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. 2013 Jul 19;8(7):e69066. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069066

Figure 3. Distribution of Hsp27 and αB-crystallin in control and heat-stressed myocardial cells.

Figure 3

A: Hsp27, a: Hsp27 (Rhodamine); b: merge. B: αB-Crystallin, a: αB-Crystallin (Rhodamine ); b: merged. 1: Smeared and granular Hsp27 signals can be seen distributed in the cytoplasm and nucleus of the control myocardial cells; 2: Stronger positive signals for Hsp27 were observed in both the nucleus and cytoplasm at 60 min of heat stress compared with the control group; 3: Hsp27 was distributed mainly in the cytoplasm after 240 min of heat stress, but weak signals were observed in the nucleus. 4: αB-Crystallin was found distributed in the form of smashed granules in the cytoplasm of the control myocardial cells. 5: Stronger αB-crystallin signals were found scattered in the cytoplasm of myocardial cells exposed to heat stress compared with the control group after 60 min of heat stress. 6: After 240 min of heat stress, the strongest positive signals for αB-crystallin were observed in both the cytoplasm and nucleus of myocardial cells.