“…Electophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) was performed as previously described [11]. In brief, nuclear extract was prepared and incubated for 20 min at room temperature with 20 µg of bovine serum albumin, 2 µg of poly (dI-dC) (Pharmacia, Uppsala, Sweden), 2 µl of buffer C (20 mM Hepes/KOH, 20% glycerol, 100 mM KCl, and 0.5 mM PMSF, pH 7.9), 4 µl of buffer F (20% Ficoll-400, 100 mM Hepes/KOH, 300 mM KCl, 10 mM DTT, and 0.5 mM PMSF, pH 7.9), and 20,000 cpm of 32 P-labeled probe encoding the consensus sequence for NF-κB-binding sites (5′-CAGAGGGGACTTTCCGA GAG-3′) in a final volume of 20 µl.…”