中国35个苦荞审定品种EST-SSR指纹图谱构建与遗传多样性分析

核心引物对种质资源遗传多样性分析、品种鉴定、指纹图谱构建等研究具有重要价值。本研究以35个苦荞（Fagopyrum tataricum（L.） Gaertn）审定品种为材料,从91对苦荞EST-SSR引物中筛选出50对多态性引物。综合考虑引物多态性信息量（PIC）大小、鉴别力（DP）,筛选出等位变异位点数在2~4,PIC值在0.60~0.78之间的6对引物（SSR9007、SSR6873、SSR7642、SSR2234、SSR6789、SSR68216）构建了供试品种的分子指纹图谱。遗传多样性聚类分析结果表明,供试品种的相似系数为0.50~0.99。当遗传相似系数为0.60时,可将供试品种分为4大类群,其中54.3%的供试品种被聚为一类,表明苦荞审定品种遗传组成差异较小,遗传基础狭窄。聚类结果表明各类群间没有明显的地域分布趋势,但能较好的反映供试品种间的亲缘关系。     

Analysis of competing endogenous RNA network identifies a poorly differentiated cancer-specific RNA signature for hepatocellular carcinoma

Plenty of evidence has suggested that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play a vital role in competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) networks. Poorly differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma (PDHCC) is a malignant phenotype. This paper aimed to explore the effect and the underlying regulatory mechanism of lncRNAs on PDHCC as a kind of ceRNA. Additionally, prognosis prediction was assessed. A total of 943 messenger RNAs (mRNAs), 86 miRNAs, and 468 lncRNAs that were differentially expressed between 137 PDHCCs and 235 well-differentiated HCCs were identified. Thereafter, a ceRNA network related to the dysregulated lncRNAs was established according to bioinformatic analysis and included 29 lncRNAs, 9 miRNAs, and 96 mRNAs. RNA-related overall survival (OS) curves were determined using the Kaplan-Meier method. The lncRNA ARHGEF7-AS2 was markedly correlated with OS in HCC (P = .041). Moreover, Cox regression analysis revealed that patients with low ARHGEF7-AS2 expression were associated with notably shorter survival time (P = .038). In addition, the area under the curve values of the lncRNA signature for 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival were 0.806, 0.741, and 0.701, respectively. Furthermore, a lncRNA nomogram was established, and the C-index of the internal validation was 0.717. In vitro experiments were performed to demonstrate that silencing ARHGEF7-AS2 expression significantly promoted HCC cell proliferation and migration. Taken together, our findings shed more light on the ceRNA network related to lncRNAs in PDHCC, and ARHGEF7-AS2 may be used as an independent biomarker to predict the prognosis of HCC.     

苦荞种质主要农艺性状的变异及其对单株粒重的贡献研究

对180份苦荞种质资源的8个主要农艺性状进行了评价,并对单株粒重与其他7个农艺性状之间进行了相关性分析和通径分析。结果显示,主要农艺性状的变异系数为8.10%~39.40%;简单相关分析表明,单株粒重与单株粒数、主茎分支数呈极显著正相关;偏相关分析表明,单株粒重与单株粒数、千粒重呈极显著正相关;多元回归和通径分析均表明,单株粒数、千粒重是影响单株粒重的主要因素,其中单株粒数影响最大。系统聚类分析表明,180份苦荞种质资源可划分为5类,其中第Ⅲ类(包括47份供试材料)的综合农艺性状较好,主要表现为主茎分枝能力强、单株粒数多、单株粒重和单株米粒重高,可作为优异基因资源进一步开发利用,也为以增加单株米粒重与出米率为选育目标的苦荞薄壳育种提供依据。     

Molecular Characterization of Two Silenced y-type Genes for Glu-B1 in Triticum aestivum ssp. yunnanese and ssp. tibetanum

The high molecular weight glutenln subunits (HMW-GSs) are a major class of common wheat storage proteins. The bread-making quality of common wheat flour is influenced by the composition of HMW-GSs. In the present study, two unexpressed 1By genes from Triticum aesitvum L.ssp.yunnanese AS332 and T. aesitvum sep.tibetanum AS908 were respectively cloned and characterized. The results indicated that both of the silenced 1By genes in AS332 and AS908 were 1By9. in contrast to previously reported mechanisms for silenced genes 1Ax and 1Ay, which was due to the insertion of transposon elements or the presence of premature stop codon via base substitution of C→T transition in tdnucleotides CAA or CAG, the silence of 1By9 genes was caused by premature stop codons via the deletion of base A in tdnucleotide CAA, which lead to frameshift mutation and indirectly produced several premature stop codons (TAG) downstream of the coding sequence.     

Molecular Characterization of Two Silenced y-type Genes for Glu-B1 in Triticum aestivum ssp. yunnanese and ssp. tibetanum

The high molecular weight glutenin subunits （HMW-GSs） are a major class of common wheat storage proteins. The breadmaking quality of common wheat flour is influenced by the composition of HMW-GSs. In the present study, two unexpressed 1 By genes from Triticum aesitvum L.ssp.yunnanese AS332 and T. aesitvum ssp.tibetanurn AS908 were respectively cloned and characterized. The results indicated that both of the silenced 1By genes in AS332 and AS908 were 1Byg. In contrast to previously reported mechanisms for silenced genes lAx and lay, which was due to the insertion of transposon elements or the presence of premature stop codon via base substitution of C→T transition in trinucleotides CAA or CAG, the silence of 1By9 genes was caused by premature stop codons via the deletion of base A in trinucleotide CA.A, which lead to frameshift mutation and indirectly produced several premature stop codons （TAG） downstream of the coding sequence.