应用微卫星标记对不同基因组组合生物型遗传多态性的研究(英文)

微卫星ＤＮＡ在真核基因组中分布频率为每２０～３０ｋｂ一个,具有片段长度短、序列 高度重复、种类多以及高度多态的特点,极适于遗传变异研究。本文报道：采用微卫星 标记对不同基因组组合的鱼类进行了基因组指纹图谱构建。受试材料为红鲤（ＲＣ）、红鲫 （ＲＡ）、镜鲤（ＭＣ）、鲤鲫杂种二倍体（ＣＡ）鲫鲤杂种三倍体（ＣＡＡ）,人工复合三倍体（ＣＣＡ） 等六种生物型。微卫星ＤＮＡ座位（探针）ＭＦＷ２、ＭＦＷ８和ＭＦＷ１６各自存在１２、１６和 １０个等位基因（Ｆｉｇ．１,２,＆３）。通过对微卫星标记图谱的量化分析,利用ＵＰＧＭＡ构建了 不同生物型的遗传关系树系图（Ｔａｂｌｅ　１,Ｆｉｇ．４）。本研究发现,徽卫星和ＲＡＰＤ分析两种 手段反映六种生物型之间的聚类模式完全一致。然而由微卫星标记获得的生物型内和生 物型之间的遗传距离均大于ＲＡＰＤ的,此结果表明微卫星标记在揭示群体内个体间差 异上有独到之处。     

微卫星跨物种交叉PCR扩增的一个新问题:扩增非同源产物

微卫星已被广泛应用于群体遗传学、生态学和进化生物学研究。然而,一些物种微卫星尚未克隆。为了节省时间和经费,研究人员往往使用一个物种已发表的微卫星引物扩增其近缘物种的微卫星。该研究对属于3个不同科(Clariidae、Heteropneustidae 和Pimelodidae)的7个鲶鱼物种的微卫星跨物种PCR扩增产物进行了序列分析,研究发现扩增非同源（non-orthologous）产物是微卫星跨物种PCR扩增的一个新问题。该研究共采用4对胡子鲶微卫星座位引物对7个鲶鱼物种进行了跨物种PCR扩增。对获得的204个PCR产物的序列分析结果表明,两对微卫星座位引物扩增了所有7个物种的同源特异产物。而其他两个座位的引物扩增了特异但非同源的多态产物,对近缘物种的扩增也获得类似结果。另外,除胡子鲶等位基因大小异源同型(size homoplasy)的特征不明显外,其他物种在3个微卫星座位都具有这一非常明显的特征。这些数据表明,微卫星跨物种间交叉扩增能产生非同源产物;等位基因大小异源同型与微卫星座位本身有关,而与物种间的亲缘关系无明显的相关性。微卫星跨物种扩增产生的非同源产物和等位基因大小异源同型将使系统发育、群体遗传学和进化研究明显复杂化。因此,在应用微卫星跨物种交叉扩增数据以前,最好对跨物种交叉扩增产物进行测序验证。     

大熊猫父权认定的DNA指纹图分析

本文以大熊猫１４胎次,１９只幼子,２５只次雄兽个体的被毛、血液、精液、福尔马林固定的器官组织、粪和尿等为材料作了ＤＮＡ指纹检测。（１）同一大熊猫个体的被毛、血液、精液、固定组织及粪、尿检测,其ＤＮＡ指纹图完全一致。（２）大熊猫无论１雄配１雌,２雄配１雌、３雄配１雌,甚至４雄配１雌,受配雌兽所产任一子代个体的ＤＮＡ指纹图谱中,杂交谱带均分别来自父亲、母亲,以及父母双亲,没有新带出现,无误地认定了１９只幼子的真正父亲,排除了非父。（３）３只大熊猫雌兽的５个双胞胎,即１０只子代个体的ＤＮＡ指纹图谱,均具有个体特异性,表明为异卵双生,其中４个双生子为异卵异父双生,为大熊猫在一个发情期不一定同时排卵提供了佐证,亦为圈养雌兽发情高峰期用多只雄兽作多次配种或输精,能提高受孕产仔率提供了理论和应用依据。（４）ＤＮＡ指纹技术用于大熊猫的亲子鉴定,灵敏稳定,准确无误,为圈养大熊猫多雄配１雌,增加受配雌兽的受孕机会,提高产子率提供了鉴别手段,解除了多雄配１雌,其子代的父亲是谁的后顾之忧。（５）应用寡核苷酸探针ＬＺＦ－１作大熊猫亲子鉴定较ＪＨ１２．６探针更为适合     

中国沙皮犬微卫星DNA分析的遗传多样性

运用20对微卫星引物对来自中国广东省的92份沙皮犬血液样品（骨嘴型沙皮犬21只，骨肉嘴型沙皮犬29只，肉嘴型沙皮犬42只）进行了遗传背景的检测。结果表明，20个多态性微卫星座位共检测到272个等位基因，平均每个座位为13.6个。中国沙皮犬群体的平均杂合度为0.8259，所有微卫星标记座位的多态信息含量（PIC）在0.5352到0.9226之间，说明中国沙皮犬群体存在较为丰富的遗传多样性。遗传距离和聚类分析结果显示，3种类型沙皮犬之间已产生了一定的遗传分化。上述结果为中国沙皮犬细分为不同的品系以及澄清中国沙皮犬种质资源的混乱状况提供了理论依据。     

卫星,小卫星和微卫星DNA—真核生物基因组的串状重复序列

卫星、小卫星和微卫星ＤＮＡ——真核生物基因组的串状重复序列姜运良（山东农业大学动物科技学院,山东泰安２７１０１８）关键词卫星小卫星微卫星串状重复序列真核生物基因组中编码蛋白质（酶）的结构基因只占很少的一部分（１０％～２０％）,其余大部分是重复序列。根...     

戊型肝炎病毒（HEV）合成肽及基因重组抗的免疫反应性研究

用ＯＲＦ２、ＯＲＦ３合成肽抗原（１－１０号）及基因工程重组的ＯＲＦ２抗原（１和２号）分别建立了酶联免疫方法（ＥＩＡ）,检测６０份戊型肝炎病人血清中ＨＥＶＩｇＧ及ＩｇＭ１０个合成肽抗原及２人重组抗原,均和ＨＥＶ阳性血清发生特异反应,但阳性率和反应强度差别很大。以Ｒｅｌ（ＯＲＦ２,４０２－６６０）检测的抗体阳性率最高,为９６．７％;Ｓｐ６（ＯＲＦ３,８８－１２３）次之,为９３．３％（５６／６０）;以上     

原位DNA合成技术

原位ＤＮＡ合成技术李子银,胡会庆（华中农业大学农学系,武汉４３００７０）关键词原位ＤＮＡ合成自六十年代放射标记探针应用于原位分子杂交技术后,人们就可以对特异的核苷酸在原位进行检测,然而,直到八十年代由于非放射性标记探针的使用,原位分子杂交技术才得到了...     

牙鲆GH基因第1外显子区微卫星标记与幼鱼生长性状的相关分析

摘要：以牙鲆（Paralichthys olivaceus）一个养殖群体中的100个个体为研究材料,分析了其GH基因第1外显子区域中微卫星座位的多态性,同时对各基因型与其体重、体长等生长性状进行了关联性分析。结果表明,该外显子微卫星座位具有一定的多态性,共检测到3个等位基因(A、B、C)、5种基因型,这3个等位基因的频...     

N^7＋重离子注入和贯穿后小麦种胚的期外DNA合成效应

用＾３ＨＴｄＲ掺入法研究了经Ｎ＾７＋重离子注入贯穿处理的８２５７９小麦和８８１２小麦种胚的ＤＮＡ合成动态。结果发现,未经Ｎ＾７＋重离子任何处理的两个小麦品种的对照种胚,在萌发早期（２０ｈ内）仅存在一个ＤＮＡ合成峰（于萌发的第１４ｈ）,而经过Ｎ＾７＋重离子注入和贯穿处理的小麦种胚则存在两个ＤＮＡ合成峰（分别于萌发的８－１０ｈ和１４－１６ｈ）,该种子经ＤＮＡ修复合成的抑制剂咖啡因处理后,第一个ＤＮＡ合     

大熊猫遗传多样性评估的微卫星分型体系优化

微卫星作为重要的分子标记之一,已被证明在大熊猫种群规模评估、亲子鉴定和遗传多样性分析方面是有效的。目前微卫星标记在大熊猫(Ailuropoda melanoleuca)染色体上物理定位方面的报道较少,而且缺乏微卫星基因分型系统的效能评估以及PCR扩增条件的优化。本研究基于大熊猫基因组参考序列(ASM200744v2),分析了34个大熊猫微卫星位点的染色体定位特征并评价了位点的应用价值。通过优化34个STR-PCR反应体系和扩增程序,结合微卫星的染色体定位数据确定了Ame-μ10标记的较低应用价值以及gpz-6重新筛选引物的必要性。本研究有助于提高基因分型结果的重复性和可靠性,对促进《大熊猫种群遗传档案建立技术规程》规范化应用和制定大熊猫保护策略具有重要意义。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.