Cells were lysed in RIPA buffer (50 mM Tris-HCl at pH 7.4, 150 mM NaCl, 0.1% SDS, 1% NP-40, 0.25% sodium deoxycholate, and 1 mM dithiothreitol) supplemented with
protease inhibitors (Roche, Basel, Switzerland) and incubated for 30 min on ice. After centrifugation at 18,800
g for 10 min, the protein concentration in the supernatant was determined using the BCA method. Equal amounts of protein were separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in Tris/glycine/SDS running buffer. The separated proteins were transferred onto a polyvinylidene fluoride membrane in Tris-glycine transfer buffer that was blocked with 3% Tris-buffered saline with Tween 20 (BSA-TBST) for 1 h at room temperature. The membranes were probed with primary RanGAP1 antibody (
ab92360, Abcam) at a 1:500 dilution and HBG2 (
ab137096, Abcam), GATA1 (
ab181544, Abcam), and β-actin antibodies (
HC201-01, TransGen Biotech, Beijing, China) at a 1:1,000 dilution in 3% BSA-TBST at 4°C overnight. The membranes were subsequently rinsed with TBST three times for 10 min each and incubated with a secondary antibody for 1 h at room temperature. Finally, the membranes were rinsed three times with TBST solution and imaged using an Image Quant ECL machine (Tanon 5200, Tanon, Shanghai, China).
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