Briefly, liver tissue was snap frozen in liquid nitrogen. Tissue was homogenized in lysis buffer, and supernatants were quantified for protein amount (18 (link)). 160 ug of cell lysate was loaded in 10% SDS-PAGE, transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane and incubated with primary antibody overnight at 4° C (1000x dilution for anti-p53 (Novus), 2500x anti-GAPDH, 5000x anti-mouse IgG-HRP (Santa Cruz), 500x anti-pERK1/2 (Santa Cruz), 500x anti-MDM2 (Santa Cruz).