人类单纯性先天性心脏病中TBX5基因的突变及表达研究

本文首次较为完整地报道了藏汉通婚子代群体的14项肤纹参数（其中藏父汉思及汉父藏母各100例）,并将这些肤纹参数分别与其藏汉父母样本的有关肤纹参数进行比较,再与1000例藏族及1040例汉族两个大样本的有关肤纹参数进行比较。结果表明：藏汉后代的肤纹特征介于藏族和汉族之间,提示肤纹参数的多因子遗传本质。     

APC基因结构及功能异常与人类肿瘤的关系

腺瘤样结肠息肉病易感基因是１９９１年从结肠癌中克隆到的一个新的抑癌基因,定位于５号染色体长臂。ＡＰＣ基因产物功能不茂清楚,发现其可调节ｃ－ｍｙｃ基因ｍＲＮＡ的成熟和ｒａｓ基因的表达,与蛋白质相互作用有关。     

猪GH基因部分突变位点对生产性能的影响

本试验利用PCR-RFLPs技术,用MspⅠ,ApaⅠ两种限制酶,检测了猪生长激素基因+206～+711位共506bp片段中的[+295～+300、+563～+566]2处突变位点,分析了各多态位点在姜曲海猪中的分布及其与生产性能的关系.发现:姜曲海猪中,MspⅠ酶切突变位点中的G1G2基因型和G2G2基因型个体的生产性能没有差异,不同日龄体重在两组间变化没有规律.ApaⅠ酶切突变位点G4G4基因型个体的20日龄体重、45日龄体重高于G3G3/G3G4基因型个体,但差异不显著,G4G4基因型个体的70日龄体重极显著高于G3G3/G3G4基因型个体(P<0.01).G4G4基因型个体的0～70日龄日增重也极显著高于G3G3/G3G4基因型个体(P<0.01).这些结果显示GH基因有可能作为数量性状基因座的侯选基因。Abstract:A 506bp segment of the porcine growth hormone gene encompassing base +206 of the first intro through base +711 of the third exon was amplified by PCR [Base numbering followed the designation of Vice & Wells (1987)].Two polymorphic restriction sites forApaI,Msp[ were identified at +295~+300,+563~+566 respectively.DNA was from Jianquhai breeds.The effect of genotype on bodyweight was analysed.The result showed that there was no difference of bodyweight between G1G2 and G2G2 genotype pigs in MspI polymorphic restriction sites.But in Apa I polymorphic restriction sites,the 70-days-bodyweight and average day gain from birth to 70-days of G4G4 genotype pigs was extremely significant(P<0.01) higher than G3G4/G3G3 genotype pigs.Result suggested that GH gene may be a candidate gene for quantitative trait locus in pigs.     

基因体外随机突变的两种方法的研究

引导蛋白质功能进化常用的方法是模拟和加速蛋白质基因自然重组的进程,即在蛋白质的基因中引进随机突变。因此,蛋白质基因体外随机突变的方法影响着引导蛋白质功能进化的效果。本文描述两种简单而有效的基因体外随机突变发生方法。一种是化学诱变法：将蛋白质基因用1.0mol/L硝酸钠在室温下处理1h,然后将突变基因插入质粒,导入大肠杆菌中表达;另一种方法是延伸诱变法：将10个随机氨基酸短肽基因连接到蛋白质基因上,使蛋白质C末端连接随机短肽,通过增大蛋白质分子来达到延伸蛋白质序列空间的目的。来自嗜热脂肪芽孢杆菌的过氧化氢酶I基因用这两种方法进行了随机突变,获得了大量突变体酶基因。通过对突变体酶基因表达产物性质变化的测定,证明这两种基因诱变方法能够有效地诱发基因的随机突变。Abstract:Two novel and simple methods were described in the paper for in vitro mutagenesis and recombinatin of polynucleotide sequence to mimic and accelerate nature's recombination strategy to direct the evolution of protein function.One is chemical mutagenesis: protein gene was inserted into M13mp18,and the single－stranded DNA was treated with 1．0mol/L sodium nitrite at room temperature for 1h for mutation and converted into duplex,then the mutated gene was ligated to plasmid for expression.Another is elongation mutagenesis: random peptide of 10 amino acid was connected at C－terminal of protein to expand the sequence space by increasing proteins dimensions,then the elongation mutated gene expressed in E.coli.We have used these two methods to recombine the thermostabilized catalase I, and these two methods were found to be efficient to form a lot of catalase I mutates by identifying the properties of mutated enzyme.     

“基因”一词的由来

1909年,约翰森创造“基因”(gene)一词作为遗传单位的名称。该词是由德?弗里斯创造的“泛生子”(pangene)一词缩短而成的,而“泛生子”一词则衍生于达尔文提出的“泛生论”(theory of pangenesis)。约翰森的这一创造堪称“推陈出新”的典范。Abstract: In1909,Johannsen coined the word “gene”, shortened from the pangene of de Vries and ultimately derived from Darwin’s word pangenesis,to denote the unit of heredity.It was an outstanding example of“weeding through the old to bring forth the new ”.     

植物防御系统中抗病相关基因的研究进展

本文论述了植物防御系统中抗病相关基因（resistance gene,R基因）的研究进展。列表总结了迄今已克隆的R基因,并将其归为四种不同的类型。综述了不同基因表达产物-R蛋白在细胞中的定位及其相应的功能。此外,还对R基因编码区的多态性、R基因在染色体上排列方式以及R基因的进化与起源等问题进行了讨论。Abstract:This review comments on recent advances in research of disease resistance genes(R Genes) in defence system of plants.The R genes cloned up to date are summarized and classified roughly into four classes listed in the Table 1.The location and the founction of the R proteins,i.e.,the expressed products of different R genes in the cells are reviewed.In addition,the polymophism of coding region of R genes,the different fashions of R gene arrangement on the chromosomes,and the evolution and origin of R genes are discussed.     

人胰岛素基因在体内外表达的研究

利用定点突变人胰岛素基因,以脂质体载体和质粒不同比例形成的复合物进行体内外转染。体外转染鼠肝细胞,G418进行筛选,利用放免法测定培养液中胰岛素含量;体内通过肝门脉注射,测定模型鼠血糖及转染后7天时血液中胰岛素的含量,结果显示目的基因已转入肝细胞,且体内外转染都有一定量的成熟胰岛素表达,体外转染中质粒与脂质体比为1∶6转染后24h表达量最高为10.45μIU/ml,体内转染使模型鼠的糖尿病症状明显改善,血糖最高降幅达55%。Abstract:The transfection of mutated human insulin gene was studied using the complex of different proportion of plasmid and Liposome.Hepatic cell was used as the target cell in vitro,isolation of Hepatic cell including insulin gene was carried out by G418,the expression level of insulin in medium was measured by RIA method.The portal vein was cannulated with therapeutic gene in vivo,the blood glucose of the model was regularly examined and the insulin level was detected on the seventh day after transfection.The results showed that the target gene was transferred into the hepatic cell,expression of mature insulin was detected both in vivo and in vitro,It reached the peak 10.45μIU/ml on the 24th hour after transfection with the proportion 1:6 of.plasmid and Liposome in hepatic cell.Diabetic sympotom of the model was improved after transgene,the blood glucose could decrease 55% at the most.     

应用蛋白截短技术检测APC基因胚系突变

建立蛋白截短检测技术,分析家族性腺瘤样息肉病（FAP）发病相关基因APC基因的胚系突变,研究基因突变型与FAP疾病表型的关系。经临床诊断的22例FAP患者及43例散发性大肠癌患者,分别取外周静脉血和正常结肠粘膜组织,常规提取基因组DNA。应用蛋白截短检测技术,分段分析APC基因巨大的第15外显子,对检出截短蛋白的样本进行测序,以确定突变位点及突变性质。22例FAP患者中,5例患者存在APC基因第15外显子的胚系突变,均为碱基缺失造成的移码突变,导致截短蛋白的产生;43例散发性大肠癌患者中未检测到APC基因第15外显子的胚系突变。蛋白截短检测技术是一种高效的基因突变分析技术,适用于大片段基因（如APC基因第15外显子）截短型突变的检测,可作为FAP症状出现前的常规基因诊断技术的一项有效补充。     

拟南芥SUPERMAN基因表观突变的研究进展

本文综述了拟南芥SUPERMAN基因表观突变体clark kent（clk）的表型、基因型、DNA甲基化及表观突变机制等方面的研究进展。主要研究结果有：clk是SUPERMAN(SUP)的等位基因,能遗传但不稳定,其对称位点（CpG和CPXPG）和非对称位点的胞嘧啶高度甲基化,伴随着SUP转录水平的下降;CpG和CPXPG胞嘧啶甲基转移酶分别是METHYLTRANSFERASE1（MET1）和受KRYPTONITE基因调控的CHROMOMETHYLASE3 (CMT3)。Abstract:The SUPERMAN gene in Arabidopsis has its epigenetic mutants (the clark kent alleles,clk). The phenotype of clk and its genotype and methylated patterns and the epi-mutation mechanisms of SUPERMAN were summarized in the review. Heritable but unstable sup epi-alleles are associated with nearly identical patterns of excess cytosine methylation within the SUP gene and a decreased level of SUP RNA. The methylation of cytosine at CpG and CPXPG is controlled by METHYLTRANSFERASE1（MET1）and CHROMOMETHYLASE3 (CMT3) which is regulated by KRYPTONITE gene,respectively.     

中国人扩张型心肌病与受磷蛋白基因关系的研究

受磷蛋白（phospholamban）是心肌收缩的一个重要调节因子,可抑制心肌肌浆网钙ATPase的活性、降低其对钙的亲和力。正常情况下,受磷蛋白可被不同的蛋白激酶磷酸化从而解除其肌浆网钙ATPase的抑制作用。国外两个DCM家系研究发现受磷蛋白基因突变与DCM的发生有关,研究目的旨在探讨中国人群心肌特异性受磷蛋白基因突变与特发性扩张型心肌病发病的关系。收集60例确诊的特发性扩张型心肌病患者临床资料,采集血样本并分离白细胞和提取基因组DNA。应用PCR扩增肌特异性受磷蛋白基因片段,经测序检测基因突变的存在。结果显示60例扩张型心肌病人受磷蛋白基因开放阅读框未发现突变,仅有两例患者出现阅读框3′部分非翻译区分别离终止密码153和173位单个碱基T的缺失。两例患者终止密码后非翻译区单个碱基T的缺失据分析并无实际意义。因此我们认为绝大部分中国人扩张型心肌病的发病可能与受磷蛋白基因突变无关。Abstract: Phospholamban (PLB) is a prominent regulator of myocardial contractility and a reversible inhibitor of the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase activity. In normal cardiac muscles, phospholamban can be phosphorylated at distinct sites by various protein kinases and release its inhibition to sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase. The studies of pedigrees have shown dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is related with mutation of PLB. The aim of present study is to investigate the relationship between mutation of PLB gene and DCM. Sixty patients with idiotic DCM were enrolled in present study. The clinical data were collected, including clinical symptoms, ECG and echocardiography. Peripheral blood samples of all these subjects were collected to extract genome DNA. The fragments of PLB gene were amplified by PCR and PCR fragment sequencing was performed to study weather mutation of phospholamban gene exists. phospholamban gene did not show any mutation in these patients. Most Chinese DCM patients may not be related with mutation of PLB gene.     

毛细管电泳-单链构象多态分析检测胃癌中p16基因突变

目的:建立快速高效检测胃癌患者胃癌组织及癌旁正常组织中p16基因突变的方法。方法:采用PCR扩增p16基因第二外显子易发生突变片段,扩增样品纯化后经95℃变性;以毛细管电泳(CE)分析法结合单链构象多态性(SSCP)对60例胃癌患者p16基因突变情况进行分析。结果:分析结果表明只有3例低分化腺癌患者存在基因突变,测序表明p16基因第二外显子碱基序列AGAC发生碱基A丢失。结论:p16基因突变可能导致胃癌的发生,但不起主导作用;CE-SSCP分析方法具有快速、灵敏、准确的特点,可用于胃癌组织中p16基因的突变分析。     

miRNA-192 and -215 activate Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in gastric cancer via APC

Although great progress has been made in surgical techniques, traditional radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, gastric cancer (GC) is still the most common malignant tumor and has a high mortality, which highlights the importance of novel diagnostic markers. Emerging studies suggest that different microRNAs (miRNAs) are involved in tumorigenesis of GC. In this study, we found that miRNA-192 and -215 are significantly upregulated in GC and promote cell proliferation and migration. Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), a well-known negative regulator in Wnt signaling, has been proved to be a target of miRNA-192 and -215. Inhibition of miRNA-192 or -215 reduced the Topflash activities and repressed the expression of Wnt signaling pathway proteins, while APC small interfering RNAs reversed the inhibitory effects, suggesting that miRNA-192 and -215 activate Wnt signaling via APC. In addition, APC mediates the cell proliferation and migration regulated by miRNA-192 and -215. Furthermore, APC is downregulated in GC tissues and negatively correlated with the expression of miRNA-192 and -215. In summary, miRNA-192 and -215 target APC and function as oncogenic miRNAs by activating Wnt signaling in GC, revealing to be potential therapeutic targets.     

表达大肠杆菌K88ac-ST1-LTB融合蛋白基因工程菌株的构建

利用PCR技术,从大肠杆菌C83902质粒中扩增出K88ac基因、ST1突变基因和LTB基因,通过分离、纯化、内切酶酶切、连接和转化,构建了含K88ac-ST1-LTB融合基因表达载体的重组菌株BL21（DE3）（pXKST3LT5)。经酶切鉴定和DNA序列分析证实,构建的重组质粒pXKST3LT5中含有K88ac-ST1-LTB融合基因,且基因序列和阅读框架均正确。经ELISA检测,重组菌株表达的K88ac-ST1-LTB融合蛋白能够被ST1单抗、LTB和K88ac抗体识别。经乳鼠灌胃试验证实,表达的融合蛋白已丧失天然ST1肠毒素的活性。免疫实验结果表明,K88ac-ST1-LTB融合蛋白能够诱发小白鼠产生抗体,该抗体具有中和天然ST1肠毒素的毒性作用,表明构建的重组菌株可以作为预防仔猪黄、白痢基因工程菌苗的候选菌株。     

胃癌的基因治疗进展

基因治疗是近年来治疗肿瘤的新方法,因治疗策略的不同而发展为2个分支:一是分子肿瘤治疗,包括肿瘤抑制基因治疗、自杀基因治疗、反义基因治疗、抑制肿瘤血管形成的治疗、免疫基因治疗;二是virotherapy。简要综述了肿瘤基因治疗的各种方法及其在胃癌治疗中的应用和发展前景。     

MUC1 gene polymorphism and gastric cancer–an epidemiological study

Gastric carcinoma is a major cause of cancer death worldwide and, like most human cancers, probably develops after environmental insults acting on normal individuals and/or individuals with increased genetic susceptibility. Mucins are attractive molecules to study the relationship between genetics and environment because they play an important role in the protection of gastric mucosa against environmental insults and exhibit a highly polymorphic genetic variation. We performed a case-control study using Southern blot analysis to evaluate the MUC1 gene polymorphism in a series of blood donors (n=324) and in patients with gastric carcinoma (n=159). We found that the distribution of MUC1 alleles is significantly different in the two populations and that small MUC1 alleles and small MUC1 genotypes are significantly more frequent in patients with gastric carcinoma than in controls. Individuals with small MUC1 genotypes are at increased risk for gastric carcinoma development.     

肿瘤基因组研究进展

所有的肿瘤都源自于细胞基因组DNA序列的异常。在整个生命过程中,甚至从最初的受精卵开始,人体细胞的基因组就暴露于各种突变诱变因素和自身的复制错误之中,这些不利影响可能导致任何细胞的DNA序列渐进的、细微的突变。过去的25年中,这些突变和基因异常如何调控肿瘤的成长已经越来越多地为人们所认识,在此基础上,大量获得肿瘤基因组的完整DNA序列已经成为可能。这些研究将为人类提供肿瘤发生和成长的重要线索。