Sermorelin mastery course
Unit 3 of 11

The GHRH receptor

Everything sermorelin does begins at one place: the GHRH receptor on pituitary somatotropes. It is a class B G-protein-…

One receptor, a cAMP cascade, and the biology of a single GH pulse

Everything sermorelin does begins at one place: the GHRH receptor on pituitary somatotropes. It is a class B G-protein-coupled receptor that turns a binding event into a burst of cAMP and, moments later, a pulse of growth hormone.

This unit follows the signal from receptor to released hormone, explains why the pituitary transcription factor Pit-1 matters, and shows why intermittent dosing keeps the receptor responsive while continuous stimulation blunts it.

Key terms

What kind of receptor this is


From binding to a burst of cAMP


Two jobs from one signal


Pulsatile versus continuous stimulation


Keeping the receptor responsive