Sigma-Aldrich. St. Louis, MO) with 1 tablet protease inhibitors (4906837001;
Sigma-Aldrich. St. Louis, MO) per 10 mL RIPA buffer and phenylmethylsulfonyl
fluoride (8553; Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA) at a final concentration
of 1 mM was used to extract proteins from B16-F10 cells. Briefly, cells were
disrupted in lysis buffer and protein lysates were obtained by centrifugation
for 10 minutes at 12,000 × g at 4°C. Protein
concentration was quantified with BCA protein assay (23225; Thermo Fisher
Scientific, Waltham, MA). Under reducing conditions, equivalent amounts of total
protein were fractionated using sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide-gel
electrophoresis. Membranes were probed with NF-κB p65 (D14E12)
XP® Rabbit mAb (1:1,000 dilution, 8242S; Cell Signaling
Technology, Danvers, MA) and anti-beta actin antibody (1:1,000 dilution, ab8227;
Abeam, Cambridge, MA). Membranes were washed and incubated with secondary
antibody anti-rabbit HRP (1:10,000 dilution, sc-2313; Santa Cruz Biotechnology).
Bands were visualized with Pierce ECL Western blotting substrate (32106; Thermo
Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA) with a ChemiDoc MP (Bio-Rad Laboratories,
Hercules, CA, USA). Knockdown of proteins was quantified with ImageJ (National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA).