Protein concentrations in the cytosolic fraction were assessed using the Pierce
BCA protein assay kit (Thermo Scientific, Rockford, IL). The protein homogenates
(30 μg of protein) with laemmli buffer were separated by sodium dodecyl
sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and transferred onto polyvinylidene
difluoride membranes. Membranes were probed with primary antibodies
(1:200–1,000 concentrations in 5% bovine serum albumin). Troponin
antibody was obtained from Cell Signaling (#4002; Beverly, MA); Akt and pAkt
from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (#8312, #33437, respectively; Santa Cruz, CA);
MuRF1 and atrogin1 from ECM Biosciences (MP3401, #AP2041; Versailles, KY); MHC
from R&D systems (mab4470, Minneapolis, MN); FOXO3 from Abcam (#12162,
Cambridge, MA); and pFOXO3 from Invitrogen (pa537578, Rockford, IL). Individual
protein bands were quantified using a densitometer (Bio-Rad), and normalized to
emerin (#5430, Cell Signaling, Beverly, MA) for the structural proteins, MHC and
troponin [24 (link)], and to β-actin
(#4967, Abcam, Cambridge, MA) for the other cytosolic proteins.