gradient polyacrylamide gel (Biorad, 567–1081,
IPVH08100,
purchased from Cell Signaling Technology, which include anti-Vav1 (Cat. 4657),
Sirt1 (Cat. 3931), Sirt1 (Cat. 8469S, for human), PPARγ (Cat. 2443),
C/EBPα (Cat. 2295), Creb (Cat. 9197S), phospho-Creb (Cat. 9191S), and
acetylated lysine (Cat. 9441). Antibody against Col2α1 was purchased from
Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Cat. sc-52658). All antibodies were used at 1:500
dilution unless otherwise specified. Immune membranes were visualized using
horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibodies (Cell signaling, Cat 7074
and 7076,
substrate (ECL system, GE Healthcare,