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newly differentiated human adipocytes. The essential role of NFκB in mediating this<br />

effect of CLA was demonstrated <strong>by</strong> using either chemical inhibitors of NFκB or RNA<br />

interference (RNAi) targeting NFκB p65. Lastly, our data suggest that non-adipocytes or<br />

SV cells secrete a significant amount of cytokines in response to treatment with trans-10,<br />

cis-12 CLA.<br />

Materials and Methods<br />

Chemicals and Reagent<br />

Isomers of CLA (>98% pure) were purchased from Matreya (Pleasant Gap, PA).<br />

Fetal bovine serum was purchased from Hyclone, Inc. (Logan, UT) and recombinant<br />

human TNF-α, and the ELISA kits for IL-6 and IL-8 were obtained from R & D Systems,<br />

Inc. (Minneapolis, MN). [ 3 H]-2-deoxy-glucose and Western Lightning Plus<br />

Chemiluminescence Substrate were purchased from Perkin Elmer Life Sciences (Boston,<br />

MA). NUPAGE precast gels, buffers for SDS-PAGE, and gene-specific primers of<br />

adipocyte fatty acid binding protein (aP2) and IL-6 for RT-PCR were purchased from<br />

Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA). One-step RT-PCR kits were purchased from Qiagen Inc.<br />

(Valencia, CA) and ribosomal 18S competimer technology internal standards, and DNA-<br />

free, gene-specific TNF-α primers were purchased from Ambion (Austin, TX).<br />

Polyclonal insulin-dependent glucose transporter 4 (Glut4) antibody was a generous gift<br />

from Drs. S. Cushman and X. Chen (NIH-NIDDK, Bethesda, MD). aP2 antibody was a<br />

generous gift from Dr. D. Bernlohr (Univ. of Minnesota). Monoclonal antibodies for<br />

anti-lamin A/C (sc7293), PPARγ (sc7273), and NFκB p65 (sc8008), and polyclonal<br />

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