Western blotting was used to verify the expressed proteins as previously described.18 (link) Briefly, gastrocnemius and C2C12 cells were lysed with RIPA buffer (Solarbio, Beijing, China), and protein was quantified by using a BCA protein assay kit (Beyotime, Shanghai, China). Forty micrograms of the samples were separated on 10–12% SDS‐polyacrylamide gels and electrophoretically transferred onto PVDF membranes (Millipore, USA). After blocking with 5% fat-free milk in Tris‐buffered saline (TBS) for 1 hour, the membranes were incubated with primary antibodies against HDAC2, P53, P21, IKK, NF-κBp65 (all 1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology, USA), MURF1, MAFbx, and SMP30 (all 1:1000, Abcam, UK) overnight at 4 °C overnight, followed by incubation with fluorescent secondary antibodies (1:1000, Cell Signaling Technology, USA) for 1 hour. Quantification of signal intensities was quantified using ImageJ software.