Colocalization of PAI-1 and norepinephrine in sucrose density gradient fractions. PC12 cells were labeled with [3H]norepinephrine and fractionated on a continuous sucrose density gradient as described in “Sucrose gradient fractionation.” Fractions were collected and assayed for [3H]norepinephrine by liquid scintillation counting (squares), PAI-1 by ELISA (circles), and sucrose concentration by refractometry (triangles; A). Fractions 10 to 19 were further analyzed by Western blotting with anti–PAI-1 antibody as described in “Western blotting” (B).