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Plan paraffin section IHC for YWHAG using its cytoplasmic and nuclear tissue staining profile (HPA tissue IHC). This guide covers tissue controls, antibody dilution, detection and interpretation using the catalog antibody’s IHC evidence (datasheet A04148-2).
Expected localisation, validated protocols, controls and antibodies — the at-a-glance facts below, then the full design guide.
| Expected localisation | Cytoplasmic and nuclear tissue staining (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Staining pattern | Cytoplasmic and nuclear staining across many cell types (HPA tissue IHC) | |
| Antigen retrieval | EDTA pH 8.0 HIER, heat-mediated (datasheet A04148-2) | |
| Positive control | Caudate+4 more · see all | |
| Negative control | None in HPA (detected in all 45 tissues); use no-primary + isotype controls |
| Fixation | Keep tissue fixation consistent across sections. (standard IHC practice; not target-specific) | |
| Caveat | Lung macrophage DAB staining may include endogenous peroxidase (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice) | |
| Regulation | High in brain, skeletal muscle and heart (UniProt) | |
| Isoform / epitope | 0 annotated isoforms; chains start at residue 1 or 2 (UniProt) |
Compare the catalog antibody’s FFPE IHC protocol (datasheet A04148-2) with published YWHAG staining methods for human LSCC and mouse brain (PMC13619832; PMC10039879).
| Sample | Paraffin-embedded human esophageal squamous carcinoma tissue; fixative not specified (datasheet A04148-2) |
| Fixation | Image fixative and duration unreported (datasheet A04148-2); 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 A04148-2); 20 min, 95–100 °C (standard) |
| Peroxidase block | 3% H2O2, 10 min, room temperature (standard) |
| Blocking | 10% goat serum (datasheet A04148-2) |
| Primary antibody | Rabbit anti-YWHAG, 2-5 μg/ml (datasheet A04148-2) |
| Primary incubation | Overnight at 4 °C (datasheet A04148-2) |
| Detection | HRP-conjugated secondary, DAB chromogen (datasheet A04148-2) |
| Counterstain | Hematoxylin, blue, dehydrate and mount (standard) |
| Expected result | YWHAG-positive staining in glial cells of caudate (HPA tissue IHC: High). HPA tissue profile: Ubiquitous cytoplasmic and nuclear expression. No signal in the no-primary control. |
YWHAG is primarily cytosolic, with mitochondrial-matrix translocation reported after induction of MALM; it has no transmembrane segment (UniProt P61981). In paraffin-section IHC, expect widespread cytoplasmic and nuclear staining, with high staining in selected neuronal, glial, stromal, macrophage and glandular cells (HPA tissue IHC). HPA rates its tissue IHC profile Approved, with medium RNA–staining consistency and external verification pending (HPA tissue IHC).
| Cytoplasmic staining, sometimes accompanied by nuclear staining, in the expected cells. | This fits the ubiquitous cytoplasmic and nuclear tissue profile (HPA tissue IHC). Score the named cell population and compartment together: high staining is reported in cerebral-cortex and hippocampal neurons, caudate glia, and cerebellar granular-layer cells (HPA tissue IHC). A nuclear component on a tissue slide is compatible with HPA IHC, even though supported ICC-IF localisation is cytosolic (HPA tissue IHC; HPA subcellular ICC-IF). |
| Predominantly sharp plasma-membrane or extracellular deposits, with little intracellular staining. | Treat this as a localisation mismatch and investigate an artefact or nonspecific signal; YWHAG has no transmembrane segment, and its annotated principal location is cytosolic (UniProt P61981; HPA subcellular ICC-IF). Its participation in a keratinocyte membrane-localisation complex does not make a membrane-only YWHAG pattern the expected tissue result (UniProt P61981; HPA tissue IHC). |
| Strong stain in an unexpected cell type while the expected cells remain weak. | Assess cell identity before calling the slide positive. HPA reports high staining in lung macrophages, endometrial stromal cells, placental decidual cells and prostate glandular cells, so their signal can be expected in those tissues (HPA tissue IHC). In a different population, consider antibody cross-reactivity or endogenous chromogen-generating activity as general IHC possibilities; neither is established for this specimen by HPA (standard IHC practice). |
| Diffuse colour across cells, connective tissue and blank areas, with poor cell boundaries. | This does not establish YWHAG localisation. Compare tissue morphology and a matched negative detection control; incomplete blocking, excess detection reagent or inadequate washing can produce diffuse background (standard IHC practice). Interpret a result only when intracellular staining can be distinguished from background in a plausible cell population (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). |
| No discernible stain in a selected high-staining tissue. | Target-specific fixation effects are not established by the supplied assay evidence. Verify with a matched IHC source before attributing a result to fixation. |
| Cell population and tissue choice (HPA tissue IHC) | HPA lists high staining in specific cells across brain, lung, endometrium, placenta and prostate; seminal-vesicle glandular cells, vaginal squamous epithelium and smooth-muscle cells are listed as low (HPA tissue IHC). Select controls by the named cells, and treat low as low rather than absent; HPA supplies no negative tissue category (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Compartment and cellular context (UniProt P61981; HPA tissue IHC) | UniProt annotates cytosol and mitochondrial matrix, with matrix translocation following MALM induction (UniProt P61981). HPA tissue IHC describes cytoplasmic and nuclear staining (HPA tissue IHC). These sources support assessing the full intracellular pattern; they do not make mitochondrial puncta a required feature of routine paraffin-section IHC (UniProt P61981; HPA tissue IHC). |
| Processing and isoform interpretation (UniProt P61981) | UniProt lists full-length and N-terminally processed chains and no annotated isoforms or signal peptide (UniProt P61981). The supplied record gives no antibody epitope, so it cannot predict whether N-terminal processing changes staining with a particular reagent (UniProt P61981). |
| What should IF/ICC show? (HPA subcellular ICC-IF) | Mainly cytosolic signal is supported; additional vesicle localisation is uncertain (HPA subcellular ICC-IF). This IF/ICC observation helps interpret compartment differences, but the tissue IHC profile separately allows nuclear staining (HPA tissue IHC). |
| Situation | Likely cause | Next action |
|---|---|---|
| A high-staining reference tissue is blank. | The relevant cells may be absent from the section, or an IHC workflow step may have failed (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). | Confirm the expected cell population, then review the catalog antibody's IHC-P dilution and retrieval instructions and verify detection with a suitable control (standard IHC practice). Do not infer a YWHAG-specific fixation effect from this result (HPA tissue IHC). |
| The slide is uniformly brown with no clear cell-level pattern. | Background from blocking, washing or detection chemistry can obscure the intracellular profile (standard IHC practice). | Inspect a matched negative detection control, review blocking and wash steps, and score only resolved cellular signal (standard IHC practice; HPA tissue IHC). |
| Colour is confined to tissue edges, empty spaces or extracellular material. | The distribution conflicts with the reported intracellular pattern and may reflect a staining artefact (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). | Compare central and edge regions, check tissue morphology and a negative detection control, and avoid calling extracellular deposits YWHAG-positive cells (standard IHC practice). |
| Only a cell population listed as low appears intensely positive. | Cell identification, nonspecific binding or endogenous detection activity may explain the mismatch; HPA's low category is not a negative control (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). | Recheck morphology and detection controls, then compare staining in a named high-staining population on a suitable section (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). |
| Nuclear staining appears alongside cytoplasmic staining. | The combination can match tissue IHC even though supported ICC-IF localisation is cytosolic (HPA tissue IHC; HPA subcellular ICC-IF). | Record nuclear and cytoplasmic components separately and compare their distribution with cell identity and background controls before judging specificity (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). |
| Different antibodies or sections show inconsistent intensity. | HPA rates the tissue profile Approved but notes medium RNA–staining consistency and pending external verification (HPA tissue IHC). | Compare the same named cell population and compartment across sections; document antibody identity and matched conditions before interpreting a biological difference (HPA tissue IHC; standard IHC practice). |
Comprehensive Human Protein Atlas IHC scoring per tissue (reliability: Approved — Medium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caudate | Glial cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cerebellum | Cells in granular layer | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Cerebral cortex | Neuronal cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Endometrium | Cells in endometrial stroma | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Hippocampus | Neuronal cells | High | Protein (IHC) | HPA → |
| Tissue | Cell type | Level | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None in HPA: YWHAG is detected in all 45 scored tissues. Use a no-primary (secondary-only) and an isotype control instead. | ||||
Troubleshoot YWHAG staining in paraffin sections by checking retrieval, compartment, antibody specificity, and controls before comparing staining intensity.
Both antibodies have human paraffin-section IHC images (catalog images: A04148, A04148-2); A04148 also has an IF image of COS7 cells (catalog image: A04148).
A04148 will render with a paraffin-section IHC image of human brain; its catalog also lists IF/ICC and shows IF in COS7 cells (A04148 image captions; catalog applications). A04148-2 will render with a paraffin-section IHC image of human esophageal squamous carcinoma (A04148-2 image caption).
Which to pick: For tissue IHC, choose A04148-2 when its documented human carcinoma conditions are useful: EDTA retrieval at pH 8.0 and 2 μg/ml primary antibody (A04148-2 IHC image caption). For IF/ICC, choose the polyclonal A04148: both applications are listed, and its IF image shows COS7 cells; its own IHC image shows paraffin-section human brain (A04148 catalog applications, dilution data and image captions). Both list Human, Mouse and Rat reactivity, but the supplied IHC images show human tissue only; neither IHC caption reports a fixative (catalog reactivity; A04148 and A04148-2 IHC image captions).