Cell Signaling
Tran Thi Thuy Linh, PhD.
Content
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CELL SIGNALING
G-PROTEIN-COUPLED
ION-CHANNEL-COUPLED RECEPTORS
ENZYME-COUPLED RECEPTORS
ÔN TẬP
Thụ thể acetylcholine tại khớp nối thần kinh cơ
được phân loại là gì?
A. Kênh cation cổng acetylcholine
B. Kênh Na+ cổng điện thế
C. Kênh Ca2+ cổng điện thế
D. Kênh anion cổng acetylcholine
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CELL SIGNALING
Signal transduction of cell signaling
Signal transduction
Signals can act over a long or short range
The signal molecules can be proteins, peptides, amino acids, nucleotides, steroids, fatty acid derivatives,
or even dissolved gases
Animal cells use extracellular signal molecules to communicate with one another
in various ways.
Signals can act over a long or short range
A cell’s response to a signal can be fast or slow
Extracellular signal molecules can be divided into two
major classes:
• Molecules that are too large or too hydrophilic to cross
the plasma membrane of the target cell. These signal
molecules rely on receptors on the surface of the target
cell to relay their message across the plasma membrane.
Example: adrenaline, acetylcholine, prolactin…
• Molecules that are small enough or hydrophobic
enough to pass through the plasma membrane and into
the cytosol of the target cell, where they bind to
intracellular receptor proteins. Example: thyroxine,
cortisol, estradiol…
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CELL SIGNALING
Extracellular signals act through specific
receptors to change cell behavior
The signal molecules can be proteins, peptides, amino acids, nucleotides, steroids, fatty acid derivatives,
or even dissolved gases
Major receptors expressed on the surface of natural killer (NK) cells
doi.org/10.3390/ijms2002031
Keytruda- Pembrolizumab
Akinleye, A., Rasool, Z. Immune checkpoint inhibitors of PD-L1 as cancer therapeutics. J
Hematol Oncol 12, 92 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13045-019-0779-5
A Limited Set of Extracellular Signals Can Produce a
Huge Variety of Cell Behaviors
Extracellular signal
molecules can change the
behavior of a target cell in a
large variety of ways:
altering its shape,
movement, metabolism,
gene expression, or some
combination of these.
Relay the signal onward
and thereby help spread
it through the cell
Amplify the signal
received, making it
stronger
Integrate signal before
relaying a signal onward
Distribute the signal to
more than one effector
protein
Feedback regulating
the activity of
components upstream
Cell-surface receptors relay extracellular signals
via intracellular signaling pathways
Feedback regulation can occur anywhere in the
signaling pathway and can either boost or weaken the
response to the signal.
Cell-surface receptors relay extracellular signals
via intracellular signaling pathways
Some Intracellular Signaling Proteins Act as
Molecular Switches
Proteins that are activated or inactivated by phosphorylation
Some Intracellular Signaling Proteins Act as
Molecular Switches
Proteins involved in intracellular signaling pathways are GTP-binding
proteins.
These transition between an active and an inactive state depending on
whether they have GTP or GDP bound to them, respectively .
Extracellular signals act through specific
receptors to change cell behavior
Different types of cells respond to the same signal in different
ways: receptor + intracellular effector protein
An animal cell
depends on
multiple
extracellular
signals
In the absence of any signals, most
animal cells are programmed to kill
themselves

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Cell Signaling Tran Thi Thuy Linh, PhD. Content
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CELL SIGNALINGG-PROTEIN-COUPLED
ION-CHANNEL-COUPLED RECEPTORS
ENZYME-COUPLED RECEPTORS ÔN TẬP
Thụ thể acetylcholine tại khớp nối thần kinh cơ
được phân loại là gì?
A. Kênh cation cổng acetylcholine
B. Kênh Na+ cổng điện thế
C. Kênh Ca2+ cổng điện thế
D. Kênh anion cổng acetylcholine
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CELL SIGNALING
Signal transduction of cell signaling Signal transduction
Signals can act over a long or short range
The signal molecules can be proteins, peptides, amino acids, nucleotides, steroids, fatty acid derivatives, or even dissolved gases
Signals can act over a long or short range
Animal cells use extracellular signal molecules to communicate with one another in various ways.
A cell’s response to a signal can be fast or slow
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CELL SIGNALING
Extracellular signal molecules can be divided into two major classes:
• Molecules that are too large or too hydrophilic to cross
the plasma membrane of the target cell. These signal
molecules rely on receptors on the surface of the target
cell to relay their message across the plasma membrane.
Example: adrenaline, acetylcholine, prolactin…
• Molecules that are small enough or hydrophobic
enough to pass through the plasma membrane and into
the cytosol of the target cell, where they bind to
intracellular receptor proteins. Example: thyroxine, cortisol, estradiol…
Extracellular signals act through specific
receptors to change cell behavior
The signal molecules can be proteins, peptides, amino acids, nucleotides, steroids, fatty acid derivatives, or even dissolved gases
Major receptors expressed on the surface of natural killer (NK) cells
doi.org/10.3390/ijms2002031 Keytruda- Pembrolizumab
Akinleye, A., Rasool, Z. Immune checkpoint inhibitors of PD-L1 as cancer therapeutics. J
Hematol Oncol
12, 92 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13045-019-0779-5
A Limited Set of Extracellular Signals Can Produce a
Huge Variety of Cell Behaviors Extracellular signal molecules can change the
behavior of a target cell in a large variety of ways: altering its shape, movement, metabolism, gene expression, or some combination of these.
Cell-surface receptors relay extracellular signals
via intracellular signaling pathways
Relay the signal onward and thereby help spread it through the cell • Amplify the signal received, making it stronger
Integrate signal before relaying a signal onward
Distribute the signal to more than one effector protein
Feedback regulating the activity of components upstream
Cell-surface receptors relay extracellular signals
via intracellular signaling pathways
Feedback regulation can occur anywhere in the
signaling pathway and can either boost or weaken the response to the signal.
Some Intracellular Signaling Proteins Act as Molecular Switches
Proteins that are activated or inactivated by phosphorylation
Some Intracellular Signaling Proteins Act as Molecular Switches
Proteins involved in intracellular signaling pathways are GTP-binding proteins.
These transition between an active and an inactive state depending on
whether they have GTP or GDP bound to them, respectively .
Extracellular signals act through specific
receptors to change cell behavior
Different types of cells respond to the same signal in different
ways: receptor + intracellular effector protein An animal cell depends on multiple extracellular signals
In the absence of any signals, most
animal cells are programmed to kill themselves