Evaluating coverage of exons by HapMap SNPs

Genome-wide association (GWA) studies are currently one of the most powerful tools in identifying disease-associated genes or variants. In typical GWA studies, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are often used as genetic makers. Therefore, it is critical to estimate the percentage of genetic variations which can be covered by SNPs through linkage disequilibrium (LD). In this study, we use the concept of haplotype blocks to evaluate the coverage of five SNP sets including the HapMap and four commercial arrays, for every exon in the human genome. We show that although some Chips can reach similar coverage as the HapMap, only about 50% of exons are completely covered by haplotype blocks of HapMap SNPs. We suggest further high-resolution genotyping methods are required, to provide adequate genome-wide power for identifying variants.     

多顺反子质粒重编程人脂肪干细胞为诱导多能干细胞

为建立多顺反子质粒载体转染技术获得人脂肪干细胞(adipose stem cells,ASCs)来源的诱导多能干细胞(induced pluripotency stem cells,iPSCs),应用2A元件连接Oct4/Sox2/KLF4/c-Myc四因子基因,构建为单一开放阅读框的多顺反子质粒载体．使用该质粒对ASCs进行转染及重编程为iPSC．采用形态学观察、特异性抗体免疫荧光鉴定、体外拟胚体诱导分化和体内畸胎瘤形成等方法进行鉴定．结果显示,ASCs成功重编程为iPSCs,具有与人胚胎干细胞相似的形态学及多向分化潜能;通过拟胚体和畸胎瘤实验证实iPSCs能在体内外分化成三胚层细胞;DNA印迹实验显示质粒载体序列未整合至iPSCs基因组中．因此,通过多顺反子质粒载体重编程技术成功建立的人iPSCs具有多向分化潜能,可减免发生插入突变和免疫排斥问题,为iPSCs在遗传性或退行性疾病的治疗奠定了实验基础．     

酪氨酸磷酸酶PRL-3增加胃癌细胞BGC823的SP细胞比例并提高其对化疗药物的耐受性

蛋白酪氨酸磷酸酶PRL-3是近年发现的蛋白酪氨酸磷酸酶家族成员,能促进肿瘤细胞的侵袭、转移及上皮细胞间质转型,提示PRL-3可能在肿瘤发生发展及诱导肿瘤干细胞生成中发挥重要作用.由于侧群(SP)细胞具有许多干细胞的性质,SP细胞分选是目前筛选和分离获得干细胞或前体细胞常用的有效方法.为探讨PRL-3在诱导干细胞生成中的潜在作用,本文在建立过表达PRL-3的人胃癌细胞BGC823的基础上,通过SP分选和CCK-8的方法分析PRL-3对BGC823细胞中SP细胞的比例以及对化疗药物耐受性的影响.结果提示,高表达PRL-3提高BGC823中SP细胞的比例（2.5% vs 9.4%）,同时增加BGC823对化疗药物紫杉醇和顺铂的耐受性（相对于对照细胞,其耐药指数分别为1.75和1.29）.由于SP细胞的产生和细胞耐药性的提高与ABC家族基因表达水平上调密切相关,通过定量 RT-PCR和Western印迹检测发现,PRL-3能上调ABCB1和ABCG2的表达.上述研究结果表明,PRL-3有可能通过上调ABCB1和ABCG2的表达,增加胃癌细胞BGC823的SP细胞比例并增加其对化疗药物的耐受性.     

The Effect of Codon Mismatch on the Protein Translation System

Incorrect protein translation, caused by codon mismatch, is an important problem of living cells. In this work, a computational model was introduced to quantify the effects of codon mismatch and the model was used to study the protein translation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. According to simulation results, the probability of codon mismatch will increase when the supply of amino acids is unbalanced, and the longer is the codon sequence, the larger is the probability for incorrect translation to occur, making the synthesis of long peptide chain difficult. By comparing to simulation results without codon mismatch effects taken into account, the fraction of mRNAs with bound ribosome decrease faster along the mRNAs, making the 5’ ramp phenomenon more obvious. It was also found in our work that the premature mechanism resulted from codon mismatch can reduce the proportion of incorrect translation when the amino acid supply is extremely unbalanced, which is one possible source of high fidelity protein synthesis after peptidyl transfer.     

土荆芥挥发性化感物质对蚕豆叶表皮保卫细胞的影响

化感作用是外来植物土荆芥( Chenopodium ambrosioides)成功入侵的机制之一。为了探讨土荆芥挥发油的化感作用机制,该文以蚕豆( Vicia faba)叶的下表皮为材料,将表皮条孵育在分别含土荆芥挥发油、α-萜品烯和对伞花素的MES [2-( N-morpholino) ethanesulfonic acid]缓冲液中,25℃下光照培养30 min,采用吖啶橙/溴乙锭( AO/EB)双荧光染色法和Feulgen染色法,研究土荆芥挥发油、α-萜品烯和对伞花素对保卫细胞活性和细胞核形态的影响。结果表明：在土荆芥挥发油、α-萜品烯和对伞花素的作用下,蚕豆气孔保卫细胞活性降低,细胞核出现固缩、畸形或降解等细胞凋亡特征。随着处理剂量增加,保卫细胞活性显著下降,核异常率显著增加,表明土荆芥挥发油、α-萜品烯和对伞花素均对蚕豆保卫细胞具有细胞毒性,其中,挥发油毒性最大,α-萜品烯的毒性次之,对伞花素的毒性最小;Caspase抑制剂Z-VAD-FMK可缓解挥发油、α-萜品烯和对伞花素对保卫细胞的毒性,提高细胞活性,这种缓解效应随着抑制剂浓度的增加而增大。由此可见,土荆芥挥发油、α-萜品烯和对伞花素诱导蚕豆保卫细胞发生了Caspase依赖性的细胞凋亡。     

H2S作为植物个体间交流的气体信号分子

植物遭受到昆虫取食、创伤及非生物胁迫时,会向环境中释放多种挥发性物质,直接或间接地帮助受胁迫植株抵抗伤害。同时,这些挥发性物质向附近的健康植株传递信息,以应对可能到来的侵害。硫化氢(H2S)作为细胞内气体信号分子提高植物对多种胁迫的抗性已有报道,本论文对H2S是否作为植物个体间传递信息的信号分子进行了研究。结果表明:40%PEG8000处理可以使谷子、白菜、番茄和拟南芥Col-0植株所在环境空气中H2S含量升高;谷子和拟南芥Col-0植株经PEG8000处理后,可以使邻近的非胁迫植株叶片的H2S含量升高和H2S响应基因表达变化,并诱导非胁迫植株气孔关闭;而拟南芥内源H2S产生酶基因LCD和DES1双基因突变体lcd/des1经PEG8000处理,不能引起空气中和邻近植物的H2S含量升高,不能诱导邻近植株气孔关闭。本论文表明,H2S可以作为植物个体间的信息传递分子;即受胁迫植物通过向周围环境中释放H2S,向邻近植株提供胁迫预警信息,可能对种群的生存有重要意义。     

T-piece复苏器在产房中对早产儿复苏中的应用效果评价*

目的:探讨T-piece复苏器在产房中对早产儿复苏中的应用效果。方法:选择2011年1月至2016年12月在本院产科出生的早产儿(胎龄28～37周)62例,随机分为对照组与观察组,各31例,对照组患儿给予自动充气式复苏囊正压人工通气,观察组患儿给予T组合复苏器正压人工通气,比较两组患儿1、5、10 min Apgar评分、肺气漏发生率,以及缺氧缺血性脑病、支气管肺发育不良、坏死性小肠结肠炎、动脉导管未闭、高胆红素血症率。结果:两组患儿胎龄、性别、分娩方式、出生体重、出生后1、5、10 min Apgar评分等方面差异均无统计学意义(P0.05)。与对照组相比,观察组气漏发生率降低,差异有统计学意义(P0.05)。两组患儿缺氧缺血性脑病、支气管肺发育不良、坏死性小肠结肠炎、动脉导管未闭、高胆红素血症率差异无统计学意义(P0.05)。结论:T-piece复苏器在产房中早产儿窒息复苏中的应用效果显著,具有操作简单、效率高等优点,两组复苏成功率差别不大,但T-piece复苏器能可有效减少肺气漏的发生,进而降低新生儿的病死率。