红豆杉脱分化过程中的遗传和表观遗传变异

采用扩增片段长度多态性（AFLP）和甲基化敏感扩增多态性（MSAP）技术分析红豆杉脱分化前后基因组DNA和DNA甲基化状态的变化。选用32个AFLP引物组合从红豆杉植株及其愈伤组织分别扩增出1834个片段,无多态性片段产生。这说明红豆杉植株在诱导形成愈伤组织的过程中基因组DNA保持高度的遗传稳定性。另用32个MSAP引物组合从红豆杉植株及其愈伤组织分别扩增出1197个片段,总扩增位点的甲基化水平由脱分化前的12．4％上升为16．2％,表明红豆杉在脱分化过程中的某些位点发生了甲基化。红豆杉脱分化前后的DNA甲基化模式也存在较大差异,说明DNA甲基化对愈伤组织形成有调控作用。     

一种从非变性聚丙烯凝胶中回收小片段DNA的方法

利用高分辨率的非变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳是分离、纯化特异性小片段DNA的首选方法,也是开展后续多种分子生物学试验的前提。本试验比较了改良煮沸法(液氮研磨+煮沸+低温浓缩)、煮沸法及直取法回收小片段DNA,以回收样品模板进行第二次PCR扩增,结果表明:改良方法回收的DNA的纯度高,特异性好,回收率与经典煮沸法相当。在保证回收产物的特异性时,用低温浓缩法替代乙醇/醋酸钠共沉淀也具有可行性及一定的创新性。     

大肠杆菌和酵母PCR模板制备的优化

对快速制备大肠杆菌和酵母基因组DNA PCR模板的方法进行了优化。实验证明加入0.1%Triton X-100和0.1%SDS的煮沸法能够明显提高大肠杆菌基因组模板的扩增效率,加入0.1%SDS的煮沸法在提高酿酒酵母基因组模板的扩增效率方面也有类似效果,但加入0．1％Triton X—100的煮沸法对酿酒酵母基因组模板的扩增仅有较小的作用。     

DNA指纹技术在污染土壤生态毒理诊断中的应用

生物标记物能在细咆或分子水平上指示暴露．效应关系,是进行污染土壤生态毒理诊断的主要技术手段之一。随着分子生物学技术的飞速发展,出现了一系列以聚合酶链式反应为基础的、在分子水平上检测污染物质导致的生物体DNA损伤的DNA指纹技术。DNA指纹技术的主要类型有：随机扩增多态性DNA（RAPD）、聚合酶链式反应．单链构象多态性（PCR-SSCP）、扩增片段长度多态性（AFLP）、任意引物聚合酶链式反应（AP—PCR）、差异显示反转录聚合酶链式反应（DDRT）、短DNA重复序列（SSR）及限制片段长度多态性（RFLP）等。这些技术与检测基因突变、染色体畸变和损伤为主的一系列经典研究方法如彗星分析、微核实验等相比具有简便、快速、灵敏等优点。本文着重介绍了随机扩增多态性DNA、聚合酶链式反应．单链构象多态性、扩增片段长度多态性3种重要的DNA指纹技术在污染土壤诊断中的应用。     

分子标记技术的发展及应用

介绍了几种应用前景较广的分子标记,如基于DNA杂交技术的分子标记:限制性片段长度多态性(RFLP)和DNA可变串联重复数标记(VNRT);基于PCR技术的分子标记:随机扩增多态性 DNA(RAPD)、酶切扩增多态性(CAPS)、扩增片段长度多态性(AFLP)、微卫星DNA(SSR)和DNA单链构象多态性(SSCP);以及新兴的第3代分子标记,即基于DNA芯片技术的分子标记:单核苷酸多态性(SNP)等。分别阐述了它们的原理、方法步骤与优缺点、应用注意事项和适用范围,同时概述了它们在生物学研究中的应用和进展。     

北京油鸡MSAP毛细管电泳荧光检测技术的建立

采用毛细管电泳荧光检测技术, 对北京油鸡肌肉组织基因组进行甲基化敏感扩增片段多态性(Methylation sensitive amplified polymorphism, MSAP)检测。通过对基因组DNA用量、预扩产物稀释倍数、选择性引物浓度、Mg2+浓度、dNTPs浓度和电泳内标量等6个主要参数进行分析和优化, 建立了适合北京油鸡基因组DNA甲基化分析的MSAP毛细管电泳荧光检测技术。重复实验表明, 建立的毛细管电泳荧光标记的MSAP检测技术能够自动地、高通量地分析北京油鸡基因组的DNA甲基化状态, 也适用于其他动植物基因组的DNA甲基化研究。     

银染RD-PCR方法分离基因片段

从正常培养的SH-SY5Y细胞中提取总RNA,经oligo(dT)纤维素柱纯化分离出mRNA,然后以oligo(dT18)为锚定引物反转录生成单链cDNA再以此为模板合成DNA的第二条链;将双链DNA经Sau3AI酶切之后,接上接头,经通用引物和选择性引物进行扩增;采用5%非变性PAGE胶电泳分离后,用银染的方法显示DNA条带;在直视下回收DNA带,经过扩增后克隆入pMD18-T载体中并鉴定。结果建立了非放射性同位素的银染RD-PCR方法,用于分离基因片段。     

一种新的用于提高lea3基因扩增特异性和产量的增强剂（英文）

在对目的DNA序列尤其是高GC含量的片段进行PCR扩增的时候,经常需要对一些试验条件进行优化。在一定条件下,二甲基亚砜、甲酰胺、甘油、NP-40和Tween20等可以在某种程度上提高PCR的特异性和效率。我们在对禾本科lea3基因进行分离克隆时发现了一种新的可以提高PCR产量和特异性的物质——极高热稳定单链结合蛋白（ETSSB）,研究发现在每50μlPCR反应体系中加入200ng的ETSSB,可以有效地抑制DNA片段的非特异性条带的产生,并可以提高目的片段的产量。     

碳酸钙沉淀法回收琼脂糖凝胶中DNA的探讨

采用碳酸钙沉淀法回收琼脂糖凝胶中的DNA,达到分离纯化目的,回收后的DNA可用于重组、PCR等研究。首先将含有目的DNA的琼脂糖凝胶用Nal溶液融解,然后加入cacl2,和NaHCO3,生成CaCO3,沉淀,DNA与cac03形成复合物,通过离心分离出沉淀复合物,利用稀酸溶解沉淀,再用无水乙醇沉降,即可回收目标DNA。利用该方法回收了质粒、毛白杨和转基因羊基因组DNA,同收率为20％～50％,0D260／OD280,为1．7～19,最大回收了21kb片段,最小回收250bp片段,回收后的DNA样品进行了PCR扩增和限制性内切酶反应,PCR可以扩增出目的片段,同时限制性内切酶可以将回收后的DNA切开,表明DNA质量良好。利用碳酸钙沉淀法可以回收琼脂糖凝胶中的DNA,此法简单、易行,较为有效。     

利用 MSAP 分析18个芥蓝齐口期的表观遗传多样性

本研究利用MSAP检测18个芥蓝齐口期DNA甲基化水平,分析了表观遗传多样性,探讨DNA甲基化模式对齐口期的影响。结果表明,18个芥蓝齐口期平均为50d,叶片数平均为10片,齐口期和叶片数不相关(相关系数为0.296);变异系数分别为21%和18%;遗传距离分布在0~40,平均值为12.2276,在10.62处分为3类。MSAP分析表明,5对引物组合扩增得到432条多态性条带,201条片段表现出多态性,多态性比率为47%;Nei遗传距离分布在0.004~0.467,平均值为0.0958,表明遗传多样性水平较低;在0.04处分为3类。Mantel测验表明两种分析的遗传距离相关系数为-0.1366,显示齐口期、叶片数与DNA甲基化多态性没有相关性。DNA甲基化模式分析表明,非甲基化片段为110条,甲基化多态性片段为322条,分为3种带型,类型一为非甲基化带型(110条),类型二为甲基化带型(110条),类型三为半甲基化带型(152条),非甲基化片段和半甲基化片段在不同品种之间呈现多态性,甲基化片段在不同品种之间呈现多态性与单态性相差不大,显示MSAP多态性主要来源于非甲基化和半甲基化片段,芥蓝甲基化模式以半甲基化为主。本文推测DNA甲基化水平降低参与芥蓝齐口期调控,MSAP分析既可用于基因组结构研究,又可用于基因组水平上性状的功能研究。     

mRNA差异显示技术中特异条带回收方法的比较

目的：建立简化的mRNA差异显示技术中特异条带的回收方法。方法：用单个小鼠早期发育的胚胎构建mRNA差异显示技术,用一步法和煮沸法分别从银染的聚丙烯酰胺凝胶中回收差异显示的特异条带,并进行再扩增、回收、克隆及酶切鉴定。结果：两种不同的回收方法经过mRNA差异显示技术程序环节,证明其具有相同的实验效果。结论：应用简化的一步法和煮沸法对单胚构建的mRNA差异显示技术中的特异条带进行回收,具有有效性和可靠性。     

从非变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶回收纯化DNA样本

介绍一种从非变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶中回收和纯化目标DNA片段的方法,经比较回收纯化前后PCR产物的电泳结果,表明该方法具有简单快捷和效率高的优点。     

Quantitative molecular hybridization with unfractionated, solubilized cells using RNA probes and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

Molecular hybridization with RNA probes was performed on unfractionated cells solubilized in guanidine thiocyanate solutions. Unhybridized probe was digested with ribonuclease, and protected probe fragments were resolved by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Since the same medium was used both for solubilization of the cells and as the hybridization buffer, RNA purification was not required and the analysis of large numbers of samples was facilitated. Using this method, specificity is superior to dot blot analysis because the size of hybridized fragments is determined and the signal of the probe hybridized to target RNA is separated from the background by PAGE.     

Conditions optimized for the preparation of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) employing lambda exonuclease digestion in generating DNA aptamer

The generation of DNA aptamer by Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment requires a good method of ssDNA generation. There are various methods developed to generate ssDNA such as streptavidin-biotin based separation techniques, asymmetric PCR and strand separation of the PCR product containing primer with a terminator and an extension of 20 nucleotides on denaturing urea-polyacrylamide gel. In the present investigation, we have shown the possible improvements for the regular lambda nuclease digestion under optimized conditions. Optimization of the PCR cycles, time course studies on lambda nuclease digestion and purification of the ssDNA from the lambda exonuclease digestion mixture was found to be able to recover ssDNA amounting up to 39.19 ± 2.48 % of the starting amount of dsDNA. These strategies can be applied to the techniques involving essential usage of ssDNA.     

Indirect purification method provides high yield and quality ssDNA sublibrary for potential aptamer selection

The quality and yield of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) play key roles in ssDNA aptamer selection. However, current methods for generating and purifying ssDNA provides either low yield due to ssDNA loss during the gel purification process or low specificity due to tertiary structural damage of ssDNA by alkaline or exonuclease treatment in removing dsDNA and by-products. This study developed an indirect purification method that provides a high yield and quality ssDNA sublibrary. Symmetric PCR was applied to generate a sufficient template, while asymmetric PCR using an excessive nonbiotinylated forward primer and an insufficient biotinylated reverse primer combined with a biotin–strepavidin system was applied to eliminate dsDNA, hence, leading to ssDNA purification. However, no alkaline or exonuclease were involved in treating dsDNA, so as to warrant the tertiary structure of ssDNA for potential aptamer SELEX selection. Agarose gel imaging indicated that no dsDNA or by-product contamination was detected in the ssDNA sublibrary generated by the indirect purification method. Purified ssDNA concentration reached 1020 ± 210 nM, which was much greater than previous methods. In conclusion, this novel method provided a simple and fast tool for generating and purifying a high yield and quality ssDNA sublibrary.     

30个枣树种质资源遗传多样性的ISSR分析

取30个枣树品种进行ISSR分子标记分析,其扩增条带分别进行琼脂糖和聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳检测,以期获得不同产地品种之间的遗传多态性。从100条选择扩增的ISSR引物中筛选出17条扩增清晰、重复性和稳定性好的引物,选取其中8条扩增条带多态性强的引物进行遗传聚类分析。结果表明：（1）1％琼脂糖凝胶电泳和5％聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳检测扩增总条带数分别为72和127条,其中多态性条带分别为51条和113条,多态性条带比率（PPB）分别为70．8％和88．9％。（2）基于UPGMA软件对30个品种的遗传差异性分析表明,8个ISSR引物可以将枣树品种之间遗传差异明显区分开来。两种电泳检测方法相比较,聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳检测可获得较为精细的枣树品种间遗传图谱。其遗传相似系数范围在0．56～1．00之间,以0．62为最低遗传相似系数,可将30个枣树品种分成3个大类,6个亚类,为进一步研究枣树品种间分类、起源进化关系和分子辅助育种奠定基础。     

Non-isotopic PAGE analysis of amplified products from simple sequence repeat single-primer polymerase chain reaction

We describe modifications to two genetic typing procedures, simple sequence repeat (SSR)-anchored polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and single primer amplification of SSRs (SPARs), by combining polyacrylamide gel (PAGE) resolution of PCR amplified products with silver staining for detection. Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) and chicken (Gallus domesticus) genomic DNA were used as templates in the PCR typing. The single primers used for PCR analyses were (CAC), (TCC), (GACT), (TGTC) and (TTTA). The PCR conditions have previously been described. As expected, the number of fragments detected by the analyses were higher than those previously described using agarose but lower than that reported by others from PAGE analyses and radioisotope detection. Unlike agarose gel analyses, all the primers amplified polymorphic products ranging from 22 percent (%) for (TGTC) to 44% for (TCC) (Table 1). The results suggest that the level of polymorphic DNA fragments from genetic typing by SPARs of SSRs could be increased, above that of agarose and ethidium bromide staining, by PAGE analyses followed by silver staining for detection. The level of DNA polymorphism detected was however lower than radioisotope detection, but the safety and ease of the modified method described in the current work may make it a preferable approach to both SPARs and SSR-anchored PCR for genetic mapping in eukaryotes.This revised version was published online in October 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

从琼脂糖凝胶中高效回收DNA技术的探讨

用两只离心管制成的凝胶过滤装置,从电泳后的琼脂糖凝胶中回收DNA片段的简易方法。它依次包括以下步骤：凝胶过滤装置的制作、凝胶切割、凝胶低温冷冻、低温高速离心、ddH20洗胶、DNA纯化和回收效果检测等。用此方法回收的DNA片段产率高、质量纯,可直接用于分子生物学实验的后续操作,如载体连接、PCR模板获得、DNA探针制备、基因测序等。其优点是：DNA片段的回收率高（90％以上）,质量好;操作简便,耗时短;回收装置简单,成本低廉,可进行商品化开发。     

Optimized sequence retrieval from single bands of temperature gradient gel electrophoresis profiles of the amplified 16S rDNA fragments from an activated sludge system

Sequence retrieval from single bands of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-denaturing gel electrophoresis (DGE) profiles is an important but often difficult step for molecular diversity analysis of complex microbial communities such as activated sludge systems. We analyzed the temperature gradient gel electrophoresis (TGGE) profiles of PCR-amplified 16S rDNA fragments from an activated sludge sample of a coking wastewater treatment plant. Single bands were excised, and a clone library was constructed for each. Sequence heterogeneity in each single band was found to be significantly overestimated due to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) contamination formed during the PCR amplification, since only 10-60% of library clones of each single TGGE band had identical migration behavior compared with the parent band. Three methods, digestion with mung bean nuclease, optimization of PCR amplification, and purification via denatured polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (d-PAGE), were compared for their ability to minimize ssDNA contamination, with the last one being the most efficient. After using d-PAGE to minimize ssDNA to a nearly nondetectable level, 70-100% of library clones for each single TGGE band had identical migration compared with the parent band. Several sequences were found in each of six single bands, and this co-migration could be predicted with the Poland software. The predominant bacteria of the activated sludge were assessed via a combination of sequence retrieval from each single TGGE band and band intensity analysis. Only beta and alpha subclasses of the Proteobacteria were detected, 93.8% and 6.2%, respectively. Our work suggests that prior to constructing a clone library to retrieve the actual sequence diversity of a single DGE band, it is advisable to minimize ssDNA contamination to a nondetectable level.