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.     

间期荧光原位杂交检测核心结合因子相关急性白血病的初步研究

目的应用间期荧光原位杂交技术(I-FISH)检测初诊急性白血病患者中核心结合因子(CBF)受累的染色体异常情况并对治疗后患者的微小残留病(MRD)进行监测,同时对I-FISH与常规染色体G显带的灵敏度进行比较。方法在骨髓形态学初筛的基础上,应用常规染色体G显带技术对15例急性髓系白血病(AML)进行核型分析,应用I-FISH对患者可能受累的CBF相关靶基因进行检测,其中7例患者治疗后进行了MRD监测。结果(1)正常对照组中,CYTOCELL公司提供的3种探针(AML1/ETO易位探针、MYH11基因断裂点双色探针和ETV6/AML1易位探针)的正常分界值分别为4.13%、1.95%和2.12%。(2)常规染色体G显带分析,15例患者中有6例伴有潜在累及CBF基因的染色体异常,其中8例AML-M2中5例伴t(8;21),2例AML-M4EO中1例伴inv(16),5例儿童B系急性淋巴细胞白血病(B-ALL)未检出相应的异常。I-FISH检测15例患者发现有12例累及CBF基因,其中8例AML-M2患者均为AML1/ETO融合基因(+),2例AML-M4EO病人CBFβ/MYH11融合基因均为(+),5例儿童B-ALL中2例ETV6/AML融合基因(+)。(3)3例AML-M2患者中2例MRD阳性;2例M4E0患者治疗后MRD监测结果均阴性;2例B-ALL患者1例阴性,1例阳性。结论I-FISH较常规染色体G显带技术能够更灵敏地检测出累及CBF的急性白血病,在初诊时联合应用这两种     

Applications of DNA Flow Cytometry and Fluorescence In situ Hybridization Using a Chromosome-specific DNA Probe on Paraffin-embedded Tissue Sections of Primary Malignant Melanomas

We have applied DNA flow cytometric analysis to paraffin-embedded tissue sections of primary malignant melanomas. Conventionally, flow cytometric analysis of paraffin-embedded tissue sections has been done by the method of Hedley et al. We added ultrasound treatment to the method of Hedley et al. and a lower value of coefficient of variation was shown. Furthermore, a new technique, fluorescence in situ hybridization with a chromosome-specific repetitive DNA probe, was used for the analysis of chromosomal numerical aberrations in the same paraffin-embedded tissue sections. The DNA flow cytometric analysis showed that in 8 cases six primary malignant melanomas were of the aneuploid pattern and two cases of lentigo maligna (melamona in situ) were of the diploid pattern. By fluorescence in situ hybridization, the two cases with the diploid pattern had spots/nucleus of 1.28 and 1.12, and those with the aneuploid pattern had spots/nucleus from 2.01 to 2.27. Only one nodular melanoma in an aneuploid case showed spots/nucleus of 1.71. These data indicate that fluorescence in situ hybridization with chromosome-specific repetitive DNA probes can serve as a cytogenetic tool for the analysis of interphase nuclei of solid human tumors and may be useful for the study of tumor cell heterogeneity.     

Nucleic acid spot hybridization with nonradioactive labeled probes in screening for human papillomavirus DNA sequences

We examined 161 human tissue samples using the spot hybridization technique with nonradioactive labeled DNA probes of human papillomavirus (HPV). Whole cells were spotted on nitrocellulose filters; DNA of the cells was denatured and fixed to the filter. Then the DNA spots were hybridized to nonradioactive labeled DNA and monitored by a sandwich immunoenzymatic reaction. This technique is simple, sensitive, specific, requires no special equipment, and can be used in clinical settings. HPV DNA was found in 92% of samples in which, on the basis of histologic and colposcopic criteria, its presence was suspected, as well as in 31 samples where it was not suspected.     

Triploid origin of the gibel carp as revealed by 5S rDNA localization and chromosome painting

5S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) was isolated and sequenced from the gibel carp Carassius auratus gibelio with 162 chromosomes and crucian carp Carassius auratus with 100 chromosomes, and fluorescent probes for chromosome localization were prepared to ascertain the ploidy origin and evolutionary relationship between the two species. Using fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH), major 5S rDNA signals were localized to the short arms of three subtelocentric chromosomes in the gibel carp and to the short arms of two subtelocentrics in the crucian carp. In addition, some minor signals were detected on other chromosomes of both species. Simultaneously, six chromosomes were microdissected from the gibel carp metaphase spreads using glass needles, and the isolated chromosomes were amplified in vitro by degenerate oligonucleotide primed-polymerase chain reaction (DOP-PCR). Significantly, when the DOP-PCR-generated probes prepared from each single chromosome were hybridized, three same-sized chromosomes were painted in each gibel carp metaphase, whereas only two painted chromosomes were observed in each crucian carp metaphase spread. The data indicate that gibel carp is of triploid origin in comparison with diploid crucian carp.     

Expression of IGF-I and IGF-II mRNA in breast tissue

Summary Expression of IGF-I and IGF-II was studied in human breast cancer tissues by in situ hybridization. IGF-I mRNA was detected only in stromal cells adjacent to normal breast epithelial cells. Stromal cells associated with the tumor cells did not contain IGF-I, nor did malignant or benign breast epithelial cells. In contrast, IGF-II mRNA was found in both the malignant epithelial cells and their adjacent stromal cells. These data imply that stromal cells associated with breast epithelium may switch expression from IGF-I to IGF-II during breast cancer evolution. This appearance of IGF-II expression may identify cancer-associated stromal cells that have a fetal phenotype.     

用脱脂奶粉代替小牛胸腺DNA进行核酸分子杂交

本文应用脱脂奶粉代替小牛胸腺DNA等大分子物质配制预杂交液和杂交液进行核酸分子杂交,同时用经典的含小牛胸腺DNA等大分子物质的预杂交液和杂交液作为对照。结果表明,用脱脂奶粉可以代替小牛胸腺DNA等大分子物质进行核酸分子杂交,此法经济,配制简便,实际可用。     

Laying the Cytotaxonomic Foundations of a New Model Grass, Brachypodium distachyon (L.) Beauv.

Brachypodium distachyon is a ubiquitous, temperate grass species which is being developed and exploited as an alternative model to rice, in order to gain access to important syntenic regions of the genomes of less tractable relatives such as wheat. As part of this initiative, this paper describes for the first time the cytotaxonomy of members of the polyploid series of this species, and challenges the assumption that the series evolved simply by chromosome doubling. In situ hybridization using genomic DNA probes and rDNA markers uncovers a hybrid origin of several of the polyploid ecotypes, and sheds light upon the complex evolution of this species and its close relatives.     

Users' subjective evaluation of electronic vision enhancement systems

The aims of this study were (1) to elicit the users' responses to four electronic head-mounted devices (Jordy, Flipperport, Maxport and NuVision) and (2) to correlate users' opinion with performance. Ten patients with early onset macular disease (EOMD) and 10 with age-related macular disease (AMD) used these electronic vision enhancement systems (EVESs) for a variety of visual tasks. A questionnaire designed in-house and a modified VF-14 were used to evaluate the responses. Following initial experience of the devices in the laboratory, every patient took home two of the four devices for 1 week each. Responses were re-evaluated after this period of home loan. No single EVES stood out as the strong preference for all aspects evaluated. In the laboratory-based appraisal, Flipperport typically received the best overall ratings and highest score for image quality and ability to magnify, but after home loan there was no significant difference between devices. Comfort of device, although important, was not predictive of rating once magnification had been taken into account. For actual performance, a threshold effect was seen whereby ratings increased as reading speed improved up to 60 words per minute. Newly diagnosed patients responded most positively to EVESs, but otherwise users' opinion could not be predicted by age, gender, diagnosis or previous CCTV experience. User feedback is essential in our quest to understand the benefits and shortcoming of EVESs. Such information should help guide both prescribing and future development of low vision devices.