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Preparation of Nuclear and Cytosolic Extracts Nuclear and cytosolic extracts were isolated with a Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Extraction kit. After the incubation period, HUVECs were collected by centrifugation at 600 g for 5 min at 4 C. The pellets were washed twice with ice cold PBS, followed by the addition AZD2171 Cediranib of 0.2 ml of cytoplasmic extraction buffer A and vigorous mixing for 15 s. Ice cold cytoplasmic extraction buffer B was added to the solution. After vortex mixing, nuclei and cytosolic fractions were separated by centrifugation at 16,000 g for 5 min. The cytoplasmic extracts were stored at 80 C. Nuclear extraction buffer was added to the nuclear fractions, which were then mixed by vortex mixing on the highest setting for 15 s. The mixture was iced, and a 15 s vortex was performed every 10 min for a total of 40 min.
Nuclei were centrifuged at 16,000 g for 10 min. The nuclear extracts were stored at 80 C until use. Preparation of Membrane and Cytosolic Extracts A cellular membrane fraction was prepared with Mem PER according to the manufacturer,s instructions. The Mem PER system consists of three reagents: Reagent A is a cell lysis buffer, reagent B is a detergent dilution buffer, and reagent C is a membrane solubilization buffer. After the incubation period, HUVECs were collected by centrifugation at 600 g for 5 min at 4 C. Each cell pellet, containing 5 9 106 cells, was lysed at room temperature using Mem PER reagent A. Membrane proteins were solubilized on ice with Mem PER reagent C diluted 2:1 with Mem PER reagent B. Reagents A and B/C were supplemented with Halt protease inhibitor cocktail.
The solubilized protein mixture was centrifuged at 10,000 g for 3 min at 4 C to remove cellular debris. The clarified supernatant was heated at 37 C for 10 min, followed by centrifugation at 10,000 g for 2 min to produce separated membrane and hydrophilic protein fractions. The hydrophobic fraction of the membrane proteins was stored at 80 C until use. Protein Kinase C a Assay HUVECs were grown to confluence and then stimulated with VNR for 1 h. At the end of the incubation period, cells were rinsed with ice cold PBS and lysed by the addition of reaction buffer. Protein kinase C a activity in whole cell lysate was measured with a PKC a activity assay kit according to the manufacturer,s instructions. To determine how VNR mediated signaling pathways are altered, HUVECs were incubated with VNR for 24 h.
At the end of stimulation, cells were washed, scraped from dishes, and lysed in RIPA buffer. Proteins were then separated by electrophoresis on SDS polyacrylamide gels. After the proteins had been transferred to polyvinylidene difluoride membranes, the blots were incubated with blocking buffer for 1 h at room temperature and then probed with primary antibodies overnight at 4 C, followed by incubation with horseradish peroxidase conjugated secondary antibody for 1 h. To control for unequal loading of total protein in all lanes, blots were stained with mouse anti b actin antibody. The bound immunoproteins were detected through an enhancer chemiluminescent assay. The intensities were quantified by densitometric analysis. Adhesion Molecule Expression To determine whether VNR could enhance the level of adhesion molecule expression, HUVECs were incubated wi