“…For transfected 293 T cells and unlabeled 3T3-L1 adipocytes, the precleared lysate was then incubated with anti-FLAG affinity gel (Sigma-Aldrich) for 6 h and rinsed four times in lysis buffer before SDS-PAGE. For the MDM2 and MORC2 interactome experiments, 3T3-L1 adipocytes were either double SILAC-labeled with Arg6/Lys4 and Arg10/Lys8, or triple SILAC-encoded with Arg0/Lys0, Arg6/Lys4, and Arg10/Lys8 65 , 66 , respectively. Precleared lysates from the SILAC-labeled adipocytes were then incubated with protein G beads coupled with nonspecific IgG or antibodies directed against MDM2 (4B2, SMP14 (sc-965, Santa Cruz), or 2A10 (OP115, Merck)) or MORC2 (SAB4301687, Merck) for 6 h, combined, rinsed four times in lysis buffer and separated on a NuPAGE gel (Invitrogen) and stained with Novex Colloidal Blue (Invitrogen, Thermo Fisher Scientific).…”