Fresh PBMCs and primary fibroblasts were solubilized in lysis buffer containing 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 1 mM egtazic acid, 1% Triton-X, phosphatase inhibitor (
PhosSTOP [Roche, Basel, Switzerland]), and protease inhibitor (
Pierce Protease Inhibitor [ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass]). A quantity of 50 μg of lysate, which was determined by using a
Bradford Protein Assay (Bio-Rad, Hercules, Calif), was separated on a 4% to 12% bis-Tris acrylamide gel with 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid buffer (
NuPAGE Precast Gel System [Thermo Fisher Scientific]) before blotting on
polyvinylidene fluoride membrane (GE Healthcare). After blocking, the membranes were incubated with specific primary antibodies: rabbit anti-Sec61α1 (Abcam, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Ab183046),
rabbit anti-Actin (Sigma-Aldrich, St Louis, Mo, A2103), mouse anti–glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (Thermo Fisher Scientific, MA5-15738), and
mouse anti-Vinculin (Sigma, V9264). Proteins were revealed by using
ECL Prime (GE Healthcare, Chicago, Ill) or
Western Lightning Plus-ECL (Perkin Elmer, Waltham, Mass) with the G:box Chemi-XRQ and quantified by using ImageJ software.
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