Thirty micrograms of renal cortex was homogenized, and the whole homogenate was used for Western blot analysis as previously described [27 (
link)]. Briefly, samples were resolved on
4–20% Tris-glycine-SDS gels (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA) and proteins were transferred to
PVDF membranes (Millipore Sigma, Burlington, MA). Protein expression was determined using two-color immunoblots using primary antibodies to
HMGB1 (cat# MA1–20338, 1:1000 dilution; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Lafayette, CO), and TLR4 (cat# 217274, 1:300 dilution; Abcam, Cambridge, MA). Specific protein bands were detected using an
Odyssey infrared imager (LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, NE) with
AlexaFluor 680 and
IRDye800 (Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR) conjugated secondary antibodies. Protein concentrations were determined by standard BCA reagent (Thermo Scientific) using BSA as the standard. Protein loading was normalized to
glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (Cell Signaling Technologies, Danvers, Massachusetts).
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