A Worker in a Chemical Factory Falls into a Vat

question 2

Multiple Choice

A worker in a chemical factory falls into a vat with pentachlorophenol, a wood preservative that uncouples oxidative phosphorylation and that can be absorbed through the skin.Which of the following anomalies can you expect as a result (while the patient is still alive) ?

• A)Hypothermia (reduced body temperature), because mitochondrial energy generation is impaired.
• B)A slowdown of all catabolic pathways, including glycolysis.
• C)All redox couples in the respiratory chain will be trapped in the reduced state.
• D)Glycogen phosphorylase is activated.
• E)ATP can no longer be synthesized from carbohydrates, but ATP synthesis from fatty acids is intact.

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