Heart tissues from study mice were homogenized and sonicated in a lysis buffer containing 20 mM Tris (pH 7.4), 150 mM NaCl, 1mM EDTA, 1 mM EGTA, 1% Triton, 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate, and a protease inhibitor cocktail. For in vitro study, isolated cardiomyocytes from WT mice treated with paraquat or rapamycin were sonicated in the lysis buffer as described above. Myocardial protein samples were incubated with anti-Akt, anti-phosphorylated Akt (Ser
473), anti-Atg5, anti-LC3B, anti-Beclin1, anti-p38 MAPK, anti-phosphorylated p38 MAPK (Thr
180/Tyr
182), anti-Bad, anti-Bax, anti-Bcl2,
anti-cleaved-caspase 3,
anti-cleaved-caspase 9, anti-GRP78,
anti-JNK, anti-phosphorylated JNK (Thr
183/Tyr
185), anti-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH; loading control) (1:1000; Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA),
anti-p62 (1:1000; Guinea Pig; Enzo Life Sciences, Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA),
anti-IRE1α, anti-phosphorylated IRE1α (Ser724) (1:1000, Abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA),
anti-GADD153 (1:1000, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. Dallas, TX, USA) antibodies. Horseradish peroxidase-coupled secondary antibodies were used for membrane incubation. After immunoblotting, the films were scanned and detected with a Bio-Rad
calibrated densitometer and the intensity of immunoblot bands was normalized with corresponding band intensity of GAPDH (37 (
link)).
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