Fig. 1. Properties of GFP-Hsp70. (A) Protection of GFP-Hsp70 against apoptosis from the expression of Htt(Q72). The extent of apoptosis was measured 72 hours after transfection in control cells and cells expressing GFP-Htt(Q25), GFP-Htt(Q72), GFP-Htt(Q72) and flag-tagged Hsp70, myc-tagged Htt(Q72) and GFP vector, and myc-tagged Htt(Q72) and GFP-Hsp70. Apoptosis was measured by immunostaining for cleaved caspase 3 using rhodamine-conjugated secondary antibody. The data represent an average of three experiments in which 100 GFP cells were analyzed for positive caspase staining. (B) Distribution of GFP-Hsp70 in control (left) and heat-shocked cells (right).