草鱼基因组DNA一些RAPD位点的遗传分析及分子标记筛选

RAPD技术的实验结果很容易因实验条件和反应参数的不同而造成差异。为了建立能通用的草鱼基因组多态性分析RAPD分子标记体系,需要利用RAPD位点按照孟德尔共显性规律遗传的特点,用不同遗传背景的材料对多态性的RAPD位点进行统计遗传学比较分析以判断其真实性。为此,本实验选择具有遗传多态性的湘江流域草鱼群体和经连续两代人工诱导雌核发育获得的雌核发育草鱼品系,对一些可能作为草鱼基因组DNA分子标记的RAPD位点进行了遗传学比较分析。所用的10条多态性随机引物共检测到30个多态性RAPD位点。两个不同遗传背景群体的遗传统计对比分析结果表明:这30个多态位性位点在湘江流域草鱼群体和雌核发育草鱼群体中的分布符合孟德尔遗传规律,可以作为草鱼基因组DNA分析的可靠分子标记。本实验的观察结果还表明:在人工诱导雌核发育过程中,存在RAPD位点的快速丢失现象,两次人工诱导雌核发育过程中共丢失了17个多态性位点。因此,加强对自然水体中草鱼种质资源多样性的保护和利用各种现代生物学技术纯化、筛选和组合优良性状基因,是草鱼遗传育种中同样重要和不可或缺的两个方面。       

利用SRY基因和微卫星标记鉴定反刍动物性别

以反刍动物为研究对象,应用多重PCR技术扩增绵羊基因组中X、Y染色体上的4个微卫星标记和SRY基因, 根据基因型进行性别鉴定,试图通过一次DNA扩增同时提供性别鉴定和基因分型的信息。结果表明所设计SRY基因的引物具有高度特异性,是性别鉴定的主要依据,而Y染色体上的MCM158、MAF45两标记由于特异性不好,因此不适用于性别鉴定,对于X染色体上所选的两标记MILVET09和AE25只能进一步验证所鉴定的雄性个体。得出结论在被检个体中,能同时扩增出SRY基因、MCM158、MAF45,X染色体上MILVET09和AE25,且X染色体上的MILVET09、AE25基因型为纯合子的个体为正常的雄性;被检个体中只有Y染色体上MCM158、MAF45和X染色体上MILVET09、AE25的扩增产物,而没有SRY基因的扩增产物,则被检个体为雌性,且MILVET09、AE25的基因型对雌性个体的性别判断无影响。MCM158、MAF45两标记基因型不影响个体的性别鉴定结果。
     

山东省地方绵羊品种微卫星遗传多态性

利用24个微卫星标记,分析了山东省内原有地方绵羊品种的遗传多样性.结果表明,在来自4个品种共71个种群的164只绵羊中,共检测到等位基因467个,有效等位基因占49.59％,不同微卫星基因座之间的等位基因数差异大于品种之间的差异;发现特有等位基因123个,优势等位基因43个.在所有微卫星基因座中,89％处于Hardy-Weinberg不平衡状态,有50％属于中性基因座.不同品种的微卫星基因座多态信息含量呈高度多态（PIC＞0.5）,Shannon指数较高（I＞1.5）,平均观察杂合度（范围0.454～0.560）明显低于期望杂合度（范围0.831～0.849）,证明4个地方绵羊种群具有丰富的遗传多样性和广泛的遗传基础,但品种内存在着一定程度的近交.聚类分析表明,山东地方绵羊品种遗传进化关系明确,可划分为鲁西地区的小尾寒羊和大尾寒羊、鲁东地区的山地绵羊和洼地绵羊两大类群,其遗传距离与地理分布距离相一致.     

Generation of reactive oxygen species in sperms of rats as an earlier marker for evaluating the toxicity of endocrine-disrupting chemicals

Abstract

Bisphenol A (BPA) and diethylstilbestrol (DES) have been reported to cause sperm toxicity. To identify an earlier marker of toxicity of environmental substances or food additives, this study determined whether the levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in sperms could serve as indices for the prediction of sperm toxicity and quality. Male Wistar rats were given drinking water containing various doses of BPA or DES for 8 weeks. Some rats were treated with 0.45% N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) for 2 days prior to the administration of DES or BPA. Administration of BPA or DES to rats for 1 week dose-dependently increased the production of ROS, even at doses and time points which had no effect on sperm motility. 4-Hydroxy-2-nonenal modified proteins increased in sperms 8 weeks after BPA or DES treatment. NAC reversed oxidative stress and prevented the loss of sperm function in the DES or BPA-treated group. During observation, changes in the sperm motility, sperm count and morphology were not correlated to the increase in ROS levels. These results suggest that ROS levels may be used as an early indicator of sperm count and quality decreases which result from chronic toxicity.     

Randomly primed PCR amplification of pooled DNA reveals polymorphism in a ruminant repetitive DNA sequence which differentiates Bos indicus and B. taurus

By amplification of pools of DNA representative of different bovine populations with single short oligonucleotide primers of random sequence, we were able rapidly to identify markers which distinguish the two major subspecies of domestic cattle, Bos taurus and B. indicus. One of the marker polymorphisms was found to be in a novel, dispersed DNA sequence which occurs in several ruminant species. The marker will assist in the detection of crossbreeding between Zebu and B. taurus types where this threatens a potentially valuable trypanosomiasis-resistant B. taurus genetic resource in West Africa. In addition, the marker will be useful for exploration of the evolutionary relationships of the major subspecies of domestic cattle. The general approach used to identify population-specific DNA polymorphisms has potentially broad application in definition of species, breeds and populations and will be of generic value in studies of genome evolution.     

Two sensitive, convenient, and widely applicable assays for marker enzyme activities specific to endoplasmic reticulum

Two assay protocols are described for enzyme activities known to reside in the endoplasmic reticulum of a wide variety of species and tissue types, with the intent that they be used as marker enzyme assays in subcellular fractionations. The enzyme activities assayed are choline phosphotransferase and dolichol-P-mannosyl synthase, both of which result in synthesis of lipid products. The assays are constructed to make them easy to perform and sensitive enough to detect enzyme activity even using microgram quantities of cell protein. The assay methodologies are effective not only in vertebrate cells, but in insect cells and yeast cells as well. This implies that these assays should be useful as marker enzyme assays for a wide variety of eukaryotic cells.     

Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers in the sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.)

The sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) is an aquatic plant of economic and ornamental importance in China. From an (AG)_n‐enriched genomic library, 24 microsatellites were isolated and identified by using the (fast isolation by the AFLP of sequences containing repeats) FIASCO protocol. Eleven loci showed polymorphism with two to six alleles per locus. These markers yielded 42 alleles in a survey of 32 accessions of the sacred lotus. Eleven effective primer pairs of simple sequence repeats were designed and will be used as genetic markers to evaluate the fine‐scale population structure of the sacred lotus in the future.     

Identification of a subpopulation of human renal microvascular endothelial cells with capacity to form capillary-like cord and tube structures

Summary Endothelial specialization is a prominent feature within distinct capillary beds of organs such as mammalian kidney, yet immunological markers for functionally distinct subpopulations of cultured endothelial cells from tissue sources such as kidney have not been available. We developed a simple and reproducible isolation and culture procedure to recover human renal microvascular endothelial cells (HRMEC) from the cortex of unused donor kidneys. This procedure yields highly purified preparations of cells that display endothelial markers that include Factor VIII antigen, acetyl-LDL receptors, and determinants that bind Ulex europaeus lectin. HRMEC assemble into capillary-like cord and tube structures when plated on the surface of basement membrane-like matrix (BMM) in media containing phorbol myristate acetate. To further define subpopulations of HRMEC, we generated a panel of monoclonal antibodies and screened for those recognizing cell surface determinants. One monoclonal antibody recovered from this screen recognized a cell surface protein expressed on a subpopulation of HRMEC that we have designated PEC-1 (pioneer endothelial cell antigen-1). Cells expressing PEC-1 extended long, interconnecting filopodial processes in response to phorbol myristate acetate and assembled into capillary-like structures when plated on BMM. Anti-PEC-1 immunoprecipitated proteins of 25 and 27 kDa. Magnetic bead separation of PEC-1 (+) cells selected cells that assemble into capillary-like cord and tube structures. The remaining PEC-1 (−) HRMEC population formed matrix adherent patches. In the kidney, the PEC-1 determinant is expressed on a small subpopulation of microvascular glomerular cells and is prominently expressed on the apical membrane of proximal tubule cells. The PEC-1 determinant discriminates among subpopulations of HRMEC, identifying a subpopulation that contributes to assembly of capillary-like structures.     

Sixty simple sequence repeat markers for use in the Festuca–Lolium complex of grasses

So far only very few simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers developed from grass species have had their primer sequences published. To make more markers available to the scientific community, we isolated and sequenced 256 microsatellite‐containing clones from four genome libraries of a Lolium multiflorum×Festuca glaucescens F₁ hybrid following enrichment in (TC)_n, (TG)_n, or both repeats. In this work, we report the primer sequences of 60 SSRs including preliminary results of polymorphism for mapping.