Pre-cooled H9c2 cells at 4˚C and left ventricular tissue from mice were lysed on ice for 30 min using RIPA Lysis Buffer (MedChemExpress), which contained 20 mmol/l Tris (pH 7.5), 150 mmol/l NaCl, 1% Triton X-100 and 1% Phosphatase Inhibitor Cocktail I and III (MedChemExpress). Next, the cell lysis products were centrifuged for 10 min at 12,700 x g in a 4˚C refrigerated centrifuge and the supernatants were collected. The protein concentration was measured using a BCA protein kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and the samples were boiled at 100˚C for 5 min. A total of 30 µg cellular protein/lane were electrophoresed using 10% SDS-PAGE, and transferred onto a PVDF membrane. The membrane was blocked for 2 h at room temperature with 5% BSA (Beyotime Institute of Biotechnology), incubated overnight at 4˚C with primary antibodies of GAPDH (dilution, 1:10,000; ab181602; Abcam), cGAS (dilution, 1:1,000; ab252416; Abcam), STING (dilution, 1:1,000; ab288157; Abcam), Bcl-2 (dilution, 1:1,000; ab196495; Abcam), Bax (dilution, 1:1,000; ab32503; Abcam) and cleaved Caspase-3 (dilution, 1:1,000; ab184787; Abcam), washed with TBS containing 0.1% Tween 20, and incubated for 2 h with HRP Anti-Rabbit IgG antibody (dilution, 1:10,000; ab184787; Abcam) at room temperature. The immunoreactivity of the proteins was visualized by chemiluminescence with immobilon western chemilum HRP substrate (MilliporeSigma). Signals were detected and analyzed with ChemiDoc™XRS + with Image Lab™ Software Gel Imaging System (version 2.0; Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.).
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