Saturday, June 4, 2011

Cellular Mechanism of Action of Steroid Hormones


·         Destination – to the nucleus.  Activates transcriptional factor à binds to DNA and either activating or inhibiting one or more genes. 
·         Activation of genes à create new mRNA à new protein (genomic effect on the target cells)
·         Exception: Estrogen and aldosterone à have cell membrane receptors linked to signal transduction pathways (like peptide hormones).  These receptors enable those hormones to initiate rapid non-genomic responses in addition to their slower genomic effect. 

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