Amplification and rearrangement of Hu-ets-1 in leukemia and lymphoma with involvement of 11q23

The Hu-ets-1 oncogene was found to be rearranged and amplified 30-fold in one case of acute myelomonocytic leukemia in which a homogeneously staining region occurred on 11q23; the oncogene was rearranged and amplified approximately tenfold in a case of small lymphocytic cell lymphoma with an inverted insertion that also involved band 11q23. This work suggests that Hu-ets-1 is an unusual oncogene that can help explain the common involvement of chromosome band 11q23 in various subtypes of hematopoietic malignancies.     

Hu-ets-1 and Hu-ets-2 genes are transposed in acute leukemias with (4;11) and (8;21) translocations

Human probes identifying the cellular homologs of the v-ets gene, Hu-ets-1 and Hu-ets-2, and two panels of rodent-human cell hybrids were used to study specific translocations occurring in acute leukemias. The human ets-1 gene was found to translocate from chromosome 11 to 4 in the t(4;11)(q21;23), a translocation characteristic of a subtype of leukemia that represents the expansion of a myeloid/lymphoid precursor cell. Similarly, the human ets-2 gene was found to translocate from chromosome 21 to chromosome 8 in the t(8;21)(q22;q22), a nonrandom translocation commonly found in patients with acute myeloid leukemia with morphology M2 (AML-M2). Both translocations are associated with expression different from the expression in normal lymphoid cells of ets genes, raising the possibility that these genes play a role in the pathogenesis of these leukemias.     

The role of the c-mos gene in the 8;21 translocation in human acute myeloblastic leukemia

The human c-mos proto-oncogene is located on chromosome 8 at band q22, close to the breakpoint in the t(8;21) (q22;q22) chromosome rearrangement. This translocation is associated with acute myeloblastic leukemia, subgroup M2. The c-myc gene, another proto-oncogene, has been mapped to 8q24. The breakpoint at 8q22 separates these genes, as determined by in situ hybridization of c-mos and c-myc probes. The c-mos gene remains on the 8q-chromosome and the c-myc gene is translocated to the 21q+ chromosome. Southern blot analysis of DNA from bone marrow cells of four patients with this translocation showed no rearrangement of c-mos.     

Specific chromosome defect associated with human small-cell lung cancer; deletion 3p(14-23)

A specific, acquired chromosomal abnormality (deletion 3p) has been found in at least one chromosome 3 in 100 percent of the metaphases in 12 of 12 cell lines cultured from human small-cell lung cancer tissue and in 2-day tumor culture specimens from three patients. Analysis of the shortest region of overlap shows the deletion to be 3p(14-23). This specific change was not seen in five of five lung cancer cell lines other than small-cell lung cancer or in two lymphoblastoid lines cultured from cells of small-cell lung cancer patients whose tumors had the 3p deletion.     

Molecular analysis of the t(2;14) translocation of childhood chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Two rare cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in children have been studied; both are associated with a previously undescribed chromosomal translocation [t(2;14) (p13;q32)]. In one patient the translocation was reciprocal and the breakpoint on chromosome 14 occurred just 5' of the C gamma 2 region on the productive immunoglobulin heavy-chain allele. The breakpoint on chromosome 2 does not involve the K locus but lies within an uncharacterized region that coincides with the position of a constitutive fragile site that occurs within normal lymphocytes. Data on the second patient are consistent with these findings and suggest that these cases represent a rare but distinct subgroup of CLL's with a specific cytogenetic change.     

U^（1，n；C）上子群的若干性质

得到了若干Mobius群中相应性质在(U)(1,n;C)中的推广,并由此建立了(U)(1,n;C)上的类Jorgensen不等式.利用此不等式得到了(U)(1,n;C)中有限生成子群的一条离散准则.     

家蚕CDK11与RNPS1和9G8相互作用的鉴定

【目的】鉴定家蚕(Bombyx mori)CDK11与RNPS1和9G8的相互作用,为解析其是否参与前体RNA的剪接打下基础。【方法】利用家蚕基因组数据库Silk DB找到本研究克隆的家蚕基因序列,采用Primer 5.0进行引物设计,通过PCR技术克隆获得家蚕的两个重要剪接因子RNPS1和9G8,并构建具有不同抗原标签的过表达载体,采用NCBI检索并获得其他物种的相关序列,利用在线预测软件SMART进行结构域预测,采用Clustal X 1.83和GENEDOC 3.2预测同源序列,利用软件MEGA 6.0构建系统进化树,通过免疫荧光验证家蚕CDK11两种剪切体CDK11A和CDK11B分别与RNPS1和9G8的共定位情况,进一步通过免疫共沉淀验证CDK11A、CDK11B分别与RNPS1和9G8的相互作用。【结果】RNPS1的开放阅读框长为882 bp,编码293个氨基酸;9G8的开放阅读框长为531 bp,编码176个氨基酸;RNPS1和9G8都属于SR蛋白家族,具有该蛋白家族成员的一个富含丝氨酸/精氨酸(S/R)重复序列的RS结构域。同源序列比对表明,RNPS1和9G8都具有典型的RRM结构域,此外9G8还含有一个锌指结构域。系统进化分析显示,RNPS1聚类于无脊椎动物一支,与同为鳞翅目昆虫的斑点木蝶、黑脉金斑蝶等亲缘关系较近;9G8也聚类于无脊椎动物一支,与同为鳞翅目昆虫的黑脉金斑蝶、金凤蝶等关系较近。荧光共定位证明,RNPS1分别与CDK11A和CDK11B共定位于细胞核中,且具有点状共聚集现象;同时发现,RNPS1还具有胞质定位,点状聚集于核外周。而9G8分别与CDK11A、CDK11B在细胞核中也具有共定位现象。进一步通过免疫共沉淀发现,在所有的总蛋白和细胞裂解离心后的上清液样品中,均能检测到对应目的条带的表达,表明共转染的细胞均能正常表达目的蛋白,并且蛋白溶于上清。同时,在所有的共沉淀条带中,均能检测到对应目的条带,以上结果表明CDK11A、CDK11B均与RNPS1和9G8具有相互作用。【结论】家蚕RNPS1和9G8具有典型的RRM结构域,属于SR家族。CDK11A和CDK11B能够与RNPS1和9G8相互作用。     

Modeling the initiation and progression of human acute leukemia in mice

Our understanding of leukemia development and progression has been hampered by the lack of in vivo models in which disease is initiated from primary human hematopoietic cells. We showed that upon transplantation into immunodeficient mice, primitive human hematopoietic cells expressing a mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) fusion gene generated myeloid or lymphoid acute leukemias, with features that recapitulated human diseases. Analysis of serially transplanted mice revealed that the disease is sustained by leukemia-initiating cells (L-ICs) that have evolved over time from a primitive cell type with a germline immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene configuration to a cell type containing rearranged IgH genes. The L-ICs retained both myeloid and lymphoid lineage potential and remained responsive to microenvironmental cues. The properties of these cells provide a biological basis for several clinical hallmarks of MLL leukemias.     

Xenon as a complex ligand: the tetra xenono Gold(II) cation in AuXe(4)2+(Sb(2)F(11)-)(2)

The first metal-xenon compound with direct gold-xenon bonds is achieved by reduction of AuF(3) with elemental xenon. The square planar AuXe(4)2+ cation is established by a single-crystal structure determination, with a gold-xenon bond length of approximately 274 picometers. The bonding between gold and xenon is of the final sigma donor type, resulting in a charge of approximately 0.4 per xenon atom.     

分子标记辅助选择聚合水稻Xa23和bph20（t）基因

【目的】利用分子标记辅助选择选育出聚合Xa23和bph20（t）基因的纯合植株,为水稻育种提供抗性材料。【方法】采用杂交、回交和田间多代选择,在分离群体中,通过标记跟踪,结合抗性鉴定,选择具有聚合双抗基因的个体。【结果】C189标记辅助选择Xa23基因,特异性好,扩增效果稳定,选择准确率接近95%,说明该标记完全可以用于标记育种实践;标记BYL7在选择上具有一定的效率,但效率不高;通过接种鉴定,在BC2F2群体中有16株具有Xa23、bph20（t）双基因聚合个体。【结论】利用与Xa23紧密连锁的标记C189,与bph20（t）紧密连锁的标记BYL7进行分子标记辅助选择,从BC2F2群体中培育出具有抗白叶枯病和褐飞虱双抗基因的个体。证明分子标记方法聚合是一个简单有效培育水稻多抗性的方法。     

褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens（Stal）肌动蛋白基因3′－RACE及基因表达的RT－PCR检测

通过锚定的3'-RACE筛选实验,确定锚定效率最好的下游引物,用于褐飞虱各发育期肌动蛋白基因表达的RT-PCR检测.结果表明3个锚定引物中,0422-7(5'＞TCA CAC AGG AAA CAG CTA TGA CTTTTTTTTTTTTTT A＜3')的锚定效率最好,可以扩增出5条褐飞虱的肌动蛋白基因3'末端片段,依其大小命名为BPH-A、BPH-B、BPH-C、BPH-D、BPH-E.RT-PCR检测表明BPH-A从3龄开始到成虫期都有常量表达;BPH-B、BPH-C、BPH-E从2龄开始到成虫期都有表达;BPH-D在整个幼虫期都有表达,而在成虫期则检测不到.     

Molecular characterization of two suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 genes(SOCS1a and SOCS1b) in chickens

Suppressor of cytokine signaling 1(SOCS1)protein can inhibit the signal transduction triggered by some cytokines or hormones and thus are important in many physiological/pathological processes, including innate and adaptive immunity, inflammation, and development in mammals. However, there is sparse information about their structure, tissue expression, in birds, where their biological functions remain unknown. In this study,we cloned and characterized two SOCS1 genes(named c SOCS1 a and c SOCS1b) from chickens. SOCS1 a is predicted to encode a 207-amino acid protein, which shares high amino acid sequence identity(64%–67%) with human and mouse SOCS1. Besides SOCS1 a, a novel SOCS1 b gene was also identified in chickens and other non-mammalian vertebrates including Xenopus tropicalis.Chicken SOCS1 b is predicted to encode a 212-amino acid protein, which shares only 30%–32% amino acid sequence identity with human SOCS1 and c SOCS1 a. RT-PCR assay revealed that both c SOCS1 a and c SOCS1 b are widely expressed in all chicken tissues. Using a luciferase reporter assay system, we further demonstrated that transient expression of c SOCS1 a and c SOCS1 b can significantly inhibit chicken growth hormone(GH)- or prolactin(PRL)-induced luciferase activities of Hep G2 cells expressing c GH receptor(or c PRL receptor), indicating that SOCS1 a and SOCS1 b proteins can negatively regulate GH/PRL signaling. Taken together, these data suggest that both c SOCS1 a and c SOCS1 b may function as negative regulators of cytokine/hormone actions, such as modulation of GH/PRL actions in chickens.     

Molecular characterization of human T-cell leukemia (lymphotropic) virus type III in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome

The human T-cell leukemia (lymphotropic) virus type III (HTLV-III) appears to be central to the causation of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Two full-length integrated proviral DNA forms of HTLV-III have now been cloned and analyzed, and DNA sequences of the virus in cell lines and fresh tissues from patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex (ARC) have been characterized. The results revealed that (i) HTLV-III is an exogenous human retrovirus, approximately 10 kilobases in length, that lacks nucleic acid sequences derived from normal human DNA; (ii) HTLV-III, unlike HTLV types I and II, shows substantial diversity in its genomic restriction enzyme cleavage pattern; (iii) HTLV-III persists in substantial amounts in cells as unintegrated linear DNA, an uncommon property that has been linked to the cytopathic effects of certain animal retroviruses; and (iv) HTLV-III viral DNA can be detected in low levels in fresh (primary) lymphoid tissue of a minority of patients with AIDS or ARC but appears not to be present in Kaposi's sarcoma tissue. These findings have important implications concerning the biological properties of HTLV-III and the pathophysiology of AIDS and Kaposi's sarcoma.     

褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens(St(a)l)肌动蛋白基因3'-RACE及基因表达的RT-PCR检测

通过锚定的3'-RACE筛选实验,确定锚定效率最好的下游引物,用于褐飞虱各发育期肌动蛋白基因表达的RT-PCR检测.结果表明:3个锚定引物中,0422-7(5'＞TCA CAC AGG AAA CAG CTA TGA CTTTTTTTTTTTTTT A＜3')的锚定效率最好,可以扩增出5条褐飞虱的肌动蛋白基因3'末端片段,依其大小命名为BPH-A、BPH-B、BPH-C、BPH-D、BPH-E.RT-PCR检测表明:BPH-A从3龄开始到成虫期都有常量表达;BPH-B、BPH-C、BPH-E从2龄开始到成虫期都有表达;BPH-D在整个幼虫期都有表达,而在成虫期则检测不到.     

Mapping of Microsatellite SW943 to Porcine Chromosome 12p11-(2/3p13) Using Primed in situ Synthesis and Somatic Cell Hybrid Panel

The porcine microsatellite SW943 was regionally localized on 12p11-(2/3p13) by the two methods: the Primed in situ (PRINS) labelling on the pachytene bivalents of pigs using the Dig-11-dUTP as the report molecule and pig × rodent Somatic Cell Hybrid PaneI(SCHP) which contains 27 cell lines through PCR amplification. Advantages and disadvantages of the two methods for physical mapping of microsatellites were also discussed.     

Evidence for the involvement of GM-CSF and FMS in the deletion (5q) in myeloid disorders

By in situ chromosomal hybridization, the GM-CSF and FMS genes were localized to human chromosome 5 at bands q23 to q31, and at band 5q33, respectively. These genes encode proteins involved in the regulation of hematopoiesis, and are located within a chromosome region frequently deleted in patients with neoplastic myeloid disorders. Both genes were deleted in the 5q-chromosome from bone marrow cells of two patients with refractory anemia and a del(5)(q15q33.3). The GM-CSF gene alone was deleted in a third patient with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) who has a smaller deletion, del(5)(q22q33.1). Leukemia cells from a fourth patient who has ANLL and does not have a del(5q), but who has a rearranged chromosome 5 that is missing bands q31.3 to q33.1 [ins(21;5)(q22;q31.3q33.1)] were used to sublocalize these genes; both genes were present on the rearranged chromosome 5. Thus, the deletion of one or both of these genes may be important in the pathogenesis of myelodysplastic syndromes or of ANLL.     

甘薯NPR1基因半定量RT-PCR检测方法的建立

为进一步研究甘薯病原微生物的侵染对甘薯病程相关非表达子1基因(NPR1)表达的影响,以甘薯肌动蛋白(β-ac-tin)基因为内参照基因,提取甘薯叶片总RNA,反转录为cDNA,同批异管对该2个基因进行PCR扩增.通过对循环数的优化和对体系重复性、准确性的分析,建立了一个稳定、方便的半定量RT-PCR体系.     

斑马鱼Tph1a蛋白表达、纯化及对脂代谢基因的影响

对斑马鱼色氨酸羟化酶1a(Tph1a)进行原核表达、纯化,探究其在斑马鱼脂代谢中的作用.根据大肠埃希菌的偏爱密码序列,优化斑马鱼tph1a编码区,插入原核表达载体pET-28a,构建融合蛋白表达质粒,并诱导表达、纯化和复性后,腹腔注射斑马鱼,检测其对脂代谢基因表达的影响.结果表明:重组蛋白Tph1a表达形式为包涵体;纯...