MA) supplemented with a protease inhibitor cocktail (Roche; Indianapolis, IN).
Following centrifugation at 12,000 rpm for 20 minutes at 4 °C, soluble
supernatant fractions were collected for total protein and western blot
analysis. Total protein concentrations were determined by BCA assay kit (Thermo
Scientific, Waltham, MA). Ten micrograms (μg) total protein were resolved
in pre-casted 4-15% gradient Tris-Glycine gel (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA), and
immunoblotted for Krt5 (1:5000; Biolegend), ΔNp63 (1:1000; Biolegend),
and K48-ubiquitin (1:1000, R&D Systems). Beta-actin and GAPDH served as
loading controls and for densitometry analysis normalization. Gels were
transferred to 0.1 μm nitrocellulose membrane (GE Healthcare). HRP and
SuperSignal West Pico chemiluminescent substrates (Thermo Scientific) were used
to detect protein signal intensity.