分子标记在油菜杂种优势利用中的研究进展

杂种优势是一种普遍存在的生物学现象,是提高作物产量的重要途径,因而受到越来越广泛的重视。分子标记是近年兴起的一种新型的生物技术,国内外已利用RFLP、RAPD、AFLP、SSR、ISSR和SRAP等多种分子标记技术对油菜的杂种优势进行了广泛的研究,取得了很多有价值的研究成果。本文综述了分子标记在油菜授粉控制系统中关键基因标记、亲本遗传多样性分析、杂种优势群划分、杂种纯度鉴定和杂种优势预测中的研究进展。通过对不同作物间的比较,探讨了分子标记在油菜杂种优势利用中的研究深度,并对分子标记在油菜杂种优势预测中应注意的问题进行了讨论。     

柴达木盆地冷湖地区中-晚始新世化石轮藻LAMPROTHAMNIUM GANCHAIGOUENSIS 组合带及其层序生物地层学意义

柴达木盆地冷湖构造的一些岩屑古生物分析发现,下干柴沟组上段存在一明显的化石轮藻Lamprothamnium ganchaigouensis组合带,而且这一组合带底界与下干柴沟组上段与下段的地质分界相当。在地震时间剖面上,通过井间追层及化石对比,发现这一化石组合带底界均与T4地震标准层相对应,形成了一个地震层序界面(等时界面)。因此,通过生物地层学与地震地层学的综合研究,可建立层序生物地层单元,具有层序生物地层学意义;地震与古生物资料的联合横向对比还可以帮助评估化石层位和标定地震标准层的相对位置,在生产实践中可节约成本,提高地层对比效率。     

First record of colour polymorphism in the Neotropical apple snail Asolene platae: inheritance mechanism and evidence for multiple paternity

Asolene platae (Ampullariidae) is a dioecious freshwater snail with subaquatic gelatinous egg masses that dwells in the Río de la Plata basin (Argentina). The aim of this study was to describe the inheritance mechanism of the colour variations of the shell and soft parts of this snail, and to study their potential use as a genetic marker. The wild-type phenotype presents dark pigments in the soft parts and in shell bands, whereas the yellow phenotype lacks dark pigments in the soft parts and also most dark bands in the shell, except for a subsutural and a periumbilical band. The data showed that the lack of pigments in A. platae is a recessive homozygotic condition with a simple Mendelian inheritance mechanism. Females of the wild-type phenotype had a higher number of bands than the males. The pigment of the bands of both phenotypes is located in the calcareous matrix of the shell. Using the lack of pigments as a genetic marker we demonstrated the existence of biparental egg masses in A. platae, hitherto known in only one species within the Ampullariidae.     

The first crystal structure of gluconolactonase important in the glucose secondary metabolic pathways

The first gluconolactonase crystal structure from bacteria has been determined to a resolution of 1.61 Å using X-ray crystallography. It belongs to the senescence marker protein 30/gluconolaconase superfamily but exhibits substrate specificity mainly toward d-glucono-δ-lactone. It forms a novel disulfide-bonded clamshell dimer comprising two doughnut-shaped six-bladed β-propeller domains, yet with an exceptionally long N-terminal subdomain forming an extra helix and four additional β-strands to enclose half of the outermost β-strands of each propeller. Extensive interactions, including H-bonds, salt bridges, disulfide bonds, and coordination bonds, along with numerous bridging water molecules, are present in the interface to institute the “top-to-top” clamshell-type dimer. Three calcium ions per subunit were observed. Two are present in the central water-filled channel, with the top one coordinated to four highly conserved amino acids and is possibly involved in substrate hydrolysis, while the bottom one is coordinated to the backbone oxygen atoms, which is possibly for stabilizing the propeller domain. One calcium ion is situated in the interface also to stabilize the dimer form. Since gluconolactonase is essential in the glucose secondary metabolic pathways leading to the synthesis of pentose, vitamin C, or “antiaging” factors, determination of its tertiary structure should help understand these important biochemical processes.     

QTL复合区间作图中标记筛选的效率及其影响因素研究

高效地筛选标记 ,是复合区间作图方法定位QTLs的基础。筛选出的主效标记和互作标记 ,除了用作控制背景遗传效应外 ,在定位具有上位性效应的QTLs时 ,还将用于构筑两维搜索区间。因而 ,标记筛选的效率将直接影响QTL定位的功效和精度。通过对不同方法筛选标记的效率进行模拟研究 ,发现回归方法明显优于随机效应预测方法 ,同归方法中又以前向选择法简单有效。普通遗传力和基因型×环境互作遗传力的增加都能提高标记筛选效率 ,前者对主效应较大的QTLs影响明显 ,后者对主效应较小的QTLs作用较大。过多过密的标记会降低标记筛选效率 ,其中密度增加对标记筛选的负作用更为突出。为了缓解标记筛选效率制约QTL定位功效的缺陷 ,可以用多环境下筛选出的标记共同构建两维搜索区间     

无环鸟苷抗乙型肝炎病毒复制长短程疗法随访观察

慢性乙型肝炎病毒感染s5例,随机分无环鸟苷长程组22例,短程组11例和对照组22例。经一年随访观察,无环鸟苷治疗组见血清HBeAg、DNA-P和HBV-DNA有规律性阴转,短程组于12个月又有部分指标阳转,长程组阴转较多,其血清HBeAg、DNA-P和HBV-DNA阴转率与短程和对照组比较有显著性差异。一年结果四项病毒复制指标全部阴转例数与对照组有显著性差异,结果表明,无环鸟苷长疗程是有较好疗效。     

Ki-67 as a prognostic marker in mantle cell lymphoma��consensus guidelines of the pathology panel of the European MCL Network

Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) has a heterogeneous clinical course and is mainly an aggressive B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma; however, there are some indolent cases The Ki-67 index, defined by the percentage of Ki-67-positive lymphoma cells on histopathological slides, has been shown to be a very powerful prognostic biomarker. The pathology panel of the European MCL Network evaluated methods to assess the Ki-67 index including stringent counting, digital image analysis, and estimation by eyeballing. Counting of 2 × 500 lymphoma cells is the gold standard to assess the Ki-67 index since this value has been shown to predict survival in prospective randomized trials of the European MCL Network. Estimation by eyeballing and digital image analysis showed a poor concordance with the gold standard (concordance correlation coefficients [CCC] between 0.29 and 0.61 for eyeballing and CCC of 0.24 and 0.37 for two methods of digital image analysis, respectively). Counting a reduced number of lymphoma cells (2 × 100 cells) showed high interobserver agreement (CCC = 0.74). Pitfalls of the Ki-67 index are discussed and guidelines and recommendations for assessing the Ki-67 index in MCL are given.     

基于大豆胞囊线虫病抗性候选基因的SNP位点遗传变异分析

以我国363份栽培和野生大豆资源为材料, 对大豆胞囊线虫抗性候选基因(rhg1和Rhg4)的SNP位点(8个)进行遗传变异分析, 以期阐明野生和栽培大豆间遗传多样性及连锁不平衡水平差异。结果表明, 与野生大豆相比, 代表我国栽培大豆总体资源多样性的微核心种质及其补充材料的连锁不平衡水平较高(R²值为0.216)。在栽培大豆群体内, 基因内和基因间分别有100％和16.6％的SNP位点对连锁不平衡显著, 形成两个基因特异的连锁不平衡区间(Block)。在所有供试材料中共检测到单倍型46个, 野生大豆的单倍型数目(27)少于栽培大豆(31), 但单倍型多样性(0.916)稍高于栽培大豆(0.816)。单倍型大多数(67.4％)为群体所特有(31个), 其中15个为野生大豆特有单倍型。野生大豆的两个主要优势单倍型(Hap_10和Hap_11)在栽培大豆中的发生频率也明显下降, 推测野生大豆向栽培大豆进化过程中, 一方面形成了新的单倍型, 另一方面因为瓶颈效应部分单倍型的频率降低甚至消失。     

A novel prognostic signature of immune‐related genes for patients with colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers with an estimated 1.8 million new cases worldwide and associated with high mortality rates of 881 000 CRC‐related deaths in 2018. Screening programs and new therapies have only marginally improved the survival of CRC patients. Immune‐related genes (IRGs) have attracted attention in recent years as therapeutic targets. The aim of this study was to identify an immune‐related prognostic signature for CRC. To this end, we combined gene expression and clinical data from the CRC data sets of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) into an integrated immune landscape profile. We identified a total of 476 IRGs that were differentially expressed in CRC vs normal tissues, of which 18 were survival related according to univariate Cox analysis. Stepwise multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis established an immune‐related prognostic signature consisting of SLC10A2, FGF2, CCL28, NDRG1, ESM1, UCN, UTS2 and TRDC. The predictive ability of this signature for 3‐ and 5‐year overall survival was determined using receiver operating characteristics (ROC), and the respective areas under the curve (AUC) were 79.2% and 76.6%. The signature showed moderate predictive accuracy in the validation and GSE38832 data sets as well. Furthermore, the 8‐IRG signature correlated significantly with tumour stage, invasion, lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis by univariate Cox analysis, and was established an independent prognostic factor by multivariate Cox regression analysis for CRC. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) revealed a relationship between the IRG prognostic signature and various biological pathways. Focal adhesions and ECM‐receptor interactions were positively correlated with the risk scores, while cytosolic DNA sensing and metabolism‐related pathways were negatively correlated. Finally, the bioinformatics results were validated by real‐time RT?qPCR. In conclusion, we identified and validated a novel, immune‐related prognostic signature for patients with CRC, and this signature reflects the dysregulated tumour immune microenvironment and has a potential for better CRC patient management.