Growth hormone is a protein hormone that has effects on a variety of cells, including muscle, where it increases glucose uptake. If you could inject growth hormone molecules directly into muscle cells, what do you expect the effect would be?
A. The effect on glucose uptake would be
amplified because a hormone molecule inside
the cell is always more effective than one on
the surface.
B. The injected growth hormone molecules
would have no effect on glucose uptake.
C. Intracellular injection would decrease
glucose uptake by muscle cells.
D. Intracellular injection would increase
glucose uptake by muscle cells.
B
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