“…To obtain the protein lysates, tissues ( n = 4 for each group) were homogenized and sonicated using the radio-immunoprecipitation assay buffer (Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA) with phosphatase inhibitors and protease (Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland) added. Then, immunoblots were conducted as described before [ 30 ]. The primary antibodies utilized were anti-AKT (1:1000, CST, #9272, Danvers, MA, USA), anti-phospho-AKT (Ser473) (1:2000, CST, #4060), anti-IκB alpha (1:5000, Abcam, ab32518, Cambridge, UK), anti-IκB alpha (phospho S36) (1:5000, Abcam, ab133462), anti-SAPK/JNK (1:1000, CST, #9252), anti-phospho-SAPK/JNK (Thr183/Tyr185) (1:1000, CST, #9251), anti-GLUT4 (1F8) (1:1000, CST, #2213), anti-GLUT2/SLC2A2 (1:1000, ABclonal, #A9843, Wuhan, China) and anti-β-actin (1:1000, CST, #4967).…”