乳癌病人单次卡铂和阿霉素化疗诱发的染色体损伤和细胞生物学毒性

应用常规染色体畸变分析和胞浆分裂阻滞微核（ｃｙｔｏｋｉｎｅｓｉｓｂｌｏｃｋｍｉｃｒｏｎｕｃｌｅｉ，ＣＢＭＮ）法对１０例接受单次卡铂（平均剂量为４６２．９ｍｇ／ｍ２）和单次阿霉素（平均剂量为４８．１ｍｇ／ｍ２）化疗的乳癌病人血样进行了淋巴细胞染色体畸变（ｃｈｒｏｍｏｓｏｍｅａｂｅｒａｔｉｏｎ，ＣＡ）和微核（ｍｉｃｒｏｎｕｃｌｅｉ，ＭＮ）的观察分析，并通过有丝分裂指数（ｍｉｔｏｔｉｃｉｎｄｅｘ，ＭＩ）及核分裂指数（ｎｕｃｌｅａｒｄｉｖｉｓｉｏｎｉｎｄｅｘ，ＮＤＩ）观测了细胞毒性。结果表明，单次卡铂和阿霉素化疗均引起了ＣＡ和ＭＮ显著性增加，所观察到的ＣＡ主要为单体畸变，其中单体间隙（ｃｈｒｏｍａｔｉｄｇａｐ，ｃｔｇ）的增加最为显著，染色体型畸变未见显著性变化；卡铂引起ＭＩ明显减低，阿霉素对ＭＩ的影响不显著；两种化疗药物均未对ＮＤＩ产生显著性影响；通过ＭＩ及ＮＤＩ测量的细胞毒性之间显著性相关，但ＣＡ分析和ＣＢＭＮ法测得的染色体损伤之间缺乏相关性。     

Second case report of del(4) (q25q27) and review of the literature

We report a malformed infant with a de novo interstitial deletion of 4q. This is the second patient reported with del(4) (q25q27). Although there are several common features such as marked hypotonia, cardiac abnormalities, cleft palate, and micrognathia noted in our case and that of Chudley et al. (1988), we conclude from our comparison of the seven previously reported cases involving deletions of bands 4(q25q27) that a specific phenotype cannot yet be described for this deletion.     

Hypothesis: association of the critical region of trisomy 18 and 18q2—syndrome with dermatoglyphic findings and a growth suppressor (deleted in colon cancer) locus

Evidence from the literature is reviewed to suggest that when fingertip dermal ridge patterns in chromosomal deletion syndromes are characteristic of the opposite spectrum of the developmental scale from patterns found in cases trisomic for the same chromosomal region, the association may be a consequence of loci with growth regulatory functions. Evidence is presented that DNA markers at 18q21 should be the first candidate sequences to be used to test this hypothesis in families with fingertip arches segregating in an apparent autosomal dominant fashion.     

福建莆田739例遗传咨询者细胞遗传学分析

目的 :探讨福建莆田遗传咨询者的医学细胞遗传学主要特征。方法 :采用细胞遗传学方法对 739例遗传咨询者进行外周血淋巴细胞检查。结果 :739例遗传咨询者中发现染色体异常 5 6例 ,异常率为 7.5 8% ,其中常染色体数目结构异常 4 3例 ,占 76 .9% ,性染色体异常 13例 ,占 2 3.1%。结论 :智力低下、不良孕产史、性发育异常与遗传染色体异常密切相关 ,不良孕产史推出异常核型率 3.31% ,较正常群体的 0 .5 %显著性增高 ,与文献报道基本符合     

Higher-order organization and compartmentalization of satellite DNA PIM357 in species of the coleopteran genus Pimelia

The PIM357 satellite DNA family is present in 26 Pimelia taxa (Tenebrionidae, Coleoptera) with endemic congeneric species from the Canary Islands showing higher interrepeat variability than continental ones. In this paper, we compare the repetitive DNA sequences of a Canarian species that has distinct subfamilies of repeat units, P. radula ascendens, with another without such subfamilies, P. sparsa sparsa. The chromosomal localization of the repeat units and the comparison of the variability of randomly cloned monomers to the one estimated by comparing repeat units from dimers and trimers suggest the absence of satellite subfamilies in P. sparsa sparsa. Hence, the repeat units of this species seem to be uniformly and randomly distributed throughout all chromosomes out of one chromosomal pair. On the contrary, P. radula ascendens shows four divergent subfamilies of repeat units supported by several diagnostic nucleotide substitutions. These subfamilies seem to form four distinct repeat units: monomer subfamily 1, monomer subfamily 4 and two higher-order units (dimer linking subfamily 1 and 4, and dimer linking subfamily 2 and 3). Moreover, monomers of subfamily 1 are present in three chromosomal pairs only. We discuss the effect of different potential factors acting in the concerted evolution and the genomic organization of stDNA sequences in these taxa. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

男性不育症患者中YRRM2基因缺陷的研究

YRRM基因是控制精子生成与成熟的一个重要因素，一旦该基因缺陷，将会造成无精或少精。本研究对340例无精与少精患者的外周血标本进行了PCR基因扩增筛查，结果发现7例为该基因缺陷，占2％。证明YRRM2的缺陷也是造成中国人群男性不育的一个原因，从而可作为指导医生采用适当治疗方法的一个可靠指标。在实验过程中，采用直接加热白细胞提取基因组DNA，并以此作为模板对YRRM2基因进行扩增，既节省时间和经费，又保持良好的扩增效果，使之可用于临床医院作为常规检查。     

用荧光原位杂交技术快速诊断孕早期胚胎染色体数目异常

目的探讨荧光原位杂交(FISH)技术在快速产前诊断孕早期胚胎染色体数目异常中的价值.方法采用13,18,21,X和Y染色体特异性DNA探针,对46例孕47～65 d高危孕妇的绒毛间期细胞进行FISH检测,同时行常规染色体核型分析平行诊断.结果与染色体核型分析结果一致的染色体数目正常43例,异常3例(47,XY 21;47,XY 18和45,X).3例异常核型胚胎经治疗性流产后再分别对其绒毛行常规染色体核型分析,结果与产前诊断相符.结论FISH技术用于产前诊断孕早期胚胎染色体数目异常具有快速、准确等优点.     

中国男性原发不育的遗传高风险因子:Y染色体DAZ基因拷贝缺失

目的 探讨Y染色体无精症因子C区(azoospermia factor C，AZFe)无精症缺失基因(deleted-in-azoospermia，DAZ)家族基因拷贝缺失与中国男性原发不育之间的关系。方法 运用多重PCR与PCR-RFLP检测技术，对210例已生育男性、216例原发无精症与189例严重少精症患者Y染色体AzFc区域DAZ基因家族的基因拷贝数进行分析。结果 在所有已生育男性中未检出DAZ基因拷贝的完全或部分缺失，而在原发无精症与严重少精症患者中DAZ基因拷贝完全缺失率分别为8．8％和12．2％，DAZ1／DAZ2共缺失率分别为8．3％和5．3％。结论 在中国男性原发无精症与严重少精症患者中存在较高频率的DAZ基因拷贝缺失现象，提示Y染色体AZFc区域DAZ基因家族基因拷贝的完全与部分缺失是中国男性原发不育的遗传高风险因子。