-Bovine fibroblasts: Cultures were performed with 0 (control), 2, 4 and 6 mM BHB ((R)-(-)-3-Hydroxybutyric acid sodium salt, Sigma cat # 298360) or 5 mM Sodium Butyrate (NaBu, Sigma cat# 303410) for a period of 24 h.
-Human Dermal Fibroblasts: Cultures were performed with 0 (control), 2, 6 and 20 mM BHB for 24h.
At the end of cultures, cells were fixed with PFA 4% for immunostaining or tripsinized and recovered for histone extraction.
Regarding the experiment aimed at assessing Kbhb turnover, cells were either untreated (Control) or treated with 6 mM BHB (as described above), then washed 3 times with fresh culture medium and maintained without treatment for 0, 1, 2, 4 and 24 hours to monitor the Kbhb decay.
For the experiment involving inhibition of HDACs to increase Kbhb levels, cells were treated with 6 mM BHB, 5mM Nabu and 1 uM of TSA (Sigma cat # T8552) for 24 h.