蛋白质结构型的识别方法

给出了α型、β型、α/β型、多域型蛋白质二级结构主序列六联体的分布规律.提出了根据蛋白质二级结构主序列对蛋白质结构型进行识别(分类)的方法.以蛋白质二级结构主序列三联体为参数,利用Mahalanobis距离方法对上述4种结构型的蛋白质进行识别,分类的总体准确率为81%;以二级结构主序列中六联体的频数构成蛋白质结构的多样性源,利用多样性增量极小化对上述4种结构型进行识别,分类的总体准确率为83%. 同时也给出了对紧结构域的识别途径.     

扣除杂交法筛选与非小细胞性肺癌转移相关的基因

非小细胞性肺癌病人的术后死亡率很高 ,其原因是该病易发生转移。收集了肺癌早期患者的样品 ,并根据患者资料分成转移型 (n =4)和非转移型 (n =5 ) ,采用扣除杂交法筛选与非小细胞性肺癌转移相关的基因。扣除后的cDNA文库中得到了 2 2 5个有效克隆。对这些克隆进行了测序 ,在基因文库中比较了核苷酸同源性 ,初步确定了这些克隆对应的基因 ,并根据基因可能涉及的功能加以分类。通过实时 (realtime)RT PCR鉴定 ,发现 10种基因在用于扣除试验的转移病人样品中的平均表达量比非转移病人高。进一步对 70位患非小细胞性肺癌病人 (I至IIIA期 )的样品进行了检测。根据统计分析 ,在I和II期病人中 ,2种基因MALA1和EIF4A1在发生转移的病人样品中的表达与在非转移的病人中有显著差异性。这些结果将有助于分析非小细胞性肺癌病变发生转移的可能性     

细胞内物质转运调节分子ARFGAP3的克隆表达及生化活性

ADP核糖基化因子-GTP酶活化蛋白(ARF GAP)是重要的细胞内物质转运调节分子.在22周孕龄人胎肝cDNA文库中发现一种新基因,其编码的氨基酸序列与大鼠ARF1 GAP有32%同源性.将这种新基因命名为“ARFGAP3”,对其进行功能研究,利用逆转录-聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR),从人胎盘总RNA中扩增ARFGAP3全长cDNA序列,并将其亚克隆到pGEM-T载体;采用RNA印迹法和斑点杂交法,检测其组织表达谱,发现在多种腺体和睾丸中有很高水平ARFGAP3基因转录,并且只有一种约2.7 kb的转录本.利用基因重组技术,构建表达质粒pBAD/Thio-ARFGAP3,在大肠杆菌中表达,采用亲和层析法纯化表达产物,利用肠激酶切除重组融合蛋白N端引导序列.检测重组ARFGAP3的生化活性,证实ARFGAP3对ARF1具有GAP活性,促进ARF1结合的GTP水解为GDP,磷脂酰肌醇二磷酸(PIP2)增强其GAP活性,而磷脂酰胆碱(PC)抑制其GAP活性.     

Profiling of differentially expressed genes in ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus tinctorius responding to mycorrhiza helper Brevibacillus reuszeri MPt17

A cDNA library of the ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungus Pisolithus tinctorius Pt2 after interaction with the mycorrhiza helper bacterium (MHB) Brevibacillus reuszeri MPt17 was constructed by suppression subtraction hybridization. Total RNA from B. reuszeri MPt17 exudates treated Pi. tinctorius Pt2 was used as a “tester” and total RNA from nonbacterial treated Pi. tinctorius Pt2 was used as a “driver.” Among the differentially expressed sequences, a BLASTX in the NCBI non-redundant protein sequence database revealed that 75% of the non-redundant sequences (147 out of 196) were highly similar to known proteins (E-value < e^?5). Twelve sequences were annotated as mycelium development function combining with a potential functional categories using gene ontology. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis showed that all of the 3 symbiosis regulated acidic polypeptide genes were all up-regulated in the MPt17-treated Pt2. These results provide evidence that the MHB B. reuszeri MPt17 could significantly change the expression of symbiosis-related genes and genes in mycelium development in ECM fungus, and also support the hypothesis that the MHB functions as helper though promotion on fungal mycelium.     

花粉的保存及其生活力测定

花粉是种子植物的雄配子体，在有性繁殖中发挥着重要作用。采集的花粉和贮存的花粉，在使用之前必须作生活力的鉴定，以估价花粉是否有授精能力，并掌握花粉的形态和生理特征。本文对花粉的采集与保存、花粉生活力的概念及花粉生活力的测定方法作了详细的介绍，并对各种方法的优缺点进行了讨论。     

Comprehensive Genomic Characterization of RNA-Binding Proteins across Human Cancers

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基于多组学数据的早期宫颈鳞状细胞癌分类

从分子层面对泛癌进行研究已经得到了很大的进展，但是对宫颈鳞状细胞癌的分子分类研究仍然需要更多的探索. 为了找到宫颈鳞状细胞癌潜在的子类，本文提出了一个基于多维组学数据的癌症亚型分类分析流程. 通过统计学方法对癌症基因组图谱（The Cancer Genome Atlas，TCGA）宫颈鳞状细胞癌的mRNA表达数据、小分子核糖核酸（microRNA，miRNA）表达数据、DNA甲基化数据以及拷贝数变异数据4个维度包含的分子进行筛选，然后对筛选后的分类特征进行整合聚类，进一步筛选能够区分不同子类的关键分类特征，并使用这些关键分类特征建立宫颈鳞状细胞癌分类模型. 本研究为宫颈鳞状细胞癌分子层面子类的识别提供了分析流程，得到了两个临床生存水平具有显著性差异的宫颈鳞状细胞癌子类，并确定了8个宫颈鳞状细胞癌的关键分类特征. 本研究中识别的宫颈鳞状细胞癌子类和关键分类特征为宫颈鳞状细胞癌早期分类及分类标志物的鉴定提供了重要参考.     

Chromatin accessibility changes are associated with enhanced growth and liver metastasis capacity of acid-adapted colorectal cancer cells

The acidic extracellular microenvironment, namely acidosis, is a biochemical hallmark of solid tumors. However, the tumorigenicity, metastatic potential, gene expression profile and chromatin accessibility of acidosis-adapted colorectal cancer cells remain unknown. The colorectal cancer cell SW620 was cultured in acidic medium (pH 6.5) for more than 3 months to be acidosis-adapted (SW620-AA). In comparison to parental cells, SW620-AA cells exhibit enhanced tumorigenicity and liver metastatic potential in vivo. Following mRNA and lncRNA expression profiling, we validated that OLMF1, NFIB, SMAD9, DGKB are upregulated, while SESN2, MAP1B, UTRN, PCDH19, IL18, LMO2, CNKSR3, GXYLT2 are downregulated in SW620-AA cells. The differentially expressed mRNAs were significantly enriched in DNA remodeling-associated pathways including HDACs deacetylate histones, SIRT1 pathway, DNA methylation, DNA bending complex, and RNA polymerase 1 chain elongation. Finally, chromatin accessibility evaluation by ATAC-sequencing revealed that the differentially opened peaks were enriched in pathways such as small cell lung cancer, pathways in cancer, ErbB signaling, endometrial cancer, and chronic myeloid leukemia, which were mainly distributed in intergenic regions and introns. These results suggest that the chromatin accessibility changes are correlated with enhanced growth and liver metastasis capacity of acid-adapted colorectal cancer cells.     

Evidence of Casparian Strip in the Foliar Endodermis of Pinus bungeana

白皮松针叶内皮层中具凯氏带的证据 吴小琴^1,2 朱锦懋²黄儒珠² 王钦丽¹ 郑文菊¹ 胡玉熹¹林金星^1* （1. 中国科学院植物研究所,北京100093;2. 福建师范大学生物工程学院,福州350007）