Improved cell communication

Cellular communication is an important process that allows cells to pass signals to one another. In this video lesson, you will be introduced to the process of cellular communication, identifying the three steps of cellular signaling in organisms.

Cell-to-cell signaling is a critical component of coordinating cellular activities. Through this communication, messages are carried from signaling cells to receiving cells, also known as target cells. This signaling occurs with proteins and other types of signaling molecules. What kinds of processes and activities depend on cell communication? Just about everything you can imagine that happens in your body - growth and development, cellular reproduction, tissue repair, sensing pain, and much more.

The pathway along which cellular communication occurs is called the signal transduction pathway. It's a series of cellular and molecular changes that help a target cell receive a message and respond accordingly. These pathways are crucial to cellular function because they're the main mode of communication between cells.

Here's how it works. First, a signaling cell secretes a signaling molecule, which then travels with its message to the target cell. Once it reaches the target cell, it binds with a receptor protein in the target cell's membrane. This is the first step of cell signaling, called reception.

This receptor protein is like the security guard at an entrance gate - it's the designated 'check-in' point for the signaling molecule. When the receptor protein security guard accepts the signaling molecule and binds to it, a relay begins, which is the second step of cell signaling, called transduction. Just like a baton is passed from person to person in a relay race, so is the signal in the target cell through the process of transduction as it passes from relay molecule to relay molecule.

The final relay molecule activates a protein that triggers the final stage of cell signaling, called response. Each response is different because it depends on the message that was carried through the cell.

You may not know it, but there's a very fast growing, new area of science called glycobiology. The "glyco" part of the name means "sweet." In a nutshell, glycobiology has to do with how cells communicate with each other. Scientists have uncovered 8 highly specific sugar molecules or saccharides that are vital for correct, disease-free functioning of your cells.

glyconutrient makes a  crystal clear cell-to-cell communication and this is the most vital, important function of glyconutrients.

Let's look for a sec at the implications of the word "communication." For humans, communication is "the act of transmitting verbal and non-verbal information and understanding between two people." Simple enough. And what happens when there's a communication breakdown? Well, feelings are hurt, things don't get done right, important things get over-looked, emotions flare, fights erupt, and sometimes people get killed.

That's how bad it can get when lines of communication get messed up between people and the important thing here is it's basically the same thing with cells.

Cells have ways they communicate with each other and when that system breaks down, important messages don't get communicated, wrong message DO get communicated, and a lot of innocent cells get caught in the crossfire.

The bottom line is that science is now starting to recognize how important these little sugars or monosaccharides are for crystal clear cell-to-cell communication. So, if you know that your body isn't producing enough of these sugars because of your diet, and stress and pollution, it might make sense to start considering how to boost the amount of these sugars in your diet with glyconutrition supplements.