Immunoprecipitation and Western blot assays were performed according to the previously described procedures [4 (link)]. Antibodies Runx2 (Abcam, UK, 1:1000), ALP (Abcam, UK, 1:2000), SM22ɑ (Abcam, UK, 1:1000), p16 (Proteintech, USA, 1:500), p21 (Cell signaling, USA, 1:1000), LC3-II (Abcam, UK, 1:500), SQSTM1 (Abcam, UK, 1:1000), Atg10 (Abcam, UK, 1:1000), Bhlhe40 (Proteintech, USA, 1:500), GAPDH (Abcam, UK, 1:4000), and β-actin (Proteintech, USA, 1:2000) were used in this study. HA-VSMCs were transfected as indicated and lysed in an immunoprecipitation buffer. The lysates were centrifuged for 20 min. Supernatants were incubated with specific antibodies overnight at 4℃ and protein A/G Agarose beads for 4 h. The immunoprecipitates were washed three times with PBS, and then analyzed via SDS-PAGE. The protein bands were visualized using ECL-Plus Western blot detection kit (Amersham BioSciences, UK).
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