牦牛α-乳白蛋白基因单核苷酸多态性分析

为明确牦牛乳中α-乳白蛋白遗传多样性,以α-乳白蛋白基因(LAA)的Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ和IV外显子为研究对象,采用聚合酶链反应-单链构象多态性(PCR-SSCP)方法对麦洼牦牛的LAA进行分析,旨在从分子水平揭示LAA在牦牛乳中遗传多样性分布. 牛属不同来源的α-乳白蛋白基因的编码序列被用于构建系统发育树. 结果表明,牦牛乳中LAAⅠ外显子区域以杂合体形式存在,并发现了一个新变异体JN084189. 不同来源LAA的系统发育树分析表明,LAA在进化上存在一定的物种特异性.     

Aerobic biodegradation of di-n-butyl phthalate by Xiangjiang River sediment and microflora analysis

Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), one of phthalate acid esters (PAEs), was investigated to determine its biodegradation rate using Xiangjiang River sediment and find potential DBP degraders in the enrichment culture of the sediment. The sediment sample was incubated with an initial concentration of DBP of 100 mg/L for 5 d. The biodegradation rate of DBP was detected using HPLC and the degraded products were analyzed by GC/MS. Subsequently, the microbial diversity of the enrichment culture was analyzed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). The results reveal that almost 100% of DBP is degraded after merely 3 d, generating two main degraded products: mono-butyl phthalate (MBP) and 9-octadecenoic acid. After a six-month enrichment period under the pressure of DBP, the dominant family in the final enrichment culture is clustered with the Comamonas sp., the remaining are affiliated with Sphingomonas sp., Hydrogenophaga sp., Rhizobium sp., and Acidovorax sp. The results show the potential of these bacteria to be used in the bioremediation of DBP in the environment.     

DRD2和5-HTR2A基因多态性及其交互作用对奥氮平治疗精神分裂症疗效的影响

目的：探讨多巴胺D2受体（dopamine D2 receptor, DRD2）和5-羟色胺2A受体（5-hydroxytryptamine 2A receptor, 5-HTR2A）基因多态性及其交互作用与奥氮平治疗精神分裂症疗效的关系。方法：纳入147例接受单一奥氮平治疗的精神分裂症住院患者为研究对象,采用阳性与阴性症状量表（PANSS）评定药物疗效,按PANSS减分率≥50%和<50%,分为有效组和无效组。采用多重高温连接酶检测反应技术（iMLDR）检测DRD2（rs1799978、rs1800497）和5-HTR2A（rs6311、rs6313）基因多态性;采用多因素Logistic回归分析各基因型和奥氮平疗效的关联性,采用多因子降维法（MDR）分析基因-基因的交互作用。结果：有效组和无效组rs1799978、rs6313位点基因型和等位基因频率分布差异均有统计学意义（P<0.05）,而两组rs1800497、rs6311位点基因型和等位基因频率分布差异均无统计学意义（P>0.05）;rs1799978位点GA和GG型患者奥氮平疗效较野生AA型好,其比值比（OR）及95%CI分别为5.101（1.118～23.267）、6.051（2.454～14.925）;rs6313位点CT和CC型患者奥氮平疗效较野生TT型好,其OR及95%CI分别为2.623（1.054～6.528）、3.412（1.180～9.869）;rs1799978、rs1800497和rs6313位点间存在交互作用,其交互模型为最优基因-基因交互作用模型（P<0.05）,该模型检验样本准确度为0.727 3,交叉验证一致性为10/10。结论：DRD2（rs1799978）和5-HTR2A（rs6313）基因多态性可能与奥氮平治疗精神分裂症疗效相关,DRD2（rs1799978、rs1800497）和5-HTR2A（rs6313）对奥氮平疗效的影响存在交互作用。     

Genetic Background of Fetal Growth Restriction

Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is one of the most formidable challenges in present-day antenatal care. Pathological fetal growth is a well-known factor of not only in utero demise in the third trimester, but also postnatal morbidity and unfavorable developmental outcomes, including long-term sequalae such as metabolic diseases, diabetic mellitus or hypertension. In this review, the authors present the current state of knowledge about the genetic disturbances responsible for FGR diagnosis, divided into fetal, placental and maternal causes (including preeclampsia), as well as their impact on prenatal diagnostics, with particular attention on chromosomal microarray (CMA) and noninvasive prenatal testing technique (NIPT).     

VEGF-A基因多态性对接受氟尿嘧啶为基础辅助化疗的结直肠癌患者预后的影响

目的: 本研究旨在探讨血管内皮细胞生长因子A（vascular endothelial growth factor A,VEGF-A）基因多态性位点对结直肠癌患者长期预后的影响。方法: 本研究为回顾性分析,纳入149例接受手术且术后接受氟尿嘧啶为基础辅助化疗的结直肠癌患者。术前收集患者外周血提取基因组DNA,用限制性片段长度多态性聚合酶链反应（PCR-RFLP）对多态性位点进行基因分型。149例患者的基因分型结果进行进一步验证并纳入最终分析。基因型和预后的单变量分析用Kaplan-Meier生存分析方法,并通过Cox风险比例模型对其他变量进行校正。结果: VEGF-A基因-94C>G位点在中国人群当中的突变频率为：GG型62例（41.6%）,CG型61例（40.9%）和CC型26例（17.4%）,最小等位基因频率为0.38,三种基因型的分布符合哈迪温伯格平衡（P=0.113）。三种基因型在基线临床资料中分布均衡,差异无统计学意义。对三种不同基因型患者构建的生存分析发现,CC型患者5年总生存期（OS）率显著较低,相对于GG/CG型患者来说具有显著的统计学差异（P=0.022）。经过多变量的Cox风险比例模型校正之后CC基因型相对于GG/CG型患者的较差的预后影响仍然存在,并且具有显著的统计学差异（OR=3.76,P=0.015）。结论: 在结直肠癌患者当中,VEGF-A基因-94C>G位点的突变纯合子CC基因型对结直肠癌患者的预后具有独立的影响意义。     

Nucleation behavior of blended high‐melting fractions of milk fat as affected by emulsifiers

The effect of highly hydrophobic emulsifiers, the palmitic sucrose ester P‐170 (hydrophilic/lipophilic balance (HLB) = 1.0), the stearic sucrose ester S‐170 (HLB = 1.0), the polyglycerol ester decaglycerol decastearate DAS 7S (HLB = 3.7) and the polyglycerol ester decaglycerol dodecabehenate DDB 750 (HLB = 2.6), on the nucleation of a high melting point milk fat fraction (HMF) and its blends with sunflower oil (SFO) was investigated by polarized laser light turbidimetry, X‐ray diffractometry and polarized light microscopy (PLM). Addition of polyglycerol esters accelerated nucleation, giving shorter induction times for the same supercooling. On the contrary, sucrose esters inhibited nucleation since induction times were elongated in all conditions selected. Addition of emulsifiers modified the polymorphic behavior in the blends with SFO. The β' form was promoted especially with the addition of S‐170. DAS 7S and DDB 750 promoted crystallization. PLM images showed many small crystals that did not appear in HMF images. Addition of P‐170 and S‐170 delayed nucleation and inhibited crystal growth. Crystals were notoriously smaller than the ones that appeared in HMF images. The Fisher–Turnbull model was used to calculate activation free energies of nucleation. In all cases, sucrose esters elevated the energy barrier for nucleation. Polyglycerol esters, however, if they had an effect on the energy barrier, lowered the values.     

安徽地区汉族心血管疾病患者SLCO1B1与ApoE基因多态性分布及其在他汀类药物临床个体化应用中的意义

目的：探讨脂质及药物代谢相关基因SLCO1B1和ApoE的基因多态性在安徽地区汉族心血管疾病患者中的分布,以评估他汀类药物个体化用药的效益/风险比。方法：利用PCR-荧光探针法技术检测2019年1月至2020年8月合肥市第二人民医院736例心血管疾病患者外周血基因组中SLCO1B1基因的rs2306283（388A>G）和rs4149056（521T>C）位点和ApoE基因的rs429358（388T>C）和rs7412（526C>T）位点的基因多态性分布特点,并与已报道的中国其他地区汉族心血管疾病患者的数据进行比较,分析不同地区间的基因型分布差异。结果：检测到安徽地区汉族心血管疾病患者中SLCO1B1基因型有6种,分别为*1a/*1a型（6.11%）、*1a/*1b型（29.08%）、*1b/*1b型（44.57%）、*1a/*15型（4.08%）、*1b/*15型（15.49%）、*15/*15型（0.68%）,未检测到*1a/*5型、*5/*5型和*5/*15型;ApoE基因有6种表型,分别为E2/E2型（0.41%）、E2/E3型（11.96%）、E2/E4型（1.09%）、E3/E3型（67.66%）、E3/E4型（17.93%）、E4/E4型（0.95%）。两种基因的基因多态性频率分布满足Hardy-Weinberg遗传平衡,具有群体代表性。本研究人群中携带SLCO1B1正常肌病风险型的比例最高,约占79.76%;SLCO1B1中度肌病风险型和高度肌病风险型的人群比例较低,分别为19.57%和0.68%。ApoE大众类基因型比例最高,约占68.75%;ApoE保护类基因型及风险类基因型的人群比例分别为12.37%和18.88%。不同性别间SLCO1B1和ApoE基因表型患者差异无统计学意义。与华南地区心血管疾病患者相比,安徽地区ApoE基因多态性分布差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）。结论：安徽地区736例心血管疾病患者SLCO1B1和ApoE基因型分别以他汀药物剂量耐受性较高的正常肌病风险型和对他汀药物敏感的大众类基因型为主,服用他汀类药物诱发肌病的风险较低,降脂疗效较好;且两种基因的多态性分布均不受性别的影响,但ApoE基因多态性分布特征可能在地域上存在差异。因此,检测SLCO1B1和APOE基因多态性对于临床评估效益/风险比有重要的指导意义。     

Relationship between crystalline structure and mechanical behavior in isotropic and oriented polyamide 6

Polyamide 6 (PA6) isotropic films and oriented cables were prepared by compression molding or by consecutive extrusion and cold‐drawing. These samples were isothermally annealed in the 120–200°C range and were then subjected to tensile tests at room temperature. Synchrotron wide‐angle X‐ray scattering (WAXS) and small‐angle X‐ray scattering (SAXS) patterns were obtained before and after mechanical failure. These data were related with the mechanical properties of the respective PA6 samples. The annealing of isotropic PA6 resulted in an increase in the Young's modulus (E) and yield stress (σ_y) values, which was attributed to the observed proportional reduction of the d‐spacings of the intersheet distances in both the α‐PA6 and γ‐PA6 polymorphs. Analysis of the WAXS and SAXS patterns of isotropic PA6 after break allowed the supposition of structural changes in the amorphous phase, with these being better pronounced with increasing annealing temperature; this made the samples less ductile. In oriented PA6 samples, annealing resulted in a drastic increase in the E and σ_y values accompanied by a phase transition from γ‐PA6 to α‐PA6 and a well‐pronounced reduction in the intersheet distances of both polymorphs. The stretching of the oriented samples led to an additional γ‐to‐α transition, whose extent was also related to structural changes in the amorphous phase. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 103: 2242–2252, 2007     

INTROGRESSING PHEROMONE QTL BETWEEN SPECIES: TOWARDS AN EVOLUTIONARY UNDERSTANDING OF DIFFERENTIATION IN SEXUAL COMMUNICATION

As a first step toward understanding how noctuid moths evolve species-specific pheromone communication systems, we hybridized and backcrossed two closely related moth species, Heliothis virescens (Hv) and H. subflexa (Hs), which differ qualitatively and quantitatively in their multi-component sex pheromone blends. We used amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) marker-based mapping of backcross families to determine which of the 30 autosomes in these moths contained quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling the percentages of specific chemical components in the pheromone blends. In two previous backcrosses to Hs, we found a strong depressive effect of Hv-chromosome 22 on the percentage of three acetate components in the pheromone gland. These acetates are present in Hs and absent in Hv. Here, we describe how we introgressed Hv-chromosome 22 into the genomic background of Hs. Selection for Hv-chromosome 22 started from backcross 3 (BC₃) females. All females that had Hv-chromosome 22 and a low percentage of acetates (< 3% of the total amount of pheromone components present) were backcrossed to Hs males. In BC₅ to BC₈, we determined whether Hv-chromosome 22 was present by a) running only the primer pairs that would yield the markers for that chromosome, and/or b) determining the relative percentages of acetates in the pheromone glands. Either or both genotype and phenotype were used as a criterion to continue to backcross these females to Hs males. In BC₉, we confirmed the isolation of Hv-chromosome 22 in the Hs genomic background, and backcrossed the males to Hs females to eliminate the Hv-sex chromosome as well as mitochondrial DNA. The pheromone composition was determined in BC₃, BC₅, and BC₁₁ females with and without Hv-chromosome 22. All backcross females with Hv-chromosome 22 contained significantly less acetates than females without this chromosome. In addition, BC₃ females with Hv-chromosome 22 contained significantly more Z11-16:OH than BC₃ females without Hv-chromosome 22. However, in BC₅ and BC₁₁ females, the correlation between Z11-16:OH and Hv-chromosome 22 was lost, suggesting that there are separate QTL for the acetates and for Z11-16:OH, and that the relative amount of the alcohol component is only affected in epistasis with other (minor) QTL. Now that we have succeeded in isolating the chromosome that has a major effect on acetate production, we can test in behavioral experiments whether the presence of acetates may have been a driving force for a shift in pheromone composition. Such tests are necessary to move towards an evolutionary understanding of the differentiation in sexual communication in Heliothis spp. moths.