Normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEK), human keratinocyte growth supplement (Insulin, BPE, Transferrin,
EGF, Hydrocortisone, PSA), and basal media for epithelial cells—Epilife with calcium, kit for splitting cells were purchased from Cascade Biologics (Portland, OR). Sulfur mustard (>98% pure) was from the Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Protein molecular weight markers,
zymogram gel, zymogram renaturing and developing buffers, precast SDS-PAGE gels and buffers were from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA). Anti-laminin-5 γ2 polyclonal antibody and horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary goat antibody were from Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA).
Enhanced chemiluminescence (ECL) detection reagent was from Amersham (Piscataway, CA).
Protease inhibitor cocktail,
chromozym TRY (serine specific substrate), and
aprotinin were from Roche (Basel, Switzerland). Amastatin was purchased from Axxora, LLC (San Diego, CA). Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), coomassie blue R-250, and E-64 were from Sigma (St. Louis, MO). Anti-membrane type matrix metalloptotease-1 antibody (MT-MMP-1), anti-matrix metalloprotease-2 antibody (MMP-2), and anti-matrix metalloprotease-9 (MMP-9) antibody were from Research Diagnostics, Inc. (Flanders, NJ).
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