Steroid Hormone Mechanism

 
The sequence of events for a steroid hormone would be the following:
 

  1. The hormone enters the cell as it is lipid soluble.

  2. It binds to its receptor in the cytoplasm..

  3. The hormon receptor compound then enters the nucleus, where it binds to gene promoter sequences of the genes responsive to the hormone. (sometimes the hormone/receptor complex binds to a second receptor).

  4. This binding turns genes on or off, depending on the particular hormone and action.

  5. The cell begins to produce the appropriate gene products or reduces the production of the approriate gene products.