For metabolic flux experiments,
13C-palmitate tracing was conducted using LC/MS at LipidALL Technologies. Cells (1 × 10
7) were incubated for 8 h at 37 °C in RPMI-1640 medium with 10% FBS. For
13C-palmitate incorporation in metabolites, cells were incubated in growth medium with 50 μM [U-
13C] palmitate for 24 h. Then, cells were quickly washed with 1×PBS and fixed with pre-cooled methanol (
HPLC-MS grade, Millipore) for 30 min at −80 °C. The extraction method was referenced to a previous paper, but with modification [52 (
link)]. Samples were incubated for 30 min at 1500 rpm and 4 °C and then centrifuged for 10 min at 12,000 rpm and 4 °C. The supernatant fractions were placed into clean 1.5-ml centrifuge tubes and dried using a SpeedVac. The dried extracts were dissolved with 50% acetonitrile in water and the upper layer liquids were collected for LC–MS analysis. The
InfinityLab Poroshell 120 HILIC-Z column (2.1 mm × 50 mm, 2.7 μm, Agilent Technologies, Germany) was used in this study. Ultra-performance Liquid Chromatography (
Agilent 1290 II, Agilent Technologies, Germany) coupled to the
Quadrupole-TOF MS 5600 Triple TOF Plus, AB SCIEX, Singapore) was used to acquire metabolome data.
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