertain reliability (HPA tissue IHC).
Expected localisation, validated protocols, controls and antibodies — the at-a-glance facts below, then the full design guide.
| Expected localisation | Cytoplasm expected (UniProt); nuclear and cytoplasmic staining observed (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Staining pattern | Adipocytes and glandular cells show nuclear/cytoplasmic staining (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | Citrate pH 6.0 HIER, 95–98 °C, 20 min (rule: cytoplasmic / membrane antigen) | |
| Positive control | Adipose tissue+4 more · see all | |
| Negative control | None in HPA (detected in all 45 tissues); use no-primary + isotype controls |
| Fixation | Formalin-fixed paraffin tissue shown (selected-SKU IHC image A02559-1); Matched tissue-IHC evidence does not establish the fixation claim. Validate the specimen-specific method before use. (selected-SKU IHC image A02559-1) | |
| Caveat | Tissue staining has uncertain reliability (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Regulation | Staining-linked regulation unreported (UniProt) | |
| Isoform / epitope | 3 isoforms; C-terminal epitope coverage unknown (UniProt; datasheet: A02559-1) |
The catalog antibody protocol is followed by published TPI1 IHC methods for ccRCC, pancreatic cancer tissue samples, and HCC tumors (PMC13379248; PMC11531968; PMC10896104).
| Sample | FFPE human prostate carcinoma tissue (datasheet A02559-1) |
| Fixation | Image formalin-fixed; duration unreported (datasheet A02559-1); verify before use. |
| Sectioning | 4–5 µm sections on charged slides (standard) |
| Deparaffinisation | Xylene, graded ethanol series to water (standard) |
| Antigen retrieval | Heat-induced epitope retrieval in citrate buffer, pH 6.0, 20 min at 95–98 °C (standard rule: cytoplasmic / membrane antigen) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% normal serum of the secondary host, 30 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-TPI1, 1:50-1:100 (datasheet A02559-1) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (standard) |
| Detection | HRP-polymer secondary, DAB chromogen 5–10 min (standard) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | TPI1-positive staining in adipocytes of adipose tissue (HPA tissue IHC: Medium). HPA tissue profile: General nuclear and cytoplasmic expression. No signal in the no-primary control. |
TPI1 is a cytoplasmic enzyme with no transmembrane segment (UniProt P60174: location and topology). In tissue IHC, HPA reports general nuclear and cytoplasmic staining, including medium staining in adipocytes and several glandular and epithelial cell types (HPA: tissue IHC). Treat that distribution as provisional: HPA rates the tissue IHC pattern Uncertain because antibody staining has low consistency with RNA expression (HPA: reliability).
| Cellular staining in adipocytes or adrenal glandular cells, with cytoplasmic signal and possible nuclear signal (HPA: tissue IHC). | This resembles HPA's medium staining in those cells and its general nuclear and cytoplasmic tissue pattern (HPA: tissue IHC). Score the compartments separately. Cytoplasmic signal agrees with UniProt's location; nuclear signal agrees with HPA tissue IHC, but neither resolves HPA's Uncertain reliability rating (UniProt P60174: location; HPA: reliability). |
| A sharp membrane rim or extracellular deposit dominates the slide (UniProt P60174: topology and location). | This is discordant with UniProt's cytoplasmic location and absence of a transmembrane segment, and with HPA's reported cellular pattern (UniProt P60174: location and topology; HPA: tissue IHC). Check an appropriate negative control and the chromogen distribution before calling it TPI1; a discordant compartment alone does not identify the artefact (general IHC practice). |
| Strong staining occurs mainly outside the HPA-listed medium-staining cell populations (HPA: tissue IHC). | Consider antibody cross-reactivity or endogenous detection activity and inspect control sections (general IHC practice). HPA lists no negative tissue or cell population, so staining elsewhere is a prompt to verify specificity, not proof of a false positive (HPA: tissue IHC). Compare cellular staining with nearby deposits and with a no-primary control (general IHC practice). |
| A diffuse haze covers cells and tissue spaces without a discernible cellular pattern (general IHC practice). | Background can arise from nonspecific reagent binding, incomplete blocking or detection chemistry (general IHC practice). It cannot be scored as HPA's nuclear and cytoplasmic pattern until cell boundaries and compartments remain interpretable (HPA: tissue IHC; general IHC practice). Compare with the no-primary control and assess whether background obscures the expected medium-level signal (HPA: tissue IHC; general IHC practice). |
| No signal appears in a section containing adipocytes or adrenal glandular cells (HPA: Medium). | Those cells are practical positive-reference populations because HPA reports medium staining, but its tissue IHC reliability is Uncertain (HPA: tissue IHC and reliability). A blank result warrants checks of antibody application, retrieval conditions, detection reagents and section integrity before a biological absence is inferred (general IHC practice). An HPA medium result is not a guaranteed result for every specimen (HPA: reliability). |
| Compartment evidence (UniProt P60174: Cytoplasm; HPA: tissue IHC and ICC-IF). | UniProt places TPI1 in the cytoplasm; HPA tissue IHC reports nuclear and cytoplasmic staining, while HPA ICC-IF approves a mainly nucleoplasmic location (UniProt P60174: location; HPA: tissue IHC and ICC-IF). Record nuclear and cytoplasmic signal separately. The IF observation informs interpretation but does not establish an IHC protocol or settle the uncertain tissue pattern (HPA: tissue IHC reliability). |
| Tissue comparison and validation (HPA: tissue IHC; HPA050924 and HPA053568). | HPA reports medium staining in listed populations, but rates tissue IHC Uncertain; both listed antibodies have Uncertain IHC status (HPA: tissue IHC and antibodies). Use the listed populations as reference points for slide review, not as a verified sensitivity benchmark. The empty HPA negative list supplies no validated negative tissue (HPA: tissue IHC). |
| Protein topology and processing (UniProt P60174: topology and processing). | TPI1 has no transmembrane segment or signal peptide, and UniProt records a chain spanning residues 2–249 (UniProt P60174: topology and processing). These facts support inspecting intracellular signal and questioning a dominant surface or extracellular pattern. They do not identify an antibody epitope or establish an effect of retrieval or fixation (UniProt P60174: record scope). |
| Isoforms and modified residues (UniProt P60174: isoforms and modifications). | UniProt lists three isoforms and modified residues, including acetylation and phosphorylation (UniProt P60174: isoforms and modified residues). Without an epitope map for the antibody, this record cannot predict which isoforms it recognizes or whether a modification changes staining. Do not explain a weak or compartment-specific result by invoking a particular isoform or modification alone (UniProt P60174: record scope). |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| Expected cellular signal is absent in an HPA-listed medium-staining population (HPA: tissue IHC). | A failed staining step is possible; HPA's Uncertain rating also limits how confidently the reference population predicts an individual section (general IHC practice; HPA: reliability). | Check section integrity, primary-antibody application, the established IHC-P retrieval procedure and detection reagents; include a documented positive-reference section in the same run (general IHC practice). |
| Nuclear staining appears alongside cytoplasmic staining (HPA: tissue IHC). | HPA describes both compartments in tissue IHC and reports mainly nucleoplasmic ICC-IF signal, while UniProt lists cytoplasm (HPA: tissue IHC and ICC-IF; UniProt P60174: location). | Score each compartment and its cell type separately; compare with no-primary controls. Keep the interpretation provisional because HPA rates tissue IHC Uncertain (general IHC practice; HPA: reliability). |
| Signal outlines membranes or pools outside cells (UniProt P60174: topology and location). | That distribution conflicts with UniProt's cytoplasmic, non-transmembrane annotation; deposited chromogen or nonspecific staining may account for it (UniProt P60174: location and topology; general IHC practice). | Inspect morphology and no-primary controls, then review washing and detection steps before counting the signal as positive (general IHC practice). |
| Unexpected cells stain more strongly than the listed medium-staining populations (HPA: tissue IHC). | Cross-reactivity or endogenous detection activity is possible; HPA supplies no validated negative population for a definitive exclusion call (general IHC practice; HPA: tissue IHC). | Check no-primary controls and the relevant endogenous-enzyme control for the chromogenic method; compare cellular localisation with HPA's reported pattern (general IHC practice; HPA: tissue IHC). |
| Diffuse colour obscures cell boundaries or compartments (general IHC practice). | Nonspecific reagent binding or detection background may obscure the cellular pattern (general IHC practice). | Compare a no-primary section, then review blocking, washing and detection conditions; score only distinguishable cellular signal (general IHC practice). |
| Two antibody stains give conflicting tissue patterns (HPA: antibodies and tissue IHC). | Both HPA-listed antibodies carry Uncertain IHC status, and the tissue profile has low consistency with RNA expression (HPA: antibodies and reliability). | Document antibody identity, compartments and cell types for each stain; seek independent validation before assigning the discordance to TPI1 biology (HPA: reliability; general IHC practice). |
Comprehensive Human Protein Atlas IHC scoring per tissue (reliability: Uncertain — Low 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adipose tissue | Adipocytes | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Adrenal gland | Glandular cells | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Breast | Adipocytes | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Bronchus | Respiratory epithelial cells | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Caudate | Glial cells | Medium | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None in HPA: TPI1 is detected in all 45 scored tissues. Use a no-primary (secondary-only) and an isotype control instead. | ||||
Troubleshoot TPI1 staining in paraffin sections by checking retrieval, compartment, controls and scoring before interpreting differences in signal.
The IHC-validated anti-TPI1 antibody has an image from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human prostate carcinoma (A02559-1 image caption). Listed reactivity includes human, mouse, and rat (catalog: reactivity).
A02559-1 will render with a DAB-stained IHC image of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human prostate carcinoma (A02559-1 image caption). It lists IHC-P among its applications and human, mouse, and rat reactivity (catalog: applications; reactivity).
Which to pick: Choose A02559-1 for tissue IHC: it is rabbit polyclonal (catalog: host; dilution_raw), lists IHC-P (catalog: applications), and its own image documents formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human prostate carcinoma (A02559-1 image caption). For IF/ICC, A02559-1 has no listed IF/ICC application or IF image (catalog: applications; IF images). For cross-species work, A02559-1 lists human, mouse, and rat reactivity, while its IHC image documents only a human specimen (catalog: reactivity; A02559-1 image caption).