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At the conclusion of each experiment for matricellular and ECM protein detection, conditioned media (CM) from TM cell cultures was harvested and centrifuged at 2300g for 10 minutes at 4°C. The supernatant was then concentrated (Amicon Ultra-4 Filter Unit, 10 kDa; Millipore, Milford, MA, USA), and protein content quantified using the DC Protein Assay kit adhering to manufacturer's protocols (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA). For AMPK protein detection, cells were lysed for 3 minutes on ice with cold 1× radioimmunoprecipitation buffer containing 0.5% Aprotinin, 0.1% EDTA, 1% EGTA, 0.5% phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, and 0.01% Leupeptin. Samples were then centrifuged at 18,000g for 15 minutes at 4°C and protein content quantified. In all experiments, equal amounts of protein were treated with 6× reducing buffer and boiled for 5 minutes. Samples were then electrophoresed in 10% SDS-PAGE, alongside a prestained protein marker (Cell Signaling Technology, Inc., Danvers, MA, USA). For CM loading control, the resultant gels were stained with 0.1% Coomassie Brilliant Blue G-250 (Bio-Rad) for 3 hours and were destained with fixing/destaining solution until clear bands were visible and contrasted well with the true blue background. Otherwise, proteins were transferred to nitrocellulose membranes (0.45-μm pore size; Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA). Membranes were blocked for 1 hour at room temperature (RT) in a 1:1 mixture of 1× TBS-T (20 mM Tris-HCl [pH 7.6], 137 mM NaCl, 0.1% Tween-20) and blocking buffer (Rockland, Inc., Gilbertsville, PA, USA), followed by overnight incubation at 4°C with the indicated primary antibody at 1:10,000 for SPARC (Hematologic Technologies, Inc., Essex Junction, VT, USA), 1:1000 for TSP-1 (AF3074; R&D Systems, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA), 1:1000 for COL1 (600-401-103-0.5; Rockland, Inc., Gilbertsville, PA, USA), 1:1000 for COL4 (600-401-106-0.5; Rockland, Inc.), 1:200 for Laminin (L8271; Sigma-Aldrich), and 1:000 for p(Thr172)-AMPKα, AMPKα, AMPKα1, AMPKα2, p-ACC, and ACC (Cell Signaling). A 1:200 dilution was used for p(Ser188)-RhoA and for total RhoA (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Dallas, TX, USA), and a 1:1000 dilution was used for Myc-Tag and for β-actin (Cell Signaling). Following incubation with primary antibody, the membranes were washed three times with 1× TBS-T and incubated for 1 hour at RT with dye-conjugated affinity purified 680 anti-mouse or 800 anti-rabbit immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies, respectively (IRDye; 1:10,000 dilution; Rockland, Inc.). The membranes were then washed three times with 1xTBS-T, scanned, and integrated band intensities were calculated using an infrared imaging system (Odyssey; Li-Cor, Lincoln, NE, USA).
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