If You Treated a Macrophage with Colchicine (A Microtubular Inhibitor),what

question 46

Multiple Choice

If you treated a macrophage with colchicine (a microtubular inhibitor) ,what would be likely to happen to the rate of phagocytosis? What would be likely to happen to the rate of phagocytosis if you treated the macrophage with an inhibitor of microfilament contractile activities?

• A)Nothing would happen after colchicine exposure.The rate would rise after cytochalasin B exposure
• B)The rate would drop after colchicine exposure.Nothing would happen after cytochalasin B exposure.
• C)Nothing would happen after colchicine exposure.The rate would drop after cytochalasin B exposure.
• D)The rate would rise after colchicine exposure.Nothing would happen after cytochalasin B exposure.
• E)Nothing would happen after treatment with either inhibitor.

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Definitions:

Signal Transduction

The process by which a chemical or physical signal is transmitted through a cell as a series of molecular events, most often protein phosphorylation.

Signal Transmission

The process of transmitting information in the form of signals from one part of an organism to another, essential for coordination and function in biological systems.

Reception

Process of detecting a stimulus.

Neurotransmitters

Chemical substances that transmit signals across the synaptic gap from one neuron to another in the nervous system.