人乳头瘤病毒16型(新疆株)E7基因的克隆与突变研究

目的：克隆分析人乳头瘤病毒16型(HPV16)新疆株的研基因;并对E7基因进行突变改造,以比较野生型与突变型HPV16E7基因的功能。方法：根据从中国新疆维吾尔族妇女宫颈癌活检组织标本中提取的DNA,进行PCR扩增获得HPV16E7基因,然后分别将其克隆到pMD18-T载体上进行DNA序列分析。根据HPV16E7基因的特点,分别设计点突变引物,用PCR的方法进行HPV16E7基因的点突变。结果：PCR检测显示扩增出HPV16(新疆株)E8基因;测序结果表明HPV16-XJ的研基因全长297bp,与德国标准株一致;利用设计突变位点的引物经PCR扩增,经序列测定后,分别得到了第70、172、271位碱基突变的HPV16E7基因;分别构建了野生型与单、双、三点突变的重组质粒pMD18-T-HPV16E7。结论：人乳头瘤病毒16型(新疆株)E7基因结构与德国标准株相同。HPV16E7基因多点突变的改造,为探索HPV16E7基因功能的变化和开展疫苗研究奠定了理论基础。     

云南HPV-16型E6、E7基因的突变分析

人乳头瘤病毒(Human papillomavirus,HPV)16型(HPV-16)是引起宫颈癌的一种主要高危型病毒,其2个致癌基因E6和E7的核酸序列变异可能会影响其对宿主细胞的致癌性,已有研究表明其序列突变呈现地域差异性。因此,研究不同地域HPV-16这2个基因的变化情况是宫颈癌流行病学调研的主要内容,也可为研究E6和E7的致癌性积累数据。研究以NCBI登录号为NC_001526.2的HPV-16型病毒的序列为参照,采用Neighbor-joining方法对云南地区74例HPV-16样本的E6、E7的DNA序列构建进化树,结果显示:只有亚洲和欧洲变异亚型,而没有发现非洲1、非洲2、亚-美洲和北美洲这4种变异亚型。DNA序列分析显示:E6的碱基突变以T178G(D25E,59.46%)和T350G(L83V,8.11%)为主,E7的碱基突变主要以A647G(N29S,59.46%)和T846C(同义突变,60.81%)为主。发现E6的新突变有A95G(同义突变,1.35%)和A135G(K11R,1.35%);E7的新突变有C625T(L22F,1.35%)、C627T(同义突变,12.16%)、G689A(G43E,1.35%)、T748G(S63A,1.35%)。此外还发现有一个共突变现象:T178G(D25E,59.46%)-A647G(N29S,59.46%)-T843C(同义突变,21.62%)-T846C(同义突变,60.81%)。     

HPV基因的进化分析

目的:HPV有许多类型,其大致可分为高危型和低危型,高危型HPV感染是导致宫颈癌发生的首要原因,在HPV基因组中,E6基因是促进宫颈细胞癌变的关键基因,本文主要研究HPV中的E6基因在各种不同型别的HPV中的进化关系,并对E2基因碱基替换率进行分析,探讨高危型HPV与低危型HPV的区别.方法:本文对不同类型HPV E6氨基酸序列构建系统发生树,探讨识别高危型HPV可能的一致序列,对E6基因其中一处能导致恶性程度增加的突变进行分析.并对HPV16与其位于同一颗树的HPV35和HPV31计算相对碱基替换率.结果:高危型HPV均源自同一株病毒株的进化.各种HPV型别中,高危型HPV E6蛋白对应于HPV16E6蛋白的第83位氨基酸为缬氨酸更为保守,HPV中除E2以外的其他基因的非同义替换率均小于同义替换率.结论:HPV E6蛋白对应于HPV16E6蛋白的第83位氨基酸为缬氨酸能更好地实现HPV E6蛋白的致癌作用.HPV基因中除E2以外的基因在进化过程中都较为保守,是HPV增殖生长的关键基因,而E2部分区域非同义替换率大于同义替换率,说明E2这部分区域的突变能够更好的促进HPV的增殖和生长.     

不同地区HPV16 E7基因的克隆及序列差异分析

采用PCR扩增、pGEM T载体克隆和核苷酸序列分析的方法对一例武汉地区及两例五峰县高发区宫颈癌患者体内HPV16型的E7基因编码区进行序列分析并与野生型 (德国标准株 )及已发表的HPV16湖北株 (HPVHB)进行了比较。结果发现武汉地区HPV16型E7基因仅第 5 4位出现一个同义突变 ,而高发区HPV16型E7基因存在差异 ,第 77位氨基酸由精氨酸 (Arg)变为半胱氨酸 (Cys) ,第 96位由谷氨酰氨酸 (Gln)变为精氨酸 (Arg) ,E7蛋白的二级结构及亲、疏水性也相应改变 ,与野生型有较大差异     

不同地区HPV16E7基因的克隆及序列差异分析

采用PCR扩增、pGEM-T载体克隆和核苷酸序列分析的方法对一 例武汉地区及两例五峰县高发区宫颈癌患者体内HPV16型的E7基因编码区进行序列分析并与 野生型(德国标准株)及已发表的HPV16湖北株(HPVHB)进行了比较.结果发现武汉地区HPV16 型E7基因仅第54位出现一个同义突变,而高发区HPV16型E7基因存在差异,第77位氨基酸由 精氨酸(Arg)变为半胱氨酸(Cys),第96位由谷氨酰氨酸(Gln)变为精氨酸(Arg),E7蛋白的二级 结构及亲、疏水性也相应改变,与野生型有较大差异.     

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。     

细胞培养上新城疫病毒HN基因在抗体免疫选择压作用下的抗原表位变异

本实验研究了抗体免疫选择压对新城疫病毒（NDV）HN基因和F基因变异的影响。将NDV野毒株TZ060107分别接种到含有抗NDV的单因子血清（A组）与不含抗体的（B组）鸡胚成纤维细胞中连续传代,每组设3个独立的传代系列。分别对第10,20,30,40,50代病毒的HN和F基因进行扩增克隆测序。序列比较结果显示,有抗体A组HN基因发生突变的位点数明显多于无抗体B组,且非同义突变（NS）与同义突变（S）比值NS／S为6,明显高于无抗体B组NS／S的3.4。在有抗体A组有5个碱基位点发生稳定的非同义突变,而且其中3个（aa#353,521和568）与已知的抗原表位密切相关。F基因在有抗体A组也出现2个稳定的非同义突变,无抗体B组没有产生稳定变异。但不论在有抗体A组还是无抗体B组,F基因变异的NS／S比均小于2.5。本研究表明,抗体免疫选择压可显著影响HN基因变异,但对F基因变异的影响小于HN基因。     

MTNR1A基因对大白猪和长白猪产仔数的影响

根据MTNR1A基因在GenBank中的已知DNA序列设计了2对引物,采用PCR-SSCP技术在一个大白猪和长白猪群体中进行单核苷酸多态性（single nucleotide polymorphism, SNP）检测,发现了一个SNP位点,并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是由于在+159碱基处（GenBank中序列）发生了G→A的同义突变而引起的。并对该SNP与产仔数进行了关联分析,结果表明该SNP对产仔数有影响。     

新疆维吾尔族妇女宫颈癌组织中乳头瘤病毒16型E6基因的克隆和序列分析

为了分析新疆南部地区维吾尔族妇女宫颈癌组织中HPV16型E6基因结构特点，从中国新疆南部地区维吾尔族妇女宫颈癌活检组织标本中提取DNA，以宫颈癌活检组织标本DNA为模板进行PCR扩增，获得HPV16 E6基因，将其克隆到pUCm-T载体上，并对其进行基因全序列分析.PCR检测结果显示宫颈癌组织中HPV16 E6阳性率为82.35%（14/17）；测序结果显示，新疆株HPV16 E6基因全长456 bp，大小与德国标准株一致.E6基因的第247位碱基发生T→G突变，并由此引起所编码的氨基酸亦发生改变.上述结果表明，中国新疆南部地区维吾尔族妇女宫颈癌患者组织中HPV16 E6的基因结构与德国标准株HPV16 E6基因之间存在差异.     

扬子鳄MHCⅡ类B基因第二外元的克隆及序列分析

3头扬子鳄血样取自宣城安徽省扬子鳄繁殖研究中心。利用一对简并引物对MHCⅡ类B基因第二外元的部分片段进行扩增;通过克隆、单链构象多态性分析、测序,并将测得序列与下载的8个物种MHC序列比对,确定序列差异和变异位点;利用MEGA软件构建NJ树,PAUP4．0构建MP树。结果得到10种不同的序列,片段长166bp。核苷酸序列中有38个变异位点,氨基酸序列中有23个变异位点;推定的抗原结合位点非同义替换(dN)明显高于同义替换(dS)。10种序列的NJ树和MP树极为相似,均为A、B两个分支,两个分支明显的特异性位点核苷酸序列中有9个。氨基酸序列中有7个。表明扬子鳄MHCⅡ类B基因第二外元有较高的多态性,有利于扬子鳄饲养种群的遗传保护。     

Natural variation in the genes responsible for maturity loci E1, E2, E3 and E4 in soybean

Background and Aims

The timing of flowering has a direct impact on successful seed production in plants. Flowering of soybean (Glycine max) is controlled by several E loci, and previous studies identified the genes responsible for the flowering loci E1, E2, E3 and E4. However, natural variation in these genes has not been fully elucidated. The aims of this study were the identification of new alleles, establishment of allele diagnoses, examination of allelic combinations for adaptability, and analysis of the integrated effect of these loci on flowering.

Methods

The sequences of these genes and their flanking regions were determined for 39 accessions by primer walking. Systematic discrimination among alleles was performed using DNA markers. Genotypes at the E1–E4 loci were determined for 63 accessions covering several ecological types using DNA markers and sequencing, and flowering times of these accessions at three sowing times were recorded.

Key Results

A new allele with an insertion of a long interspersed nuclear element (LINE) at the promoter of the E1 locus (e1-re) was identified. Insertion and deletion of 36 bases in the eighth intron (E2-in and E2-dl) were observed at the E2 locus. Systematic discrimination among the alleles at the E1–E3 loci was achieved using PCR-based markers. Allelic combinations at the E1–E4 loci were found to be associated with ecological types, and about 62–66 % of variation of flowering time could be attributed to these loci.

Conclusions

The study advances understanding of the combined roles of the E1–E4 loci in flowering and geographic adaptation, and suggests the existence of unidentified genes for flowering in soybean,     

Formation of leukotrienes E3, E4 and E5 in rat basophilic leukemia cells

Rat basophilic leukemia (RBL-1) cells incubated with ionophore A23187 and 5,8,11-eicosatrienoic acid produced three slow-reacting substances identified as leukotrienes C3, D3 and E3 by spectroscopic, chromatographic and enzymatic methods. 5,8,11,14,17-Eicosapentaenoic acid was similarly converted by RBL-1 cells to leukotrienes C5, D5. and E5. Leukotrienes C4, D4 and E4 were also formed in these experiments from endogenous arachidonic acid. Time-course studies, incubations with 3H-labeled leukotriene C3 and effects of acivicin [L-(alpha S, 5S)-alpha-amino-3-chloro-4,5-dihydro-5-isoxazoleacetic acid; a gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase inhibitor] indicated that leukotrienes C and D are intermediates in the formation of leukotrienes E. L-Cysteine enhanced the conversion of leukotriene C3 to leukotriene D3 and inhibited further degradation of leukotriene D3 to leukotriene E3.     

E2F7 and E2F8 keep the E2F family in balance

An article by Li and colleagues (in this issue of Developmental Cell) shows that the atypical E2Fs, E2F7 and E2F8, are critical for mouse development. One of the important functions of these family members stems from a negative feedback loop in which E2F7 and E2F8 limit the expression of E2F1 and prevent E2F1-dependent apoptosis.     

Incompatibility Exhibited by Colicin Plasmids E1, E2, and E3 in Escherichia coli

Escherichia coli strains were made multiply colicinogenic for the colicin plasmids E1, E2, or E3 (Col E1, Col E2, or Col E3, respectively) by both a deoxyribonucleic acid transformation system and bacterial conjugation. The multiply colicinogenic bacteria constructed exhibited an immunity to the colicins produced by all the plasmids they carried and also produced colicins corresponding to all the plasmids they carried. An incompatibility was observed among the plasmids. In doubly colicinogenic cells where the presence of two plasmids was established, Col E2 was lost more frequently than Col E3. In triply colicinogenic cells, Col E1, Col E2, and Col E3 were lost, with Col E3 being lost least frequently. A significant reduction in the acquisition of a conjugationally transferred Col E1 plasmid by cells colicinogenic for Col E1 was demonstrated.     

Processing of Procarboxypeptidase E into Carboxypeptidase E Occurs in Secretory Vesicles

Abstract: Carboxypeptidase E (CPE) functions in the posttranslational processing of bioactive peptides. Like other peptide processing enzymes, CPE is initially produced as a precursor ("proCPE") that undergoes posttranslational processing at a site containing five adjacent Arg residues near the N-terminus and at other sites near the C-terminus of proCPE. The time course of the N-terminal processing step suggests that this conversion occurs in either the Golgi apparatus or the secretory vesicles. To delineate further the site of proCPE processing, pulse/chase analysis was performed under conditions that block transit out of the Golgi apparatus (brefeldin A, carbonyl cyanide m -chlorophenylhydrazone, or 20°C) or that block acidification of vesicles (chloroquine, monensin, or ammonium chloride). The results of these analysis suggest that efficient proCPE processing requires an acidic post-Golgi compartment. To test whether known processing enzymes can perform this cleavage, purified proCPE was incubated with furin, prohormone convertase 1, or a dynorphin converting enzyme, and the products were analyzed on denaturing polyacrylamide gels. Furin cleaves proCPE within the N-terminal region, although the reaction is not very efficient, requiring relatively large amounts of furin or long incubation times. The other two peptide processing enzymes did not cleave proCPE, whereas a relatively small amount of secretory granule extract was able to convert proCPE into CPE. Taken together, these findings suggest that the conversion of proCPE into CPE occurs primarily in secretory vesicles.     

Colicins E7 and E8 degrade DNA in sensitive bacteria

The primary target of colicin E7 in sensitive bacteria are their DNA molecules. In agarose gel electrophoresis of lysates of cells treated with colicin E7, both chromosomal and plasmid DNA bands disappear, in direct relation to E7 concentration and to the duration of treatment. DNA degradation is followed by a cessation of DNA synthesis. In E7-immune bacteria, no damage to DNA due to colicin E7 occurs. The mode of action of colicin E7 thus appears to be equal to that of colicin E2. Also, colicin E8 causes a distinct damage to chromosomal and plasmid DNA in sensitive, but not in immune bacteria. None of the colicins E1, E3, E4, E5, E6 or E9 has any influence on bacterial DNA.     

Isolation of 19,20-dehydroprostaglandins E1 and E2 in human seminal fluid and further studies on 18,19-dehydroprostaglandins E1 and E2

Human seminal fluid was recently found to contain 18,19-dehydroprostaglandins E1 and E2 (E. H. Oliw, H. Sprecher, and M. Hamberg, (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 2675-2683). In the present study, the cis and trans isomers of 18,19-dehydroprostaglandins E1 and E2 were prepared by incubation of microsomes of ram vesicular glands and glutathione with the precursor fatty acids, 8(Z),11(Z),14(Z),18(E/Z)-eicosatetraenoic acids, and 5(Z),8(Z),11(Z),14(Z),18(E/Z)-eicosapentaenoic acids, and used as references to characterize the 18,19-dehydroprostaglandins of human seminal fluid. Based on separation by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and ozonolysis of the (-)-menthoxycarbonyl derivatives and on comparison with the authentic compounds, human seminal fluid was found to contain both the cis and trans isomers of 18,19-dehydroprostaglandins E1 and E2. Furthermore, human seminal fluid contained two related compounds, viz. 19,20-dehydroprostaglandins E1 and E2. The structures of these compounds were established by conversion into the corresponding prostaglandin B compounds, by mass spectrometric analysis and by chemical degradation by oxidative ozonolysis, which afforded, inter alia, 2(S)-hydroxy-adipic acid.