Figure 6.
The entry of microinjected FITC–Kap-α into the nucleus is inhibited by 2-deoxyglucose/azide treatment. HeLa cells were incubated in either normal media or gluc− media containing 2-deoxyglucose/azide for 20 min. They were then microinjected into the cytoplasm with either (A) TRITC–NLS-BSA (9.1 mg/ml) and a FITC 70-kD dextran marker (6.7 mg/ml) or (B) FITC–Kap-α (1.7 mg/ml) and a Cascade blue 70-kD dextran marker (0.9 mg/ml). After injection (which took ∼10 min), the cells were incubated for an additional 30 min in the treatment media before fixation.