| Miscellaneous/General: | 3T3 cells were maintained in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium with 4 mM L-glutamine adjusted to contain 1.5 g/L sodium bicarbonate and 4.5 g/L glucose, 90%; bovine calf serum, 10%. 3T3 cells were heat shocked at 44°C for 2 hours and allowed to recover for five to eighteen hours at 37°C before harvesting. Cells were collected from media by centrifuging at 1200 rpm at 4°C in a Beckman GS-6R centrifuge for 7 minutes. Cells were washed twice in PBS and were lysed in M-PER Mammalian Protein Extraction Reagent (Pierce catalog# 78501) with a protease inhibitor cocktail. The cell lysate was adjusted to 2mg/mL in SDS PAGE sample buffer (40 mM Tris-HCl pH 6.8, 1% SDS, 50 mM DTT, 7.5% glycerol, 0.003% bromophenol blue) and heated for 10 min at 70°C. |