Lecture 2: Cell signaling Flashcards
What are the 3 steps of cell signaling and what do they do?
Reception: target cell senses the substance in its exogenous environment. (intercellular signaling)
Transduction: Conversion of the signal via a cascade of molecular events (intracellular signaling)
Response: specific cellular effect attributed to the signaling molecule
What are the reception modes of intercellular signaling?
Juxtacrine, Endocrine, Synaptic, Paracrine and Autocrine
What is contact-dependent intercellular signaling?
Requires cells to make physical contact with one another (receptor contact)
What is contact-independent intercellular signaling?
Cells do not make physical contact
Which reception mode of intercellular signaling is contact-dependent?
Juxtacrine (Lecture 2 slide 45)
Which reception mode of intercellular signaling is contact-independent?
Endocrine, Synaptic, Paracrine, Autocrine
Which mode of intercellular signaling target receptors reached through bloodstream?
Endocrine
What does the endocrine mode of intercellular signaling do?
Target receptors reached through the bloodstream
Which mode of intercellular signaling target receptors on nearby cells?
Paracrine
What does the paracrine mode of intercellular signaling do?
Target receptors on nearby cells
Which mode of intercellular signaling targets receptors using an electrical signal?
Synaptic
What does the synaptic mode of intercellular signaling do?
Targets receptors using an electrical signal
Which mode of intercellular signaling targets receptors on the same cell?
Autocrine
What does the autocrine mode of intercellular signaling do?
Targets receptors on the same cell
Is transduction cell signaling intracellular or intercellular?
Intracellular
Is reception cell signaling intracellular or intercellular?
Intercellular
What are the 2 properties tissues capable of responding to hormones have in common?
1) Posses a receptor having a very high affinity for hormone
2) the receptor is coupled to a process that regulates the metabolism of the target cells.
What are the secreted molecules (ligand) during transduction?
Hormones: peptide hormones, sterioid hormones
Neurotransmitters
Peptides
Lipids
List the intracellular receptors (receptors for secreted molecules)
Steroid hormones, estrogen, androgen
List the cell surface receptors (receptors for secreted molecules)
Peptide hormones, growth factors
What are the steroid hormone receptors?
Glucocorticoid receptor, estrogen receptor
Where is the glucocorticoid receptor located and what does it do?
Cytosol
Upon binding to a glucocorticoid, it translocates into the nucleus and activates transcription of a gene
Where is the estrogen receptor located and what does it do?
Nucleus
Upon binding to the hormone, it activates transcription
What are the 2 types of steroid hormone receptor activities?
Genomic action = slow (minutes): lasts longer
Non-genomic action = rapid (seconds): simple turn on and off