致倦库蚊有机磷抗性相关扩增酯酶B基因的多样性

本实验从佛山和成都两地的致倦库蚊群体中筛选出３个酯酶类型不同的有机磷（ＯＰ）抗性品系，ＦＳ－１、ＦＳ－２和ＣＤ－１品系。各品系的酯酶基因Ｂ扩增水平、酯酶活性和ＯＰ抗性水平三者一致。各品系酯酶Ｂ基因限制性酶切片段比较分析表明，我国的ＯＰ抗生库蚊群体中不仅有世界性分布的酯酶Ｂ１和Ｂ２，而且在佛山和成都地区各有一个新的独立扩增的酯酶Ｂ，分别命名为Ｂ６和Ｂ７。     

Testicular amplificaion and impaired transmission of human butyrylcholinesterase cDNA in transgenic mice

Gene amplification occurs frequently in tumour tissues yet is,in general, non-inheritable. To study the molecular mechanismsconferring this restraint, we created transgenic mice carryinga human butyrylcholinesterase (BCHE) coding sequence, previouslyfound to be amplified in a father and son. Blot hybridizationof tail DNA samples revealed somatic transgene amplificationswith variable restriction patterns and intensities, suggestingthe occurrence of independent amplification events, in 31% (11/35)of mice from the FII generation but in only 3.5% (2/58) of theFII and FIV generations. In contrast, >10-fold amplificationsof the BCHE transgene and the endogenous acetylcholinesteraseand c-raf genes appeared in both testis and epididymis DNA from>80% of FIII mice. Drastic, selective reductions in testisBCHEmRNA but not in actin mRNA were detected by the PCR amplificationof testis cDNA from the transgenic mice, and apparently resultedin the limited transmission of amplified genes. The testicularamplification of the BCHE transgene may potentially representa general phenomenon with clinical implications in human infertility.     

缺失型DMD／BMD患者PCR快速检测的可行性与意义

应用对应于Ｄｙｓｔｒｏｐｈｉｎ基因缺失热区的二对ＰＣＲ引物和一对内对照无关引物，在同一反应体系中扩增，检测６６例ＤＭＤ／ＢＭＤ患者。发现其中２５例存在１７号或４９号外显子缺失，与同时采用ｃＤＮＡ探针杂交检测出的３５例基因缺失相比．检出率达７１．４％。说明该扩增系统能够作为快速筛查缺失型ＤＭＤ／ＢＭＤ患者的有效手段。这对指导合理选用探针，尤其在产前诊断方面，具有重要意义。     

金银花nrDNA ITS区聚合酶链反应条件的研究

目的:金银花nrDNA ITS区序列G C含量为68%,用常规的PCR方法扩增效果差.本研究通过改变扩增程序及使用改性剂的方法显著提高了金银花nrDNA ITS区的扩增效率.方法:分别从金银花叶及药材中提取总DNA,通过优化扩增条件,对nrDNA ITS区进行扩增,并比较了两种优化方法的差别及适应性.方法1:提高变性温度至97℃;方法2:添加混合改性剂(DMSO 4%-甘油10%).结果:与方法1相比,方法2可降低变性温度5 ℃,升高退火温度9 ℃,降低镁离子浓度至0.5 mmol/L,降低Taq DNA聚合酶用量至0.1 U(30 μl体系),PCR产物量显著提高,且可消除植物DNA粗提物中杂质的干扰.结论:通过提高退火温度及添加改性剂可克服高G C含量金银花nrDNA ITS区序列扩增的困难,该方法的建立有助于解决植物来源DNA模板的PCR扩增问题.     

Detection of human papillomavirus in organs of upper genital tract in women with cervical cancer

In this study, we evaluated the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in organs of the female upper genital tract, using nine hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy specimens affected by HPV-positive invasive cervical carcinomas, to establish if cervical HPV infection can spread to upper tracts of the female genital system. HPV DNA was evaluated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in all cervical carcinomas as well as in all tracts of the genital system. Then, these data were compared with the results obtained from PCR study of five other hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy specimens (control cases). The criteria used for selection of the control cases were informed consent of the patients for research at the time of surgery, absence of neoplasms, absence of any anatomic lesion caused by HPV in cervix, and external genitalia. All selected cases were squamous cervical carcinomas. PCR analysis revealed HPV DNA in all cases of cervical carcinoma. The HPV DNA was detected as weak positivity on PCR analysis in other organs of the genital system. However, the distribution of HPV DNA varied in the various cases and in the different tracts of the same hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy specimen. We believe that the HPV DNA, detected as a weakly positive signal, in the upper genital tract of patients who have a cervical squamous carcinoma could be a reflection of a latent HPV infection, as well as a sign of the existence of micrometastases containing HPV DNA, which cannot be detected by conventional histologic techniques.     

Absence of structural alterations of the multidrug resistance genes in transitional cell carcinoma

Summary Tumor DNA from 27 patients with treated or untreated transitional cell carcinomas of the urinary tract was screened for genomic alterations of the multidrug resistance genes in order to determine whether structural changes of these genes are important in primary urothelial tumors. None of the tumors showed evidence of amplification or rearrangements of either mdr1 or mdr2. The lack of amplification or rearrangements observed in these tumors suggests that structural alterations of the mdr1 and mdr2 genes are not important mediators of drug resistance in TCC.Supported in part by grant CA-34775 from the National Institutes of Health and by a grant from the Heckscher Foundation for ChildrenDr. Klein is a fellow of the American Cancer Society     

日本血吸虫亲免素基因的扩增及序列分析

[目的]研究日本血吸虫亲免素基因编码序列的结构及进行初步的功能预测.[方法]用5'端和3'端锚定PCR从尾蚴文库中扩增,以获取日本血吸虫中国大陆株亲免素基因完整的开放阅读框(open readingframe,ORF);用生物信息学技术确认其是否为亲免素编码基因并进行结构功能的初步分析和预测.[结果]用5'端和3'端锚定PCR从尾蚴文库中获得了亲免素基因5'端和3'端所缺序列,得到的亲免素基因cDNA的总序列长为1 438 bp,其ORF长1 296 bp,编码431个氨基酸.利用生物信息学技术鉴定其为日本血吸虫亲免素基因的完整cDNA序列.并用RT-PCR从日本血吸虫尾蚴mRNA扩增出亲免素基因的ORF.[结论]成功获得了日本血吸虫亲免素编码基因的全长cDNA,为进一步的功能研究打下了基础.     

中药材龟板和鳖甲中DNA的提取与扩增

中药材龟板和鳖甲中ＤＮＡ的提取与扩增王亚明，周开亚，吴平，徐珞珊（南京师范大学生物系，南京２１００９７；中国药科大学生药学研究室，南京２１０００９）龟鳖类药材在我国使用历史悠久，具补阴益气的功效。《中国药典》（１９９０年版）规定龟甲（龟板）的原动物为...     

四引物突变特异性扩增系统法检测巨噬细胞移动抑制因子基因-173位点单核苷酸多态性分布

目的探讨中国浙江地区汉族人群巨噬细胞移动抑制因子（macmphage migration inhibitory factor，MW）基因-173位点单核苷酸多态性（single nucleotide polymorphism，SNP）分布。方法收集浙江地区142名无血缘关系健康个体的静脉血，提取DNA，分别应用四引物突变特异性扩增系统（amplification refractory mutation sysntem，ARMS）法和限制性片段长度多态性．PCR方法对MIF基因-173位点SNP多态性进行分型，并将PCR产物克隆及测序鉴定。结果MIF基因-173位点检测到3种基因型，其基因型分布皆符合Hardy-Weinberg平衡定律。四引物ARMS法和限制性片段长度多态性-PCR两种方法结果完全一致。统计分析显示，中国汉族人MIF基因-173位点等位基因和基因型频率分布与欧洲白人差异有统计学意义（P〈0．01），与日本人群的差异无统计学意义（P〉0．05）。结论四引物ARMS法是一种准确、快速和经济的SNP测定方法。MIF基因-173位点等位基因频率分布具有种族的差异性。     

Zika virus diagnosis: challenges and solutions

Background

Since its sudden appearance and link to microcephaly in 2015, the number of PubMed references for Zika virus (ZIKV) has risen from 181 to 5163, at time of writing, with a vast proportion focused on the consequences of ZIKV infection during pregnancy. This level of attention underlies increased demand for sensitive and specific diagnostic tools able to assess risk to an unborn child, as well as to understand the dynamics and consequences of viral persistence.