Western blotting was performed as described previously [13 (
link)]. The following antibodies were used: CCN1 antibody (Abcam),
β-actin antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology),
Bcl-xL antibody (Cell Signaling Technology),
c-Myc antibody (Cell Signaling Technology),
Bax antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology), MEK antibody (Cell Signaling Technology), phospho-MEK antibody (Ser217/221, Cell Signaling Technology),
ERK antibody (Cell Signaling Technology), phospho-
ERK antibody (Thr202/Tyr204, Cell Signaling Technology),
β-catenin antibody (Cell Signaling Technology), phospho-
β-catenin antibody (Ser33/Ser37/Thr41, Cell Signaling Technology), and
Survivin antibody (Cell Signaling Technology).
Gel electrophoresis and transfer as well as the chemiluminescence detection were conducted using the Bio-Rad Laboratories system.
Nuclear protein was extracted using a
nuclear protein extraction kit (Beyotime, China), and an
anti-Histone H1 antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) was used as the loading control.