Lung proteins were extracted with TNE lysis buffer (50 mM Tris, 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 1% NP40, protease inhibitor (Complete Mini; Roche) using Microsmash (MS-100R; TOMY), 20 mM NaF, 2 mM Na3VO4), were sonicated and denatured with LDS sample buffer (Invitrogen) at 70°C. Proteins were electrophoresed on NuPAGE bis-tris precast gels (Invitrogen) and transferred to nitrocellulose membranes (Invitrogen). Membranes were probed with anti-mouse ACE2 antibody [20 (link)] and anti-mouse GAPDH antibody (Cell Signaling TECHNOLOGY, 14C10). The blotting bands visualized with ECL reagent (Bio-Rad) using ChemiDoc Touch Imaging System (Bio-Rad). Image Lab software was used to quantify band intensity.
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