微卫星DNA在分子遗传标记研究中的应用

随着种群遗传学的发展 ,分子遗传标记特别是微卫星标记已经成为研究种群遗传的有力工具。本文就微卫星遗传标记的研究背景、技术应用以及优势与不足等方面进行了综述。     

微卫星分子标记在濒危动物保护遗传学研究中的应用

微卫星DNA广泛分布于真核生物基因组中,具有多态性高、共显性遗传、选择中性、易于操作等特点,是一种极具应用价值的分子遗传标记,近年来在濒危动物保护遗传学研究中得到越来越多的应用。微卫星DNA高度多态性提供的高分辨率遗传信启,使其不仅适合个体水平的亲子鉴定与交配系统研究,而且也已成为种群遗传结构与多样性分析的有效分子标记。微卫星分析所需的DNA量极少,用非损伤性方法获取的极少量样品或陈旧样品就能用于有效分析,方便了濒危动物野外调查工作的开展,并且可以利用年代久远的馆藏历史标本揭示种群的重要历史进程。另外,某些微卫星DNA大小在近缘物种间可相互区分,这使得部分物种的DNA分子鉴别将更为简便。但微卫星分子标记的座位筛选和特异引物开发耗时费力,一定程度上限制了其广泛应用。针对不同的研究目的选择合适的分子标记方法将有助于更好的揭示问题本质。     

藏酋猴微卫星富集文库的构建及微卫星分子标记的筛选

通过磁珠富集法构建了藏酋猴AC重复和AAAG重复的微卫星富集文库,分离微卫星序列并对其进行分析。将藏酋猴基因组DNA经Sau3AI酶切后纯化回收,连接特定接头。用生物素标记的探针与酶切片段杂交,捕获300～1000bp片段,随后将获得的片段连接到pMD-19T载体上,转化至JM109中,成功构建藏酋猴微卫星富集文库。(AC)n富集文库和(AAAG)n富集文库的阳性克隆率分别为50%和10%左右。根据测序得到的48个微卫星序列成功设计了24对引物,最终筛选出6个微卫星标记,这些标记将为藏酋猴的遗传多样性研究、圈养种群结构的分析和遗传图谱的构建等奠定一定的基础。     

用磁珠富集法从AFLP片段中分离微卫星DNA标记

将花生(Arachis hypogaea L．)基因组DNA经酶切后转变成AFLP DNA片段,然后用生物素标记的简单重复序列(SSR)作探针与其杂交,杂交复合物固定到包被有链亲和素的磁珠上,经过一系列的洗涤过程,含有SSR的AFLP片段被吸附在磁珠表面。这些片段经洗脱下来后,先用对应的AFLP引物扩增,再进行克隆和测序,根据SSR两端的保守序列设计引物,经过多态性分析后,便可得到微卫星DNA标记。整个实验过程操作简单、消耗少,可在一周内完成,可作为从植物中分离SSR的一种简单有效的方法。     

用磁珠富集法从AFLP片段中分离微卫星DNA标记

将花生(Arachis hypogaea L.)基因组DNA经酶切后转变成AFLP DNA片段,然后用生物素标记的简单重复序列(SSR)作探针与其杂交,杂交复合物固定到包被有链亲和素的磁珠上,经过一系列的洗涤过程,含有SSR的AFLP片段被吸附在磁珠表面.这些片段经洗脱下来后,先用对应的AFLP引物扩增,再进行克隆和测序,根据SSR两端的保守序列设计引物,经过多态性分析后,便可得到微卫星DNA标记.整个实验过程操作简单、消耗少,可在一周内完成,可作为从植物中分离SSR的一种简单有效的方法.     

微卫星DNA标记及其在鱼类遗传多样性研究中的应用

微卫星DNA作为第二代分子遗传标记是高等真核生物基因组中种类多、分布广、具有高度的多态性和杂合度的分子标记,由于其具有多态性检出率高、信息含量大、共显性标记、实验操作简单、结果稳定可靠等优点,已经成为种群遗传学研究中被广泛应用的分子遗传标记。微卫星DNA标记技术在鱼类的群体遗传结构的分析、物种遗传多样性的鉴定以及遗传基因连锁图谱的构建等方面已初步得到应用。该文就微卫星技术的原理方法,在鱼类遗传多样性研究中的应用概况以及应用范围和注意事项等方面进行综述。为微卫星技术在鱼类遗传多样性研究中应用提供了理论参考。     

微卫星标记及其在鸟类中的应用

微卫星DNA作为一种分子标记,以其诸多优点被认为是各类遗传标记中最有价值的一种。目前已被广泛应用于鸟类的研究中。本文介绍了微卫星DNA标记的分布特点、突变机制和作为分子标记的特点,并综述了微卫星DNA标记在鸟类的亲权分析及种类鉴定、遗传图谱构建及基因定位、物种进化历史揭示和遗传多样性研究中应用现状。     

磁珠富集法筛选实验豚鼠微卫星分子标记

目的直接从实验豚鼠基因组DNA中筛选获得微卫星分子标记。方法应用磁珠和生物素标记的微卫星探针与豚鼠基因组酶切片段杂交,捕获200～1000 bp含有微卫星序列的DNA片段,连接到pMD-18V载体中,转化到感受态细胞E.coli DH5α中构建富集微卫星序列的小片段插入文库。然后用PCR法进行筛选。结果从约2000个转化子中获得240个阳性克隆。对其中98个进行了测序,并成功设计豚鼠微卫星引物17对。结论经过优化的磁珠富集法能够稳定、高效地获得豚鼠微卫星标记。本研究获得的微卫星位点将成为豚鼠遗传学研究的有力工具。     

磁珠富集法分离刀鲚微卫星标记

利用磁珠富集法分离微卫星序列,以开发长江刀鲚微卫星分子标记。将长江刀鲚基因组DNA经限制内切酶Mse I酶切,回收400-1 000 bp片段,安装接头,构建长江刀鲚全基因组PCR文库。用生物素标记的微卫星探针(CA)12与其杂交,磁珠富集含有微卫星序列的DNA片段。将洗脱所得片段进行PCR扩增,然后进行克隆。经过菌落PCR检验后挑选出118个阳性克隆进行测序,其中97条含有微卫星序列。用设计合成59对微卫星引物对30尾养殖长江刀鲚进行引物的多态性筛选,得到9对多态性引物。     

岩原鲤微卫星富集文库的构建及微卫星分子标记的筛选

用磁珠富集法构建了岩原鲤Procypris rabaudi AC重复和GATA重复的微卫星富集文库.采用PCR方法分别以人工合成的oligoA和探针(AC)12或(GATA)6为引物筛选含有微卫星的阳性克隆.(AC)n 富集库和(GATA)n富集库的阳性克隆率分别为30%和7%左右.对40个AC重复的阳性克隆和30个GATA重复的阳性克隆测序,共获得61个微卫星序列,其中包含了一个三碱基重复(TGA)的微卫星序列.选择设计了19对AC重复和16对GATA重复的微卫星引物以及1对TGA重复的微卫星引物,通过PCR优化,共有20对引物能够产生稳定、清晰的目的产物带.为了检测获得的岩原鲤微卫星座位是否能用于近缘物种的研究,我们将20对岩原鲤微卫星引物用于中华倒刺鲃Spinibarbus sinensis基因组DNA PCR扩增,有60%的引物对能产生特异性的目的条带.本研究获得的20个岩原鲤微卫星座位可以用于岩原鲤及近缘物种的遗传多样性、种群遗传结构等的进一步研究.     

基于目标种保护的生态廊道构建——以崇明岛为例

景观破碎化和适宜生境面积减少是生物多样性降低与物种灭绝的重要因素之一。生态廊道的构建为陆行野生动物扩大活动范围提供了空间途径,从而增加了物种基因交流的机会, 提高了种群的生存能力。上海市崇明岛是一个地理上孤立的冲积沙岛,随着岛上森林斑块的减少与破碎化,依赖林地生境生存的陆行动物个体与种群数量大大减少。本文以崇明岛为例,选择上海市一级保护动物刺猬作为目标种,在分析其生活习性和基质斑块空间分布特征的基础上,利用最小耗费模型和GIS手段,实现了生境斑块之间的最佳连接,建立了以目标动物保护为目的的生态廊道规划方案。     

文蛤微卫星DNA的筛选及其特性分析

采用磁珠富集分离法从文蛤(Meretrix meretrix)的基因组中筛选得到49条微卫星DNA序列,其中两碱基重复有3种类型36个序列,四碱基重复有14种类型26个序列.重复次数在5～30之间的序列占75.6%,30次以上重复的序列占24.4%,最高重复次数为100.根据重复单元的排列特点,完美型、非完美型及混合型序列所占比例分别为61.2%、14.5%和24.5%.本研究中构建的文蛤微卫星文库将在文蛤种质资源评价及分子遗传学研究中发挥作用.     

Population genetic structure of Sorex unguiculatus and Sorex caecutiens (Soricidae, Mammalia) in Hokkaido, based on microsatellite DNA polymorphism

We investigated the genetic structure of Sorex unguiculatus and Sorex caecutiens populations in Hokkaido, Japan, using hypervariable microsatellite DNA markers. We used five microsatellite loci to type 475 S. unguiculatus individuals from 20 localities on the Hokkaido mainland and four localities from each of four offshore islands (and 11 shrews from one locality in southern Sakhalin for a particular analysis). We used six microsatellite loci to type 240 S. caecutiens individuals from 13 localities on the Hokkaido mainland. Genetic variation was high in mainland populations of both species and low in the island populations of S. unguiculatus. Allelic richness and island size were positively correlated for S. unguiculatus, suggesting that genetic drift occurred on those islands due to small population size. In addition, four insular populations of S. unguiculatus were genetically differentiated from the mainland populations, although clear phylogeographic clustering was not confirmed among populations on the Hokkaido mainland for either S. unguiculatus or S. caecutiens. Heterozygosity excess was observed in more than half of the populations including the mainland populations of the two species, suggesting recent bottleneck events in these populations. Population dynamics of the shrews might be explained by a metapopulation scheme. According to autocorrelation analysis, the extent of non-random spatial genetic structure was approximately 100 km. Isolation by distance was observed in S. unguiculatus, but not in S. caecutiens although there is a positive trend. The lack of correlation for S. caecutiens might have been due to small sample size. Thus, no obvious differences in population genetic structure were found between the two species on the Hokkaido mainland in the present study, while previous investigations using mitochondrial DNA sequences inferred that these two species might have rather different biogeographic histories.     

一种筛选微卫星位点的改进方法及其在小熊猫微卫星基因文库构建上的应用

微卫星（Simple Sequence Repeat,SSR）基因位点是在各个遗传学领域被广泛使用的分子标记。而对于首次研究的物种,必须筛选出可以应用的微卫星位点。对于分离微卫星位点来说由于只有大约0.5％-2%的重组体含有微卫星位点,所以标准的基因组文库需要至少产生5 000个重组体。传统的筛选方法就是通过检测大量重组体来定位这些少量的位点。近几年来出现了一些新的筛选方法,采用“富集”微卫星序列的技术将包含微卫星位点的重组体比例提高了10-100倍。这样就降低了筛选工作的时间和劳动强度,大大提高了筛选微卫星位点的效率。本文在结合了几种筛选微卫星位点技术路线的基础上,采用生物素标记探针杂交、富集和PCR筛选技术,对原有技术路线进行了改进。主要试验步骤为：1）基因组DNA的提取和消化;2）生物素标记探针富集;3）克隆建库;4）“PCR”筛选;5）引物设计和多态性检测。新的方法在小熊猫微卫星基因文库的构建中取得成功,获得了10个具有多态性的(CA)n重复序列微卫星位点。     

EST–SSR markers for asparagus genetic diversity evaluation and cultivar identification

Simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers generated from expressed sequence tag (EST) sequences represent useful tools for genotyping and their development is relatively easy because of the public availability of EST databases. We report design and application of EST–SSRs to assess the level of genetic diversity among thirty-five asparagus cultivars and to fingerprint DePaoli, a new variety released by University of California, Riverside. DNA was isolated from bulks of pooled cladophylls coming from five plants of each variety to reduce the number of DNA extractions and PCR reactions. Allele frequencies were estimated from the intensity of the bands in two bulks and two individual plant samples for each variety. Although asparagus varieties derive from a limited germplasm pool, eight EST–SSR loci differentiated all of the analyzed cultivars. Moreover, UPGMA (unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean) and neighbor-joining trees, as well as principal components analysis separated the cultivars into clusters corresponding to the geographical areas where they originated.     

应用荧光标记多重PCR对原发性胃癌进行微卫星不稳定性检测

为探讨 19号染色体微卫星不稳定性 (microsatelliteinstability ,MSI)在原发性胃癌发生中的作用 ,选择覆盖 19号染色体的 2 6个高分辨 (<5cM)微卫星标记 ,采用FAM、TET和HEX3种不同颜色的荧光染料标记微卫星引物 ,应用荧光标记多重PCR对 44例原发性胃癌及其正常对照组织进行扩增 ,产物在ABI3 77测序仪上经变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳 ,通过GeneScanTM及GenotyperTM 软件进行图像收集和MSI分析。同时采用PCR SSLP 银染技术检测了其中4个位点的MSI状态。 2 6个微卫星位点中 ,2 2个 (84 62 % )存在MSI,以D19S40 2MSI发生频率最高 (2 2 73 % ) ,平均MSI频率为 8 3 %。 44例胃癌中 ,3 4例 (77 2 7% )在一个或一个以上位点出现MSI。MSI作为胃粘膜癌变过程中一种可能的分子病理学机制 ,可作为胃癌分子检测的指标之一     

长江中下游黄鳝遗传多样性的微卫星分析

为了解我国长江中下游地区野生黄鳝(Monopterus albus)的种质资源现状,利用黄鳝微卫星分子标记分析我国长江中下游4个黄鳝野生群体(湖北群体、安徽群体、江苏群体和浙江群体)的遗传多样性水平.通过磁珠富集法获得50个黄鳝徽卫星序列,设计并合成了30对微卫星引物,经筛选得到8对多态性稳定的引物,均为高度多态位点.每对引物扩增得到等位基因数12 -26,平均等位基因数17.4个群体的平均多态信息含量分别为0.804、0.864、0.824和0.736,平均等位基因数分别为9.13、11.00、9.00和7.25,平均期望杂合度分别为0.865、0.918、0.882和0.813,表明4个黄鳝群体遗传多样性丰富,其中安徽群体遗传多样性水平最高,浙江群体相对较低.4个群体间遗传分化指数(FsT)为0.031 2-0.096 5,6.28％的遗传变异存在于群体间,表明4个群体间存在一定的遗传分化.聚类分析显示,浙江群体与安徽群体先聚在一起,再与江苏群体聚为一支,湖北群体单独聚为一支.     

Population genetics of the mangrove salt marsh snake, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Nerodia clarkii compressicauda</Emphasis>, in a linear,fragmented habitat

The mangrove salt marsh snake (Nerodia clarkii compressicauda) occupies a unique and disappearing habitat in much of coastal southern Florida. Given extensive habitat fragmentation and high predation pressure in open spaces, it seems likely that populations of N. c. compressicauda consist of isolated groups of related individuals. To assess the degree of population subdivision in this species we genotyped a total of 125 individuals from seven locations along the Florida coast at four microsatellite loci. Overall heterozygosity was moderate (57.7%) and somewhat lower than that seen in other snake species. Population subdivision was particularly pronounced with 19 of 21 sample pair-wise Φ_ST values significantly different from zero and ranging from 0.064 to 0.343 (P ≤ 0.05). About 11 of 39 alleles were private alleles that also tended to be in high frequency in the populations where they occurred (average frequency ~27%). The correlation of genetic and geographic distances was highly significant and positive (r ² = 0.8733 and P < 0.001) with Φ_ST increasing by ~0.01 for every 10 km of separation. Overall, salt marsh snake populations appear to be fractured into isolated neighborhoods on the order of 50–80 km. In spite of its apparent local abundance, we believe that N. c. compressicauda is in need of conservation protection. The combination of extremely low dispersal, narrow habitat requirements, and most importantly, extensive habitat alteration resulting from coastal real estate development may mean that N. c. compressicauda is highly susceptible to population extirpation and potentially extinction.     

Genetic variability in European black grouse (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Tetrao tetrix</Emphasis>)

We studied microsatellite genetic variation in 14 different geographic populations of black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) across the European range. Populations were grouped in three different fragmentation categories: isolated, contiguous and continuous, respectively. Genetic diversity, measured as observed heterozygosity (H _O), expected heterozygosity (H _E) and allelic richness, were lower in isolated populations as compared to the other two categories that did not differ amongst one another. These results imply that lowered genetic variability in black grouse populations is negatively affected by population isolation. Our results suggest that the connectivity of small and isolated populations in Western Europe should be improved or else these face an increased risk of extinction due to genetic and demographic stochasticity.