Lecture 64 Flashcards
where is the signal peptide gradient during the process of peptide/protein hormone synthesis
Endoplasmic reticulum
What is the final outcome of interaction of hormone and target cells? It depends on several factors….such as
- Hormone concentration
- Receptor number
- Affinity of hormone for receptor
- Duration of exposure to hormone
- Intracellular factors enzymes, cofactors (may help process)
Minimal concentration of hormone needed to elicit measurable response
Threshold response
what are 2 ways to express the dose-response relationship
Responsiveness (up/down) and Sensitivity (left/right)
Magnitude of response correlated with hormone concentration, what happens when concentration increases?
As concentration increases, response will increase then level off
the more receptors, what happens to the maximal response?
maximal response increases
________ is the term for a further increase in hormone will elicit no more response
Maximum response
________ may cause a decrease in responsiveness
caused by: decrease in number of target cells or total receptors/cell, or concentration of enzymes activated by hormone
the higher the affinity for a hormone, the (more/ less) likely to get a response
more
The concentration of hormone producing 50 percent of maximal response
Sensitivity
If more hormone required to get 50% response what happens to the sensitivity
decrease
The less hormone required = ________ to sensitivity
increases
Sensitivity can be changed in two ways List them.
changing number of receptors OR affinity of receptors
Decreasing sensitivity = ________ of receptors
down-regulation
Either number or affinity of receptors decreases even when __________
hormone concentrations high
Decreasing sensitivity is down-regulation of receptors causes what 3 things
- decrease synthesis of new receptors
- increase degradation of existing receptors
- inactivate receptor
what down-regulates TRH receptors in anterior pituitary
T3
Increasing sensitivity = ________ of receptors
up-regulation
Increasing sensitivity = up-regulation of receptors. What are the 2 ways this can be achieved
Either number or affinity of receptors increases
Increasing sensitivity is an up-regulation of receptors what 3 things can this lead to
increase synthesis of new receptors, decrease degradation of existing, activate receptors
example of up-regulation: ________ increases its receptors in skeletal muscle and liver
GH
Hormone is recognized and binds to a membrane receptor and this forms a __________
hormone-receptor complex
Once the Hormone-receptor complex is formed, what can happen
EITHER coupled to a signal-generating mechanism OR must act as one itself
Once the generated signal (second messenger) is formed, it can affect what
intracellular process by altering activity OR concentration of functional or structural proteins
Receptor systems are located in which of 2 locations
Either on cell membrane (faster) or within the cell (slower; cytoplasm or nucleus)
what system is this? Classified according to membrane receptor structure OR second messenger system used (Usually a rapid response (minutes))
Classic cell membrane receptor system
what system is this? Doesn’t use second messenger system, but rather an enzyme system such as kinases (Usually a rapid response (minutes))
Catalytic cell membrane receptor systems
what receptor systems have a rapid response
Catalytic and Classic
what receptor systems have a slow
Intracellular