A. MN survival at day 6 of MN co-culture assay with wild
type, SOD1(G93A), SOD1(G93A) + HSPB1(WT), SOD1(G93A) + HSPB1(G84R), SOD1(G93A) +
HSPB1(R136W) astrocytes. MN survival was normalized to counts from MNs cultured
with wild type astrocytes. (n = 3 for all groups, each n was run in triplicate.)
B. Representative immunoblot confirming the expression of human
HSPB1 constructs in SOD1(G93A) astrocytes. Western blots were probed with an
antibody specific to human HSPB1 C. Representative images of
HB9-GFP expressing MNs (shown in black) after 6 days in co-culture with wild
type astrocytes, SOD1(G93A) astrocytes, and SOD1(G93A) astrocytes transduced
with HSPB1(WT), HSPB1(G84R) or HSPB1(R136W). D. MN survival at day
6 of MN co-culture assay with wild type, WT+RFP, WT + HSPB1 (WT), WT +
HSPB1(G84R), WT + HSPB1(R136W) astrocytes. MN survival was normalized to counts
from MNs cultured with wild type astrocytes. (n = 3 for all groups, each n was
run in triplicate.) E. Representative immunoblot confirming the
expression of HSPB1 constructs in wild type astrocytes using an antibody
specific to human HSPB1. Error bars denote s.e.m. ***P<0.0005,
*P<0.01, n.s., non-significant.