Abstract: | Immunofluorescence microscopy has been applied to detect glucocorticoid receptors in rat thymocytes, HeLa cells and human mononuclear cells from peripheral blood. Blast formation induced in human mononuclear cells by PHA results in increased receptor concentration in the cytoplasm, as suggested from the immunofluorescence technique. Incubation of the blast cells with 10−7 M dexamethasone at 37°C within 15 min leads to decrease of staining in the cytoplasm and concomitant increase in the nucleus, indicative of a translocation of the cytoplasmic receptor into the nucleus. |