Figure 5.
Effect of Smad2, Smad3, or their dominant negative mutants on adipogenesis. (A) Expression of Flag-tagged Smads in their respective stable cell lines. Whole cell lysates were immunoprecipitated using anti-Flag–conjugated beads, followed by Western blotting with anti-Flag antibody. Position of background IgG is indicated. (B and C) The effect of overexpression of Smad2, Smad3, or their dominant negative mutants on lipid accumulation in adipogenic differentiation. Untreated cells (B) and cells treated with 1 ng/ml (C) at 8 d after confluence are shown.