猫叫综合征一家系高分辨染色体分析

本文采用高分辨染色体技术,对一例猫叫综合征患儿及其家系进行了分析,结 果提示,猫叫综合征染色体关键片段位于5p15.3→5pter。     

Epigenetic silencing of olfactomedin-4 enhances gastric cancer cell invasion via activation of focal adhesion kinase signaling

Downregulation of olfactomedin-4 (OLFM4) is associated with tumor progression, lymph node invasion and metastases. However, whether or not downregulation of OLFM4 is associated with epigenetic silencing remains unknown. In this study, we investigate the role of OLFM4 in gastric cancer cell invasion. We confirm the previous result that OLFM4 expression is increased in gastric cancer tissues and decreases with an increasing number of metastatic lymph nodes, which are associated with OLFM4 promoter hypermethylation. Overexpression of OLFM4 in gastric cancer cells had an inhibitory effect on cell invasion. Furthermore, we found that focal adhesion kinase (FAK) was negatively correlated with OLFM4 in regards to lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer tissues. Also, inhibition of FAK induced by OLFM4 knockdown resulted in a decrease in cell invasion. Thus, our study demonstrates that epigenetic silencing of OLFM4 enhances gastric cancer cell invasion via activation of FAK signaling. [BMB Reports 2015; 48(11): 630-635]     

波斯小麦醇溶蛋白遗传多样性分析

应用APAGE技术对来源于16个国家(地区)96份波斯小麦材料进行醇溶蛋白遗传多样性分析,结果表明,波斯小麦具有丰富的醇溶蛋白等位变异,共分离出55条迁移率不同的带纹。每份材料可电泳出13～26条,平均18.6条,带纹多态性为100%。96份材料共出现了75种电泳图谱类型,其中31份材料共同拥有10种图谱,剩余的65份材料的电泳图谱各不相同。供试材料间GS值变异范围为0.176～1.000,平均值为0.538。聚类分析表明,在GS值0.538水平上供试材料可聚为五大类群,且遗传聚类关系与材料的地理来源有一定的相关性。