Total protein was extracted from cultured cells and analyzed as previously described 27 (link), 28 (link). A total of 50 μg of protein extracts were loaded to 10% sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and transferred to PVDF membranes (Millipore, USA). After incubated with the primary antibodies overnight at 4 ℃ and then with HRP conjugated secondary antibodies (Promega, USA) for 1 h at room temperature, the membranes were subjected to the ECL chemiluminescence system (Pierce, USA). All of the experiments were repeated thrice. Primary antibodies used: CBX8 from Sigma Aldrich; Snail, Slug and Vimentin from BD Biosciences; E-cadherin and N-cadherin from Cell Signaling Technology; CBX6, Fibronectin and GAPDH from Santa Cruz.