SYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES
9. INCREASED HORMONE SYNTHESIS
AFTER CHRONIC STIMULATION
1.TRANSCRIPTION
2. ALTERNATIVE SPLICING
AGONIST
NUCLEUS
Text Box: 8. AGONIST-INDUCED,
CALCIUM-DEPENDENT
EXOCYTOSIS
mRNA
Ca2+
7. SECRETORY VESICLES
ACCUMULATE CLOSE TO
PLASMA MEMBRANE