“…Blocking was performed prior to incubation with the primary antibodies using 5% skim milk for 1 h at room temperature. Western blot analyses were performed as described previously (18,19,21) using phospho-specific AKT (T308) (1:1,000), AKT (1:10,000), phospho-specific SAPK/JNK (1:1,000), SAPK/JNK (1:3,000), phospho-specific p38 MAPK (1:20,000), p38 MAPK (1:20,000), phospho-specific MYPT-1 (1:1,000), MYPT-1 (1:1,000) and GAPDH (1:1,000) antibodies with horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-labeled anti-rabbit IgG and anti-mouse IgG antibodies (1:1,000; cat. nos., 7074 and 7076, respectively, Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.) as secondary antibodies.…”