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The gene for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), mapping to 17q11.2, has one of the highest observed mutation rates, partially because of its large size and gene conversion primed by NF1 pseudogenes. We have previously shown by means of high resolution fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) that a number of the loci flanking the NF1 gene are duplicated, in agreement with the reported presence of NF1 repetitive sequences (REPs). We report a direct tandem duplication of the NF1 gene identified in 17q11.2 by high-resolution FISH. FISH on stretched chromosomes with locus-specific probes revealed the duplication of the NF1 gene from the promoter to 3'UTR, but with at least the absence of exon 22. Fiber FISH with P1 artificial and bacterial artifical chromosomes, including the NF1 5'UTR and 3'UTR and flanking regions, visualized the direct tandem duplication with a similar, but not identical, genomic organization of the NF1 duplicon copies. Duplication was probably present in the human-chimpanzee-gorilla common ancestor, as demonstrated here by the finding of the duplicated NF1 gene at orthologous chromosome loci. The NF1 intrachromosomal duplication may contribute to the high whole-gene mutation rate by gene conversion, although the functional activity of the NF1 copy remains to be investigated. Detection of the NF1 duplicon by high-resolution FISH may pave the way to filling the gaps in the human genomic sequence of the pericentromeric 17q11.2 region. 相似文献
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Gianina Ravenscroft Flora Nolent Sulekha Rajagopalan Ana M. Meireles Kevin J. Paavola Dominique Gaillard Elisabeth Alanio Michael Buckland Susan Arbuckle Michael Krivanek Jérome Maluenda Stephen Pannell Rebecca Gooding Royston W. Ong Richard J. Allcock Ellaine D.F. Carvalho Maria D.F. Carvalho Fernando Kok William S. Talbot Judith Melki Nigel G. Laing 《American journal of human genetics》2015,96(6):955-961
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Ravenscroft G Jackaman C Sewry CA McNamara E Squire SE Potter AC Papadimitriou J Griffiths LM Bakker AJ Davies KE Laing NG Nowak KJ 《PloS one》2011,6(12):e28699
Mutations in the skeletal muscle α-actin gene (ACTA1) cause congenital myopathies including nemaline myopathy, actin aggregate myopathy and rod-core disease. The majority of patients with ACTA1 mutations have severe hypotonia and do not survive beyond the age of one. A transgenic mouse model was generated expressing an autosomal dominant mutant (D286G) of ACTA1 (identified in a severe nemaline myopathy patient) fused with EGFP. Nemaline bodies were observed in multiple skeletal muscles, with serial sections showing these correlated to aggregates of the mutant skeletal muscle α-actin-EGFP. Isolated extensor digitorum longus and soleus muscles were significantly weaker than wild-type (WT) muscle at 4 weeks of age, coinciding with the peak in structural lesions. These 4 week-old mice were ~30% less active on voluntary running wheels than WT mice. The α-actin-EGFP protein clearly demonstrated that the transgene was expressed equally in all myosin heavy chain (MHC) fibre types during the early postnatal period, but subsequently became largely confined to MHCIIB fibres. Ringbinden fibres, internal nuclei and myofibrillar myopathy pathologies, not typical features in nemaline myopathy or patients with ACTA1 mutations, were frequently observed. Ringbinden were found in fast fibre predominant muscles of adult mice and were exclusively MHCIIB-positive fibres. Thus, this mouse model presents a reliable model for the investigation of the pathobiology of nemaline body formation and muscle weakness and for evaluation of potential therapeutic interventions. The occurrence of core-like regions, internal nuclei and ringbinden will allow analysis of the mechanisms underlying these lesions. The occurrence of ringbinden and features of myofibrillar myopathy in this mouse model of ACTA1 disease suggests that patients with these pathologies and no genetic explanation should be screened for ACTA1 mutations. 相似文献
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Preczeski Karina P. Kamanski Angela B. Scapini Thamarys Camargo Aline F. Modkoski Tatiani A. Rossetto Vanusa Venturin Bruno Mulinari Jéssica Golunski Simone M. Mossi Altemir J. Treichel Helen 《Bioprocess and biosystems engineering》2018,41(6):851-857
Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering - In this study, we evaluated the concentration of lipases from Aspergillus niger using efficient and low-cost methods aiming at application in the treatment... 相似文献
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Duff RM Tay V Hackman P Ravenscroft G McLean C Kennedy P Steinbach A Schöffler W van der Ven PF Fürst DO Song J Djinović-Carugo K Penttilä S Raheem O Reardon K Malandrini A Gambelli S Villanova M Nowak KJ Williams DR Landers JE Brown RH Udd B Laing NG 《American journal of human genetics》2011,(6):79-740
Linkage analysis of the dominant distal myopathy we previously identified in a large Australian family demonstrated one significant linkage region located on chromosome 7 and encompassing 18.6 Mbp and 151 genes. The strongest candidate gene was FLNC because filamin C, the encoded protein, is muscle-specific and associated with myofibrillar myopathy. Sequencing of FLNC cDNA identified a c.752T>C (p.Met251Thr) mutation in the N-terminal actin-binding domain (ABD); this mutation segregated with the disease and was absent in 200 controls. We identified an Italian family with the same phenotype and found a c.577G>A (p.Ala193Thr) filamin C ABD mutation that segregated with the disease. Filamin C ABD mutations have not been described, although filamin A and filamin B ABD mutations cause multiple musculoskeletal disorders. The distal myopathy phenotype and muscle pathology in the two families differ from myofibrillar myopathies caused by filamin C rod and dimerization domain mutations because of the distinct involvement of hand muscles and lack of pathological protein aggregation. Thus, like the position of FLNA and B mutations, the position of the FLNC mutation determines disease phenotype. The two filamin C ABD mutations increase actin-binding affinity in a manner similar to filamin A and filamin B ABD mutations. Cell-culture expression of the c.752T>C (p.Met251)Thr mutant filamin C ABD demonstrated reduced nuclear localization as did mutant filamin A and filamin B ABDs. Expression of both filamin C ABD mutants as full-length proteins induced increased aggregation of filamin. We conclude filamin C ABD mutations cause a recognizable distal myopathy, most likely through increased actin affinity, similar to the pathological mechanism of filamin A and filamin B ABD mutations. 相似文献
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Petra Lassuthova Adriana P. Rebelo Gianina Ravenscroft Phillipa J. Lamont Mark R. Davis Fiore Manganelli Shawna M. Feely Chelsea Bacon Dana Šafka Brožková Jana Haberlova Radim Mazanec Feifei Tao Cima Saghira Lisa Abreu Steve Courel Eric Powell Elena Buglo Dana M. Bis Stephan Zuchner 《American journal of human genetics》2018,102(3):505-514
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Mosquito S Zegarra G Villanueva C Ruiz J Ochoa TJ 《Biochimie et biologie cellulaire》2012,90(3):412-416
Here, we determined the effect of bovine lactoferrin (bLF) on the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of ampicillin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in Shigella . Using a microdilution method, the MIC was determined in the presence or absence of bovine lactoferrin (10 mg/mL) on 88 Shigella strains (56 Shigella flexneri , 15 Shigella boydii , 13 Shigella sonnei , and 4 Shigella dysenteriae ) previously isolated from peruvian children <2 years old. A fold change of 2 or more in MIC values was considered significant. For ampicillin, 67 (76%) strains were highly resistant; one-third of the strains (32%) showed a decrease in ampicillin MIC in the presence of LF. This was more typical of MIC values in less resistant strains. For 7 (8%) ampicillin-resistant strains, the decrease in the MIC resulted in the strains reaching the cutoff for susceptible in the presence of bLF. For trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, 93% of the isolates (n = 82) were highly resistant and only 4 isolates (5%) decreased their MIC in the presence of bLF. None of the trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistant strains became susceptible in the presence of LF. The decrease in the MIC in the presence of bLF seems to depend on the mechanisms of action of each antibiotic. In vivo studies are needed to further evaluate bLF as a coadjuvant to antibiotic treatment of resistant Shigella. 相似文献