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Cell membrane is an indispensable part of cell that maintains vital functions of a cell besides giving proper shape and rigidity to the cell. The intracellular organelles such as vacuoles, lysosomes and golgi bodies are also made up of a similar membrane.

When a cell has oxygen limitations, its lysosomes tend to burst and release their contents into the cell. (Consider this statement as true.) As a result of this, what is expected to happen?

  1. The cell undergoes self-digestion and dies.

  2. The cell recycles damaged organelles.

  3. Additional ER is produced in the cell.

  4. Replacement lysosomes are produced by the cell.
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Explanation

The cell undergoes self-digestion and dies. Lysosomes contain different types of lytic enzymes. When a lysosome bursts inside a cell, lytic enzymes are released inside the cell resulting into its self-digestion and finally death. This is a usual phenomenon observed by a cell for apoptosis.

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