Journal: Biology Open
Article Title: Analysis of potential TAK1/Map3k7 phosphorylation targets in hypertrophy and cachexia models of skeletal muscle
doi: 10.1242/bio.060487
Figure Lengend Snippet: TAK1 signaling pathways in Texel sheep muscle. (A) Western blots of p-p38, p38, p-CREB, CREB, p-HSP27, HSP27, p-JNK, and JNK, p-NLK, NLK, p-p90RSK, p90RSK, p-TAK1, TAK1, p-AKT, p-GSK3B, and p-mTOR in WT and Texel sheep. White lines mark where an empty lane was removed from the images of some blots. (B) Quantitative analysis of p-p38, p38, p-CREB, CREB, p-HSP27, HSP27, p-JNK, and JNK, p-NLK, NLK, p-p90RSK, p90RSK, p-TAK1, TAK1, p-AKT, p-GSK3B, and p-mTOR in WT and Texel sheep. (Pixel density normalized to GAPDH). Texel sheep are GS1L1 LM, GS8 LM, G19L1 LM. *** P <0.001, * P <0.05.
Article Snippet: Antibodies against the following proteins were used: Nemo-like kinase (NLK) (Cell Signaling Technology #94350, 1:1000), phospho-NLK (p-NLK) (biorbyt #orb157946 1:1000), c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) (Cell Signaling Technology #9252, 1:1000), phospho-JNK p-SAPK/JNK (Cell Signaling Technology #4671, 1:1000), p90/Ribosomal s6 kinase (p90RSK) (Cell Signaling Technology #9355T, 1:1000), phospho-RSK (p-p90RSK) (Cell Signaling Technology #9341, 1:1000), p38 (Cell Signaling Technology #9212, 1:1000), phospho-p38 (p-p38) (Cell Signaling Technology #9211T, 1:1000), Heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) (NOVUS #NBP1-75477SS, 1:500), phospho-HSP27 (p-HSP27) (Invitrogen #MA5-37394, 1:1000), cAMP response element binding protein (CREB) (Cell Signaling Technology #9197, 1:1000), phospho-CREB (p-CREB) (Cell Signaling Technology #9198, 1:1000), TAK1 (Sigma-Aldrich, #AB1305414, 1:1000), phospho-TAK1 (p-TAK1) (Invitrogen #MA5-15073, 1:10,000, phospho-glycogen synthase kinase 3b (GSK3B) (Cell Signaling Technology #9323T), 1:1000, phospho-mammalian target of rapamycin (p-mTOR) (Cell Signaling Technology #5536T, 1:1000, vinculin (Abcam #ab130007), myogenic factor 5 (MYF5) (R&D Systems), glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) [conjugated with horse radish peroxidase (HRP) (Invitrogen, #MA5-31457, 1:5000)].
Techniques: Western Blot