染色体特异DNA文库的构建与鉴定

为构建人类21号染色体特异DNA文库, 以应用于人类遗传疾病的鉴定和研究, 文章采用循环温度梯度法溶解释放微分离的人外周血细胞21号染色体DNA, 将其进行简并寡核苷酸引物PCR(Degenerate oligo nucleotide primer-PCR, DOP-PCR)扩增后, 利用100~500 bp和500~2 000 bp分段回收纯化的两种不同片段大小的DOP-PCR产物构建染色体特异DNA文库, 并分别采用荧光原位杂交(Florescence in situ hybridization, FISH)和斑点杂交对DOP-PCR产物的来源和随机取样的文库克隆进行检测以评估所构建DNA文库的特异性。结果表明: 循环温度梯度法能有效溶解释放微分离的21号染色体DNA; 通过对DOP-PCR产物的分段回收纯化和克隆, 增加了大片段DNA的连接效率; 利用FISH技术和斑点杂交双重鉴定实验证明了文库的特异性, 从而构建了21号染色体特异的DNA文库, 并建立了构建染色体特异DNA文库及检测其特异性的方法, 为21号染色相关遗传疾病的鉴定和研究奠定了基础。     

人17号染色体计数探针的制备及应用

[目的]利用PCR法(链式聚合酶反应)制备17号染色体的绿色荧光计数探针。[方法]首先通过对人类基因组17号染色体着丝粒序列分析,找出其特异性的重复序列,设计引物,通过PCR法制备绿色荧光探针,然后利用荧光原位杂交(Fluorescence in situ hybridization,FISH)实验检验所制备17号染色体计数探针质量。[结果]FISH实验结果显示,利用PCR法制备的计数探针荧光信号清晰可辨。[结论]PCR法可良好地应用于17号染色体计数探针(Chromosome 17 enumeration probe,Cep17)的制备,制备的探针可用于相关疾病的检测。     

纵纹腹小鸮DNA指纹谱探针的筛选和初步应用

以人工合成的微卫星序列 (GTG) 5,(GT) 8,(CAC) 5和人源小卫星 33 1 5作引物 ,扩增纵纹腹小的基因组DNA ,产生多态性DNA片段 ,回收了 8个表现个体特异性的片段。当用小的基因组总DNA探针与它们杂交时 ,其中 2个表现阳性 ,说明PCR方法扩增出的高变异产物含有重复序列。用含重复序列的个体特异性PCR产物作探针 ,与无关个体小基因组DNA的HaeⅢ酶切产物进行DNA印迹 ,获得了变异性较高的DNA指纹图谱。且通过对京白鸡家系分析表明 ,用小基因组DNA的PCR产物分离制备的探针所获得的DNA指纹图带能够稳定的遗传。因此 ,高变异的PCR产物可以有效地用作DNA指纹探针。     

黄鳝单条染色体的显微分离及特异性检测

建立了显微分离黄鳝单条染色体及检测其特异性的方法;在Olympus倒置显微镜下用毛细玻璃微针手工分离黄鳝减数分裂Ⅰ终变期3号染色体,将期DNA作模板进行DOP-PCR扩增后,分别以α^-32P-dCTP和Biotin-11-dUTP标记的单条染色体DNAPCR扩增产物及Biotin-11-dUTP标记的大豆18SrRNA基因作探针进行Southern杂交,FISH和Dot杂交来检测其特异性,结果表明：（1）减数分裂Ⅰ终变期染色体标本是进行染色体显微操作的理想材料;（2）DOP-PCR扩增产物片段在200-1000bp之间,平均600bp左右;（3）杂交结果显示,本研究所获得的单条染色体是黄鳝3号染色体;（4）与显微操作仪和微激光分离相比较。该方法不需要昂贵仪器,在常规实验室即可操作,具有广泛的普及应用意义。     

单染色体靶向富集方法的建立

靶向富集技术具有良好的均一性、特异性和灵敏性,只需较低的测序覆盖度即可满足后续的分析。该技术被广泛应用于特定位点重测序和染色体构象等研究。为了靶向富集测序文库中特定的染色体DNA片段,本研究以21号染色体为例,采用人胚肝二倍体细胞CCC-HEL-1建立了一种单染色体靶向富集方法。具体步骤如下：（1）首先将人正常核型二倍体细胞同步化到G2/M 期,制备染色体悬液;然后流式分选出21号单染色体。（2）采用多重退火环形扩增技术（MALBAC）对21号染色体DNA进行扩增;用扩增的DNA产物构建文库。（3）利用体外转录合成、生物素标记的RNA探针与文库进行液相杂交,捕获并验证捕获效率。荧光定量PCR检测结果证明,特定的21号染色体呈上百倍的富集,而靶标文库则富集了近60 倍。结果提示,特异单染色体靶向富集方法成功建立。该法不仅可实现任一单染色体的靶向富集,用于单条染色体功能组学研究,而且还可能用于查找特定疾病相关的染色体异常（如DNA突变、异位、重复及倒置等）,具有一定的实用意义。     

基因导流杂交法于低密度基因芯片平台上检测乙肝病毒

运用基因导流杂交法在低密度基因芯片平台上检测乙肝病毒DNA（HBV DNA）。设计特异性引物,对HBV基因组DNA中的编码HBV多聚酶蛋白的一段序列进行PCR扩增;根据被扩增片段,设计保守的特异性探针,并将该探针固定在杂交膜上,制备低密度基因芯片：使用导流杂交法将上述扩增产物和低密度基因芯片进行杂交,根据显色反应判断被检测样本有无HBV DNA。基因导流杂交法在低密度基因芯片平台上可以方便、快速、准确地检测乙肝病毒。     

纵纹腹小HaoDNA指纹谱探针的筛选和初步应用

以人工合成的微卫星序列（GTG）5,（GT）8,（CAC）5和人源小卫星33.15作引物,扩增纵纹腹小Hao的基因组DNA,产生多态性DNA片段,回收了8个表现个体特异性的片段,当用小Hao的基因组总DNA探针与它们杂交时,其中2个表现阳性,说明PCR方法扩增出的高变异产物含有重复序列,用含重复序列的个体特异性PCR产物作探针,与无关个体小Hao基因组DNA的HaeⅢ酶切产物进行DNA印迹,获得了变性性较高的DNA指纹图谱,且通过对京白鸡家系分析表明,用小Hao基因组DNA 的PCR产物分离制备的探针所获得的DNA指纹图带能够稳定的遗传,因此,高变异的PCR产物可以有效地用作DNA指纹探针。     

基于锁核酸及等位位点特异性扩增技术的KRAS基因突变检测荧光定量PCR方法研究

基于等位位点特异性扩增的原理,设计锁核酸修饰KRAS基因突变特异性扩增引物,结合封阻探针技术,建立检测KRAS基因突变的荧光定量PCR方法。结果发现,锁核酸修饰的引物及探针可显著提高等位位点特异性扩增技术用于复杂样本中的微量基因突变检测的敏感度,该技术检测KRAS基因突变的敏感性可达0.01%~0.1%。进一步用建立的荧光定量PCR方法检测52例结直肠癌患者血浆标本,并用DNA测序法作为对照,同时用健康人血浆标本建立阴性检测结果判读标准,以初步评价该方法应用于循环DNA中KRAS基因突变检测的可行性。结果发现结直肠癌患者KRAS基因突变主要是G12C、G12A和G12R,而且q PCR法的阳性检出率为46.15%,高于DNA测序法(13.46%),阴性结果与DNA测序法的符合率为100%。此外,结直肠癌患者外周血KRAS基因的突变检出率与文献报道组织标本中的突变检出率及常见突变类型基本相符。上述结果说明该方法检测循环肿瘤DNA(circulating tumor DNA,ct DNA)具有较高的可靠性,可以用于肿瘤患者循环血液中KRAS基因突变的检测。     

利用染色体区段混合BAC探针鉴定食管癌细胞中的染色体畸变

染色体畸变是恶性肿瘤细胞的重要遗传学特征, 文章旨在应用BAC DNA克隆鉴定食管癌细胞中的染色体臂和染色体区段的畸变。针对染色体各区段选取5~10个1 Mb BAC DNA, 分别混合制备成特定染色体区段的BAC DNA混合克隆, 然后将染色体臂上覆盖所有区段的上述混合克隆进一步混合制备成特定染色体臂BAC DNA混合克隆。利用简并寡核苷酸引物聚合酶链反应(Degenerate oligonucleotide primed PCR, DOP-PCR)标记染色体臂探针, 利用切口平移法(Nick translation)标记染色体区段探针, 并对食管癌细胞中期染色体进行荧光原位杂交(Fluorescence in situ hybridization, FISH)分析。正常人外周血淋巴细胞中期染色体FISH结果显示, 上述方法标记的探针具有较高的特异性。进一步利用染色体臂混合探针, 确定了多个食管癌细胞中的染色体重排所涉及的特定染色体臂; 利用染色体区段混合探针, 鉴定出KYSE140的t(1q;7q)衍生染色体中1q上的断点范围位于1q32-q41。文章成功建立了1 Mb BAC DNA混合克隆探针标记技术, 并鉴定出多个食管癌细胞中的染色体臂和染色体区段畸变, 不仅为利用M-FISH技术鉴定肿瘤细胞中的染色体畸变提供了更为准确的方法, 而且还可能进一步将该法推广应用于恶性血液病的核型分析以及产前诊断。     

高特异性HER2/CEP17双色探针的制备与临床应用

目的:探讨高特异性HER2/CEP17双色探针在浸润性乳腺癌中的诊断价值。方法:制备高特异性HER2/CEP17双色探针,通过外周血细胞核型滴片检测该探针的特异性,同时用传统探针和新制备探针对425例浸润性乳腺癌患者进行FISH检测,并对结果进行对比分析,评估高特异性HER2/CEP17探针在浸润性乳腺癌中的临床诊断价值。结果:染色体定位显示,传统的CEP17探针在17号染色体着丝粒处杂交信号明亮,在Y染色体着丝粒处可见一个较17号染色体略弱但肉眼可辨的杂交信号点;而新制备CEP17探针在17号染色体着丝粒处具有明亮的杂交信号,在其余染色体中未见明显的杂交信号点,表明该探针具有较高的特异性。临床样本检测中,新制备探针与传统探针对浸润性乳腺癌HER2基因扩增的检测无统计学差异(P=0.500,χ~2=0.5),然而,对于CEP17杂信号,统计结果表明新制备探针明显少于传统探针(P=0.013,χ~2=5.29)。结论:新方法制备HER2/CEP17探针具有较高的特异性,相比于传统探针更具有临床应用优势。     

Tuning of electronic properties of one-dimensional cyano-bridged Cu-Ni, Cu-Pd, and Cu-Pt bimetallic assemblies by stereochemistry of ligands

Preparations, XPS and electronic spectroscopy, and magnetism of seven new one-dimensional cyano-bridged coordination polymers, chiral [Cu(RR-chxn)₂][Pd(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (1), [Cu(trans-chxn)₂][M(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (2, 4, and 6 for M = Pd, Ni, and Pt), and [Cu(cis-chxn)₂][M(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (3, 5, and 7 for M = Pd, Ni, and Pt) (RR-chxn = cyclohexane-(1R,2R)-diamine, trans-chxn = racemic trans-cyclohexane-(1,2)-diamine, and cis-chxn = racemic cis-cyclohexane-(1,2)-diamine) have been reported in view of tuning of their electronic properties by stereochemistry of chxn ligands and metal-substitution. Comparison of Cu 2p_1/2 and 2p_3/2 peaks of XPS and broad d-d bands around 18 000 cm⁻¹ of electronic spectra are described systematically for 1-7. Variable-temperature magnetic measurement shows that complexes 1-7 indicate weak antiferromagnetic interactions via cyano-bridges. Because of semi-coordination coupled with pseudo Jahn-Teller elongation and electrostatic interaction for 1, the axial Cu-N coordination bond distances of 2.330(7) and 3.092(8) Å are considerably longer than those of equatorial ones in the range from 2.016(6) to 2.030(6) Å. The former bond distances of 1 are intermediate values among the related Ni (2.324(6) and 3.120(8) Å) and Pt (2.34(1) and 3.09(1) Å) complexes.     

Land,livestock, and livelihoods: Changing dynamics of gender,caste, and ethnicity in a Nepalese Village

Over the past 10 years, Ghusel VDC, Lalitpur District has moved from primarily subsistence agriculture into the wider cash economy aided by the Small Farmers' Development Program (SFDP), which provides credit to farmers mainly for the purchase of buffalo for milk production, and by the National Dairy Corporation, which supports local dairy cooperatives. Analysis reveals that buffalo-keeping and milk sales are increasing the well-being of many households, while at the same time creating new inequalities in gender roles and responsibilities, greater inequities between Brahmin and Tamang residents in Ghusel, and placing pressures on the ecosystem for increased supplies of fodder and fuelwood. Evidence suggests that there is critical, need for attention to the social, and particularly gender-based, implications of maintaining livestock for milk sales and to the ecological underpinnings of this livelihood system.     

Structure and function of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase

In mammals, S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AdoHcyase) is the only known enzyme to catalyze the breakdown of S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) to homocysteine and adenosine. AdoHcy is the product of all adenosylmethionine (AdoMet)-dependent biological transmethylations. These reactions have a wide range of products, and are common in all facets of biometabolism. As a product inhibitor, elevated levels of AdoHcy suppress AdoMet-dependent transmethylations. Thus, AdoHcyase is a regulator of biological transmethylation in general. The three-dimensional structure of AdoHcyase complexed with reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADH) and the inhibitor (1′R, 2′S, 3′R)-9-(2′,3′-dihyroxycyclopenten-1-yl)adenine (DHCeA) was solved by a combination of the crystallographic direct methods program, SnB, to determine the selenium atom substructure and by treating the multiwavelength anomalous diffraction data as a special case of multiple isomorphous replacement. The enzyme architecture resembles that observed for NAD-dependent dehydrogenases, with the catalytic domain and the cofactor binding domain each containing a modified Rossmann fold. The two domains form a deep active site cleft containing the cofactor and bound inhibitor molecule. A comparison of the inhibitor complex of the human enzyme and the structure of the rat enzyme, solved without inhibitor, suggests that a 17° rigid body movement of the catalytic domain occurs upon inhibitor/substrate binding.     

Chiral Separation of G‐type Chemical Warfare Nerve Agents via Analytical Supercritical Fluid Chromatography

Chemical warfare nerve agents (CWNAs) are extremely toxic organophosphorus compounds that contain a chiral phosphorus center. Undirected synthesis of G‐type CWNAs produces stereoisomers of tabun, sarin, soman, and cyclosarin (GA, GB, GD, and GF, respectively). Analytical‐scale methods were developed using a supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) system in tandem with a mass spectrometer for the separation, quantitation, and isolation of individual stereoisomers of GA, GB, GD, and GF. Screening various chiral stationary phases (CSPs) for the capacity to provide full baseline separation of the CWNAs revealed that a Regis WhelkO1 (SS) column was capable of separating the enantiomers of GA, GB, and GF, with elution of the P(+) enantiomer preceding elution of the corresponding P(–) enantiomer; two WhelkO1 (SS) columns had to be connected in series to achieve complete baseline resolution. The four diastereomers of GD were also resolved using two tandem WhelkO1 (SS) columns, with complete baseline separation of the two P(+) epimers. A single WhelkO1 (RR) column with inverse stereochemistry resulted in baseline separation of the GD P(–) epimers. The analytical methods described can be scaled to allow isolation of individual stereoisomers to assist in screening and development of countermeasures to organophosphorus nerve agents. Chirality 26:817–824, 2014. © 2014 The Authors. Chirality published by John Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Influence of Fluoride on Rat Kidney Antioxidant System: Effects of Methionine and Vitamin E

The aim of the study has been to determine and compare the influence upon the kidney antioxidative system, exercised by administration of vitamin E, and vitamin E in combination with methionine, under conditions of oxidative stress induced by sodium fluoride. The experiment was carried out on Wistar FL rats (adult males) that, for 35 days, were administered water, NaF, NaF with vitamin E, or vitamin E with methionine (doses: 10 mg NaF/kg of body mass/24 h, 3 mg vitamin E per 10 μl per rat for 24 h, 2 mg methionine per rat for 24 h). The influence of administered sodium fluoride and antioxidants upon the antioxidative system in kidney was examined by analyzing the concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) and the activity of the most important antioxidative enzymes (SOD, total and both its isoenzymes, GPX, GST, GR, and CAT). The studies carried out confirmed the disadvantageous effect of the administered dose of NaF upon the antixodiative system in rats (increase in the concentration MDA, decrease activity of all antioxidative enzymes). The administration of vitamin E increased the activity of studied enzymes with the exception of glutathione reductase GR; it also reduced the procesess of lipid peroxidation. It has been found that combined doses of vitamin E and methionine were most effective in inhibiting lipid peroxidation processes. The results confirmed the antioxidative properties of methionine.     

Reorientation of Microfibrils and Microtubules at the Outer Epidermal Wall of Maize Coleoptiles During Auxin-Mediated Growth

Auxin-mediated elongation growth of isolated subapical coleoptile segments of maize (Zea mays L.) is controlled by the extensibility of the outer cell wall of the outer epidermis (Kutschera et al., 1987). Here we investigate the hypothesis that auxin controls the extensibility of this wall by changing the orientation of newly deposited microfibrils through a corresponding change in the orientation of cortical microtubules. On the basis of electron micrographs it is shown that cessation of growth after removal of the endogenous source of auxin is correlated with a relative increase of longitudinally orientated microfibrils and microtubules at the inner wall surface. Conversely, reinduction of growth by exogenous auxin is correlated with a relative increase of transversely orientated microfibrils and microtubules at the inner wall surface. These changes can be detected 30–60 min after the removal and addition of auxin, respectively. The functional significance of directional changes of newly desposited wall microfibrils for the control of elongation growth is discussed.     

Gamma-glutamylcysteine protects ergothioneine-deficient Mycobacterium tuberculosis mutants against oxidative and nitrosative stress

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb.), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), cannot synthesize GSH, but synthesizes two major low molecular weight thiols namely mycothiol (MSH) and ergothioneine (ERG). Gamma-glutamylcysteine (GGC), an intermediate in GSH synthesis, has been implicated in the protection of lactic acid bacteria from oxidative stress in the absence of GSH. In mycobacteria, GGC is an intermediate in ERG biosynthesis, and its formation is catalysed by EgtA (GshA). GGC is subsequently used by EgtB in the formation of hercynine-sulphoxide-GGC. In this study, M.tb. mutants harbouring unmarked, in-frame deletions in each of the fives genes involved in ERG biosynthesis (egtA, egtB, egtC, egtD and egtE) or a marked deletion of the mshA gene (required for MSH biosynthesis) were generated. Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry analyses (LC-MS) revealed that the production of GGC was elevated in the MSH-deficient and the ERG-deficient mutants. The ERG-deficient ΔegtB mutant which accumulated GGC was more resistant to oxidative and nitrosative stress than the ERG-deficient, GGC-deficient ΔegtA mutant. This implicates GGC in the detoxification of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in M.tb.     

In vitro studies of the rabbit immune system. IV. Differential mitogen responses of isolated T and B cells.

The mitogenic responses of separated rabbit lymphocyte populations functionally analogous to mouse T and B cells have been tested in vitro. Purified T cells were prepared by passage over nylon wool (NW) and purified B cells prepared by treatment with antithymocyte serum and complement (ATS + C). ATS + C kills 70% of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL's) and 50% of the spleen cells while passage over NW yields 40% of the applied PBL's and 5–23% of the applied spleen cells. NW-purified T cells from the spleen or PBL's respond fully to concanavalin A (Con A) but have a reduced response to phytohemaglutinin (PHA) and little or no response to goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulin (anti-Ig). PBL's that survive ATS + C (B cells) are stimulated by anti-Ig but not by Con A or PHA. B cells purified from spleen do not respond to Con A or PHA but will respond to anti-Ig under appropriate conditions. A full spleen B-cell response to anti-Ig required removal of Ig produced by the cultures that blocked anti-Ig stimulation. It is concluded that, for rabbit lymphocytes, Con A and PHA are primarily T-cell mitogens and that anti-Ig is primarily a B-cell mitogen. However, the mitogen response of unfractionated PBL or spleen cell populations indicates an overlap in reactivity. This could be due to cells sharing T and B properties, alteration of cell populations by the fractionation procedures used, or recruitment of one population in the presence of a mitogenic response of the other population.     

八种脑-肠肽侧脑室内注射对大鼠基础胃酸分泌的影响

用乌拉坦麻醉大鼠作急性实验,采用连续灌流胃并收集流出液的方法,观察向侧脑室内注射微量脑-肠肽对大鼠基础胃酸分泌的影响。实验结果如下:(1)雨蛙肽、八肽胆囊收缩素、促甲状腺素释放激素及四肽胃泌素均使总酸排出量增加;(2)生长抑素、胰多肽、P 物质、胰高血糖素则使总酸排出量减少;(3)上述肽类用侧脑室注射的剂量作肌肉注射,除四肽胃泌素也产生明显的刺激胃酸分泌作用外,对胃酸分泌均无明显影响。以上结果提示,脑内的一些肽类可能以神经递质或调制物的方式,参与中枢对胃酸分泌的调节。     

A chromium-tolerant plant growing in Cr-contaminated land

In this paper, a kind of Typhaceae plant species, Typha angustifolia L, with a high tolerance to Cr is described. Experiments were carried out to examine its ability to tolerant Cr and its physiological response. The results showed that there was no difference in growth, plant height, and biomass response to external Cr (VI) between the plants exposed to 100 microM Cr (VI) and control (0 microM), while increasing Cr levels to 200-800 microM induced a significant decrease in plant height and biomass, but no significant injury was detected, even for the plants exposed to 800 microM Cr. Chromium induced significant increases in superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) activities. Meanwhile, a significantly positive correlation was found between Cr and Mn or Cu in leaves and roots, respectively. The Cr tolerance of the plant appeared to be associated with the enhancement of SOD and POD activities and the improvement in uptake and translocation of the essential microelements.