title: [Signal transduction mechanisms of hormones through membrane receptors].
abstract: Hormones exert their effect on cells either via membrane receptors or intracellular receptors. This paper aims to review membrane receptors and the intracellular signal transduction mechanisms. Membrane receptors could be classified according to their structural characteristics and the way they initiate the intracellular signal transduction. These include 1) Seven transmembrane(or G-protein coupled) receptors--heterotrimeric G-proteins--effector, system, 2) Receptor tyrosine kinases--protein-protein interaction through SH2, SH3, and PTB domain--MAP kinase cascades and PI3-kinase pathways, 3) Cytokine receptors--JAK--STAT pathways, 4) Receptors of the TGF- beta superfamily--SMAD pathways, 5) Apoptosis-related receptors--caspase pathways, and 6) ligand-gated ion channels. There are growing knowledge of cross-talks between these pathways. It is being recognized that steroid hormones have distinct membrane receptors, which mediate rapid, nongenomic effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology and Endocrinology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yasufuku-Takano
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006728:Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface