STRs-PCR分型技术在法医学上的应用

短串联重复序列 (STRs)是广泛存在于人类基因组的一类具有长度多态性的DNA序列 ,属高信息基因座。概述了STRs PCR的法医学应用特点以及它们在亲子鉴定、个体识别等领域的法医学应用及其理论基础、现状和前景。     

Identity tests: determination of cell line cross-contamination

Cell line cross-contamination is a phenomenon that arises as a result of the continuous cell line culture. It has been estimated that around 20% of the cell lines are misidentified, therefore it is necessary to carry out quality control tests for the detection of this issue. Since cell line cross-contamination discovery, different methods have been applied, such as isoenzyme analysis for inter-species cross-contamination; HLA typing, and DNA fingerprinting using short tandem repeat and a variable number of tandem repeat for intra-species cross-contamination. The cell banks in this sense represent the organizations responsible for guaranteeing the authenticity of cell lines for future research and clinical uses.     

Analysis of a Repeat-Containing Family of Giardia lamblia Variant-Specific Surface Protein Genes: Diversity Through Gene Duplication and Divergence

ABSTRACT. Giardia lamblia trophozoites express on their surfaces one of a set of cysteine-rich antigenically variant proteins, called variant-specific surface proteins, which comprise the majority of proteins detected by surface labeling. While these VSP proteins may be immunodominant proteins important in the host immune response to G. lamblia , the ability to switch expression from one VSP to another may provide a means for the trophozoites to avoid the host immune response. The first VSP characterized, VSPA6 (from the A6 clone of the WB isolate, originally termed CRP170), contains 18–23 copies of a 65 amino acid repeat. We have now used the repeat as a probe to isolate from a WBA6 genomic library two genes related to vspA6 (called vspA6-S1, vspA6-S2). Sequence analysis of the vspA6-S1 gene revealed nearly two complete copies of the 195 bp repeat and substantial nucleotide and translated amino acid similarity in the coding regions 5'and 3'to the repeats. The vspA6-S2 gene, while still related, showed greater divergence from vspA6 than vspA6-S1 in the nonrepeat coding region and contained nearly four copies of a 201 bp repeat that was 75% identical to the 195 bp vspA6 repeat. These results suggest that gene duplication followed by divergence has played a key role in the generation of the vsp gene repertoire.     

重组抗癫痫肽二串体的表达、纯化与鉴定

目的：利用基因工程方法表达抗癫痫肽（AEP）串联体蛋白,并进行纯化、鉴定。方法：PCR扩增AEP及AEP—His基因片段,并分别克隆至测序载体中;测序正确后,利用基因重组技术获得二串体基因,构建毕赤酵母表达载体pPIC9K-AEP2-His,甲醇诱导AEP2-His在毕赤酵母中表达,用Ni—chelating SepharoseFF柱纯化表达的融合蛋白,并用抗His单克隆抗体进行Westernblot鉴定。结果：构建了AEP二串体酵母表达载体,获得了纯化的AEP2-His蛋白,其相对分子质量约20000。结论：用基因串联思路表达小分子多肽是一种可行的方法;AEP2-His蛋白的成功表达为其功能研究奠定了基础。     

Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium: comparison of isolates from pigs, poultry and cases of human gastroenteritis

AIMS: Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) profiles of 195 epidemiologically unrelated Salmonella Typhimurium strains isolated in 1997-2004 from pigs were analysed and the results compared to establish the discriminatory ability of each method. In order to investigate the epidemiology of S. Typhimurium from different populations, the VNTR profiles from pigs were compared with those obtained from 190 S. Typhimurium strains isolated from poultry and 186 strains isolated from human cases of gastroenteritis. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 195 strains of S. Typhimurium were tested by PFGE and VNTR. For PFGE, the restriction enzyme XbaI was used, and for VNTR, the number of repeats at five loci (STTR 9, 5, 6, 10pl and 3) were counted and assigned an allele number based on an established VNTR scheme. The results obtained showed improved discrimination of VNTR when compared with PFGE with 34 PFGE profiles identified compared with 96 different VNTR profiles for the pig isolates and 56 different VNTR types within the most common PFGE type. Within the three different populations, VNTR showed distinct subpopulations of VNTR type related not only to source, but also demonstrated common VNTR types within samples obtained from humans, poultry and pigs, especially in strains of phage type DT104. CONCLUSIONS: VNTR has taken the discrimination to a further level than that obtained through PFGE, and demonstrated an overlap in the genetic diversity of isolates tested across the three different populations, confirming previous suggestions that animals have an involvement in the dissemination of S. Typhimurium through the food chain. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Salmonella Typhimurium remains an important concern as a food-borne zoonotic agent. The VNTR strategy described provides an accurate method of tracing strain dissemination, and adds a further level of discrimination to the PFGE type, providing potential benefits to epidemiological studies and the possibility of deciphering source attribution of cases.     

Responder (Rsp) alleles in the segregation distorter (SD) system of meiotic drive in Drosophila may represent a complex family of satellite repeat sequences

In D. melanogaster males carrying Segregation Distorter (SD) second chromosomes, sperm receiving sensitive alleles of the Responder (Rsp) locus are subject to high rates of dysfunction. The Rsp region is located in 2R immediately adjacent to the centromere in heterochromatic band 39, and covers roughly 600 kb of material, of which approximately 85 kb is comprised of several hundred copies of a 240-bp satellite DNA sequence. Cytological observations as well as molecular analysis of rearrangements which bisect h39 indicate that sensitivity of the Rsp target to SD action is also subdivisible, and sensitivities of the component pieces appear to be correlated with copy number of the 240 bp repeat. In an attempt to examine possible higher order sequence structure for these blocks, PCR using single primers derived from a canonical repeat was used to identify potential reversals of direction of tandem arrays; that is, head-to-head or tail-to-tail junctions. Surprisingly, for two different Rsp alleles, only a single such reversal product for each was identified, differing in size and sequence between alleles. Sequencing of PCR products identified diverged copies of the canonical repeats that would not have been found using the levels of DNA stringency employed in earlier studies. Examination of Southern digests and slot-blots for DNA quantification indicates that adding the estimated numbers of such diverged copies to the canonical repeat copies discovered earlier is potentially sufficient to account for the entire 600 kb Rsp region. This adds strength to the hypothesis that this extended family of repeats is in fact the target of SD-mediated sperm dysfunction. Implications of these results for understanding the evolution of repetitive DNA are also discussed.     

Comparative Genetics of Functional Trinucleotide Tandem Repeats in Humans and Apes

Several human neurodegenerative disorders are caused by the expansion of polymorphic trinucleotide repeat regions. Many of these loci are functional short tandem repeats (STRs) located in brain-expressed genes, and their study is thus relevant from both a medical and an evolutionary point of view. The aims of our study are to infer the comparative pattern of variation and evolution of this set of loci in order to show species-specific features in this group of STRs and on their potential for expansion (therefore, an insight into evolutionary medicine) and to unravel whether any human-specific feature may be identified in brain-expressed genes involved in human disease. We analyzed the variability of the normal range of seven expanding STR CAG/CTG loci (SCA1, SCA2, SCA3-MJD, SCA6, SCA8, SCA12, and DRPLA) and two nonexpanding polymorphic CAG loci (KCNN3 and NCOA3) in humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans. The study showed a general conservation of the repetitive tract and of the polymorphism in the four species and high heterogeneity among loci distributions. Humans present slightly larger alleles than the rest of species but a more relevant difference appears in variability levels: Humans are the species with the largest variance, although only for the expanding loci, suggesting a relationship between variability levels and expansion potential. The sequence analysis shows high levels of sequence conservation among species, a lack of correspondence between interruption patterns and variability levels, and signs of conservative selective pressure for some of the STR loci. Only two loci (SCA1 and SCA8) show a human specific distribution, with larger alleles than the rest of species. This could account, at the same time, for a human-specific trait and a predisposition to disease through expansion.This article contains online supplementary material.     

云南汉族群体FIBRA、DHFRP2、ACTBP2基因座多态性及其法医学应用

采用Amp-FLP分型方法,调查云南汉族群体FIBRA、DHFRP2、ACTBP2基因座的遗传多态性,并将其应用于法医学实践。200份EDTA抗凝血采自昆明地区无血缘关系汉族个体,采用酚—氯仿法提取DNA;法医物证实际检案及亲子鉴定检材取自昆明医学院法医系物证教研室检案,各种动物血痕取自动物中心,采用酚—氯仿法或Chelex法提取DNA,PCR扩增,非变 性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶垂直板电泳,硝酸银染色分型。结果表明,FIBRA、DHFRP2、ACTBP2基因座分别观察到15、7、13个等位基因,基因型数分别是57、25、61。3个STR基因座的杂合度（H）分别为：0.8940、0.8174、0.9130;多态信息容量（PIC）分别是:0.8908、0.8045、0.9117;个人识别力（Dp）分别是：0.9733、0.9416、0.9772;非父排除率（Epp）分别是：0.7994、0.6542、0.8348,基因型频率分布均符合Hardy-Weinberg平衡。20个家系调查结果表明,3个基因组均符合孟德尔遗传规律。 Genetic Polymorphism of FIBRA,DHFRP2 and ACTBP2 and Their Forensic Application in Yunnan Han Population JING Qiang,NIE Sheng-jie Department of Forensic Medicine,Kunming Medical College,Yunnan Province 650031,China Abstract:To investigate the genetic polymorphism of FIBRA,DHFRP2 and ACTBP2 in Yunnan Han population as well as their application in forensic science,EDTA-blood specimens were collected from 200 healthy individuals.The DNA were extracted either by the Chloro form,phenol method or by the Chelex-100 method.The PCR products were analyzed by PAG vertical electrophoresis,following by silver staining.All gene frequencies,discrimination power (DP),exclusion of paternity probability (EPP),heterozygosity (H),polymorphisms information content (PIC),matching probability (PM) as well as the Hardy-Weinberg test were calculated.The obtained data are beneficial in the understanding of population genetics of the three STR loci in Yunnan Han population and the results suggest that these loci are valuable genetic markers for paternity testing and personal identification in forensic science practice. Key words：short tandem repeat; Amp-FLP; genetic polymorphism     

STR基因座中检测出三带型等位基因2例

针对出现的三等位基因2例亲子鉴定案件,同时检测其唾液斑及毛发,应用Goldeneye 20A、PowerPlex 6C、Investigator 24plex QS及华夏白金试剂盒进行检测验证。结果显示在2例二联体亲子鉴定案件中,一例母亲的D18S51基因座分型为13/16,孩子的分型为15/16/17;另一例父亲的D7S820基因座分型为8/11/12,孩子的分型为10/11。唾液斑及毛发样本结果与FTA血卡结果一致,应用Goldeneye20A、PowerPlex 6C系统、Investigator 24plex QS及华夏白金试剂盒验证检测的结果相同。在日常亲子鉴定案件中,出现三带型现象较为罕见,针对这种现象,需进行认真判读及确认,以保证检测结果的准确性。     

The contribution of tandem repeat number to the O-glycosylation of mucins

The serine- and threonine-rich tandem repeat (TR) units that make up the characteristic feature of mucin glycoproteins are often polymorphic with substantial genetic variation in TR number. The precise effect of TR number on O-glycosylation is not fully understood, although the TR number of several mucins may be associated with apparent susceptibility to certain human diseases. To evaluate the contribution of TR number to O-glycosylation, we generated a series of chimeric mucins carrying increasing numbers of TR units from the MUC5B mucin in the context of an epitope-tagged MUC1 mucin backbone. These mucins were expressed in Caco2 colon carcinoma cell clones and purified by immunoprecipitation. O-Glycosylation was investigated by western blotting with antibodies to known carbohydrate structures and by fast atom bombardment-mass spectrometry. Additional carbohydrate epitopes were detected with antibodies on chimeric mucins with a higher TR number in comparison to those with fewer TRs. Using mass spectrometry, higher-molecular-weight glycans were detected more frequently on the mucins with extended TRs compared to those with fewer TRs. However no novel carbohydrate structures were seen, suggesting that TR number does not affect the specificity of O-glycosylation.     

西藏那曲地区藏族人群15个短串联重复序列位点多态性的研究

利用基因扫描技术调查西藏自治区那曲地区藏族人群D8S1179、D21S11、D7S820、CSF1PO、D3S1358、TH01、D13S317、D16S539、D2S1338、D19S433、VWA、TPOX、D18S51、D5S818及FGA共15个短串联重复序列(STR)基因座多态性分布,获得15个基因座的群体遗传学数据。结果显示:15个STR位点在那曲地区藏族人群中具有遗传多态性,基因型分布符合Hardy-Weinberg平衡,DP在0.758 8—0.960 4之间,H在0.476 2—0.862 0之间,PIC在0.446 4—0.861 5之间,EPP在0.385 0—0.856 0之间,累积个体鉴别力为0.999 999 999,累积非父排除率为0.999 999 998。15个STR位点适合作为那曲地区藏族人群的遗传标记用于人类学、疾病连锁分析、法医学亲子鉴定和个体识别等领域的研究。     

湖南省汉族人群15个STR基因座多态性分析

应用美国AmpFISTR Indentifiler荧光标记复合扩增试剂盒,结合PE9700型PCR仪和美国ABI公司310型遗传分析仪,对湖南汉族人群D8S1179、D21S11、D7S820、CSF1PO、D3S1358、TH01、D13S317、D16S539、D2S1338、D19S433、vWA、TPOX、D18S51、D5S818和FGA共15个STR基因座进行多态性调查分析．结果显示15个STR基因座的基因型分布符合Hardy．Weinberg平衡。其杂合度（H）介于0．593～0．900,多态信息含量（PIC）介于O．54～0．85,个体识别力（DP）介于0．780～0．963,非父排除率（PE）介于0．282～0．785,累计个体识别力为（1～1．6×10^-17）〉0．99999999。累计非父排除率为0．9999995．证明15个STR基因座在湖南省汉族人群中具有较高的多态性。可应用于该地区群体学研究、法医学个体识别和亲权鉴定等．     

Use of microsatellite polymorphisms for paternity exclusion in rhesus macaques (Macaca multatta)

A total of 224 infant rhesus macaques and their dams and potential sires in 11 multimale groups in 2 different specific pathogen free breeding colonies were screened for up to 6 different microsatellite polymorphism using cross-species PCR amplification. Observed and expected success of paternity exclusion analysis (based on gene frequencies of sires and dams in each colony) were computed by individual locus and cumulatively. Greater or less success of PEA than expected was observed at most loci due to the nonrandom distribution of genotypes between sires and dams and among breeding groups at each colony and because genotypes at different loci did not provide completely independent information about parentage. The combined success of PEA using all loci, however, was slightly greater than predicted both with and without assuming knowledge of one parent's (i.e. the dam's) genotype and was far greater than that based on protein coding loci or DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms.     

An evaluation of the International Society for Animal Genetics recommended parentage and identification panel for the domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica)

In this study, the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG) recommended panel for the identification of the domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica) is characterized based on commonly used statistical parameters. The marker panel is based on 16 short tandem repeat (STR) loci (PIGN15, PIGN10, PIGN57, PIGN26, CliμD16, CliμD19, PIGN12, CliμD17, CliμT17, PIGN04, CliμD01, CliμD11, CliμD35, CliμT02, CliμT13, CliμT43). The alleles of the 16 loci consist of a mixture of tri‐, tetra‐, penta‐ and hexameric repeat patterns. A sex determination marker was included in the multiplex for quality control. The repeat sequence of the PIGN markers was previously unpublished and therefore sequenced to reveal the sequence pattern. In total, 1421 pigeons were genotyped on 16 STR loci to generate allele frequency data for each locus. For all 16 markers combined, a PE1 (combined non‐exclusion probability, first parent) of 0.9986 and PE2 (combined non‐exclusion probability, second parent) of >0.9999 was observed. Comparing the alleged father and mother, a PE value of >0.9999 was observed. Two of the markers, CliμD19 and PIGN12, were found to have relatively high Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium and F(null) values. Therefore these markers may be considered to be replaced by other STRs. Another point of discussion may be to add a gender identification marker to the recommended ISAG panel. Not only can this serve as an extra identification marker, but this can also confirm the sex of a sample, because it is challenging to determine the sex based on phenotypical characteristics, especially for chicks. In conclusion, the set of 16 STR markers can be used in routine parentage verification and the identification of individuals.     

应用IdentifilerTM系统对湖南人群中OL等位基因的观察与分析

应用IdentifilerTM系统和ABI310型遗传分析仪,对湖南人群中3 423例无关个体进行基因分型,筛选出OL等位基因,并对其分布及构成进行分析.结果显示在3 423例个体基因分型中,发现12种OL等位基因,分布于D13S317、D19S433、D21S11、D3S1358、D7S820和FGA等6个基因座,各基因座OL等位基因的种类数目为1～3个,位点频率为0.292‰～9.641‰.通过以上研究,可对IdentifilerTM系统群体遗传多态性数据进行有效的补充和完善,从而使其更好地应用于人类生物学、法医遗传学等领域.     

DNA的简单串联重复扩展与遗传病

目前已知有１７种遗传病或染色体脆性位点是由简单串联重复ＤＮＡ拷贝数增加引起的．本文综述了这些重复扩展的特点,可能的分子机制及致病机理