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TPR shows ubiquitous nuclear and nuclear membranous staining in tissue IHC (HPA tissue IHC). This guide covers paraffin-section staining with the catalog antibody at 0.5–1 μg/mL and interpretation of mitotic redistribution (datasheet A00695-1; 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 staining (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Staining pattern | Ubiquitous nuclear and nuclear membranous staining (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | Citrate pH 6 HIER, heat-mediated (datasheet A00695-1) | |
| Positive control | Adrenal gland+4 more · see all | |
| Negative control | None in HPA (detected in all 45 tissues); use no-primary + isotype controls |
| Fixation | Keep fixation consistent across paraffin sections. (standard IHC practice; not target-specific) | |
| Caveat | Mitotic TPR can redistribute to the spindle (UniProt) | |
| Regulation | Expression regulation is unreported (UniProt) | |
| Isoform / epitope | 2 isoforms; epitope differences are unspecified (UniProt) |
Compare the catalog antibody’s IHC-P protocol (datasheet: A00695-1) with four published TPR tissue-staining protocols (PMC13109368; PMC5862582; PMC8078762; PMC8225803).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded human lung cancer tissues; fixative not specified (datasheet A00695-1) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet A00695-1); 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 A00695-1) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% goat serum (datasheet A00695-1) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-TPR, 0.5-1μg/ml (datasheet A00695-1) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (datasheet A00695-1) |
| Detection | Streptavidin-biotin complex (SABC), DAB chromogen (datasheet A00695-1) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | TPR-positive staining in glandular cells of adrenal gland (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: Ubiquitous nuclear and nuclear membranous expression. No signal in the no-primary control. |
TPR is a nuclear pore complex protein with no transmembrane segment; in interphase it occupies the nucleoplasmic side of the nuclear envelope (UniProt P12270). Expect predominantly nuclear membranous staining across many cell types, with some nuclear staining (HPA: ubiquitous nuclear and nuclear membranous expression). HPA rates the tissue IHC pattern Enhanced, citing high consistency between antibody staining and RNA expression (HPA: tissue IHC reliability).
| Nuclear rim staining appears in glandular cells, hematopoietic cells or glia, with some nuclear signal. | This fits TPR at the nuclear basket (UniProt P12270) and the broad nuclear and nuclear membranous IHC pattern (HPA: tissue IHC). HPA reports High staining in adrenal and colon glandular cells, bone marrow hematopoietic cells, and cerebral cortex glial cells (HPA: tissue IHC). |
| Strong, widespread plasma membrane or cytoplasmic staining dominates interphase cells, without a nuclear rim. | Treat this as a questionable IHC pattern: HPA's dominant tissue pattern is nuclear and nuclear membranous (HPA: tissue IHC). Review morphology and controls before calling it TPR. UniProt also lists cytoplasmic and spindle localization, particularly during mitosis, so isolated mitotic profiles need separate assessment (UniProt P12270). |
| A cell population expected to stain weakly shows intense signal while nearby expected positive cells are blank. | For example, HPA lists liver cholangiocytes as Low, while adrenal glandular cells are High (HPA: tissue IHC). An inverted pattern raises concern for nonspecific antibody binding or endogenous chromogen activity (standard IHC practice); it does not establish cross-reactivity on appearance alone. |
| Brown haze covers nuclei and surrounding tissue without a discernible nuclear rim. | Diffuse signal cannot support a compartment call. Compare a no-primary control, inspect background in the same section, and review blocking, antibody concentration and detection conditions (standard IHC practice). A genuine interphase result should be judged against nuclear membranous localization (HPA: tissue IHC; UniProt P12270). |
| An adequately sampled known-positive tissue shows no nuclear or nuclear rim signal. | First confirm that the expected cell population is present: HPA reports High staining in adrenal glandular and bone marrow hematopoietic cells (HPA: tissue IHC). A blank result there calls for checking section quality, retrieval, antibody and detection controls (standard IHC practice); it alone cannot establish absent TPR expression. |
| Compartment and cell-cycle state | TPR anchors to the nucleoplasmic side of the nuclear pore complex in interphase, but associates with the spindle from late prometaphase through anaphase and returns to the reforming nuclear envelope (UniProt P12270). Score interphase nuclear rims separately from mitotic figures; mitotic redistribution alone does not invalidate an otherwise matching section. |
| Choice of tissue control | HPA describes ubiquitous nuclear and nuclear membranous expression and low tissue specificity (HPA: tissue IHC). Adrenal glandular cells or bone marrow hematopoietic cells have reported High staining; liver cholangiocytes are reported Low (HPA: tissue IHC). Use the High populations to check that a staining run can reveal the expected pattern, without treating Low as necessarily absent. |
| Antibody and assay evidence | Three listed rabbit polyclonal antibodies, HPA019661, HPA019663 and HPA024336, each have Enhanced IHC and ICC status (HPA: antibodies). HPA describes Enhanced IHC validation as agreement between independent antibodies or orthogonal data (HPA: antibody validation). This supports the reported pattern, but the antibody used on the current section still needs appropriate controls (standard IHC practice). |
| Isoforms and epitope interpretation | UniProt records two TPR isoforms but supplies no antibody epitope mapping in this evidence (UniProt P12270; HPA: antibodies). A difference between antibodies could reflect what they recognize, yet the supplied records cannot assign an isoform to a staining pattern. Check the catalog antibody's documented immunogen before making isoform-specific claims (standard IHC practice). |
| Retrieval and target-specific sensitivity | Antigen retrieval is a routine variable in paraffin IHC (standard IHC practice). Neither the supplied HPA tissue profile nor UniProt topology establishes a TPR-specific fixation or retrieval effect (HPA: tissue IHC; UniProt P12270). Interpret a changed signal through matched positive and negative controls rather than assuming a particular retrieval condition reveals TPR. |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclear rims are weak in a section expected to stain strongly. | The run may have inadequate retrieval, antibody incubation or detection performance (standard IHC practice); HPA reports High staining in adrenal glandular cells (HPA: tissue IHC). | Check a known-positive section in the same run, then review the catalog antibody's IHC-P instructions and detection controls (standard IHC practice). |
| The whole section has diffuse brown background. | Excess antibody, insufficient blocking or endogenous enzyme activity can obscure localization in chromogenic IHC (standard IHC practice). | Inspect no-primary and detection controls; adjust blocking, washing or antibody concentration according to the assay controls (standard IHC practice). |
| Signal is prominent at tissue surfaces or in cytoplasm, with no interphase nuclear rim. | The distribution conflicts with HPA's predominant nuclear membranous pattern (HPA: tissue IHC); nonspecific binding or detection background is possible (standard IHC practice). | Recheck morphology and controls; compare nuclear rim staining in a known-positive population before scoring the section (HPA: tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). |
| Cholangiocytes appear much stronger than the chosen positive control. | HPA reports Low staining in cholangiocytes, so this result needs scrutiny (HPA: tissue IHC); differential background or technical failure is possible (standard IHC practice). | Confirm cell identity, inspect no-primary staining, and repeat with a High HPA population as a run control (HPA: tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). |
| A known-positive section is blank, including its expected cells. | A failed staining or detection step is possible (standard IHC practice); blank staining alone does not overturn HPA's High report for that cell population (HPA: tissue IHC). | Verify that expected cells are present, then check reagent performance, retrieval and the assay's positive control (standard IHC practice). |
| What should a separate IF/ICC assessment show? | HPA reports an Enhanced nuclear membrane location in ICC-IF images (HPA: subcellular ICC-IF). | Look for a nuclear rim in interphase cells and assess any spindle-associated mitotic signal against cell-cycle morphology (HPA: subcellular ICC-IF; UniProt P12270). |
Comprehensive Human Protein Atlas IHC scoring per tissue (reliability: Enhanced — High 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrenal gland | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Bone marrow | Hematopoietic cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Bronchus | Ciliated cells (cell body) | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Caudate | Neuronal cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cerebellum | Bergmann glia - nucleus | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None in HPA: TPR is detected in all 45 scored tissues. Use a no-primary (secondary-only) and an isotype control instead. | ||||
Troubleshoot paraffin-section TPR IHC by checking nuclear-envelope localisation, retrieval conditions, and cell-level scoring (UniProt P12270 localisation; HPA tissue IHC).
Two anti-TPR antibodies have IHC images from human, mouse and rat paraffin sections (catalog IHC captions); IF images cover paraffin sections and cultured cells (catalog IF captions).
A00695-1 has IHC images from human lung cancer, mouse brain and kidney, and rat spleen, plus IF images from human intestinal cancer and mouse brain sections (A00695-1 image captions). A00695-2 has IHC images from human colorectal cancer, mouse brain and rat brain, plus IF/ICC images from SiHa and CACO-2 cells (A00695-2 image captions).
Which to pick: For paraffin-section IHC, choose A00695-1 for a citrate pH 6 retrieval starting point or A00695-2 for EDTA pH 8 retrieval (each SKU’s IHC caption); fixation is unreported in both captions. For IF, A00695-1 has tissue-section images, while A00695-2 has ICC cell images (catalog IF captions). Both offer human, mouse and rat reactivity and IHC and IF applications (catalog listings), with IHC images across all three species (catalog IHC captions); both are rabbit antibodies, and clonality is unreported (catalog listings).