Western Blot Analysis of Liver Proteins

The Western blot was performed as previously described [25 (link)]. Liver protein extracts were obtained by lyses homogenized tissue in Ripa buffer (0.5% sodium deoxycholate, 0.1% SDS, 1% NP-40) supplemented with protease inhibitors (Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany). Protein samples (40 μg) were resolved on 10% or 12% Tris-HCl polyacrylamide gels and subsequently transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane. Membranes were probed with commercially available rabbit polyclonal anti-ApoE (1:500 dilution), anti-GRP-78 (1:500) (Abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA), anti-β-tubulin (1:200) (Cell Signaling, Danvers, MA, USA), anti- ERP29 and anti-α-tubulin (1:2000), anti-SREBP -1c and anti-SOD2 (1:500) antibodies (Abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA), followed by HRP-conjugated anti-rabbit antibody (1:10000) and ECL Plus detection reagents (GE Biosciences, Piscataway, NJ, USA). Relative ApoE, GRP-78, β-tubulin, α-tubulin, ERP29, SREBP and SOD2 band densities were determined by densitometrical analysis using the Image Studio Lite software from LI-COR Corporate Offices-US (Lincoln, Nebraska USA). In all instances, density values of bands were corrected by subtraction of the background values. The results were expressed as the ratio of ApoE, GRP-78, ERP29 and SOD2 to that of β-tubulin and SREBP to that of α-tubulin our β-tubulin.