
Hormones and Receptors

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Elizabeth Wal
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What is a juxtacrine signaling mechanism?
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A sender and target cell and right next to one another, receptor on the target cell binds to a macromolecule on the sender cell and a message is communicated
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What is a endocrine signaling mechanism?
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A sender cell creates a hormone, which enters the bloodstream. Within the bloodstream, a receptor either binds to the hormone and carries it, or it binds directly with a receptor attached to the target cell
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What is paracine signaling?
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A sender cells secretes hormones that travel to receptors on target cells, very localized within a tissue
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What is synaptic signaling?
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A neuron sends an electrical signal down its axon, releasing neurotransmitters that travel across its synapse to receptors on the target cell (very fast)
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What major hormones do pancreatic alpha cells and pancreatic beta cells synthesize?
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Alpha: polypeptide glucagon
Beta: polypeptide insulin
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What major hormones do the adrenal cortex and adrenal medulla synthesize?
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Cortex: steroid cortisol
Medulla: catecholamine epinephrine
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What major hormone does the thyroid create?
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Thyroxine
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What are the 3 different relationships that hormones and receptors can have?
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Some cells have receptors for more than one hormone, some hormones have receptors present in only one tissue, and some hormones have receptors in more than one tissue
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What is the dissociation constant (KD)?
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Ligand concentration needed to occupy half of the total number of hormone receptors on a cell/tissue, only fraction of receptors must bind to a ligand in order for a maximum response to be achieved (KD inversely proportional to the affinity that a ligand has for a receptor)
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How does a typical intracellular receptor work?
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A HYDROPHOBIC hormone often bound to a carrier protein enters a cell and binds to a intracellular receptor, where it enters the nucleus of the cell. Then the hormone outputs mRNA with a new gene transcription that includes the hormone.
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