SYNTHESIS AND
SECRETION OF PEPTIDE HORMONES
mRNA
NUCLEUS
Ca2+
ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM
3. TRANSLATION
4. TRANSLOCATION
5. TISSUE-DEPENDENT
PROTEOLYTIC PROCESSING.
6. PACKAGING (200X
CONDENSATION) INTO
SECRETORY VESICLES
1.TRANSCRIPTION
2. ALTERNATIVE SPLICING
7. SECRETORY VESICLES ACCUMULATE CLOSE TO PLASMA MEMBRANE
AGONIST
9. INCREASED HORMONE SYNTHESIS
AFTER CHRONIC STIMULATION