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The ejection of nascent proteins out of the ribosome exit tunnel, after their covalent bond to transfer-RNA has been broken, has not been experimentally studied due to challenges in sample preparation. Here, we investigate this process using a combination of multiscale modeling, ribosome profiling, and gene ontology analyses. Simulating the ejection of a representative set of 122 E. coli proteins we find a greater than 1000-fold variation in ejection times. Nascent proteins enriched in negatively charged residues near their C-terminus eject the fastest, while nascent chains enriched in positively charged residues tend to eject much more slowly. More work is required to pull slowly ejecting proteins out of the exit tunnel than quickly ejecting proteins, according to all-atom simulations. An energetic decomposition reveals, for slowly ejecting proteins, that this is due to the strong attractive electrostatic interactions between the nascent chain and the negatively charged ribosomal-RNA lining the exit tunnel, and for quickly ejecting proteins, it is due to their repulsive electrostatic interactions with the exit tunnel. Ribosome profiling data from E. coli reveals that the presence of slowly ejecting sequences correlates with ribosomes spending more time at stop codons, indicating that the ejection process might delay ribosome recycling. Proteins that have the highest positive charge density at their C-terminus are overwhelmingly ribosomal proteins, suggesting the possibility that this sequence feature may aid in the cotranslational assembly of ribosomes by delaying the release of nascent ribosomal proteins into the cytosol. Thus, nascent chain ejection times from the ribosome can vary greatly between proteins due to differential electrostatic interactions, can influence ribosome recycling, and could be particularly relevant to the synthesis and cotranslational behavior of some proteins.BACKGROUND Cardiac Magnetic Resonance is a valuable tool in the diagnosis of acute myocarditis, but dyspnea or chest pain often reduce patient's compliance, so definition of faster MR protocols is of paramount importance. METHODS Short Tau Inversion Recovery(STIR) and Phase Sensitive Inversion Recovery(PSIR)images for the assessment of Late Gadolinium Enhancement(LGE)of 22 patients with clinical suspicion of acute myocarditis were retrospectively evaluated. Signal intensity in STIR images was measured by 2 readers by placing region of interests(ROIs)within the area of maximal signal intensity in each myocardial segment derived from the ACC/AHA segmental scheme. Segmental T2 ratio was assessed with the formula Signal intensity of myocardium/Signal intensity of muscle. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to compare diagnostic performance of T2 Signal intensity and T2 ratio in predicting the presence of LGE in each myocardial segment. Bland-Altman analysis was used to assess inter reader agreement. RESULTS Signal intensity in STIR images showed an AUC of 0.54(95%CI0.44-0.63) for Reader 1 and 0.53(95%CI0.44-0.63) for Reader 2. Segmental T2 ratio showed an AUC of 0.8(95%CI0.73-0.87) for Reader 1 and 0.77(95%CI0.71-0.84) for Reader 2. DNA Damage inhibitor Bland-Altman analysis showed good agreement for both T2 signal intensity(mean difference =-18.5 Reader1 Vs Reader 2 and 2SD=247.3)and T2 ratio(mean difference=0.03 Vs Reader2 and 2SD=0.9). CONCLUSIONS Segmental T2 ratio showed a good diagnostic accuracy in predicting the presence of LGE in patients with clinical suspicion of acute myocarditis and might be a promising approach in reducing scan times with no reduction in diagnostic accuracy.BACKGROUND Although mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a benign disease, several studies have indicated its association with ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). Some histopathological studies have pointed to left ventricular fibrosis as the underlying cause of arrhythmia in MVP patients. Fragmented QRS (fQRS) on electrocardiography (ECG) has been shown to be a marker of myocardial fibrosis. This study aimed to investigate the association between fQRS and complex VAs in patients with MVP. METHODS A total of 230 consecutive patients who were diagnosed with MVP were included in the study. The control group consisted of 302 healthy individuals matched according to age and sex. fQRS was defined as additional R' wave or notching/splitting of S wave in two contiguous ECG leads. All patients underwent 24-hour Holter monitoring and VAs were classified using Lown's scoring system. Lown class ≥ 3 VAs were considered as complex VAs. RESULTS As compared to the healthy individuals, prevalence of fQRS (40% vs 9.6%, p less then 0.001) and complex VAs (18.7% vs 0%, p less then 0.001) were significantly higher in patients with MVP. Furthermore, complex VAs (35.9% vs 7.2%, p=0.001) were significantly higher in MVP patients with fQRS. In multiple logistic regression analysis, the presence of bileaflet prolapse (OR 2.567, 95%CI 1.434 to 4.367; p=0.002) and presence of fQRS (OR 3.021, 95%CI 1.556 to 6.232; p less then 0.001) were independent predictors for complex VAs. CONCLUSIONS The presence of fQRS may be associated with complex VAs in patients with MVP. Therefore, fQRS may be used in risk stratification of complex VAs in patients with MVP.BACKGROUND To evaluate the effects of treprostinil injection on the control of pulmonary blood pressure in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) complicated by severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). METHODS Eighty children with CHD complicated by severe pulmonary arterial hypertension admitted to our hospital from January 2015 to June 2018 were selected and randomly divided into a control group (n=40) and a treatment group (n=40). Based on standard treatment, the treatment group was intravenously infused with 812 ng/kg∙min treprostinil, while the control group received the same dose of normal saline. Hemodynamic parameters such as BP, AP, P and SpO2% were monitored before anesthesia induction (T0), before cardiopulmonary bypass (T1), 1 h after cardiopulmonary bypass (T2) and at the end of cardiopulmonary bypass (T3). Pulmonary arterial pressure parameters (PASP, PADP and PAMP) were measured at T1, T2 and T3 by transesophageal echocardiography. RESULTS For the treatment group, the HR values at T2 and T3 were lower than that at T0 (P less then 0.
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