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ABSTRACT: Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee (SONK) is the most common phenotype of osteonecrosis of knee joints in older adults. Early diagnosis with appropriate management is crucial for improving the prognosis of the SONK. We present SONK in bone scintigraphy and SPECT/CT in 65-year-old man with sudden worsening knee pain and normal radiographs. SPECT/CT revealed intense uptake in subchondral area of left femoral medial condyle, which can be differed from progressed osteoarthritic change of the knee joints suspected on planar scintigraphy. Subsequently performed MRI showed characteristic finding of SONK. Total knee replacement arthroplasty was performed with final histological diagnosis of SONK.
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Osteonecrosis , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Diagnóstico Precoz , Humanos , Articulación de la Rodilla/diagnóstico por imagen , Articulación de la Rodilla/patología , Articulación de la Rodilla/cirugía , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Osteonecrosis/diagnóstico por imagen , Osteonecrosis/patología , Tomografía Computarizada por Tomografía Computarizada de Emisión de Fotón ÚnicoRESUMEN
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an essential modality for the diagnosis of musculoskeletal system defects because of its higher soft-tissue contrast and spatial resolution. With the recent development of MRI-related technology, faster imaging and various image plane reconstructions are possible, enabling better assessment of three-dimensional musculoskeletal anatomy and lesions. Furthermore, the image quality, diagnostic accuracy, and acquisition time depend on the MRI protocol used. Moreover, the protocol affects the efficiency of the MRI scanner. Therefore, it is important for a radiologist to optimize the MRI protocol. In this review, we will provide guidance on patient positioning; selection of the radiofrequency coil, pulse sequences, and imaging planes; and control of MRI parameters to help optimize the MRI protocol for the six major joints of the musculoskeletal system.
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Metal implants not only deteriorate image quality, but also increase radiation exposure. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of metal hip prosthesis on absorbed radiation dose and assess the efficacy of organ dose modulation (ODM) and metal artifact reduction (MAR) protocols on dose reduction. An anthropomorphic phantom was scanned with and without bilateral metal hip prostheses, and surface and deep level radiation doses were measured at the abdomen and pelvis. Finally, the absorbed radiation doses at pelvic and abdominal cavities in the reference, ODM, and two MAR scans (Gemstone spectral imaging, GE) were compared. The Mann Whitney-U test and Kruskal-Wallis test were performed to compare the volume CT dose index (CTDIvol) and mean absorbed radiation doses. Unilateral and bilateral metal hip prostheses increased CTDIVOL by 14.4% and 30.5%, respectively. MAR protocols decreased absorbed radiation doses in the pelvis. MAR showed the most significant dose reduction in the deep pelvic cavity followed by ODM. However, MAR protocols increased absorbed radiation doses in the upper abdomen. ODM significantly reduced absorbed radiation in the pelvis and abdomen. In conclusion, metal hip implants increased radiation doses in abdominopelvic CT scans. MAR and ODM techniques reduced absorbed radiation dose in abdominopelvic CT scans with metal hip prostheses.
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Prótesis de Cadera , Metales/efectos adversos , Exposición a la Radiación , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Absorción de Radiación , Artefactos , Humanos , Especificidad de Órganos/efectos de la radiación , Dosis de RadiaciónRESUMEN
PURPOSE: The aims of this study were to present the ultrasonographic (US) features of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in the thyroid gland and to evaluate the diagnostic utility of fineneedle aspiration (FNA) and core needle biopsy (CNB). METHODS: Eight patients with nine metastatic RCC nodules in the thyroid glands who were treated from January 2002 to March 2015 in a single tertiary hospital were consecutively selected and retrospectively reviewed. US features and clinical history were obtained from the institution's medical database. FNA was performed nine times on eight nodules and CNB was performed six times on six nodules. The diagnostic utility of FNA and CNB was evaluated. RESULTS: All nine nodules showed mass formation without diffuse thyroid involvement. On ultrasonography, metastatic RCC nodules were solid (100%), hypoechoic (100%), and ovalshaped nodules with a well-defined smooth margin (88.9%) and increased vascularity (100%, with 55% showing extensive vascularity). No calcifications were noted in any nodules. Lymph node metastasis and direct extension to nearby structures beyond the thyroid gland were not found. One FNA (11%) was able to confirm metastatic RCC, whereas all six CNBs confirmed metastatic RCC. CONCLUSION: Metastatic RCC appears as oval-shaped hypoechoic solid nodules with well-defined smooth margins, no calcifications, and increased vascularity on ultrasonography. Characteristic US features along with a previous history of RCC should raise clinical suspicion, and CNB should be performed to make an accurate diagnosis.
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ATP-dependent DNA end recognition and nucleolytic processing are central functions of the Mre11/Rad50 (MR) complex in DNA double-strand break repair. However, it is still unclear how ATP binding and hydrolysis primes the MR function and regulates repair pathway choice in cells. Here,Methanococcus jannaschii MR-ATPγS-DNA structure reveals that the partly deformed DNA runs symmetrically across central groove between two ATPγS-bound Rad50 nucleotide-binding domains. Duplex DNA cannot access the Mre11 active site in the ATP-free full-length MR complex. ATP hydrolysis drives rotation of the nucleotide-binding domain and induces the DNA melting so that the substrate DNA can access Mre11. Our findings suggest that the ATP hydrolysis-driven conformational changes in both DNA and the MR complex coordinate the melting and endonuclease activity.
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Adenosina Trifosfato/metabolismo , Proteínas Arqueales/metabolismo , ADN/metabolismo , Methanococcus/metabolismo , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Proteínas Arqueales/química , ADN/química , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Homología de Secuencia de AminoácidoRESUMEN
The Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 (MRN) complex plays important roles in sensing DNA damage, as well as in resecting and tethering DNA ends, and thus participates in double-strand break repair. An earlier structure of Mre11 bound to a short duplex DNA molecule suggested that each Mre11 in a dimer recognizes one DNA duplex to bridge two DNA ends at a short distance. Here, we provide an alternative DNA recognition model based on the structures of Methanococcus jannaschii Mre11 (MjMre11) bound to longer DNA molecules, which may more accurately reflect a broken chromosome. An extended stretch of B-form DNA asymmetrically runs across the whole dimer, with each end of this DNA molecule being recognized by an individual Mre11 monomer. DNA binding induces rigid-body rotation of the Mre11 dimer, which could facilitate melting of the DNA end and its juxtaposition to an active site of Mre11. The identified Mre11 interface binding DNA duplex ends is structurally conserved and shown to functionally contribute to efficient resection, non-homologous end joining, and tolerance to DNA-damaging agents when other resection enzymes are absent. Together, the structural, biochemical, and genetic findings presented here offer new insights into how Mre11 recognizes damaged DNA and facilitates DNA repair.
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Proteínas Arqueales/química , Roturas del ADN de Doble Cadena , Reparación del ADN por Unión de Extremidades , Endodesoxirribonucleasas/química , Exodesoxirribonucleasas/química , Methanocaldococcus/enzimología , Modelos Moleculares , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Proteínas Arqueales/genética , Proteínas Arqueales/metabolismo , Cristalografía por Rayos X , Análisis Mutacional de ADN , ADN de Archaea/genética , ADN de Archaea/metabolismo , Dimerización , Endodesoxirribonucleasas/genética , Endodesoxirribonucleasas/metabolismo , Exodesoxirribonucleasas/genética , Exodesoxirribonucleasas/metabolismo , Methanocaldococcus/química , Methanocaldococcus/genética , Modelos Estructurales , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Unión Proteica , Alineación de SecuenciaRESUMEN
The translation of mammalian messenger RNAs (mRNAs) can be driven by either cap-binding proteins 80 and 20 (CBP80/20) or eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF)4E. Although CBP80/20-dependent translation (CT) is known to be coupled to an mRNA surveillance mechanism termed nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), its molecular mechanism and biological role remain obscure. Here, using a yeast two-hybrid screening system, we identify a stem-loop binding protein (SLBP) that binds to a stem-loop structure at the 3'-end of the replication-dependent histone mRNA as a CT initiation factor (CTIF)-interacting protein. SLBP preferentially associates with the CT complex of histone mRNAs, but not with the eIF4E-depedent translation (ET) complex. Several lines of evidence indicate that rapid degradation of histone mRNA on the inhibition of DNA replication largely takes place during CT and not ET, which has been previously unappreciated. Furthermore, the ratio of CBP80/20-bound histone mRNA to eIF4E-bound histone mRNA is larger than the ratio of CBP80/20-bound polyadenylated ß-actin or eEF2 mRNA to eIF4E-bound polyadenylated ß-actin or eEF2 mRNA, respectively. The collective findings suggest that mRNAs harboring a different 3'-end use a different mechanism of translation initiation, expanding the repertoire of CT as a step for determining the fate of histone mRNAs.
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Histonas/genética , Complejo Proteico Nuclear de Unión a la Caperuza/metabolismo , Estabilidad del ARN , ARN Mensajero/metabolismo , Actinas/genética , Actinas/metabolismo , Replicación del ADN , Factor 4E Eucariótico de Iniciación/metabolismo , Factores Eucarióticos de Iniciación/metabolismo , Histonas/metabolismo , Humanos , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Factor 2 de Elongación Peptídica/genética , Factor 2 de Elongación Peptídica/metabolismo , Factores de Escisión y Poliadenilación de ARNm/metabolismoRESUMEN
In the cytoplasm of mammalian cells, either cap-binding proteins 80 and 20 (CBP80/20) or eukaryotic translation initiation factor (eIF) 4E can direct the initiation of translation. Although the recruitment of ribosomes to mRNAs during eIF4E-dependent translation (ET) is well characterized, the molecular mechanism for CBP80/20-dependent translation (CT) remains obscure. Here, we show that CBP80/20-dependent translation initiation factor (CTIF), which has been shown to be preferentially involved in CT but not ET, specifically interacts with eIF3g, a component of the eIF3 complex involved in ribosome recruitment. By interacting with eIF3g, CTIF serves as an adaptor protein to bridge the CBP80/20 and the eIF3 complex, leading to efficient ribosome recruitment during CT. Accordingly, down-regulation of CTIF using a small interfering RNA causes a redistribution of CBP80 from polysome fractions to subpolysome fractions, without significant consequence to eIF4E distribution. In addition, down-regulation of eIF3g inhibits the efficiency of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, which is tightly coupled to CT but not to ET. Moreover, the artificial tethering of CTIF to an intercistronic region of dicistronic mRNA results in translation of the downstream cistron in an eIF3-dependent manner. These findings support the idea that CT mechanistically differs from ET.
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Factor 3 de Iniciación Eucariótica/metabolismo , Complejo Proteico Nuclear de Unión a la Caperuza/metabolismo , Biosíntesis de Proteínas , ARN Mensajero/genética , Secuencia de Bases , Far-Western Blotting , Línea Celular , Cartilla de ADN , Humanos , Unión Proteica , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa , Técnicas del Sistema de Dos HíbridosRESUMEN
The repression of translation in environmentally stressed eukaryotic cells causes the sequestration of translation initiation factors and the 40S ribosomal subunit into discrete cytoplasmic foci called stress granules (SGs). Most components of the preinitiation complex, such as eIF3, eIF4A, eIF4E, eIF4G, and poly(A)-binding protein, congregate into SGs under stress conditions. However, the molecular basis of translation factor sequestration into SGs has not been clearly elucidated. Here, we report that proline-rich transcript in brain (PRTB) protein interacts with eIF4G and participates in SG formation. PRTB was recruited to SG under sodium arsenite and heat stress conditions. When overexpressed, PRTB inhibited global translation and formed SGs containing TIA-1, eIF4G, and eIF3. Knockdown of PRTB reduced the SG formation induced by sodium arsenite. These results suggest that PRTB not only is a component of SG formed by cellular stresses but also plays an important role in SG formation via an interaction with the scaffold protein eIF4G, which is associated with many translation factors and mRNAs.
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Gránulos Citoplasmáticos/metabolismo , Péptidos/metabolismo , Animales , Línea Celular , Chlorocebus aethiops , Factor 4G Eucariótico de Iniciación/genética , Factor 4G Eucariótico de Iniciación/metabolismo , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Humanos , Péptidos/genética , Unión Proteica , Biosíntesis de Proteínas , Transporte de Proteínas , ARN Mensajero/genética , ARN Mensajero/metabolismo , ARN Interferente Pequeño/genética , ARN Interferente Pequeño/metabolismoRESUMEN
The GINS complex mediates the assembly of the MCM2-7 (minichromosome maintenance) complex with proteins in a replisome progression complex. The eukaryotic GINS complex is composed of Sld5, Psf1, Psf2, and Psf3, which must be assembled for cell proliferation. We determined the crystal structure of the human GINS complex: GINS forms an elliptical shape with a small central channel. The structures of Sld5 and Psf2 resemble those of Psf1 and Psf3, respectively. In addition, the N-terminal and C-terminal domains of Sld5/Psf1 are permuted in Psf2/Psf3, which suggests that the four proteins have evolved from a common ancestor. Using a structure-based mutational analysis, we identified the functionally critical surface regions of the GINS complex.
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Transportadoras de Casetes de Unión a ATP/química , Proteínas Nucleares/química , Fragmentos de Péptidos/química , Precursores de Proteínas/química , Transportador de Casetes de Unión a ATP, Subfamilia B, Miembro 2 , Miembro 3 de la Subfamilia B de Transportadores de Casetes de Unión a ATP , Transportadoras de Casetes de Unión a ATP/genética , Transportadoras de Casetes de Unión a ATP/metabolismo , Cristalización , Cristalografía por Rayos X , Humanos , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Fragmentos de Péptidos/genética , Fragmentos de Péptidos/metabolismo , Conformación Proteica , Precursores de Proteínas/genética , Precursores de Proteínas/metabolismoRESUMEN
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus. NS5b is an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase that polymerizes the newly synthesized RNA. HCV likely uses host proteins for its replication, similar to other RNA viruses. To identify the cellular factors involved in HCV replication, we searched for cellular proteins that interact with the NS5b protein. HnRNP A1 and septin 6 proteins were identified by coimmunoprecipitation and yeast two-hybrid screening, respectively. Interestingly, septin 6 protein also interacts with hnRNP A1. Moreover, hnRNP A1 interacts with the 5'-nontranslated region (5' NTR) and the 3' NTR of HCV RNA containing the cis-acting elements required for replication. Knockdown of hnRNP A1 and overexpression of C-terminally truncated hnRNP A1 reduced HCV replication. In addition, knockdown of septin 6 and overexpression of N-terminally truncated septin 6 inhibited HCV replication. These results indicate that the host proteins hnRNP A1 and septin 6 play important roles in the replication of HCV through RNA-protein and protein-protein interactions.
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Proteínas de Unión al GTP/fisiología , Hepacivirus/fisiología , Ribonucleoproteína Heterogénea-Nuclear Grupo A-B/fisiología , Replicación Viral , Regiones no Traducidas 3'/metabolismo , Regiones no Traducidas 5'/metabolismo , Línea Celular , Proteínas del Citoesqueleto , Silenciador del Gen , Ribonucleoproteína Nuclear Heterogénea A1 , Humanos , Inmunoprecipitación , Microscopía Confocal , Unión Proteica , ARN Viral/metabolismo , Septinas , Técnicas del Sistema de Dos HíbridosRESUMEN
A yeast gene has been identified that encodes a novel, evolutionarily conserved Nalpha-acetyltransferase responsible for acetylation of the N-terminal residues of histones H4 and H2A. The gene has been named NAT4. Recombinant Nat4 protein acetylated a peptide corresponding to the N-terminal tail of H4, but not an H3 peptide nor the peptide adrenocorticotropin. H4 and H2A are N-terminally acetylated in all species from yeast to mammals and hence blocked from sequencing by Edman degradation. In contrast, H4 and H2A purified from a nat4 mutant were unacetylated and could be sequenced. Analysis of yeast histones by acid-urea gel electrophoresis showed that all the H4 and H2A from the mutant migrated more rapidly than the same histones from a wild type strain, consistent with the histones from the mutant having one extra positive charge due to one less acetylated amino group. A comparison of yeast proteins from wild type and a nat4 mutant by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis showed no evidence that other yeast proteins are substrates of this acetyltransferase. Thus, Nat4 may be dedicated specifically to the N-terminal acetylation of histones H4 and H2A. Surprisingly, nat4 mutants grow at a normal rate and have no readily observable phenotypes.