结直肠癌组织LRFN4、HMGB2、MAGE-A9的表达及与临床病理特征和预后的关系分析

摘要 目的：探讨结直肠癌组织富含亮氨酸重复序列/Ⅲ型纤维连接蛋白4(LRFN4)、高迁移率族蛋白B2(HMGB2)、黑色素瘤相关抗原-A9(MAGE-A9)表达与临床病理特征及预后的关系。方法：对2013年5月至2015年5月期间在我院接受治疗的102例结直肠癌患者进行研究。检测结直肠癌组织以及癌旁组织中LRFN4、HMGB2、MAGE-A9表达情况。分析LRFN4、HMGB2、MAGE-A9表达与临床病理特征的关系；分析LRFN4、HMGB2、MAGE-A9表达对患者总生存率的影响。分析影响结直肠癌患者预后的因素。结果：与癌旁组织相比，结直肠癌组织中LRFN4、HMGB2、MAGE-A9表达阳性率上调（P<0.05）。LRFN4、HMGB2、MAGE-A9表达与TNM分期和淋巴结转移相关（P<0.05）。LRFN4、HMGB2、MAGE-A9阳性表达患者的生存率分别低于LRFN4、HMGB2、MAGE-A9阴性表达患者（P<0.05）。Cox比例风险回归分析结果显示，TNM分期、LRFN4、HMGB2、MAGE-A9表达是结直肠癌患者预后的影响因素（P<0.05）。结论：结直肠癌组织中LRFN4、HMGB2、MAGE-A9表达阳性率上调，并与结直肠癌的进展和患者的预后有关，检测LRFN4、HMGB2、MAGE-A9表达情况有助于患者的预后评估。     

CRISPR/Cas9系统纳米递送及其在肿瘤治疗中应用

新兴的CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑技术可实现在分子水平上对基因进行操作,具有设计简单、易于操作、特异性好、效率高等优点,广泛应用于肿瘤发生、发展和转移的潜在机制以及临床治疗的研究.利用纳米技术研发的非病毒纳米载体可以将CRISPR/Cas9系统高效递送到体内,为CRISPR/Cas9技术在临床领域的应用提供新途径.本文介绍CRISPR/Cas9的作用原理,简要概括目前CRISPR/Cas9系统的递送形式和常用的纳米递送载体,总结在部分肿瘤治疗中应用该技术的研究进展,并进一步对此进行展望.     

A palmitoyltransferase Approximated gene Bm-app regulates wing development in Bombyx mori

The silkworm Bombyx mori is an important lepidopteran model insect in which many kinds of natural mutants have been identified.However,molecular mechanisms of most of these mutants remain to be explored.Here we report the identification of a gene Bm-app is responsible for the silkworm minute wing(mw)mutation which exhibits exceedingly small wings during pupal and adult stages.Compared with the wild type silkworm,relative messenger RNA expression of Bm-app is significantly decreased in the ul 1 mutant strain which shows mw phenotype.A 10 bp insertion in the putative promoter region of the Bm-app gene in mw mutant strain was identified and the dual luciferase assay revealed that this insertion decreased Bm-app promoter activity.Furthermore,clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/RNA-guided Cas9 nucleases-mediated depletion of the Bm-app induced similar wing defects which appeared in the mw mutant,demonstrating that Bm-app controls wing development in B.mori.Bm-app encodes a palmitoyltransferase and is responsible for the palmitoylation of selected cytoplasmic proteins,indicating that it is required for cell mitosis and growth during wing development.We also discuss the possibility that Bm-app regulates wing development through the Hippo signaling pathway in B.mori.     

PD-L1基因敲除小鼠构建及初步表型验证

目的 程序性死亡配体-1(PD-L1)是免疫调节途径的重要因子,是抗肿瘤免疫疗法中重要的靶标之一。利用CRISPR/Cas9技术成功构建PD-L1基因敲除小鼠模型,并初步分析其表型。方法 构建Cas9和sgRNA载体,并转录获得RNA,通过显微注射方式将RNA注射到C57BL/6小鼠受精卵中,经过鉴定获得F₀代阳性小鼠。F₀代小鼠与野生型C57BL/6小鼠交配获得F₁代杂合子小鼠,再通过F₁代小鼠自交获得F₂代纯合子小鼠品系。随后通过Real-Time PCR和流式实验分别检测PD-L1基因在mRNA和蛋白质水平上的表达情况。结果 Real-Time PCR和流式实验检测结果显示与野生型C57小鼠相比,PD-L1纯合子小鼠的PD-L1 mRNA相对表达水平和细胞上的蛋白质表达均有显著性下降,仅测定到本底的信号,证实已成功构建PD-L1基因敲除小鼠品系,为PD-L1体内基因功能研究提供了新的小鼠模型。     

利用CRISPR/Cas9技术建立敲除JAK2基因K562细胞系

目的:利用CRISPR/Cas9技术对K562细胞系JAK2基因进行编辑,构建JAK2基因敲除的K562细胞系。方法:使用CRISPR在线设计工具,针对JAK2基因设计sgRNA,构建Cas9-sgRNA共表达质粒。使用第二代慢病毒包装系统包装慢病毒并感染K562细胞,提取细胞基因组DNA,Sanger测序和TA克隆检测基因编辑活性。无限稀释法将编辑阳性的细胞接种于96孔板并扩培得到单克隆细胞株,提取基因组DNA,Sanger测序和TA克隆分析敲除JAK2单克隆细胞的基因型。结果:成功构建靶向敲除JAK2基因的lentiCRISPRv2-sgRNA3-1质粒。优化方案得到低细胞毒性高转染效率的感染K562细胞慢病毒量。CRISPR/Cas9系统成功在JAK2基因sgRNA3-1识别位点发挥基因组编辑活性,获得纯合敲除JAK2基因细胞株K562-JAK2~(-/-)(两个等位分别发生移码突变,预期编码没有功能的JAK2蛋白)。结论:CRIAPR/Cas9系统通过慢病毒感染方式获得JAK2基因纯合敲除的K562细胞株,该细胞模型可用于研究在慢性髓系白血病中JAK2基因的作用,为构建K562敲除其他基因细胞系提供实验依据,为探究造血分化机制的研究奠定实验基础。     

Progress and Challenges for Live-cell Imaging of Genomic Loci Using CRISPR-based Platforms

Chromatin conformation,localization,and dynamics are crucial regulators of cellular behaviors. Although fluorescence in situ hybridization-based techniques have been widely utilized for investigating chromatin architectures in healthy and diseased states,the requirement for cell fix-ation precludes the comprehensive dynamic analysis necessary to fully understand chromatin activ-ities. This has spurred the development and application of a variety of imaging methodologies for visualizing single chromosomal loci in the native cellular context. In this review,we describe currently-available approaches for imaging single genomic loci in cells,with special focus on clus-tered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based imaging approaches. In addition,we discuss some of the challenges that limit the application of CRISPR-based genomic imaging approaches,and potential solutions to address these challenges. We anticipate that,with continued refinement of CRISPR-based imaging techniques,significant understanding can be gained to help decipher chromatin activities and their relevance to cellular physiology and pathogenesis.