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from BD <strong>Ph</strong>armingen (San Jose, CA). Rodamine red and fluorescein isothiocyanate-<br />

conjugated IgGs were purchased from Jackson Immunoresearch (West Grove, GA). Gene<br />

specific primers for real time PCR were purchased from IDT (Coralville, IA). DMAP and<br />

MG132 were purchased from Calbiochem (San Diego, CA). LY294002, U0126, and<br />

primary antibodies for p-IκBα kinase (IKK) α/β (Ser 180/ser181, rabbit), p-stress-<br />

activated protein kinase/Jun-N-terminal kinase (SAPK/JNK) (Thr183/Tyr185, mouse), p-<br />

AKT (protein kinase B)(Ser473, rabbit), p-extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK) 1/2<br />

(Thr 202/Tyr204 rabbit) were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (Beverly, MA).<br />

Pref-1 monoclonal antibody was obtained from R&D Systems (Minneapolis, MN). All<br />

the other chemicals reagents were purchased from Sigma Chemical Co. (St. Louis, MO),<br />

unless otherwise stated.<br />

Cell Cultures<br />

Abdominal adipose tissue was obtained from females with a body mass index<br />

(BMI) < 30 during elective surgery with approval from the Institutional Review Board at<br />

the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. SV cells were isolated and cultured as<br />

previously described with minor modification (Brown et al. 2003). To induce ~50%<br />

differentiation (e.g., 50% of cells containing visible lipid droplets), confluent cultures of<br />

SV cells were supplemented with differentiation media-1 (DM1; 97% DMEM/Ham F-12,<br />

3% FBS, 1 µM Rosiglitazone, 0.5 mM 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX), 1 µM<br />

dexamethasone, 33 µM biotin, 17 µM panthothenate, 100 nM insulin) for the first 3 days<br />

(referred to as DM1 in Fig 4.1 or AD50 in the other figures). To obtain maximum<br />

95

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