中国明对虾基因组微卫星重复单元类型与其多态性关系

利用超声波粉碎中国明对虾Fenneropenaeus chinensis基因组后建立随机基因组文库,对其测序后获得了1996个克隆序列,经SeqmanⅡ（DNAstar）拼装后获得独立克隆数目为1900个,每个序列长度从400－700bp不等。利用重复序列分析软件对这些序列中含有微卫星重复序列的序列进行分析,共找到136个包含完整侧翼序列的重复序列。利用引物设计软件从以上重复序列中设计出34对引物,合成引物后,通过PCR扩增和聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳的方法获得了各个微卫星位点的等位基因数目。34对引物中,除4个没有扩增出产物外,其他都有较好的扩增结果,可以分辨出多态性信息情况,并据此分析了不同微卫星重复序列类型与其对应的位点多态性之间的关系。结果表明,两碱基重复类型具有较高的遗传多态性,而三碱基和四碱基以及复合型重复类型的平均多态性不高;两碱基重复序列类型各拷贝类别间的多态性信息没有明显的差异。进一步对两碱基的重复拷贝数目与多态性信息（等位基因数目）的相关关系进行分析,以考察拷贝数多少与等位基因数目之间的关系。利用SPSS软件进行相关分析,结果表明重复拷贝数目和等位基因数目呈一定相关（相关系数0.121）,但相关性不显著（P＝0.621）。     

利用RNA-seq技术分析棘腹蛙编码区微卫星特征

棘腹蛙Paa boulengeri的遗传研究和基因组信息比较匮乏,致使可有效利用的分子标记非常有限。以棘腹蛙RNA-seq高通量测序数据为基础进行微卫星分子标记的大规模发掘和特征分析,结果显示:在121.6 Mb的棘腹蛙转录组序列中发现微卫星位点3165个,包含于3034条Contig序列中。在筛选到的1~6碱基重复核心的微卫星中,单碱基重复核心的比例最高,之后为三碱基、二碱基、四碱基、六碱基和五碱基重复核心,分别占29.0%、25.2%、21.7%、10.0%、10.0%和3.0%。其中A/T、AC/GT、AGG/CCT、ACAT/ATCT、AAAAT/ATTTT和AAAAAG/CTTTTT分别是单碱基、二碱基、三碱基、四碱基、五碱基、六碱基重复类型中对应的优势重复单元。棘腹蛙编码区微卫星多为重复长度小于24 bp的短序列,长度大于24 bp的微卫星仅占总数的0.92%。对编码区微卫星的侧翼序列分析发现,微卫星侧翼序列的GC含量显著低于转录组整体GC含量,且在含有微卫星上下游侧翼序列的Contig中,71.9%的序列可以设计特异引物扩增出含有微卫星序列的位点。研究结果为棘腹蛙的遗传研究和分子系统地理学研究提供了丰富的序列信息和标记资源。     

桉树EST序列中微卫星含量及相关特征

通过对桉树属(Eucalyptus)的10 000条EST序列进行分析, 在其中的1 499条序列上共发现1 775个微卫星重复序列。含有微卫星的EST序列约占序列总数的15%。此外, 还发现桉树EST序列所含微卫星长度的变异速率与重复单元长度呈负相关; 微卫星的丰度与重复单元长度也呈负相关(三碱基重复微卫星除外)。在桉树EST序列中, 重复单元长度为三碱基的微卫星最为丰富。三碱基重复单元微卫星的过度富集可能是由于遗传密码选择所致。在微卫星的丰度及长度变异方面, 桉树EST序列与杨树(Populus trichocarpa)基因组注释的转录序列随重复单元长度的变化呈现出相同的规律, 但桉树EST序列中微卫星频率及三碱基重复微卫星的含量显著偏低, 推测含微卫星的基因表达丰度极有可能低于不含微卫星的基因。通过对发现的所有微卫星位点进行引物设计, 并对设计的引物进行PCR检测, 结果表明所设计的引物具有极高的扩增成功率。     

桉树EST序列中微卫星含量及相关特征

通过对桉树属（Eucalyptus）的10000条EST序列进行分析,在其中的1499条序列上共发现1775个微卫星重复序列。含有微卫星的EST序列约占序列总数的15%。此外,还发现桉树EST序列所含微卫星长度的变异速率与重复单元长度呈负相关;微卫星的丰度与重复单元长度也呈负相关（三碱基重复微卫星除外）。在桉树EST序列中,重复单元长度为三碱基的微卫星最为丰富。三碱基重复单元微卫星的过度富集可能是由于遗传密码选择所致。在微卫星的丰度及长度变异方面,桉树EST序列与杨树（Populus trichocarpa）基因组注释的转录序列随重复单元长度的变化呈现出相同的规律,但桉树EST序列中微卫星频率及三碱基重复微卫星的含量显著偏低,推测含微卫星的基因表达丰度极有可能低于不含微卫星的基因。通过对发现的所有微卫星位点进行引物设计,并对设计的引物进行PCR检测,结果表明所设计的引物具有极高的扩增成功率。     

大熊猫和北极熊基因组微卫星分布特征比较分析

本研究比较分析了大熊猫和北极熊全基因组序列中的1~6碱基重复的完美型微卫星序列的分布特征,通过微卫星序列搜索和统计软件MSDB分析分别得到855 018和936 238个微卫星序列,其长度总和分别是14 919 240 bp和18 434 348 bp;分别占基因组大小的0.64%和0.79%,大熊猫和北极熊基因组总丰度分别是371.8个/Mb和405.6个/Mb,二者基因组中微卫星都是单碱基重复的最多,其次是二碱基、四碱基、三碱基和五碱基,六碱基重复类型的数量最少。大熊猫和北极熊含量最丰富的重复拷贝类别主要有A、AC、AG、AAAT、AAAG、AT和C等。本研究为后续开发和筛选大量高质量的熊科物种微卫星标记提供了数据支持。     

广州汉族人群D12S391和D11S554基因座序列变异

为研究高度变异的sTR基因座核心序列结构,对广州汉族人群突变率较高的D12S391和D11S554基因座等位基因进行了序列分析。结果显示D12S391基因座核心序列结构为(AGAT)8～17(AGAC)6～10(AGAT)0～1,其较小片段等位基因(15～18)仅表现为第1个重复单位(AGAT)数目的变异,而较大片段等位基因(19～27),可表现为第2或第3个重复单位数目的变异。发现有4种新的等位基因,分别命名为22″、23″、24′″和27。D11S554基因座核心序列结构更复杂,有5种核心序列,其中3种具有相同的基本结构(AAAGG)(AAAG)4(AAAGG)2～3,(AAAG)13～19。其大片段等位基因(219～249)核心序列结构中,既有四核苷酸重复,还有五核苷酸重复,以及单个硷基的变异、硷基插入或缺失。两基因座均存在序列异质性。结果表明D12S391和D11S554基因座属复杂重复类型,为其准确分型增加了难度,首先需建立相应群体的等位基因分型标准物。     

甘蓝型油菜Fad2与Fae1基因双干扰RNAi载体的构建

将来源于甘蓝型油菜XY15的Fad2与Fae1基因编码区,长度分别为349bp和426bp的两个保守序列片段连接成807bp的大片段。然后分别以正反向插入到pFGC5941干扰载体查耳酮合成酶内含子的两端,构建成RNAi载体。以期在菜籽中转录后能有效抑制Fad2与Fae1两个基因的表达。所构建的RNAi载体最终序列全长3kb,经限制性内切酶消化、PCR扩增验证和序列测定,证明目标序列与GenBank数据库中的碱基序列一致,并且为正反向插入到pFGC5941载体上。通过农杆菌介导的油菜转化,已获得油菜抗性再生植株144个。     

胞质雄性不育白菜叶绿体ndhJ-trnF区域序列发生变异

以来自Polima胞质甘蓝型油菜雄性不育源转育获得的不育白菜'Bpol97-05A'和其回交亲本即保持系'Bajh97-01B'为材料,利用cDNA扩增片段长度多态性(cDNA-AFLP)技术获得一条长约330bp的特异片段P1708,RT-PCR验证确认该序列为不育白菜材料所特有,经测序和BLAST比对,发现该片段除54bp的插入序列外,其余部分与大白菜和甘蓝叶绿体ndhJ-trnF基因之间的一段序列完全一致.根据基因区域两端的保守部位设计引物,以Polima不育白菜DNA和可育甘蓝型油菜的DNA为模板,分别获得了长约1900bp的序列,比较序列发现:不育白菜与可育白菜、甘蓝型油菜的DNA序列存在一定差异,'Bpol97-05A'中除多个位点发生变异外,另有108bp的插入序列,该插入由2个长度为54bp的重复序列组成,重复序列中除5′端3个碱基CTT外,其余部分均与trnF基因3′端51bp完全相同.     

大黄鱼肌肉生长抑制素基因微卫星序列多态性分析

肌肉生长抑制素(myostatin,MSTN)参与肌肉生长和脂肪发生的调节．本研究在克隆大黄鱼MSTN cDNA的基础上,对3′端非编码区微卫星序列的多态性及其与体长、体重和肌肉脂肪含量的关系进行了分析．结果表明,获得的cDNA长1 886 bp,在3′端非编码区存在微卫星序列（CA）_n．在受检的52个个体中,微卫星序列长度在64～126 bp之间.大部分个体的微卫星序列内存在碱基替换,最常见的碱基替换形式是C→T,属于非完美型微卫星序列．根据该位点微卫星序列长度,在实验群体中共检测到23个等位基因,其中频率为0.019 2的等位基因11个,0.038 5的5个, 0.076 9的3个,0.057 7的2个,0.115 4和0.134 6的各1个．该基因位点的群体杂合度为0.932 7,多态信息含量为0.928 8．微卫星序列长度与大黄鱼体长、体重和肌肉脂肪含量之间的相关系数分别为0.409、0.435和-0.026,P值分别为0.021、0.016和0.878．碱基替换对大黄鱼生长及肌肉脂肪含量均无显著影响．     

L1-ORF2不同片段对报告基因表达产生不同影响

长散布重复序列-1(Line-1, L1)是重要的人类基因组成分, 完整的L1有6 kb, 在基因组中存在的L1多数是不完整序列, 有必要研究L1片段对基因表达的调控作用。PCR扩增L1第二读码框(L1-ORF2)不同位置的 280 bp片段, 共7段, 同向8串联按正、反方向分别插入pEGFP质粒GFP基因下游, 观察插入序列对GFP报告基因表达的影响。构建的质粒瞬时转染HeLa细胞, 经荧光显微镜和Northern检测, 不同片段对转录量和终止影响不同。7个片段正序对GFP报告基因的抑制均高于其反序, 在正序串联表达载体p280-1*8和p280-9*8的GFP基因转录量超过其他280正序插入片段, 在反序串联表达载体p280-1*8as和p280-9*8as的GFP基因转录量超过其他280反序片段。280-1*8、280-9*8、280-1*8as和280-9*8as属于转录终止性序列。Alu在基因组的多数区段与L1分布呈反比, Alu正、反序均对GFP表达有抑制作用, 但反序抑制作用高于正序, Alu正序属于转录延伸性序列。280 bp片段反序插入的所有质粒荧光阳性细胞均高于正序插入质粒。经碱基分析, L1-ORF2各段均存在A碱基含量多, T碱基含量少的现象, 这可能是其正、反序对基因表达影响不同的原因。     

Characterisation of polymorphic microsatellite markers from Aegilops tauschii and transferability to the D-genome of bread wheat

Microsatellites were isolated from a Aegilops tauschii (the D-genome donor of bread wheat) library enriched for various motifs. Primers generated from the flanking region of the microsatellites were used successfully to amplify the corresponding loci in the D genome of bread wheat. Additional amplification sometimes also occurred from the A and B genomes. The majority of the microsatellites contained (GA)(n) and (GT)(n) motifs. GA and GT repeats appeared to be both more abundant in this library and more polymorphic than other types of repeats. The allele number for both types of dinucleotide repeats fitted a Poisson distribution. Deviance analysis showed that GA and GT were more polymorphic than other motifs in bread wheat. Within each motif type (di-, tri- and tetra-nucleotide repeats), repeat number has no influence on polymorphism. The microsatellites were mapped using the Triticum aestivum Courtot x Chinese Spring mapping population. A total of 100 markers was developed on this intraspecific map, mainly on the D genome. For polyploid species, isolation of microsatellites from an ancestral diploid donor seems to be an efficient way of developing markers for the corresponding genome in the polyploid plant.     

山地虎耳草转录组SSR信息分析

利用MISA（MicroSatellite）软件对山地虎耳草转录组拼接序列进行微卫星位点信息分析,为后期SSR标记的开发和物种遗传多样性检测提供候选序列。结果发现,在拼接得到的63 763条Unigene序列中含有4 622个SSR,发生频率为7.25%,有110种重复基元,平均每10.00 kB出现一个SSR位点。山地虎耳草转录组序列的SSR主要集中在三核苷酸重复（55.50%）,其次为二核苷酸重复（30.23%）。二核苷酸重复和三核苷酸重复中的优势重复基元分别为AG/TC和AAG/TTC。二核苷酸重复基元的重复次数类型最多,跨度最大,具有更高的多态性,三核苷酸次之,而四、五、六核苷酸重复类型很少。山地虎耳草转录组SSR以5~9次重复为主,且SSR数量随着重复次数的增加逐渐减少,基序长度主要集中于12~30 bp,多态性均在中等以上。     

Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) amplification for analysis of microsatellite motif frequency and fingerprinting in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

 Inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) amplification was used to analyze microsatellite motif frequency in the rice genome and to evaluate genetic diversity among rice cultivars. A total of 32 primers, containing different simple sequence repeat (SSR) motifs, were tested for amplification on a panel of 59 varieties, representative of the diversity of cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.). The ISSR analysis provided insights into the organization, frequency and levels of polymorphism of different simple sequence repeats in rice. The more common dinucleotide motifs were more amenable to ISSR analysis than the more infrequent tri-, tetra- and penta-nucleotide motifs. The ISSR results suggested that within the dinucleotide class, the poly(GA) motif was more common than the poly(GT) motif and that the frequency and clustering of specific tri- and tetra-nucleotide simple sequence repeats was variable and motif-specific. Furthermore, trinucleotide ISSR markers were found to be less polymorphic than either dinucleotide or certain tetranucleotide ISSR markers, suggesting which motifs would be better targets for microsatellite marker development. The ISSR amplification pattern was used to group the rice genotypes by cluster analysis. These results were compared to surveys of the same varieties for amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and isozyme markers. The ISSR fingerprint could be used to differentiate the genotypes belonging to either Japonica or Indica sub species of cultivated rice and to dissect finer levels of diversity within each subspecies. A higher percentage of polymorphic bands was produced with the ISSR technique than the AFLP method, based on a similar PCR reaction. Therefore, ISSR amplification proved to be a valuable method for determining genetic variability among rice varieties and for rapidly identifying cultivars. This efficient genetic fingerprinting technique would be useful for characterizing the large numbers of rice accessions held in national and international germplasm centers. Received: 25 May 1998 / Accepted: 17 September 1998     

猪PAC克隆的微卫星DNA分离研究

利用(CA)8核心序列,设计锚定引物,采用直接测序法,从单个猪PAC克隆中分离到一个新微卫星DNA。根据该微卫星DNA的侧翼序列,设计了专一引物,在8个猪种40个个体中检测到3个等位基因,片段长度分别为305 bp、307 bp和309 bp。3种等位基因纯合子个体的PCR产物序列分析表明,这3种等位基因分别有12、13和14次CA双核苷酸重复。 Abstract:A novel microsatellite DNA was isolated from a single porcine PAC clone by sequencing the PAC clone directly with (CA)n repeat motif anchored primer.The specific primer pairs flanking the (CA)n repeat region were used to amplify the genomic DNA of 40 individuals from 8 pig breeds,which detected three alleles with the fragment length of 305 bp,307 bp and 309 bp.The PCR product sequencing results of homozygous animals representing three alleles revealed that those three alleles contained 12,13 and 14 CA dinucleotide repeats respectively.     

Distribution and characterization of simple sequence repeats in Gossypium raimondii genome

Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) can be derived from the complete genome sequence. These markers are important for gene mapping as well as marker-assisted selection (MAS). To develop SSRs for cotton gene mapping, we selected the complete genome sequence of Gossypium raimondii, which consisted of 4447 non-redundant scaffolds. Out of 775.2 Mb sequence examined, a total of 136,345 microsatellites were identified with a density of 5.69 kb per SSR in the G. raimondii genome leading to development of 112,177 primer pairs. The distributions of SSRs in the genome were non-random. Among the different motifs ranging from 1 to 6 bp, penta-nucleotide repeats were most abundant (30.5%), followed by tetra-nucleotide repeats (18.2%) and di-nucleotide repeats (16.9%). Among all identified 457 motif types, the most frequently occurring repeat motifs were poly-AT/TA, which accounted for 79.8% of the total di-nt SSRs, followed by AAAT/TTTA with 51.5% of the total tetra-nucleotede. Further, 18,834 microsatellites were detected from the protein-coding genes, and the frequency of gene containing SSRs was 46.0% in 40,976 genes of G. raimondii. These genome-based SSRs developed in the present study will lay the groundwork for developing large numbers of SSR markers for genetic mapping, gene discovery, genetic diversity analysis, and MAS breeding in cotton.     

In silico mining of microsatellites and analysis of genetic diversity among inter‐ and intra‐generic aphids of the subfamily Aphidinae

Nearly 5 000 aphid species damage crops, either by sucking plant sap or as disease‐transmitting vectors. Microsatellites are used for understanding molecular diversity and eco‐geographical relationships among aphid species. Expressed sequence tag (EST)‐microsatellite motifs were identified through an in silico approach using inbuilt simple sequence repeat mining tools in aphid EST dataset. Microsatellite mining revealed one in every five aphid genes as containing a repeat motif, and out of 9 290 EST microsatellites mined from Aphis gossypii Glover and Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (both Hemiptera: Aphididae), 80% were of A and/or T (AT, ATA, AAT, AATA, and ATTT) motifs, and the rest contained G and/or C motifs. All microsatellite sequences were annotated using BLAST. Primers for EST microsatellites were designed using the Primer 3.0 tool. 106 primer pairs of both dinucleotide repeats (DNRs) and trinucleotide repeats (TNRs), representing open reading frames (ORFs) and untranslated regions (UTRs), were synthesized to amplify 15 aphid species belonging to the subfamily Aphidinae, collected from diverse hosts. Four hundred forty‐five polymorphic alleles were amplified. Fifty TNR and 23 DNR microsatellites amplified across the species studied. Polymorphism information content values of microsatellites ranged from 0.23 to 0.91, amplifying 2–16 alleles. Genetic similarity indices were estimated using the ‘NTSYS‐pc’ software package. Unweighted pair group with arithmetic mean and principal component analysis resolved taxonomic relationships of the aphid species studied. The new aphid microsatellites developed will provide valuable information to researchers to study Indian aphid species diversity and genetic relationships.     

Identification of the Hind III polymorphic site in the PAI-1 gene: analysis of the PAI-1 Hind III polymorphism by PCR

The identification of the Hind III polymorphic site in the 3' end of the plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) gene and a simple method to identify the Hind III polymorphism rapidly in the PAI-1 gene using PCR is described. The Hind III restriction site was identified by restriction site mapping and sequence analysis from a cosmid DNA clone. Genomic DNA was isolated from individual human umbilical cords and a 754-bp fragment of the human PAI-1 gene was amplified by PCR. Aliquots of the PCR products were digested with Hind III and analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis. The presence of two fragments, 754 and 567 bp, was identified, and they were designated as 1/1 (750-bp band), 1/2 (754- and 567-bp bands), and 2/2 (567-bp band). The PCR method is considerably less time consuming than the conventional DNA genotyping using Southern blot analysis. To ensure that this new method identified the same PAI-1 genotypes as previously identified by Hind III restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), samples were simultaneously genotyped by PCR and Southern blot analysis. Both methods identified the same Hind III genotypes in all the samples, confirming the reliability of this new PCR method for the rapid identification of the Hind III polymorphism in the human PAI-1 gene.     

Development and characterization of a large set of microsatellite markers in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) suitable for multiplex PCR

Despite their numerous advantages, the use of microsatellites as genetic markers could be limited because of the low number of loci that can be simultaneously analysed per experiment. To increase the information per simple sequence repeat (SSR) assay in the grapevine, we developed a large set of new markers suitable for multiplexing and multi-loading. We produced microsatellite motif-enriched genomic libraries containing preferentially large size inserts which allowed us to design primers generating a wide range of allele sizes in a very standard and unique PCR condition. Three hundred and fifty clones were sequenced and 190 of them (54%) contained microsatellite motifs with suitable flanking regions for primer design. We developed 169 new SSR markers giving suitable signal with fluorescent-based DNA detection. The total number of alleles detected varied from 1 to 8 per locus with an average of 3.5 and the mean expected heterozygosity was 0.544 (range: 0 0.86). Sixty-eight loci (40%) were perfect types, 73 (43%) were imperfect and 28 (17%) were compound or imperfect-compound. The number of alleles generated by perfect and imperfect type loci was positively correlated to the length of the microsatellite motif. Forty-six multiplex sets based on 125 selected loci were developed. Considering their allele size range, up to four PCR multiplex were pooled together for multi-loading. The 169 SSR loci developed in this study represent a new and informative set of markers easy to combine for multiplexing and multi-loading according to the needs of any user and suitable for large scale genetic analyses in grapevine.     

Diversity of microsatellites derived from genomic libraries and GenBank sequences in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

The growing number of rice microsatellite markers warrants a comprehensive comparison of allelic variability between the markers developed using different methods, with various sequence repeat motifs, and from coding and non-coding portions of the genome. We have performed such a comparison over a set of 323 microsatellite markers; 194 were derived from genomic library screening and 129 were derived from the analysis of rice-expressed sequence tags (ESTs) available in public DNA databases. We have evaluated the frequency of polymorphism between parental pairs of six inter- subspecific crosses and one inter-specific cross widely used for mapping in rice. Microsatellites derived from genomic libraries detected a higher level of polymorphism than those derived from ESTs contained in the GenBank database (83.8% versus 54.0%). Similarly, the other measures of genetic variability [the number of alleles per locus, polymorphism information content (PIC), and allele size ranges] were all higher in genomic library-derived microsatellites than in their EST-database counterparts. The highest overall degree of genetic diversity was seen in GA-containing microsatellites of genomic library origin, while the most conserved markers contained CCG- or CAG-trinucleotide motifs and were developed from GenBank sequences. Preferential location of specific motifs in coding versus non-coding regions of known genes was related to observed levels of microsatellite diversity. A strong positive correlation was observed between the maximum length of a microsatellite motif and the standard deviation of the molecular-weight of amplified fragments. The reliability of molecular weight standard deviation (SDmw) as an indicator of genetic variability of microsatellite loci is discussed. Received: 5 May 1999 / Accepted: 16 August 1999