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Plan chromogenic paraffin IHC for UBE2I using the catalog antibody at 0.5–1 μg/mL (datasheet A02295). Compare nuclear and cytoplasmic staining across cell types, with high staining in tonsil non-germinal center cells and undetected staining in adipocytes as tissue controls (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 staining in most tissues (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Staining pattern | Most tissues show nuclear and cytoplasmic cell staining (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | Citrate pH 6 HIER, heat-mediated (datasheet A02295) | |
| Positive control | Bronchus+4 more · see all | |
| Negative control | Adipose tissue+4 more · see all |
| Fixation | Keep fixation consistent across paraffin sections and controls. (selected-SKU IHC image A02295) | |
| Caveat | Staining has only medium consistency with RNA expression (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Regulation | No specific expression regulator is reported (UniProt) | |
| Isoform / epitope | No isoforms listed; the mature chain spans residues 2–158 (UniProt) |
The catalog antibody’s IHC-P protocol (datasheet A02295) is paired with a published ccRCC and adjacent kidney IHC protocol (PMC8861443 methods).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded human appendicitis tissue; fixative not specified (datasheet A02295) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet A02295); 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 A02295) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% goat serum (datasheet A02295) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-UBE2I, 0.5-1μg/ml (datasheet A02295) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (datasheet A02295) |
| Detection | Streptavidin-biotin complex (SABC), DAB chromogen (datasheet A02295) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | UBE2I-positive staining in basal cells of bronchus (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: Nuclear and cytoplasmic expression in most tissues. No signal in the no-primary control. |
UBE2I is mainly nuclear, with cytoplasmic and perinuclear localization also reported (UniProt P63279: subcellular location). In tissue IHC, expect nuclear and cytoplasmic staining in many cell types, including bronchial basal cells and placental trophoblastic cells with High staining (HPA: tissue IHC). UBE2I has no transmembrane segment, so a membrane-only pattern is unexpected (UniProt P63279: topology). HPA rates its tissue profile Approved, with medium consistency between staining and RNA data (HPA: tissue IHC).
| Bronchial basal cells or placental trophoblastic cells stain strongly, with nuclear and cytoplasmic signal. | This fits HPA's High staining in those cell types and its nuclear and cytoplasmic tissue profile (HPA: tissue IHC). Score the named cells and compartments separately; a strong field-wide signal alone does not show that the expected cells stained. |
| Signal outlines cell membranes, with little nuclear or cytoplasmic staining. | A membrane-only pattern conflicts with the reported intracellular locations and lack of a transmembrane segment (UniProt P63279: subcellular location and topology). Treat it as suspect and compare it with a known-positive section stained in the same run. |
| Adipocytes stain strongly while expected positive cells remain faint. | HPA reports UBE2I as Not detected in adipocytes but High in bronchial basal cells and placental trophoblastic cells (HPA: tissue IHC). The mismatch raises concern for nonspecific binding or endogenous detection activity; it does not, by itself, identify which occurred. |
| Brown signal spreads across cells and surrounding tissue, obscuring cell boundaries. | The result cannot be scored reliably by cell type or compartment against the HPA profile (HPA: tissue IHC). General IHC practice: assess a primary-omission control and background outside cells before interpreting widespread chromogen as target staining. |
| A bronchus section shows no staining in basal cells. | Basal cells are a High-staining reference in HPA's tissue IHC data (HPA: High in bronchial basal cells). A negative run needs technical review before it supports a biological absence claim; HPA's Approved rating still has medium consistency with RNA data (HPA: tissue IHC). |
| Cell type within a tissue | Choose and score a defined cell population: HPA reports High staining in bronchial basal cells but Not detected in adipocytes, cholangiocytes and skeletal-muscle myocytes (HPA: tissue IHC). A whole-section average can hide that distinction. |
| Expected compartment | Tissue IHC is described as nuclear and cytoplasmic (HPA: tissue IHC); UniProt also lists a perinuclear region and describes UBE2I as mainly nuclear by similarity (UniProt P63279: subcellular location). Do not require exclusively nuclear staining. |
| IHC antibody evidence | HPA marks HPA003909 and CAB009021 Approved for IHC (HPA: antibodies). Its tissue profile has medium consistency with RNA data (HPA: tissue IHC). These ratings support an expected pattern but do not establish that every stained cell is specific. |
| Antigen retrieval and dilution | No UBE2I-specific retrieval condition or antibody dilution is supplied in the UniProt and HPA payloads. General IHC practice: use the selected antibody's documented IHC-P conditions as the starting point, then assess control sections. |
| Q: What should IF/ICC show? | A: Mainly nucleoplasm, with additional nucleolar localization in HPA's ICC-IF data; images are listed for MCF-7 and U2OS (HPA: subcellular). That cell-image result does not replace the tissue IHC pattern (HPA: tissue IHC). |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| No signal in bronchial basal cells or placental trophoblastic cells. | Either cell type is a High-staining reference (HPA: tissue IHC); the blank result may reflect a failed stain, though that observation cannot identify the failed step. | General IHC practice: check the positive control, antibody dilution, retrieval record and detection reagents for the run; interpret the test section only after the control performs. |
| Strong signal appears only at cell membranes. | This conflicts with nuclear and cytoplasmic locations and the absence of a transmembrane segment (HPA: tissue IHC; UniProt P63279: topology). | General IHC practice: compare matched control sections, inspect chromogen deposits and repeat with an IHC-validated antibody if the pattern persists. |
| Adipocytes or skeletal-muscle myocytes stain strongly. | HPA lists both cell types as Not detected (HPA: tissue IHC). Unexpected signal could arise from nonspecific binding or detection background; the pattern alone cannot distinguish them. | General IHC practice: compare a primary-omission control and review blocking and detection steps, while scoring adjacent cell types separately. |
| A diffuse brown haze makes nuclei hard to assess. | Background can obscure the nuclear and cytoplasmic distribution described for tissue IHC (HPA: tissue IHC); appearance alone does not establish its source. | General IHC practice: inspect the primary-omission control, washing, blocking and detection exposure; adjust the step implicated by the control before rescoring. |
| A tissue appears weaker than the selected High-staining reference. | UBE2I staining varies by cell type: HPA reports Medium in cerebellar granular-layer cells and Low in pancreatic endocrine cells (HPA: tissue IHC). | Record the tissue and cell population before judging the run. Compare it with its own HPA category and a same-run positive control (HPA: tissue IHC; general IHC practice). |
| A positive section shows cytoplasmic signal without clear nuclear enrichment. | HPA's tissue description includes both compartments, while UniProt's mainly nuclear note is qualified as by similarity (HPA: tissue IHC; UniProt P63279: subcellular location). | Score compartments separately and compare expected positive cells with background controls; reserve an artifact call for a pattern the controls or tissue profile cannot support. |
Comprehensive Human Protein Atlas IHC scoring per tissue (reliability: Approved — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronchus | Basal cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cervix | Glandular cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Fallopian tube | Non-ciliated cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Lymph node | Non-germinal center cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Placenta | Trophoblastic cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adipose tissue | Adipocytes | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Hippocampus | Glial cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Liver | Cholangiocytes | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Parathyroid gland | Glandular cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Seminal vesicle | Glandular cells | Not detected | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
Troubleshoot UBE2I staining in paraffin sections by checking retrieval, compartment patterns, controls and cell-level scoring before interpreting chromogenic signal.
The catalog antibodies have IHC images from human paraffin sections and mouse and rat brain sections, plus IF/ICC images from human cells (catalog image captions).
A02295 has IHC images from human appendicitis and lung cancer sections and mouse and rat brain sections, plus IF/ICC data from U20S cells (catalog image captions). A02295-1 has IHC images from human colon cancer, mammary cancer and tonsil sections and IF/ICC data from A431 cells; M02295 has IHC images from mouse and rat brain sections (catalog image captions).
Which to pick: For human tissue IHC, consider A02295-1, whose own images show paraffin sections of colon cancer, mammary cancer and tonsil; for mouse or rat brain sections, consider monoclonal M02295, whose own images show paraffin brain sections (catalog image captions; catalog: M02295 clone EDF-21). For IF/ICC, A02295-1 has an A431 cell image and A02295 has a U20S cell image (catalog IF image captions). For IHC across human, mouse and rat samples, A02295 has paraffin-section images in all three species; the captions do not report the fixative (catalog IHC image captions).