低钾型周期性麻痹的临床及病理研究

目的 总结低血钾型周期性麻痹(hypoPP)的临床表现及其肌肉组织病理学改变的特点。方法 回顾分析42例hypoPP患者的主要临床表现及辅助检查，并对其中的3例行肌肉组织病理学检查。结果 总体来看，血钾越低患者临床症状及其他辅助检查变化也就越重、治疗效果越差，但患者的肌无力和腱反射的变化与血钾的变化并不完全平行，肌力下降也可不对称，2例患者出现呼吸肌麻痹，其中1例还同时伴有脑神经支配肌肉的受损，11例患者出现主观感觉障碍，54．5％(18／33例)的患者肌酸磷酸激酶(CPK)增高。患者骨骼肌病理学检查中可见空泡样肌纤维及管状集合物。结论 血清钾水平与肌无力症状不完全平行；主观感觉异常、CPK增高、恢复时间较长与肌肉组织的病理改变有关；不典型低钾型周期性麻痹应与吉兰—巴雷综合征、多发性肌炎等进行鉴别，必要时应进行骨骼肌病理学检查。     

Decreased expression of DMPK: correlation with CTG repeat expansion and fibre type composition in myotonic dystrophy type 1

Abstract Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is an autosomal dominant disease caused by a trinucleotide repeatexpansion, cytosine-thymine-guanine (CTG)_n, in the 3′ untranslated region of a gene encoding the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase (DMPK). To correlate CTG expansion and protein expression, we studied muscle specimens from 16 adult DM1 patients using three anti-DMPK antibodies for immunoblotting. We estimated the amount of the full-length DMPK (85 kDa) in muscle biopsies from normal controls and from DM1 patients carrying different (CTG)_n expansions. We found that DMPK concentration was decreased to about 50% in DM patients’ muscles; the protein decrease did not seem correlated with the CTG repeat length. However, the fibre type composition in skeletal muscle seemed somehow to affect DMPK decrease, as the lowest level of the enzyme was found in patients with the lowest content of type 1 fibre.     

一个进行性肌营养不良症家系的研究

目的寻找由DNA损伤(如突变)引起的人类表型缺陷,为人类遗传资源的收集与保藏以及人类基因结构与功能的研究打下基础。方法通过实地调查得到表型缺陷家系,然后进行系谱分析。结果得到一进行性肌营养不良家系,4代41位成员中有12例患者。结论进行性肌营养不良是由DNA损伤引起的人类表型缺陷;该病症符合常染色体显性遗传;该病的发生具有一定的外显率和表现度。     

线粒体基因ND1/T3394C突变与糖尿病

【目的】调查线粒体NADH脱氢酶亚单位 1(ND1)基因的T3394C位点突变与中国人糖尿病的发病情况。【方法】随机收集 338例无血缘关系的糖尿病患者及 2 6 2例正常对照组 ,用聚合酶链反应扩增、限制性内切酶HaeⅢ消化进行突变筛查 ,DNA序列分析确认。【结果】糖尿病患者中T3394C突变者共 8例 (2 37%) ,正常对照组中只有 1例 (0 38%,P <0 0 1)。糖尿病突变患者中 4例有糖尿病家族史 ,4例病人由于胰岛素分泌功能下降和 /或出现并发症 ,需用胰岛素治疗。【结论】ND1/T3394C突变在糖尿病患者中的发生率明显高于正常对组 ,提示这个位点突变可能是导致线粒体糖尿病的易感基因之一。     

HGF非融合蛋白真核表达载体的构建及其在骨骼肌细胞中的表达

目的构建以HGF为目的基因、以EGFP为报告基因的非融合蛋白真核表达载体pCMV-HGF-IRES-EGFP,并观察HGF基因在原代培养的大鼠骨骼肌细胞中的表达。方法利用BamHI单酶切质粒pcDNA3-HGF,得到HGF基因片段,将其正向插入到真核表达载体pCMV-IRES-EGFP的CMV后方BamHI的单克隆位点。脂质体介导转染至原代培养的大鼠骨骼肌细胞,在荧光显微镜下观察EGFP的表达,并用ELISA法检测HGF的表达情况。结果构建了HGF的非融合蛋白真核表达载体pCMV-HGF-IRES-EGFP,转染原代培养的大鼠骨骼肌细胞24~72h后,见30%的细胞表达EGFP。ELISA检测细胞培养液证实转染后第1天即有HGF的表达,第4天HGF浓度为(5402.0±227.9)ng/L。结论成功构建了非融合蛋白真核表达载体pCMV-HGF-IRES-EGFP,其在原代培养的大鼠骨骼肌细胞中能有效表达。     

HLA-G突变分子对NK细胞抑制作用的研究

目的探索可溶性HLAG1分子结构对功能的影响,为其临床应用打下基础。方法通过分子克隆技术,去掉HLAG1重链分子α1功能区氨基端24肽,然后与轻链蛋白在体外与九肽共折叠复性形成复合物,并检测复合物对NK细胞杀伤活性的影响。结果成功构建突变的HLAG1重链分子的原核表达载体,表达的重链蛋白与轻链蛋白形成复合物,经Westernblot鉴定可与HLAⅠ类分子的单抗W6/32结合,并且可明显抑制NK细胞对K562细胞的细胞毒作用。结论α1功能区氨基端缺失24肽的HLAG1分子,可抑制NK细胞的细胞毒作用。     

尾部悬吊与30月龄大鼠比目鱼肌的形态学特征比较

目的 观察尾部悬吊和30月龄大鼠比目鱼肌发生萎缩过程的异同点.方法 SD雄性大鼠42只,随机分为7组,即尾部悬吊5 d、7 d、14 d组,相应的同步对照和30月鼠龄组,在各时间点制备比目鱼肌横截面冰冻切片标本,用抗MHC Ⅱ单克隆抗体进行免疫组织化学染色,计算比目鱼肌Ⅰ、Ⅱ型肌纤维横截面积并计数各型肌纤维数目.结果 与同步对照组相比,悬吊组大鼠比目鱼肌的湿重,相对湿重,Ⅰ、Ⅱ型肌纤维横截面积,经体重归一化的肌纤维横截面积均显著降低,Ⅱ型肌纤维比例显著增加,而Ⅰ型肌纤维比例减少.与14 d对照组相比,30月龄组大鼠比目鱼肌湿重和Ⅰ、Ⅱ型肌纤维横截面积均明显增大,但其相对湿重和经体重归一化的肌纤维横截面积却显著降低,与悬吊14 d组无显著差异.30月龄组大鼠比目鱼肌中Ⅰ、Ⅱ型肌纤维比例与各对照组相比亦无显著差异.结论 30月龄大鼠比目鱼肌萎缩以首先出现相对湿重与归一化肌纤维横截面积降低为特征,且发生较慢,而尾部悬吊大鼠比目鱼肌则在较短时间内发生全面萎缩.     

Four novel mutations in the thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl co-transporter gene in Japanese patients with Gitelman's syndrome.

BACKGROUND: Gitelman's syndrome (GS) is an autosomal recessive disorder resulting from inactivating mutations in the thiazide-sensitive Na-Cl co-transporter (NCCT) gene. To date, almost 90 mutations have been identified. It is possible that there is a population-specific distribution of mutations. In this study, we analysed mutations in the NCCT gene of seven Japanese patients with GS. METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from patients with GS, their family members and healthy control subjects. A mutation analysis of the NCCT gene was performed completely by direct automated sequencing of polymerase chain reaction-amplified DNA products. In patients with a deletion or splice site mutation, we undertook cDNA sequence analysis. RESULTS: We identified nine mutations. Five of them [c.185C>T (Thr60Met), c.1712C>T (Ala569Val), c.1930C>T (Arg642Cys), c.2552T>A (Leu849His) and c.1932delC] have been reported in Japanese patients, but not in GS patients from other ethnic groups. The remaining four mutations [c.7A>T (Met1Leu), c.1181_1186+20del26, c.1811_1812delAT and IVS16+1G>A] were novel. In cDNA derived from a patient with c.1181_1186+20del26, a deletion of exon 9 and a frameshift at the start of exon 10 were observed. In cDNA derived from patients with IVS16+1G>A, an additional 96 bp insertion between exons 16 and 17 was observed. Six out of seven patients were compound heterozygotes, and the remaining one carried a single heterozygous mutation. CONCLUSIONS: We found four novel mutations in the NCCT gene in seven Japanese patients with GS. Moreover, our study suggests that the distribution of mutations in the NCCT gene in Japanese GS patients potentially differs from that in other populations.     

The normally expressed κ immunoglobulin light chain gene repertoire and somatic mutations studied by single-sided specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR); frequent occurrence of features often assigned to autoimmunity

The expressed human κ light chain gene repertoire utilized by healthy individuals was studied by two different single-sided specific PCR techniques to avoid bias for certain V genes. A total of 103 rearranged κ sequences from peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy individuals were cloned from cDNA and assigned to the Vκ and Jκ germ-line genes with the closest overall homology. The use of cDNA rather than genomic DNA focused the analysis on activated B cells rich in mRNA. Accordingly, the sequences represented the applied repertoire and almost all were somatically mutated. V genes from the Jκ-proximal duplication unit of the κ locus were almost exclusively used. A total of 65% of the sequences could be assigned to four or five genes: A27 (humkv325), L6 (Vg), L2 (humkv328), and A3 and/or A19. N additions and P nucleotides were quite common and found in 32% and 21% of the sequences, respectively. Extended CDR3s more than nine residues in length were found in 18% of the sequences, and in 71% of cases this was due to insertion of an extra proline residue. This proline was usually explained from the germ-line sequences involved. These results are in good agreement with those of previous repertoire studies using potentially V-gene-biased techniques. Thus, it is clear that restricted V-gene usage, common N and P additions, and extended CDR3 regions are normal features and not, as has been claimed, characteristics of pathological autoantibodies.     

Failure to detect an antimutator phenotype following disruption of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae DDR48 gene

The antimutator phenotype, reportedly conferred by disruption of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae DDR48 gene, was suggested to affect only a specific spontaneous mutational pathway. We attempted to identify the types of mutation that are DDR48-dependent by determining the specificity of the ddr48 antimutator. However, disruption of DDR48 did not decrease the rates of spontaneous forward mutation in a plasmid-borne copy of the yeast SUP4-o gene, the reversion or suppression of the lys2–1 allele, or forward mutation at the CAN1 locus. Interestingly, the latter gene had been reported previously to be subject to the antimutator effect. DNA sequence analysis of spontaneous SUP4-o mutations arising in DDR48 and ddr48 backgrounds provided no evidence for a reduction in the rates of individual mutational classes. Thus, we were unable to verify that disruption of DDR48 causes an antimutator phenotype.