The preparation of cell extracts for protein analyses, immunoprecipitation and Western blotting procedures have been described [38 (link), 39 (link)]. The preparation of the cell extracts from the paired samples (normal and tumor tissue) from patients with CRC were performed as described below in the xenograft studies. Depending on the molecular weight of the proteins to be analyzed, calnexin, tubulin, or GAPDH were used as loading controls. CA2 was used as a colon normal tissue control [40 (link), 41 (link)]. Densitometric measurements of the bands were performed using the Image Lab™ Software Version 6.0.1 Bio-Rad Laboratories (Hercules, CA, USA), which was provided with a ChemiDoc apparatus. Stain free blot was performed by adding 50 µl of 2,2,2-Trichloroethanol to 10 ml of the SDS-PAGE gel solution. Detection of total protein was made in the ChemiDoc apparatus (Bio-Rad) following the manufacturer's instructions.
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