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Lipid-soluble hormones are able to penetrate through the cell membrane and bind to receptors located inside the cell. Such hormones diffuse across the plasma membrane and target those receptor cells found within the cytoplasm. Lipid-soluble hormones target the cytoplasmic receptors which readily diffuse into the nucleus and act on the DNA, inhibiting and stimulating certain proteins. lipid-insoluble are unable to penetrate through the plasma membrane and function with their target cells in a much different and complex manner. Lipid-insoluble hormones must bind with cell-surface receptors which follow a different path involving a second messenger. The hormone's inability to penetrate the membrane requires a second messenger which translates the outer message and functions within the cell.

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