小麦6B染色体微切割及其不同片段的DNA文库构建

用Nd∶YAG激光微束将处于有丝分裂中期的小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)6B染色体微切割为四段,并用微细玻璃针将每个片段分别回收。将分离的染色体片段DNA用Sau3A接头介导的多聚酶链式反应(LA-PCR)分别扩增。Southern杂交证明4个特定区域的DNA确实来自于小麦基因组。用一系列(42对引物)位于6B染色体和其他染色体上的微卫星序列对微切割的染色体片段的PCR产物进行了验证。结果表明,获得的染色体片段的PCR产物来自于小麦6B染色体。将6B染色体4个片段的第二轮PCR产物克隆到pGEMT-vector中,建立了4个染色体特定区域的基因组文库,命名为R1、R2、R3和R4,分别包含2.1×10~5、2.74×10~5、2.45×10~5和2.93×10~5个重组子克隆。每个文库均随机挑选150个克隆进行质粒的小量制备和酶切验证。结果显示:插入片段大小在300～1800 bp之间,平均大小为820～870 bp,其中43％～48％的克隆为低/单拷贝序列,42％～47％为中/高拷贝序列。本研究为详细分析植物单染色体的不同片段的分子遗传学研究提供了基础。     

小麦6B染色体微切割及其不同片段的DNA文库构建

用Nd:YAG激光微束将处于丝分裂中期的小麦(Triticum aestivum L.)6B染色体微切割为四段,并用微细玻璃针将每个片段分别回收.将分离的染色体片段DNA用Sau3A接头介导的多聚酶链式反应(LA-PCR)分别扩增.Southem杂交证明4个特定区域的DNA确实来自于小麦基因组.用一系列(42对引物)位于6B染色体上的微卫星序列对微切割的染色体片段的PCR产物进行了验证.结果表明,获得的染色体片段的PCR产物来自于小麦6B染色体.将6B染色体4个片段的第二轮PCR产物克隆到pGET-vector中,建立了4个染色体特定区域的基因组文库,命名为R1、R2、R3和R4,分别包含2.1×105、2.74×105和2.93×105个重组子克隆.每个文库均随机挑选150个克隆进行质粒的小量制备和酶切验证.结果显示;插入片段大小在300～1800之间,平均大小为820～870bp,其中43%～48%的克隆为低/单拷贝序列,42%～47%为中/高拷贝序列.本研究为详细分析植物单染色体的不同片段的分子遗传学研究提供了基础.     

DDBJ Read Annotation Pipeline: A Cloud Computing-Based Pipeline for High-Throughput Analysis of Next-Generation Sequencing Data

High-performance next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies are advancing genomics and molecular biological research. However, the immense amount of sequence data requires computational skills and suitable hardware resources that are a challenge to molecular biologists. The DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ) of the National Institute of Genetics (NIG) has initiated a cloud computing-based analytical pipeline, the DDBJ Read Annotation Pipeline (DDBJ Pipeline), for a high-throughput annotation of NGS reads. The DDBJ Pipeline offers a user-friendly graphical web interface and processes massive NGS datasets using decentralized processing by NIG supercomputers currently free of charge. The proposed pipeline consists of two analysis components: basic analysis for reference genome mapping and de novo assembly and subsequent high-level analysis of structural and functional annotations. Users may smoothly switch between the two components in the pipeline, facilitating web-based operations on a supercomputer for high-throughput data analysis. Moreover, public NGS reads of the DDBJ Sequence Read Archive located on the same supercomputer can be imported into the pipeline through the input of only an accession number. This proposed pipeline will facilitate research by utilizing unified analytical workflows applied to the NGS data. The DDBJ Pipeline is accessible at http://p.ddbj.nig.ac.jp/.     

高通量测序技术在动植物研究领域中的应用

高通量测序是核酸测序研究的一次革命性技术创新, 该技术以极低的单碱基测序成本和超高的数据产出量为特征, 为基因组学和后基因组学研究带来了新的科研方法和解决方案. 在动植物研究领域, 高通量测序引领了一次具有里程碑意义的科学研究模式革新, 科研人员可利用该技术在基因组、转录组和表观基因组等领域展开多层次多方面多水平研究. 本文就高通量测序技术应用于动植物基因组学和功能基因组学研究进展进行了系统阐述, 并对当前高通量测序技术的现状和热点及未来的发展趋势作了深入剖析和讨论.     

Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) in COVID-19: A Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Diagnosis,Monitoring New Strains and Phylodynamic Modeling in Molecular Epidemiology

This review discusses the current testing methodologies for COVID-19 diagnosis and explores next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 and monitoring phylogenetic evolution in the current COVID-19 pandemic. The review addresses the development, fundamentals, assay quality control and bioinformatics processing of the NGS data. This article provides a comprehensive review of the obstacles and opportunities facing the application of NGS technologies for the diagnosis, surveillance, and study of SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious diseases. Further, we have contemplated the opportunities and challenges inherent in the adoption of NGS technology as a diagnostic test with real-world examples of its utility in the fight against COVID-19.     

distAngsd: Fast and Accurate Inference of Genetic Distances for Next-Generation Sequencing Data

Commonly used methods for inferring phylogenies were designed before the emergence of high-throughput sequencing and can generally not accommodate the challenges associated with noisy, diploid sequencing data. In many applications, diploid genomes are still treated as haploid through the use of ambiguity characters; while the uncertainty in genotype calling—arising as a consequence of the sequencing technology—is ignored. In order to address this problem, we describe two new probabilistic approaches for estimating genetic distances: distAngsd-geno and distAngsd-nuc, both implemented in a software suite named distAngsd. These methods are specifically designed for next-generation sequencing data, utilize the full information from the data, and take uncertainty in genotype calling into account. Through extensive simulations, we show that these new methods are markedly more accurate and have more stable statistical behaviors than other currently available methods for estimating genetic distances—even for very low depth data with high error rates.     

Comparison of Next-Generation Sequencing and Polymerase Chain Reaction for Personalized Treatment-Related Genomic Status in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Personalized treatments based on the genetic profiles of tumors can simultaneously optimize efficacy and minimize toxicity, which is beneficial for improving patient outcomes. This study aimed to integrate gene alterations associated with predictive and prognostic outcomes in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and in-house next-generation sequencing (NGS) to detect KRAS, NRAS, and BRAF mutations. In the present study, 41 patients with mCRC were assessed between August 2017 and June 2019 at a single institution. The overall concordance between NGS and PCR results for detecting KRAS, NRAS, and BRAF mutations was considerably high (87.8–92.7%), with only 15 discrepant results between PCR and NGS. Our companion diagnostic test analyzes KRAS, NRAS, and BRAF as a panel of CRC molecular targets; therefore, it has the advantages of requiring fewer specimens and being more time and cost efficient than conventional testing for separate analyses, allowing for the simultaneous analysis of multiple genes.     

Using Next-Generation Sequencing and Bioinformatic Methods to Predict New Genes That May Be Regulated by CD47 in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common cancers in the world, and the incidence and death rate of OSCC in men is twice that of women. CD47 is a ubiquitous cell surface transmembrane protein, also known as integrin-related protein (IAP). Previous studies have pointed out that CD47 can inhibit the growth of OSCC, but the detailed mechanism is not clear. This study aimed to explore the effect of CD47 gene expression profiles in OSCC. The OSCC cell lines, OECM-1 and OC-2, overexpressed CD47, and the expression profiles of mRNAs were analyzed through next-generation sequencing (NGS) with a bioinformatic approach. A total of 14 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were listed. In addition, ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA) was used to analyze the molecular function (MF), biological process (BP), and cellular component (CC) network signaling. The human protein atlas (HPA) database was used to analyze gene expression and the survivability of human cancer. The results found that HSPA5, HYOU1, and PDIA4 were involved in the IPA network and when highly expressed, mediated the survivability of cancer. In addition, HSPA5 was positively and significantly correlated with CD47 expression (p < 0.0001) and induced by CD47-overexpression in the OECM-1 and OC-2 OSCC cancer cell lines. These findings provide important insights into possible new diagnostic strategies, including unfolded protein for OSCC-targeting CD47.     

Systematic Sequencing of the 180 Kilobase Region of the Bacillus Subtilis Chromosome Containing the Replication Origin

We have determined a 180 kb contiguous sequence in the replicationorigin region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome. Open readingframes (ORF) in this region were unambiguously identified fromthe determined sequence, using criteria characteristic for theB. subtilis gene structure, i.e., starting with an ATG, GTGor TTG codon preceded by sequences complementary to the 3' endof the 16S rRNA. Four rRNA gene sets, 7 individual tRNA genesand 1 scRNA gene were identified, occupying 20 kb in total.In the remaining 160 kb region, 158 ORFs were identified, suggestingthat 1 ORF is coded on average by 1 kb of DNA of the B. subtilisgenome. Among the 158 ORFs, the functions of 48 ORFs were assignedand those of 11 ORFs are suggested through significant similaritiesto known proteins present in data banks. However, the functionsof more than half of the ORFs (63%) remain to be determined.     

利用分子标记将2Ai-2染色体转移到小麦ph1b遗传背景的研究

小麦ph1b突变体可诱导部分同源染色体配对和交换,产生遗传上较为稳定、补偿性较好的重组体。将外源染色体引入ph1b的小麦遗传背景是产生目标染色体重组体的基础,但ph1b植株没有明显而稳定的表型性状,难以从表型上进行选择。本研究利用CSph1b缺失区中的分子标记Mads及外源染色体特异的分子标记P4和P68,对小麦-中间偃麦草2Ai-2(2B)异代换系N420与CSph1b的杂种F2群体及其衍生的F5株系进行ph1b-2Ai-2染色体综合体的选择,高效地获得了目标基因型。     

小麦细胞减数分裂染色体分离同步化遗传分析

利用缺体回交法获得了含一对小染色体的自花结实4D缺体中分别附加0、1和2条4E染色体的3种材料．对自花结实4D缺体小麦附加不同剂量4E染色体后．小染色体在细胞分裂终变期和中期的配对频率观察分析。证明了4E染色体具有促进小染色体与小麦正常染色体分离同步化的作用,且这种作用没有剂量效应。     

Sequencing and assembly of low copy and genic regions of isolated Triticum aestivum chromosome arm 7DS

The genome of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is predicted to be greater than 16 Gbp in size and consist predominantly of repetitive elements, making the sequencing and assembly of this genome a major challenge. We have reduced genome sequence complexity by isolating chromosome arm 7DS and applied second‐generation technology and appropriate algorithmic analysis to sequence and assemble low copy and genic regions of this chromosome arm. The assembly represents approximately 40% of the chromosome arm and all known 7DS genes. Comparison of the 7DS assembly with the sequenced genomes of rice (Oryza sativa) and Brachypodium distachyon identified large regions of conservation. The syntenic relationship between wheat, B. distachyon and O. sativa, along with available genetic mapping data, has been used to produce an annotated draft 7DS syntenic build, which is publicly available at http://www.wheatgenome.info . Our results suggest that the sequencing of isolated chromosome arms can provide valuable information of the gene content of wheat and is a step towards whole‐genome sequencing and variation discovery in this important crop.     

Chromosome 6 phylogeny in primates and centromere repositioning

A panel of 15 human BAC/PAC probes, covering the entire chromosome 6, was used in FISH experiments on great apes and on representatives of Old World monkeys, New World monkeys, and lemurs to delineate the chromosome 6 phylogeny in primates. The domestic cat was used as an outgroup. The analysis showed a high marker order conservation, with few rearrangements required to reconcile the hypothesized chromosome 6 organization in primate ancestor with marker arrangement in all the examined species. Contrary to this simple evolutionary scenario, however, the centromere was found to be located in three distinct regions, without any evidence of chromosomal rearrangement that would account for its movement. One of the two centromere repositioning events occurred in great apes ancestor. The centromere moved from 6p22.1 to the present day location after the inversion event that differentiated marker order of the primate ancestor from the ancestor of Catarrhini. A cluster of intrachromosomal segmental duplications was found at 6p22.1, scattered in a region of about 9 Mb, which we interpret as remains of duplicons that flanked the ancestral centromere. Our data, therefore, suggest that some duplicon clusters found in noncentromeric/nontelomeric locations may represent traces of evolutionary silenced centromeres that inactivated after the occurrence of a centromere repositioning. In addition, the neocentromere emergence we have documented in Old World monkeys at 6q24.3 appears to have arisen and progressed without affecting the displaced flanking sequences.     

利用二代测序技术高通量分析水稻品种间抗病性差异的分子基础

稻瘟病和白叶枯病是由稻温病菌(Magnaporthe oryzae)和白叶枯病菌(Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae)引起的两种主要水稻病害,也是制约中国水稻生产的主要病害。为了从DNA水平探索造成水稻感病品种‘丽江新团黑谷’(LTH)和高抗品种‘特特普’(Tetep,TTP)间抗病性差异的分子基础,该研究对其已知的3个抗稻瘟病基因和3个抗白叶枯基因所在DNA区段分别进行PCR扩增,将等量混合的PCR产物再与基因组重测序样品按Ct值差值(ΔCt)~10的比例混合,采用二代测序技术进行一次性测序和比较分析,并对有差异的基因区域进行常规传统测序验证,以确定这2个品种中抗性基因(R基因)的数目和结构与品种抗病或感病表型的关联性。实验结果表明,二代测序能够快速并准确地寻找到2个不同水稻品种中多个特定基因的序列差异,且差异位点与常规测序结果相符。从LTH和TTP这2种抗性不同水稻品种在多个抗性基因的DNA水平差异来看,有差异的抗性基因位点在高抗品种TTP中大都与原始抗性基因序列相同,而对应的普感品种LTH的抗性基因往往多表现为氨基酸突变,这些序列差异很可能就是导致TTP与LTH抗性差异的分子基础。     

柱穗山羊草2C染色体诱发中国春小麦背景中黑麦1R染色体结构变异的研究

当柱穗山羊草(Aegilops cylindrica Host．)2C染色体单体添加到普通小麦品种中国春和以中国春为背景的派生系时,减数分裂时,不含2C染色体的配子会发生染色体结构变异。为了制备一套黑麦1R染色体缺失系以用于定位黑麦1R染色体上的控制重要农艺性状的基因,把一条2C染色体导人到小黑麦1R二体附加系(21″ 1R″)中,然后让这些个体(21″ 1R″ 2C′,2n=45)自交,以便产生1R染色体结构变异体。实验共检测了345粒F,种子,83粒种子带有结构变异的黑麦1R染色体(24．1％)。通过C分带和原位杂交检测,对来自于23株F2的46个F3植株所带有的异常1R染色体进行了归类：其中1RL端体为39．1％,1RL等臂染色体为2．2％,1RL易位系为32．6％。1RS端体为4．3％,1RS等臂染色体为4．3％,切点在长臂上的缺失体为2．2％。在6．5％的植株中同时含有2种类型的1R染色体结构变异。其余8．7％带有异常1R染色体的个体因为没有原位杂交结果而无法判断是属于哪种类型。已获得的1R结构变异株将有可能进一步发展成为一套可用于定位黑麦1R染色体上重要功能基因的遗传材料。另外,还探讨了综合应用细胞学和分子标记方法鉴定易位染色体中小麦染色体片段的尝试,并对所获结果进行了讨论。     

小麦及其近缘种中基因组特异性DNA重复序列的研究进展

本文对小麦族植物中基因组特异性DNA重复序列的分类、基本特征、分离和鉴定方法、在小麦遗传改良中的应用以及未来研究的发展趋势进行了简述。综合已有的研究结果可以看出基因组特异性DNA重复序列是小麦族植物基因组特异性形成的重要构成部分。对基因组特异性DNA重复序列的研究是认识小麦族植物基因组的有效途径之一,基因组特异性DNA重复序列的应用将进一步促进小麦族植物分子细胞遗传学和普通小麦遗传改良研究的进展。 Advances in Studies of Genome-Specific Repetitive DNA Sequences in Wheat and Related Species BAI Jian-rong1,2,JIA Xu1,WANG Dao-wen1 1.The State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering,Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology,The Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China; 2.Crop Genetics Institute,Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Taiyuan 030031,China Abstract:In this paper we review recent advances in studies of several aspects of genome specific repetitive DNA sequences in wheat and related species.The available results demonstrate that genome specific repetitive DNA sequences are important components of genome specificity in wheat and related species.Research on genome specific repetitive DNA sequences is essential to the elucidation of genome function.The application of genome specific repetitive DNA sequences will aid molecular cytogenetic studies in wheat and related species and contributes to genetic improvement of common wheat. Key words：wheat;genome specific repetitive DNA sequence;chromosome     

小麦Glu-B3位点LMW-GS基因的克隆及序列分析

以小麦特殊遗传材料———六倍体普通小麦阿勃二体、1A缺体、1B缺体和1D缺体,四倍体硬粒小麦墨西粒卡以及二倍体节节麦的总基因组DNA为模板,对D Ovidio等曾报道的硬粒小麦Glu-B3位点LMW-GS基因特异引物对P1(5-′tcctgagaagtgcatgacatg-3′)和P2(5-′gtaggcaccaactccggtgc-3′)进行了PCR扩增验证.结果表明,该引物对同样能特异扩增普通小麦Glu-B3位点LMW-GS基因.利用这对引物通过AS-PCR方法克隆得到优良小麦品种小偃6号1B染色体1个LMW-GS基因片段.该基因全长为1 089 bp,包含了完整的编码区和其上游318 bp的胚乳特异表达启动子区.该基因被命名为XY-Glu-B3-LMW2(GenBank登录号为DQ630442).XY-Glu-B3-LMW2的推测蛋白含256个氨基酸(包括N-端20个氨基酸的信号肽),其成熟蛋白有8个保守的Cys残基,均分布在C-末端区.XY-Glu-B3-LMW2是从小偃6号克隆到的第2个LMW-GS基因.     

Achiasmate Segregation of a B Chromosome from the X Chromosome in Two Species of Psyllids (Psylloidea, Homoptera)

The segregation of a B chromosome from the X chromosome was studied in male meiosis in two psyllid species, Rhinocola aceris (L.) and Psylla foersteri (Flor.) (Psylloidea, Homoptera). The frequency of segregation was determined from cells at metaphase II. In R. aceris, the B chromosome was mitotically stable and segregated quite regularly from the X chromosome in four geographically distant populations, while it showed less regular, but preferential segregation in one population. This was attributed to the presence of B chromosome variants that differ in their ability to interact with the X chromosome in segregation. In P. foersteri, the B chromosome was mitotically unstable and segregated preferentially from the X chromosome in spermatocyte cysts, which displayed one B chromosome in every cell. Behaviour of the B chromosome and X chromosome univalents during meiotic prophase and at metaphase I in R. aceris, and during anaphase I in P. foersteri suggested that the regular segregation resulted from the incorporation of B chromosomes in achiasmate segregation mechanisms with the X chromosome in the place occupied by the Y chromosome in species with XY system. The regular segregation of a B chromosome from the X chromosome may obscure the distinction of a B chromosome and an achiasmate Y chromosome in some cases. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.