电化学发光在基因检测中的应用

电化学发光基因检测是把电化学发光的高灵敏性和传统分子生物学方法的稳定性结合于一体的一种新型的基因检测技术。与传统的基因检测方法相比,它具有无放射性危害、高灵敏度、操作简便等优点。近年被广泛地应用于核酸序列分析,基因突变分析,遗传病、转基因物种、病毒、微生物等的检测。本文概述了电化学发光的基本原理以及传统的基因检测技术,详细地介绍了电化学发光在当前基因检测中的应用现状,并对其前景作了展望。     

Can a solitary avian species use collective detection? An assay in semi-natural conditions

Collective detection (e.g., enhanced predator detection through the vigilance of conspecifics) is expected to have evolved particularly in social species. However, we assessed the degree to which an avian territorial species (California towhee Pipilo crissalis) would use social cues about predation in a semi-natural assay. We also exposed a social species (house finch Carpodacus mexicanus) to similar conditions. California towhees increased scanning rates when foraging with conspecifics, whereas house finches increased scanning rates when foraging solitarily, suggesting that vigilance in these species is regulated mostly through interference competition and through predation risk, respectively. California towhees did not show early detection, and actually the last detector in the group delayed detection in relation to solitary individuals. House finches benefited from early detection, but the second and last detectors maintained detection at the level of solitary individuals. California towhees increased the chances of fleeing when in groups in relation to solitary conditions, but this effect was less pronounced in the last detector. House finches always fled across conditions. Overall, an asocial avian species may use collective detection, but limited to certain types of cues: responses were more pronounced to overt (conspecifics walking or fleeing) rather than subtle (conspecifics becoming alert or crouching) social cues.     

Contrast sensitivity and the detection of moving patterns and features

Theories based on optimal sampling by the retina have been widely applied to visual ecology at the level of the optics of the eye, supported by visual behaviour. This leads to speculation about the additional processing that must lie in between—in the brain itself. But fewer studies have adopted a quantitative approach to evaluating the detectability of specific features in these neural pathways. We briefly review this approach with a focus on contrast sensitivity of two parallel pathways for motion processing in insects, one used for analysis of wide-field optic flow, the other for detection of small features. We further use a combination of optical modelling of image blur and physiological recording from both photoreceptors and higher-order small target motion detector neurons sensitive to small targets to show that such neurons operate right at the limits imposed by the optics of the eye and the noise level of single photoreceptors. Despite this, and the limitation of only being able to use information from adjacent receptors to detect target motion, they achieve a contrast sensitivity that rivals that of wide-field motion sensitive pathways in either insects or vertebrates—among the highest in absolute terms seen in any animal.     

新城疫液相芯片快速检测方法的建立

目的：建立可检测新城疫病毒（Newcastle disease virus,NDV）的液相芯片快速检测技术。方法：用DNAStar软件对GEN-BANK中NDV的NP基因进行序列分析设计NDV特异性探针并标记生物素,利用该探针与荧光编码微球偶联后与抽提的NDV病毒RNA的RT-PCR产物杂交反应,用液相芯片检测仪（Liquichip 200）检测荧光信号建立了NDV快速液相芯片检测方法。结果：检测结果显示,该法具有较好的特异性,不与H5AIV和H9AIV反应;检测灵敏度达到150个EID50;该法与鸡胚病毒分离法检出NDV的符合率达到97.1%。结论：初步建立了检测NDV的液相芯片技术,为进一步搭建NDV全新快速高通量检测平台奠定了基础,也为其他同类病毒的快速高通量检测提供了借鉴和经验。     

蓖麻毒素检测技术研究进展

蓖麻毒素是从蓖麻种子的胚乳中提取的一种核糖体失活蛋白。基于其潜在的威胁,建立快速、灵敏的蓖麻毒素检测技术受到人们的高度关注。根据蓖麻毒素的理化性质、免疫原性,已经建立了免疫荧光技术、夹心免疫PCR技术、免疫胶体金标记技术、蛋白芯片技术和生物传感器技术等用于检测蓖麻毒素。     

登革病毒检测技术研究进展

登革病毒可导致登革热、登革出血热和登革休克综合征,准确快速的早期诊断对其预后非常关键,因此登革病毒检测技术的发展势在必行。在此,我们简要综述目前的登革病毒分离、血清学检测、分子生物学检测技术进展。     

核酸试纸条检测方法研究进展*

凝胶电泳、实时荧光PCR等常规核酸检测方法存在操作繁琐、设备昂贵、反应时间长等局限性。随着核酸检测市场规模的大幅提升,常规检测方法已无法满足临床诊断、检验检疫的需求。核酸试纸条(nucleic acid detection strip,NADS)是一种新兴的核酸检测方法,具有灵敏度高、操作便捷、结果可视化、成本低且耗时短等优势,在基础研究与临床诊断等领域受到广泛关注。综述近年来NADS的检测方法及研究进展,系统总结该技术的原理、应用及临床潜在转化价值,以期为NADS的进一步开发、利用提供借鉴。     

转豇豆胰蛋白酶CPTI基因棉花检测用标准分子的制备

利用PCR的方法克隆豇豆胰蛋白酶基因CPTI、基因表达调控元件35S启动子、NOS终止子以及棉花内标基因Sad1,连接到克隆载体上,构建成质粒标准分子pGB。PCR检测过程中,质粒标准分子和转基因棉花中能扩增出4个目的条带,而非转基因棉花中不能扩增出相应的条带,证明构建好的质粒标准分子能用于转基因棉花的定性检测。荧光定量PCR绘制4个目的基因片段的标准曲线,各标准曲线的相关系数均达到0.985以上,说明建立的PCR具有很好的Ct值-初始浓度相关性,达到定量分析的需求,而且荧光定量PCR反应具有很好的重复性和稳定性,可用于实际样品的定量检测。     

A novel approach for pilot error detection using Dynamic Bayesian Networks

In the last decade Dynamic Bayesian Networks (DBNs) have become one type of the most attractive probabilistic modelling framework extensions of Bayesian Networks (BNs) for working under uncertainties from a temporal perspective. Despite this popularity not many researchers have attempted to study the use of these networks in anomaly detection or the implications of data anomalies on the outcome of such models. An abnormal change in the modelled environment’s data at a given time, will cause a trailing chain effect on data of all related environment variables in current and consecutive time slices. Albeit this effect fades with time, it still can have an ill effect on the outcome of such models. In this paper we propose an algorithm for pilot error detection, using DBNs as the modelling framework for learning and detecting anomalous data. We base our experiments on the actions of an aircraft pilot, and a flight simulator is created for running the experiments. The proposed anomaly detection algorithm has achieved good results in detecting pilot errors and effects on the whole system.     

数字PCR技术及应用研究进展

数字PCR是继实时定量PCR之后新兴发展起来的一种绝对定量分析技术。通过将单个DNA分子转移入独立的反应室,PCR扩增反应后,对荧光信号进行检测分析,实现单分子的绝对定量。数字PCR技术摆脱了对标准曲线的依赖,具有更高灵敏度和准确度,在基因突变检测、拷贝数变异检测、微生物检测、转基因食品检测以及下一代测序等方面均得到广泛应用。本文介绍数字PCR技术的定量方法,并评述该技术在主要应用领域的研究进展。     

食品中邻苯二甲酸酯类塑化剂检测方法研究进展

塑化剂作为一种加工助剂,可增加聚合物的可塑性,目前已被广泛应用于化工、医药、日用品和食品包装等各领域。邻苯二甲酸酯是最常用的一种塑化剂,其可在生产、流通等过程中迁移到食品内部,对人体造成不可逆伤害。总结了食品中邻苯二甲酸酯类塑化剂检测的前处理方法及传统检测方法的原理、优缺点及适用性,并按照输出信号种类不同分类,综述了几种邻苯二甲酸酯快速检测方法的原理、特点和应用,总结和比较了几种快速检测方法的优缺点,并对其发展方向进行展望,以期为塑化剂检测方法的研究和开发新型快速的检测方法提供参考思路。     

Rapid detection of viruses, transgenes, and mRNAs in small plant leaf samples

A simple method for the detection of DNA and RNA from small tissue samples (<-1 mg) is described. Stabs of fresh leaves from wheat, clover, tobacco, broad bean, grape, tomato, lettuce, or asparagus were taken using glass microcapillaries, combined with RNase inhibitor and subjected to RT-PCR either directly or after a DNase treatment. This method was used to successfully detect the presence of (1) virus in infected plants, (2) transgenes such asneomycin phosphotransferase II in transformed plants and (3) various plant genes including RubiscoL and 1,3-β-D-glucanase. With the described DNase treatment, the technique was shown to effectively detect RNA and, therefore, can be used to localize and study patterns of gene expression, virus distribution, and/or transgene expression. The benefits of the described tissue stab technique are that it is quick, it requires little manipulation, and is applicable to a variety of plants.     

An evaluation of manual and automated methods for detecting sounds of maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus Illiger 1815)

Although bioacoustics is increasingly used to study species and environments for their monitoring and conservation, detecting calls produced by species of interest is prohibitively time consuming when done manually. Here we compared four methods for detecting and identifying roar-barks of maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) within long sound recordings: (1) a manual method, (2) an automated detector method using Raven Pro 1.4, (3) an automated detector method using XBAT and (4) a mixed method using XBAT's detector followed by manual verification. Recordings were done using a song meter installed at the Serra da Canastra National Park (Minas Gerais, Brazil). For each method we evaluated the following variables in a 24-h recording: (1) total time required analysing files, (2) number of false positives identified and (3) number of true positives identified compared to total number of target sounds. Automated methods required less time to analyse the recordings (77–93 min) when compared to manual method (189 min), but consistently presented more false positives and were less efficient in identifying true positives (manual = 91.89%, Raven = 32.43% and XBAT = 84.86%). Adding a manual verification after XBAT detection dramatically increased efficiency in identifying target sounds (XBAT+manual = 100% true positives). Manual verification of XBAT detections seems to be the best way out of the proposed methods to collect target sound data for studies where large amounts of audio data need to be analysed in a reasonable time (111 min, 58.73% of the time required to find calls manually).     

Annotated regions of significance of SELDI-TOF-MS spectra for detecting protein biomarkers

Peak detection is a key step in the analysis of SELDI-TOF-MS spectra, but the current default method has low specificity and poor peak annotation. To improve data quality, scientists still have to validate the identified peaks visually, a tedious and time-consuming process, especially for large data sets. Hence, there is a genuine need for methods that minimize manual validation. We have previously reported a multi-spectral signal detection method, called RS for 'region of significance', with improved specificity. Here we extend it to include a peak quantification algorithm based on annotated regions of significance (ARS). For each spectral region flagged as significant by RS, we first identify a dominant spectrum for determining the number of peaks and the m/z region of these peaks. From each m/z region of peaks, a peak template is extracted from all spectra via the principal component analysis. Finally, with the template, we estimate the amplitude and location of the peak in each spectrum with the least-squares method and refine the estimation of the amplitude via the mixture model.We have evaluated the ARS algorithm on patient samples from a clinical study. Comparison with the standard method shows that ARS (i) inherits the superior specificity of RS, and (ii) gives more accurate peak annotations than the standard method. In conclusion, we find that ARS alleviates the main problems in the preprocessing of SELDI-TOF spectra. The R-package ProSpect that implements ARS is freely available for academic use at http://www.meb.ki.se/ yudpaw.     

水稻草矮病毒血清学和分子检测方法的比较

将间接ELISA、非放射性分子杂交和RT-PCR三种方法应用于水稻草矮病毒(RGSV)的检测.结果表明,利用自制的融合蛋白GST-NC的抗血清检测RGSV的灵敏度为1mg鲜重的病株叶片或84ng提纯病毒,利用地高辛(DIG)标记的DNA探针NC的点杂交方法检测RGSV的灵敏度为50μg病叶或6ng病毒,而RT-PCR的检测灵敏度则为10μg 病叶或2ng的病毒,对上述三种方法的灵敏度和可操作性也进行了比较.     

纳米金探针在基因检测中的应用

传统的核酸分析中常采用放射性元素、荧光色素以及酶标记等基因探针,这些探针都存在着一些不足之处。近年来,纳米金探针作为一种新型的基因探针,己引起了广泛的关注。该探针具有优良的光谱特征和光化学稳定性,对核酸的非特异吸附性小,与核酸等生物大分子结合后不改变生物分子的活性。将纳米金探针用于基因检测,具有操作简便、快速、安全、实验成本低等优点。本文就纳米金探针的发展过程、纳米金探针的制备、检测原理及其在基因分析中的应用等几个方面作了系统而全面地概述,同时介绍了纳米金探针的最新研究进展,并对其发展前景作了简要评述。     

A bioluminescent assay for monitoring conjugation of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins

Post-translational modification of target proteins by ubiquitin (Ub) and ubiquitin-like (Ubl) proteins is a critical mechanism for regulating protein functions affecting diverse cellular processes. Ub/Ubl proteins are conjugated to lysine residues in substrate proteins through an adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-dependent enzymatic cascade involving enzyme 1 (E1)-activating enzyme, E2-conjugating enzyme, and E3 ligase. The amount of adenosine monophosphate (AMP) produced in the first step, involving E1-mediated Ub/Ubl activation, represents an accurate measure of Ub/Ubl transfer during the process. Here we describe a novel bioluminescent assay platform, AMP-Glo, to quantify Ub/Ubl conjugation by measuring the AMP generated. The AMP-Glo assay is performed in a two-step reaction. The first step terminates the ubiquitination reaction, depletes the remaining ATP, and converts the AMP generated in the ubiquitination reaction to adenosine diphosphate (ADP), and in the second step the ADP generated is converted to ATP, which is detected as a bioluminescent signal using luciferase/luciferin, proportional to the AMP concentration and correlated with the Ub/Ubl transfer activity. We demonstrate the use of the assay to study Ub/Ubl conjugation and screen for chemical modulators of enzymes involved in the process. Because there is a sequential enhancement in light output in the presence of E1, E2, and E3, the AMP-Glo system can be used to deconvolute inhibitor specificity.     

The ectopic compound ommatidium‐like pallial eyes of three species of Mediterranean (Adriatic Sea) Glycymeris (Bivalvia: Arcoida). Decreasing visual acuity with increasing depth?

The undescribed ommatidium‐like ectopic pallial eyes of three Mediterranean species of Glycymeris have been studied and compared with those of the eastern Atlantic G. glycymeris. Wide interspecific variation in eye size between the taxa is recorded with those of G. bimaculata being the largest, G. nummaria the smallest and G. pilosa and G. glycymeris of intermediate and similar dimensions. Such differences result primarily from interspecific variations in the numbers and sizes of the ommatidium‐like rhabdomes. The consequences of this will be the differences in abilities to create a summed image and thereby reduce visual acuity. Other bivalves, such as the Pectinoidea, have shown eye size differences in relation to depth. Glycymeris bimaculata, with the largest eyes, occupies the shallowest depths; G. nummaria bears the smallest eyes and occupies the deepest depths. The genetically sister clusters of G. pilosa and G. glycymeris occupy intermediate depths. Accurate depth records for the four taxa blur this hypothesised trend, but comparative eye dimensions suggest it to be valid.