皖南地区丙型肝炎病毒治疗前后HVR1区碱基变异数量的研究

目的研究皖南地区丙型肝炎病毒治疗前后高变区1(HVR1)碱基变异数量与病情变化和治疗效果之间是否具有相关性。方法应用速率法和荧光定量PCR法,检测皖南地区141例慢性丙型肝炎患者血清ALT水平和HCV RNA的载量。应用RT-PCR法进行HCV基因型和治疗前后的HVR1区域序列的检测。结果 141例患者的血清ALT与HCV RNA两指标间采用Spearman等级相关分析显示,rs=0.213,P=0.011,差异具有统计学意义,存在正相关。通过HCV基因1型、2型和未分型3组的HVR1碱基变异数量的单因素方差分析,显示组与组之间差异具有统计学意义。结论慢性丙型肝炎患者治疗前后的HVR1序列碱基变异数量的分析,对治疗效果、病情变化及预后发展等方面的评估具有重要的指导意义。     

应用长PCR扩增蝗虫线粒体全基因组

介绍了用两对长PCR引物扩增蝗虫(Acridoidea)线粒体全基因组的方法。从NCBI的核酸数据库下载得到36种已测昆虫线粒体全基因组,选取cytochromeb(Cytb)c、ytochrome oxidase subunitⅡ(COⅡ)、cytochrome oxidase subunitⅠ(COⅠ)基因的保守区域设计两对引物。其中引物LP03和LP04从COⅠ向Cytb扩增;引物LPCytb和LPCOⅡ从Cytb向COⅡ扩增,两对引物扩增的片段之间有大约1 kb的重叠。应用这两对引物成功扩增出10种蝗虫的线粒体基因组。考虑到在设计引物过程中所选序列在其他昆虫中的保守性,它们应能在大部分昆虫线粒体基因组扩增中发挥作用。     

不同纯化方法处理DNA合成引物对PCR扩增效率的影响

对ＤＮＡ合成的幽门螺杆菌尿素酶引物ＨＰ１、ＨＰ２、ＨＰ３、ＨＰ４进行了几种不同的纯化试验,分别采用无水乙醇沉淀法、ＮＴ柱及聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳方法,对其相应的纯化收率,ＰＣＲ扩增效率作了比较及分析。琼脂糖凝胶电泳结果证实,以无水乙醇沉淀纯化方法的ＰＣＲ扩增效果较为理想。该方法操作简便、稳定高效、省时省力、成本低。为此建议用该法处理ＤＮＡ合成引物。     

四引物扩增受阻突变体系PCR快速测定绵羊 BMPR-IB基因型方法的建立

四引物ARMS PCR是检测SNP有效、快速、简便的方法.绵羊BMPR-lB基因是控制Booroola绵羊多胎性状的主效基因,此研究目的在于建立一种对BMPR-IB基因四引物ARMS PCR检测方法.根据四引物ARMS PCR技术原理,在绵羊BMPR-IB基因突变位点(A746G)设计一对特异性引物,并在突变点两侧设计一对参照引物,用来扩增含有突变点的DNA片段,可在一步PCR反应中根据电泳图谱准确判断绵羊个体的BMPR-IB基因型,对比PCR-RFLP检测结果表明,所建立的方法简单,操作简便,大大提高了检测效率.     

Potyvirus属成员基因组全序列的简并引物PCR和RACE扩增方法

Based on multi-alignment of complete polyprotein amino acid sequences of genus Potyvirus,five degenerated primers were designedThey were Sprimer(5′-GGX AAY AAY AGY GGX CAZ CC-3′),pNIa(+)(5′-TNY TGG AAM CAY TGG AT-3′),pCI2(+)(5′-GCX ACX AAX ATX ATX GAX AA-3′),pCI1(+)(5′-GTX GGX TCX GGX AAX TCX AC-3′)and pHC(+)(5′-TGY GAY AAY CAZ TTX GA-3′)(X=A,T,C or G:Y=T or C;Z=A or G;N=A or T;M=A,T or G)Using degenerated PCR and modified RACE methods,a protocol for determination of complete genome sequence of potyviruses was established and proved to be successful on five potyviruses     

体外PCR扩增和体内DNA复制有关问题的分析

体外PCR扩增和体内DNA复制是获得复制DNA的2种途径,它们都依据半保留复制的原理,但因其操作的环境不同,所要求的条件和具体的过程又有所不同。针对高中学生的特点对这2个过程所需要的条件、PCR扩增引物的设计、体内DNA复制冈崎片段的连接方式等进行了分析总结。     

Leber氏病的mtDNA突变

Leber氏病是一种典型的母系遗传病;表现为急性、亚急性视神经萎缩;Wallace于1988年首次证实了此病患者中存在mtDNA的特异性改变—Wallace突变。我们研究了8个独立来源的中国汉族人Leber氏病患者;其中在4个患者中找到了mtDNA的Wallace突变;支持了Wallac。关于Leber氏病发病机理的假说。     

PCR专一性研究——PCR的二段扩增法

多聚酶链式反应（polymerasechainreaction,PCR）技术问世几年以来,已经广泛应用于分子生物学的各个领域。通过对此技术方法的改进及与其他技术配合,其应用范围更加扩大,方法更加简化。然而在进行分子生物学研究中,PCR扩增（的）产物的专一性特别重要。本文探更多还原提出了一二段扩增法,很好地解决了引物不理想和由于内切酶位点的引入带来的PCR非专一性扩增.     

过量DMSO显著降低低模板浓度PCR扩增的特异性

DMSO通常经验性地用于提高PCR扩增的效率,但是过量的DMSO可以显降低特异序列的扩增效率,尤其是导致非特异性扩增的现象却被忽视。在6％的DMSO存在时,开始出现非特异条带,同时特异扩增产物减少。本首次报道DMSO对PCR产物特异性的影响并确定了克服上述现象产生的途径,即通过增加模板－引物的比例消除非特异条带。而通常提高复性温度只能部分减少非特异产物,不能避免非特异扩增。本结果有助于提高常规PCR,尤其是分子遗传学分析中经常使用的随机扩增多态性DNA（random amplifeid polymorphic DNA,RAPD）检测的准确度。     

20例藏族人mtDNA多态性的研究

本文通过对20例藏族产妇胎盘线粒体DNA (mtDNA）限制性类型的分析,发现藏族mtDNA是高度多态的,其每个核昔酸位点的平均替换率为0.035,比世界上迄今所报道的值都大。     

人3型腺病毒六邻体高变区HVR1、HVR2、HVR5、HVR7的氨基酸修饰限制研究

传统腺病毒载体的局限性使得外源抗原以衣壳融合的方式在腺病毒载体上的应用越来越广泛,但是在3型腺病毒（Adenovirus serotype 3, Ad3)载体六邻体高变区(Hypervariable region,HVR)改造过程中经常出现无法成功拯救病毒的情况,本研究主要根据对生物信息学预测的HVR1,HVR2,HVR5,HVR7中某些氨基酸进行删减或保留,通过构建重组Ad3载体pBRAdΔE3GFP-mHexon,转染AD293细胞,验证Ad3载体在六邻体高变区的这些氨基酸有所改动时对病毒拯救的影响。由此获得高变区HVR1、HVR2、HVR5和HVR7在基因工程改造中应该保留的氨基酸的数据,这一研究结果为人3型腺病毒六邻体融合表达策略提供了操作依据,也为人3型腺病毒六邻体表达外源抗原表位,作为多价疫苗载体展示平台的应用奠定了基础。     

An economical mtDNA SNP assay detecting different mitochondrial haplogroups in identical HVR 1 samples of Caucasian ancestry

BackgroundWe had sequenced 329 Caucasian samples in Hypervariable Region 1 (HVR 1) and found that they belong to eleven different mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes. The sample set was further analysed by an mtDNA assay examining 32 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for haplogroup discrimination.In a validation study on 160 samples of different origin it was shown that these SNPs were able to discriminate between the evolved superhaplogroups worldwide (L, M and N) and between the nine most common Caucasian haplogroups (H, I, J, K, T, U, V, W and X).ResultsThe 32 mtDNA SNPs comprised 42 different SNP haplotypes instead of only eleven haplotypes after HVR 1 sequencing. The assay provided stable results in a range of 5 ng genomic DNA down to virtually no genomic DNA per reaction. It was possible to detect samples of African, Asian and Eurasian ancestry, respectively.DiscussionThe 32 mtDNA SNP assay is a helpful adjunct to further distinguish between identical HVR 1 sequences of Caucasian origin. Our results suggest that haplogroup prediction using HVR 1 sequencing provides instable results. The use of coding region SNPs for haplogroup assignment is more suited than using HVR 1 haplotypes.     

Protection of Human Keratinocyte mtDNA by Low-Level Nitric Oxide

This study was designed to evaluate the DNA damaging effects of nitric oxide and to determine whether the endogenous generation of nitric oxide at low levels in the cell exerts a protective effect against this damage. Damage to mitochondrial and nuclear DNA in normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEK) was assessed after treatment of these cells with varying concentrations of S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine, which decomposes to release nitric oxide. The results showed that mitochondrial DNA was more vulnerable to nitric oxide-induced damage than was a similarly sized fragment of the beta-globin gene. To evaluate the effects on DNA damage by pretreatment of cells with low-levels of nitric oxide, NHEK cells were treated with the prodrug V-PYRRO/NO. This agent is metabolized inside these cells and releases small quantities of nitric oxide. The cells then were exposed to damaging amounts of nitric oxide produced by S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine. The results of these studies showed that pretreatment of NHEK cells with V-PYRRO/NO attenuated the mtDNA damage and loss of cell viability produced by exposure to S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine.     

Somatic mtDNA Mutation Spectra in the Aging Human Putamen

The accumulation of heteroplasmic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions and single nucleotide variants (SNVs) is a well-accepted facet of the biology of aging, yet comprehensive mutation spectra have not been described. To address this, we have used next generation sequencing of mtDNA-enriched libraries (Mito-Seq) to investigate mtDNA mutation spectra of putamen from young and aged donors. Frequencies of the “common” deletion and other “major arc” deletions were significantly increased in the aged cohort with the fold increase in the frequency of the common deletion exceeding that of major arc deletions. SNVs also increased with age with the highest rate of accumulation in the non-coding control region which contains elements necessary for translation and replication. Examination of predicted amino acid changes revealed a skew towards pathogenic SNVs in the coding region driven by mutation bias. Levels of the pathogenic m.3243A>G tRNA mutation were also found to increase with age. Novel multimeric tandem duplications that resemble murine control region multimers and yeast ρ⁻ mtDNAs, were identified in both young and aged specimens. Clonal ∼50 bp deletions in the control region were found at high frequencies in aged specimens. Our results reveal the complex manner in which the mitochondrial genome alters with age and provides a foundation for studies of other tissues and disease states.     

Human mtDNA haplogroups associated with high or reduced spermatozoa motility

A variety of mtDNA mutations responsible for human diseases have been associated with molecular defects in the OXPHOS system. It has been proposed that mtDNA genetic alterations can also be responsible for sperm dysfunction. In addition, it was suggested that if sperm dysfunction is the main phenotypic consequence, these mutations could be fixed as stable mtDNA variants, because mtDNA is maternally inherited. To test this possibility, we have performed an extensive analysis of the distribution of mtDNA haplogroups in white men having fertility problems. We have found that asthenozoospermia, but not oligozoospermia, is associated with mtDNA haplogroups in whites. Thus, haplogroups H and T are significantly more abundant in nonasthenozoospermic and asthenozoospermic populations, respectively, and show significant differences in their OXPHOS performance.     

A Multiplex-PCR approach to identification of the Brazilian intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni

Due to difficulties concerning morphological identification of planorbid snails of the genus Biomphalaria, and given a high variation of characters and in the organs with muscular tissue, we designed specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers for Brazilian snail hosts of Schistosoma mansoni from available sequences of internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) of the ribosomal RNA gene. From the previous sequencing of the ITS2 region, one primer was designed to anchor in the 5.8S conserved region and three other species-specific primers in the 28S region, flanking the ITS2 region. These four primers were simultaneously used in the same reaction (Multiplex-PCR), under high stringency conditions. Amplification of the ITS2 region of Biomphalaria snails produced distinct profiles (between 280 and 350 bp) for B. glabrata, B. tenagophila and B. straminea. The present study demonstrates that Multiplex-PCR of ITS2-DNAr showed to be a promising auxiliary tool for the morphological identification of Biomphalaria snails, the intermediate hosts of S. mansoni.     

Purinergic Receptors Crosstalk with CCR5 to Amplify Ca2+ Signaling

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology - Many G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) signal through more than one subtype of heterotrimeric G proteins. For example, the C–C chemokine receptor type...