assay were described previously.30 (link) Briefly,
HEK293 cells were transfected with empty vector control (Ctrl) or
plasmids expressing either KLWT or KLΔ9. Twenty-four hours after
transfection, cells were incubated in serum-free medium for 2 h and
then either 50 ng/mL of bFGF (basic fibroblast growth factor) or 10
ng/mL of FGF23 (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN) was added to the
wells. The cells were incubated for 15 min at 37 °C and then
were immediately washed in PBS and lysed in RIPA buffer containing
protease and phosphatase inhibitors (Roche, Mannheim, Germany). Various
incubation times and FGF23 concentrations were used as indicated in
the p-ERK phosphorylation kinetics and FGF23 dose–response
curve experiments. After lysis, samples were prepared for SDS-PAGE
as described previously.6 (link)