cells were purchased from the Japanese Cancer Research Resources Bank (Cat#JCRB0403). All
cell lines were cultured in Dulbecco’s minimum essential medium (DMEM) (Thermo
Fisher Scientific), containing 4.5 g/L glucose and supplemented with 10% fetal bovine
serum, 1% penicillin/streptomycin and 1% non-essential amino acids (Thermo Fisher
Scientific).
Dexamethasone (500 nM), cortisol (500 nM), prednisolone (500 nM), GW4064 (5 μM),
GSK2033 (100 nM), 22(S)-hydroxycholesterol (10 μM) and RU486 (5 μM) were
purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. SPA70 (10 μM) was purchased from Axon Medchem
(Groningen, Netherlands). For all cell treatments, HEK293, HepG2 and Huh7 cells were
cultured in serum-free and phenol red-free media containing 4.5g/L glucose and
supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 1% penicillin/streptomycin and 1% non-essential
amino acids.