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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Microtubules are involved in the formation of pseudopodia, which are necessary for phagocytosis. Microfilaments are involved in the contractile activities that allow the macrophage to engulf the particle.

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