猪FSH β亚基基因结构区Alu序列插入突变的研究

通过聚合酶链式反应（PCR）对中国华北型优良地方猪种莱芜猪及杜里猪,长白猪的卵泡刺激素（FSH）β亚基基因结构区插入片段进行扩增,并对0．5kb扩增产物进行克隆和测序,序列分析表明,在已发表的猪FSHβ亚基基因全序列的＋809和＋810碱基之间,莱芜猪,杜里猪和长白猪分别存在一个长度为275,277和274bp的插入片段,插入片段末端的poly(A)分别为17,19和16个腺苷酸,均显著短于高产猪种太湖猪（292bp和32个腺苷酸）,对FSHβ亚基基因插入片段进行BamHI多态性分析,发现本研究所检测样品中不存在BamHI 多态性,插入片段中存在一个RNA聚合酶Ⅲ启动子及AluI内切酶识别位点,所以该睡段可能为Alu成分,因RNA聚合酶Ⅲ这种有功能的内部启动子能够转录相邻的染色体序列,该插入片段可能影响FSHβ亚基基因或其他基因的表达调控,把FSHβ亚基基因作为控制猪产仔数主效基因的候选基因与产仔数进行连锁分析,证明FSHβ基因因座在莱芜猪种中与控制猪产仔数的主效基因紧密连锁,优质基因AA纯合子比BB纯合子母猪平均每胎产仔1．2头,因不同品种猪插入序列的主要差异是末端的poly(A)长短不同,推测该插入片段末端的pol(A)结构亦可能影响猪的产仔数。     

FGF5基因对内蒙古绒山羊绒毛性状的影响

根据FGF5基因已知DNA序列设计了2对引物, 采用PCR-SSCP和PCR-RFLP技术, 在内蒙古绒山羊群体中进行基因多态性检测, 结果发现FGF5基因外显子1存在限制性内切酶BglⅠ多态位点。对其不同基因型个体PCR回收产物进行测序, 测序结果发现该SNP是由碱基序列C→T的突变而引起的。基因型和基因频率统计, 该实验群体以等位基因A具有明显的优势, χ2检验表明该SNP位点的基因频率处于Hardy-Weinberg平衡状态; 对该SNP与绒毛性状关联分析, 表明该SNP对绒纤维伸直长度(P<0.01)和含绒量(P<0.05)有显著影响, 而对其他各绒毛性状的影响不显著(P>0.05)。AB基因型个体绒纤维伸直长度(P<0.01)和含绒量(P<0.05)显著高于AA基因型个体。     

1株近平滑假丝酵母的分离及其鉴定

采用平板稀释法从土壤及水果中分离出1株近平滑假丝酵母（Candida parapsilosis）,YPD培养基培养酵母,利用分子生物学方法对其rRNA基因内转录间区（ITS区）进行了克隆测序,并与GenBank中已有的有关序列进行比较及系统发育分析。测序结果表明该序列长度为547 bp,与GenBank中近平滑假丝酵母同源率在98.5%~100%之间,进化分析表明与C.parapsilosis（EF193067）、C.parapsilosis UOA/HCPF（FJ872013）属于一单独分支中,形态结果及分子鉴定表明近平滑假丝酵母培养成功,为其进一步开发利用提供了依据。     

焦磷酸测序测定SNP的常见问题与解决方法

目的：探讨焦磷酸测序技术对单核苷酸多态性分型因测序图谱中存在的一些典型问题而导致分型结果不准确的解决方法。方法：以VKORC1基因1639 G〉A位点、CYP2C19基因636 G〉A位点及UGT1A1基因TA重复序列（TA）6〉（TA）7的多态性检测为例,分别采用优化PCR条件、改变测序时dNTP的加入顺序以及设立外标校正的方法来解决上述问题,从而提高焦测序对SNP分型的准确性。结果：通过升高PCR退火温度,可以显著提高VKORC1基因的扩增特异性,降低了测序图谱中非特异性信号峰强度;通过优化测序时dNTP的加入顺序,CYP2C19基因636 G〉A位点的准确分型结果可通过观察测序图谱中相关信号峰的有无而简单获得,避免了比较信号峰的相对强度;通过比较待测样本与已知基因型的外标样本的测序图谱来确定待测样本的基因型,提高了对UGT1A1基因TA重复序列（TA）6〉（TA）7多态性的分型准确性。结论：本文针对焦测序在测定SNP时的常见问题所提出的相应解决方法不仅简单、经济有效,而且在临床应用方面具有可靠性。     

利用DNA池技术研究猪GH基因启动子序列的多态性

目的:分析猪GH基因启动子区序列的多态性,期望筛选出对猪生长性状有显著影响的SNP位点,为地方猪种的选育及选种提供一定的理论依据.方法:以大约克、可乐猪、香猪和黔北黑猪为试验对象,构建品种DNA池,采用PCR产物直接测序法对猪GH基因启动子区-856～+171片段共1 027bp进行单核苷酸多态性检测.结果:除香猪外,在其他3个猪种5'-端侧翼序列发现5个SNP位点:C22T、A- 26T、G- 219A、T- 385A和C-391T,并且在大约克GH基因启动子区-640处发现了一个12bp碱基序列(GGCAAAGTGTAG)的缺失.结论:DNA池结合PCR产物直接测序技术能够很好的筛选SNP位点,本研究采用该技术在猪GH基因启动子区- 856～+171片段检测到了5个SNP位点.     

SARS病毒基因组的多态性

对SARS病人粪便样本直接测序,得到SRAS—CoV BJ202全基因组序列（AY864806）。应用比较基因组研究方法对GenBank中公布的115株SARS—CoV基因组序列以及BJ202进行分析。以GZ02序列为参照,发现2个以上基因组中同时存在单核苷酸多态（SNP）位点共278个。多态位点在SARS—CoV基因组中呈偏态分布,大约一半突变位点（50．4％,140／278）发生在基因组3’末端1／3区域。编码Orf10-11、Orf3／4、E蛋白、M蛋白和S蛋白区域突变率较高。克隆并测序含有BJ202基因组12个多态位点的11个cDNA以及4个不含已知多态位点的cDNA片段（15个片段总长度为6．0kb）,结果显示：BJ202特有的3个多态位点（13804、1503l和20792）以及另外3个多态位点（26428、26477和27243）均检出两种不同核苷酸;位点18379虽在已公布的115株SARS—CoV基因组中未发现突变,实际上也是多态位点。14个克隆中有8个克隆该位点为A,6个克隆为G。全部116个SARS—CoV基因组中共有18种缺失类型和2种插入类型。大部分缺失发生在编码ORF9和ORF10-11区域（基因组序列27700—28000bp处）。以邻位连接法（Neighbor-Joining）构建了116株SARS—CoV系统发育树,BJ202与BJ01和LLJ-2004等SARS—CoV的亲缘关系较接近。     

一株Sanguibacter sp.C4产几丁质酶基因的克隆与表达

Chi58是Sanguibacter sp．strain C4产生的一种胞外几丁质酶。通过chiA的特异性PCR引物探测到菌株C4中存在几丁质酶,并将扩增到的几丁质酶基因片段（chiA-F）克隆、测序后,提交GenBank数据库进行同源性搜索。对从GenBank中获得的高同源性序列进行比对,并根据保守区域设计2对PCR引物进行嵌套PCR,扩增出Chi58基因的开放阅读框（ORF）。测序结果表明该酶的ORF由1692个核苷酸组成,编码563个氨基酸,在N端有23个氨基酸的信号肽,其成熟蛋白的分子量应为58．544kDa。对其推导氨基酸的序列分析表明Chi58与沙雷氏菌的几丁质酶（如徂）有高度同源性（88．9％-99．6％）,其结构主要包括信号肽序列、PKD结构域和18家族糖苷水解酶结构域。将该基因克隆到pET32a（＋）载体构建重组质粒pChi58,转入大肠杆菌BL-21（DE3）进行融合表达。经IPTG诱导后,可见分子量约81．1kDa的融合蛋白的表达。     

猪CACNA1S基因部分序列的克隆、测序及SNP检测

CACNA1S是钙离子通道主效亚基α1亚单位的编码基因,该基因突变会导致人（Homo sapiens）低钾性周期性麻痹和恶性高温综合征．目前CACNAIS基因的研究主要集中在人和模式动物上,而在家畜中的研究少见报道．本研究以金华猪（115头）、皮特兰猪（30头）、金华猪与皮特兰猪杂交产生的金皮F2代杂种猪（126头）、大约克猪（23头）为研究对象,根据人CACNA1S基因序列设计引物,对猪基因组DNA进行PCR扩增、克隆测序,并与人相应序列作同源性比较,然后采用PCR-SSCP技术检测序列中可能存在的单核苷酸多态（single nucleotide polymorphism,SNP）位点,并对有合适内切酶存在的突变点应用PCR-RFLP技术进行验证．结果表明：（i）用6对引物对猪基因组DNA进行扩增,共克隆得到猪CACNAIS基因约5211bp的DNA序列,其中外显子区域,猪与人同源性为82．6％,序列已递交GeneBank收录（登录号DQ767693）;（ii）在克隆得到的DNA序列中,共检测到57个单核苷酸突变点,其中外显子区域存在24个;（iii）突变位点的PCR-RFLP验证与PCR-SSCP检测结果一致,经与GenBank公布的猪CACNAIS基因EST小片段（Bx914582,Bx666997）比较,相应长度核酸序列内本实验检测到的11个SNP位点中,有8个位点的碱基突变与2个EST片段间存在的碱基差异相同．     

已建株鼻咽癌细胞的PLUNC基因启动子区序列多态性分析

目的检测人类标准鼻咽癌细胞中是否存在已知的PLUNC基因启动子-437bp-＋87bp区域的单核苷酸多态性（SNP）。以便进一步探索SNP与鼻咽癌的关系。方法采用PCR产物直接测序的方法,对7株体外培养的鼻咽癌细胞基因组DNA的PLUNC基因启动子区进行序列分析。结果发现7株PLUNC基因的启动子区皆存在已知的3个SNP位点（1888、2128和N2）和未知一个突变位点（N1）,其测观杂合度分别为85．7％、100％、100％和28．6％。其中3个已知SNP位点在筛查的细胞株中均存在T-C的突变,而且SUNE-1鼻咽癌细胞株的1888位点基因型为突变纯合子CC型。结论体外培养的标准鼻咽癌细胞株中存在已知的3个SNP位点（1888、2128和N2）的突变现象,且突变率为100％;1888位点鼻咽癌易患型（CC型）已在体外稳定建株;首次发现启动子-195bp区域N1突变位点。     

PON基因簇序列变异筛查研究

摘要：系统筛查PON1、PON2及PON3基因编码、剪接及侧翼序列,以期发现所有潜在功能多态基因座,为进一步探讨PON基因家族与心血管疾病的关系做准备。随机选择48例冠心病患者作为筛查对象, 以PCR产物直接测序检测DNA序列变异。扩增片断涵盖整个外显子, 其两侧部分内含子区域及5’和3’侧翼序列。（1）13.9kb测序范围内共发现31个多态性基因座,均为单核甘酸多态（SNP）,其中17个SNP为首次报道。（2）国人中SNP构成和等位基因频率与高加索人群存在显著差异。（3）一个基因内部两个或多个多态性基因座间存在完全或近乎完全连锁不平衡相当常见。中国汉族人群中PON基因簇多个潜在功能多态基因座的识别及这些基因座间的强连锁不平衡状态,为在国人中探讨PON基因簇与心血管疾病关系提供了重要的基础数据。     

Mapping of the porcine oestrogen receptor 2 gene and association study with litter size in Iberian pigs

Genes encoding the oestrogen receptors (ESR) are considered candidate genes for prolificacy traits due to the key role these molecules play in the regulation of reproductive physiology. In this paper, we report the assignment of the pig ESR2 gene to porcine chromosome 1 by radiation hybrid mapping. Most of the ESR2 cDNA was sequenced from Iberian pig ovarian RNA samples and one A/G single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was found at exon 5, being associated with a Met/Val substitution at position 949. This SNP was genotyped using a PCR-RFLP (Hsp92II) protocol and its potential effect on litter size was evaluated in two Iberian pig populations. However, no statistically significant association between the ESR2 polymorphism and litter size was found.     

Association of EphA4 polymorphism with swine reproductive traits and mRNA expression of EphA4 during embryo implantation

The swine erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular A4 (EphA4) gene, which was detected in the endometrium during embryo implantation in pigs, was one of the potential candidate genes for reproductive traits. In the study, two single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci (EphA4_1 and EphA4_2) in exon 3 of EphA4 gene were analyzed to determine whether EphA4 influenced total number born (TNB) and number born alive (NBA). Association of two diallelic polymorphisms with reproductive traits was assessed in Landrace, Yorkshire and Duroc populations with 2,014 litter records of 765 sows. The results showed that G allele at EphA4_1 locus or C allele at EphA4_2 locus seemed to have advantageous effects on litter size. And the combined analyzed results demonstrated that genotype AGTC, AGCC and GGCC are better than genotype AATT, AATC and AGTT for TNB and NBA in either single parity or all parities. The results in this study demonstrated that EphA4 gene was significantly associated with litter size in pigs. In addition, a high mRNA expression of EphA4 was found in small intestine, large intestine, stomach and endometrium, and the expression decreased during implantation in pigs. Further studies were needed to confirm these preliminary researches.     

Characterization of MTNR1A gene in terms of genetic variability in a panel of subtemperate and subtropical Indian sheep breeds

Seasonality of animals is an important adaptive trait for successful survival and production during limited food availability and extreme environmental conditions. Photoperiodic changes in day length are utilized by these seasonal animals as an important environmental cue for regulating their annual rhythms of reproduction cycles. Melatonin is an important hormone which is secreted by the pineal gland in proportion to darkness and its effect is mediated by melatonin receptor subtypes, principally MTNR1A. In the present study, polymorphism in the coding sequence at two important SNPs (C606T and G612A), known to be markers for out of season breeding in sheep were studied by PCR-RFLP in a panel of four breeds of sheep from subtemperate and subtropical arid conditions, respectively. The frequencies of ‘G’ and ‘A’ alleles with reference to G612A SNP did not differ considerably among all the breeds of sheep. Frequency of ‘T’ allele of the C606T SNP was found to be dominantly higher in subtemperate sheep breeds in comparison to subtropical sheep breeds. Identified SNPs in the coding region were mostly synonymous and did not lead to any change in conformation of the MTNR1A receptor protein.     

四引物PCR扩增反应的单管SNP快速测定法

建立一种在单管中进行单核苷酸多型性 (SNP)快速测定的高效廉价方法 .以人ABCA1基因中的I82 3M为研究对象 ,设计 4种引物进行PCR扩增 ,其中两种引物用于扩增一段含有SNP位点的DNA片段 ,另两种引物为SNP位点特异性引物 ,4种引物在单管中同时进行PCR扩增反应 ,根据延伸产物的长度确定SNP的类型 .为提高SNP测定的特异性 ,在特异性引物的 3′端倒数第 3个碱基引入了一个人为错配碱基 ,使引物的错误延伸率显著降低 ,大大提高了SNP分析的准确性 .实验结果表明 ,所建立的方法简单 ,操作简便 ,可在单管中完成SNP的测定反应 .     

猪STCH基因的Bi-PASA遗传标记及多态性研究

微粒体应激 70蛋白三磷酸腺苷酶 (STCH)基因属于应激 70蛋白基因伴侣家族 ,在机体免疫反应和疾病抵抗力等方面起重要作用。根据人和小鼠STCH基因的保守序列设计引物 ,PCR扩增到猪STCH基因第5外显子 4 4 5bp片段。序列测定显示 ,猪STCH基因与人和小鼠STCH基因分别具有 87 13%和 80 4 5 %的同源性。通过测定和比较中国梅山猪、欧洲约克夏猪及PIC商品猪的STCH基因序列 ,发现在猪STCH基因编码区第 5外显子 10 5 0位点上存在一个单碱基突变位点。利用双向特定等位基因PCR扩增法 (Bi PASA)建立了检测猪STCH基因变异的遗传标记 ,并用该标记分析了STCH基因在中国家猪 (梅山猪、荣昌猪和金华猪 )、欧洲家猪 (约克夏猪、大白猪 )、商品猪 (PIC合成系 )以及欧洲野猪的基因频率和多态性。本研究建立的Bi PASA遗传标记和基因变异信息 ,将为进一步分析猪STCH基因变异与经济性状的相关分析提供基础资料。     

Genome-wide and local pattern of linkage disequilibrium and persistence of phase for 3 Danish pig breeds

Background

A genome wide association study for litter size in Norwegian White Sheep (NWS) was conducted using the recently developed ovine 50K SNP chip from Illumina. After genotyping 378 progeny tested artificial insemination (AI) rams, a GWAS analysis was performed on estimated breeding values (EBVs) for litter size.

Results

A QTL-region was identified on sheep chromosome 5, close to the growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9), which is known to be a strong candidate gene for increased ovulation rate/litter size. Sequencing of the GDF9 coding region in the most extreme sires (high and low BLUP values) revealed a single nucleotide polymorphism (c.1111G>A), responsible for a Val→Met substitution at position 371 (V371M). This polymorphism has previously been identified in Belclare and Cambridge sheep, but was not found to be associated with fertility. In our NWS-population the c.1111G>A SNP showed stronger association with litter size than any other single SNP on the Illumina 50K ovine SNP chip. Based on the estimated breeding values, daughters of AI rams homozygous for c.1111A will produce minimum 0.46 - 0.57 additional lambs compared to daughters of wild-type rams.

Conclusion

We have identified a missense mutation in the bioactive part of the GDF9 protein that shows strong association with litter size in NWS. Based on the NWS breeding history and the marked increase in the c.1111A allele frequency in the AI ram population since 1983, we hypothesize that c.1111A allele originate from Finnish landrace imported to Norway around 1970. Because of the widespread use of Finnish landrace and the fact that the ewes homozygous for the c.1111A allele are reported to be fertile, we expect the commercial impact of this mutation to be high.     

Association with litter size of new polymorphisms on ESR1 and ESR2 genes in a Chinese-European pig line

The objective of this study was to search for polymorphisms in the coding region of the estrogen receptors 1 and 2 (ESR1 and ESR2 )and to analyze the effects of these variants and the well known intronic ESR1 Pvu II polymorphism on litter size in a Chinese-European pig line. We identified five silent single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in the ESR1 cDNA: c.669T > C (exon 3), c.1227C > T (exon 5), c.1452C > T (exon 7), c.1665T > C and c.1755A > G (exon 8). One pair of these SNP (c.1665T > C and c.1755A > G) co-segregated in the analyzed line, and the SNP c.669T > C showed the same segregation pattern as the Pvu II polymorphism. These polymorphisms were tested in this study, although the c.1452C > T SNP within exon 7 was not analyzed due to its low informativeness. In the ESR2 cDNA, one missense SNP was found within exon 5, which caused an amino acid substitution in the coded protein: "c.949G > A (p.Val317Met)" and was tested on sow litter size. Information on 1622 litter records from 408 genotyped sows was analyzed to determine whether these SNP influenced the total number of piglets born (TNB) or the number of born alive (NBA). The polymorphisms ESR1: [Pvu II; c.669T > C], ESR1: [c.1665T > C; c.1755A > G] and ESR2: c.949G > A showed no statistically significant association with litter size. However, the ESR1: c.1227T allele was significantly associated with TNB. The additive substitution effect was estimated to be 0.40 piglets born per litter (P < 0.03), and no dominance effects were observed. This SNP could be useful in assisted selection for litter size in some pig lines, as a new genetic marker in linkage disequilibrium with the causative mutation.     

SNP identification and allelic-specific PCR markers development for TaGW2, a gene linked to wheat kernel weight

TaGW2, an orthologous gene of rice OsGW2, has been associated with kernel width and weight of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum). Difference in TaGW2 coding sequence was not found among different wheat varieties in previous researches. In this study, we found eight exons and seven introns in TaGW2 with a full-length cDNA sequence of 1,275?bp, which contains a conserved function domain and seven splice sites that shared homology with rice OsGW2. A single T-base insertion in the eighth exon of TaGW2 on chromosome 6A was detected in a large-kernel wheat variety, Lankaodali. This insertion mutation reduces the coding protein sequence from normal 424 amino acids (~47.2?kDa) to 328 amino acids (~37.1?kDa) by truncating 96 amino acids. The result was validated by identifying histidine-tagged TaGW2 proteins encoded by both alleles of the mutant and the wild types in SDS-PAGE. Allele-specific PCR markers were developed based on the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) site. The SNP markers were genotyped for an F(2) segregation population from the cross of Lankaodali?×?Chinese Spring. Seed traits of F(2:3) families were evaluated in three different environments. The association analysis indicated that F(2:3) families with the mutated TaGW2 allele significantly increased kernel width (KW) and thousand-kernel weight (TKW), and slightly improved kernel length (KL). Using the SNP markers, another two varieties harbored the mutated TaGW2 allele were successfully identified from 22 additional wheat varieties, and they both have large KW and TKW. Cloning and sequencing of the gene further confirmed the functions of the mutated allele of TaGW2 in the two large kernel varieties. The results suggested that TaGW2 may negatively regulate kernel size variation, which shares the same function as OsGW2 in rice. The successful development of SNP markers provides a useful tool for improving kernel yield in wheat.     

鸭生长激素基因内含子2、3多态性分析

根据鸭生长激素基因内含子2、3的序列设计5对引物,利用PCR-SSCP方法对北京鸭、西湖野鸭、金定鸭、山麻鸭、荆江鸭、绍兴鸭等6个鸭品种进行了单核苷酸多态性分析, 并检测其多态性。结果共发现8个突变位点, 其中内含子2有7个: 2593处C-T, 2770处G-A, 2813处T-A, 2829处C-A, 2894处C-T, 2896处T-C,3100处C-G; 内含子3有1个: 3270处A-G。统计结果显示, 这8个变异位点的基因型频率分布与品种有关, 在这些基因座的变异水平上, 北京鸭和绍兴鸭表现出了相当的品种保守性, 本研究所检测到的这些基因座可能与鸭的生产性能有关。