黄瓜倍性材料创制及染色体组成的FISH鉴定

【目的】黄瓜（Cucumis sativus L.）遗传基础狭窄,种质资源多样性较为有限,遗传育种研究相对落后。本试验旨在创制整倍体和非整倍体黄瓜种质材料,建立其准确的染色体组成鉴定方法,为进一步选育黄瓜各种染色体系、目标性状的染色体定位及遗传育种研究奠定基础。【方法】以华北生态型黄瓜‘长春密刺’的高代自交系为材料,0.4％秋水仙素溶液处理萌动种子,诱导染色体数目加倍。为获得同源三倍体材料,以诱导获得的同源四倍体为母本,二倍体为父本进行杂交,授粉35-45 d后采收成熟果实进行胚拯救。采用染色体计数,结合形态学、叶片气孔电镜观察,对诱导株及杂交后代的倍性进行鉴定。利用染色体特异的探针进行荧光原位杂交（fluorescence in situ hybridization,FISH）,通过观察特异探针在染色体上杂交信号的数目、强弱及位置,结合黄瓜的染色体形态参数,对诱导株的染色体组成进行鉴定。【结果】对经秋水仙素处理的‘长春密刺’材料进行有丝分裂中期染色体计数观察,结果显示诱导获得8株四倍体（2n=28）,3株非整倍体（2n=16,19,27）材料。将四倍体与二倍体杂交获得了三倍体材料（2n=21）。经荧光原位杂交分析,根据黄瓜着丝粒探针Type III和核糖体45S rDNA两类信号在染色体上的信号特征可以看出,与二倍体相比,三倍体与四倍体上杂交信号为倍性变化关系,进一步验证创制出的整倍性材料为三倍体与四倍体。不同倍性‘长春密刺’植株的形态学特征存在一定差异,四倍体植株的形态指标与二倍体差异显著;三倍体植株与二倍体在形态学上差异不显著;非整倍体植株与二倍体在形态学上差异也不显著,但其长势较二倍体弱,且花期推迟,雌雄花花期不遇,坐果率明显低于二倍体。经叶片气孔电镜观察,‘长春密刺’二倍体、三倍体与四倍体植株叶片气孔的大小与密度均存在差异,随着倍性提高,气孔的长度和宽度增加,而气孔密度则下降,说明形态学筛选和叶片气孔电镜观察可以作为鉴定黄瓜倍性的辅助方法。以上述两类黄瓜重复序列（Type III和45S rDNA）和染色体特异的单拷贝基因Csa006700为探针,对染色体数目为16的一株非整倍体诱导株进行染色体组成鉴定。重复序列的荧光原位杂交结果显示,额外的两条染色体为1号或2号染色体。进一步利用黄瓜2号染色体端部的基因Csa006700探针检测,发现该基因只在其中一对染色体上有信号,由此明确该材料为附加两条1号染色体的四体材料（2n=14+2）。研究表明秋水仙素不仅可直接诱导出同源多倍体,同时可诱导各种非整倍体植株。【结论】利用秋水仙素处理黄瓜萌动种子,诱导染色体倍性的变化,结合染色体特异探针的荧光原位杂交鉴定,可快速创制并筛选出各种染色体组成的特异新种质。     

Female germ cell aneuploidy and embryo death in mice lacking the meiosis-specific protein SCP3

Aneuploidy (trisomy or monosomy) is the leading genetic cause of pregnancy loss in humans and results from errors in meiotic chromosome segregation. Here, we show that the absence of synaptonemal complex protein 3 (SCP3) promotes aneuploidy in murine oocytes by inducing defective meiotic chromosome segregation. The abnormal oocyte karyotype is inherited by embryos, which die in utero at an early stage of development. In addition, embryo death in SCP3-deficient females increases with advancing maternal age. We found that SCP3 is required for chiasmata formation and for the structural integrity of meiotic chromosomes, suggesting that altered chromosomal structure triggers nondisjunction. SCP3 is thus linked to inherited aneuploidy in female germ cells and provides a model system for studying age-dependent degeneration in oocytes.     

The chromosomal basis of human neoplasia

High-resolution banding techniques for the study of human chromosomes have revealed that the malignant cells of most tumors analyzed have characteristic chromosomal defects. Translocations of the same chromosome segments with precise breakpoints occur in many leukemias and lymphomas, and a specific chromosome band is deleted in several carcinomas. Trisomy, or the occurrence of a particular chromosome in triplicate, is the only abnormality observed in a few neoplasias. It is proposed that chromosomal rearrangements play a central role in human neoplasia and may exert their effects through related genomic mechanisms. Thus, a translocation could serve to place an oncogene next to an activating DNA sequence, a deletion to eliminate an oncogene repressor, and trisomy to carry extra gene dosage.     

Mutational inactivation of STAG2 causes aneuploidy in human cancer

Most cancer cells are characterized by aneuploidy, an abnormal number of chromosomes. We have identified a clue to the mechanistic origins of aneuploidy through integrative genomic analyses of human tumors. A diverse range of tumor types were found to harbor deletions or inactivating mutations of STAG2, a gene encoding a subunit of the cohesin complex, which regulates the separation of sister chromatids during cell division. Because STAG2 is on the X chromosome, its inactivation requires only a single mutational event. Studying a near-diploid human cell line with a stable karyotype, we found that targeted inactivation of STAG2 led to chromatid cohesion defects and aneuploidy, whereas in two aneuploid human glioblastoma cell lines, targeted correction of the endogenous mutant alleles of STAG2 led to enhanced chromosomal stability. Thus, genetic disruption of cohesin is a cause of aneuploidy in human cancer.     

Recruitment and spreading of the C. elegans dosage compensation complex along X chromosomes

To achieve X-chromosome dosage compensation, organisms must distinguish X chromosomes from autosomes. We identified multiple, cis-acting regions that recruit the Caenorhabditis elegans dosage compensation complex (DCC) through a search for regions of X that bind the complex when detached from X. The DCC normally assembles along the entire X chromosome, but not all detached regions recruit the complex, despite having genes known to be dosage compensated on the native X. Thus, the DCC binds first to recruitment sites, then spreads to neighboring X regions to accomplish chromosome-wide gene repression. From a large chromosomal domain, we defined a 793-base pair fragment that functions in vivo as an X-recognition element to recruit the DCC.     

Dynamics of mammalian chromosome evolution inferred from multispecies comparative maps

The genome organizations of eight phylogenetically distinct species from five mammalian orders were compared in order to address fundamental questions relating to mammalian chromosomal evolution. Rates of chromosome evolution within mammalian orders were found to increase since the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Nearly 20% of chromosome breakpoint regions were reused during mammalian evolution; these reuse sites are also enriched for centromeres. Analysis of gene content in and around evolutionary breakpoint regions revealed increased gene density relative to the genome-wide average. We found that segmental duplications populate the majority of primate-specific breakpoints and often flank inverted chromosome segments, implicating their role in chromosomal rearrangement.     

High resolution of mouse chromosomes: banding conservation between man and mouse

A detailed schematic representation of high-resolution G-banding patterns was prepared from elongated and finely banded mitotic chromosomes of the mouse. Such chromosomes can be obtained from both animal tissue and cell lines by a simple protocol, facilitating precise demarcation of breakpoints in chromosome rearrangements and aiding in the sublocalization of genes. Regions of subbanding homology were observed between human and mouse chromosomal segments known to have conserved gene assignments, an indication that, at the cytogenetic level, extensive regions of the mammalian genome may remain intact after 60 million years of species divergence.     

利用基于重复序列PCR的标记和A-PAGE鉴定小麦背景中的黑麦染色体片段

利用基于重复序列PCR的标记和酸性丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳（A-PAGE）对小麦品种中国春与秦岭黑麦杂交后代（BC2F4）共75份材料进行了筛选,鉴定含有黑麦成分的株系。根据黑麦特异重复序列pSc20H设计特异引物,用PCR方法从75个株系中筛选出30份含有黑麦成分的材料。从这30份材料中,用A-PAGE的方法鉴定出10个株系为1RS／1BL易住系。实验结果表明,用基于PCR的标记能快速准确地对小麦背景中外源染色质的鉴定。结合其它方法还能进行小片段移位的鉴定。     

Duchenne muscular dystrophy involving translocation of the dmd gene next to ribosomal RNA genes

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe X-linked disorder leading to early death of affected males. Females with the disease are rare, but seven are known to be affected because of a chromosomal rearrangement involving a site at or near the dmd gene on the X chromosome. One of the seven has a translocation between the X and chromosome 21. The translocation-derived chromosomes from this patient have been isolated, and the translocation is shown to have split the block of genes encoding ribosomal RNA on the short arm of chromosome 21. Thus ribosomal RNA gene probes may be used to identify a junction fragment from the translocation site, allowing access to cloned segments of the X at or near the dmd gene and presenting a new approach to the study of this disease.     

Transforming fusions of FGFR and TACC genes in human glioblastoma

The brain tumor glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is among the most lethal forms of human cancer. Here, we report that a small subset of GBMs (3.1%; 3 of 97 tumors examined) harbors oncogenic chromosomal translocations that fuse in-frame the tyrosine kinase coding domains of fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) genes (FGFR1 or FGFR3) to the transforming acidic coiled-coil (TACC) coding domains of TACC1 or TACC3, respectively. The FGFR-TACC fusion protein displays oncogenic activity when introduced into astrocytes or stereotactically transduced in the mouse brain. The fusion protein, which localizes to mitotic spindle poles, has constitutive kinase activity and induces mitotic and chromosomal segregation defects and triggers aneuploidy. Inhibition of FGFR kinase corrects the aneuploidy, and oral administration of an FGFR inhibitor prolongs survival of mice harboring intracranial FGFR3-TACC3-initiated glioma. FGFR-TACC fusions could potentially identify a subset of GBM patients who would benefit from targeted FGFR kinase inhibition.     

Meiotic recombination in yeast: alteration by multiple heterozygosities

Although meiotic gene conversion has long been known to be accompanied by crossing-over, a direct test of the converse has not been possible. An experiment was designed to determine whether crossing-over is accompanied by gene conversion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nine restriction site heterologies were introduced into a 9-kilobase chromosomal interval that exhibits 22 percent crossing-over. Of all the exchange events that occurred, at least 59 percent of meiotic crossovers are accompanied by gene conversion of one or more of the restriction site heterologies. The average gene conversion tract length was 1.5 kilobases. An unexpected result was that the introduction of as few as seven heterozygosities significantly altered the outcome of recombination events, reducing the frequency of crossovers by 50 percent and increasing the number of exceptional tetrads. This alteration results from a second recombination event induced by repair of heteroduplex DNA containing multiple mismatched base pairs.     

Major ecological transitions in wild sunflowers facilitated by hybridization

Hybridization is frequent in many organismal groups, but its role in adaptation is poorly understood. In sunflowers, species found in the most extreme habitats are ancient hybrids, and new gene combinations generated by hybridization are speculated to have contributed to ecological divergence. This possibility was tested through phenotypic and genomic comparisons of ancient and synthetic hybrids. Most trait differences in ancient hybrids could be recreated by complementary gene action in synthetic hybrids and were favored by selection. The same combinations of parental chromosomal segments required to generate extreme phenotypes in synthetic hybrids also occurred in ancient hybrids. Thus, hybridization facilitated ecological divergence in sunflowers.     

Identification of the cystic fibrosis gene: chromosome walking and jumping

An understanding of the basic defect in the inherited disorder cystic fibrosis requires cloning of the cystic fibrosis gene and definition of its protein product. In the absence of direct functional information, chromosomal map position is a guide for locating the gene. Chromosome walking and jumping and complementary DNA hybridization were used to isolate DNA sequences, encompassing more than 500,000 base pairs, from the cystic fibrosis region on the long arm of human chromosome 7. Several transcribed sequences and conserved segments were identified in this cloned region. One of these corresponds to the cystic fibrosis gene and spans approximately 250,000 base pairs of genomic DNA.     

Locus of the alpha-chain of the T-cell receptor is split by chromosome translocation in T-cell leukemias

Mouse lymphoma cells were hybridized with two human acute T-cell leukemias with a t(11;14) (p13;q11) translocation and the segregated hybrids were examined for the presence of the DNA segments coding for the constant (C) and the variable (V) regions of the alpha chain (C alpha and V alpha) of the T-cell receptor. The C alpha segment was translocated to the involved chromosome 11 (11p+) while the V alpha segment remained on the involved chromosome 14 (14q-). The data indicate that the locus for the alpha chain of the T-cell receptor is split by the chromosomal breakpoint between the V alpha and the C alpha gene segments, and that the V alpha segments are proximal to the C alpha segment within chromosome band 14q11.2.     

美味猕猴桃叶蛋白质电泳分析

１）通过叶蛋白质凝胶电泳分析，首先研究了叶龄对蛋白质带型结构的影响，随着美味猕猴桃叶片的生长发育，可以看到可溶性多肽的渐进变化，对这些变化的研究能增进对叶片发育过程中基因表达的理解。２）３个蛋白质带区可用于品种鉴定。应用这３个带区，可以把一些美味猕猴桃品种相互区别开来。然而仅利用这３个带区，还不能区别Ｆ＿１单个植株，这是因为双亲带型可以在Ｆ＿１植株中共同显现，而且由于基因重组，使Ｆ＿１植株的带型变得更为复杂。３）在Ｆ＿１群体中，可以观察到蛋白质带型的变异，同时还可以看到成带强弱的变化。可能是基因的剂量效应造成了成带强度的不同。     

Abnormal cytokinesis in cells deficient in the breast cancer susceptibility protein BRCA2

Germ-line mutations inactivating BRCA2 predispose to cancer. BRCA2-deficient cells exhibit alterations in chromosome number (aneuploidy), as well as structurally aberrant chromosomes. Here, we show that BRCA2 deficiency impairs the completion of cell division by cytokinesis. BRCA2 inactivation in murine embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) and HeLa cells by targeted gene disruption or RNA interference delays and prevents cell cleavage. Impeded cell separation is accompanied by abnormalities in myosin II organization during the late stages in cytokinesis. BRCA2 may have a role in regulating these events, as it localizes to the cytokinetic midbody. Our findings thus link cytokinetic abnormalities to a hereditary cancer syndrome characterized by chromosomal instability and may help to explain why BRCA2-deficient tumors are frequently aneuploid.     

Aneuploidy affects proliferation and spontaneous immortalization in mammalian cells

Aneuploidy, an incorrect number of chromosomes, is the leading cause of miscarriages and mental retardation in humans and is a hallmark of cancer. We examined the effects of aneuploidy on primary mouse cells by generating a series of cell lines that carry an extra copy of one of four mouse chromosomes. In all four trisomic lines, proliferation was impaired and metabolic properties were altered. Immortalization, the acquisition of the ability to proliferate indefinitely, was also affected by the presence of an additional copy of certain chromosomes. Our data indicate that aneuploidy decreases not only organismal but also cellular fitness and elicits traits that are shared between different aneuploid cells.     

Whole-genome shotgun assembly and analysis of the genome of Fugu rubripes

The compact genome of Fugu rubripes has been sequenced to over 95% coverage, and more than 80% of the assembly is in multigene-sized scaffolds. In this 365-megabase vertebrate genome, repetitive DNA accounts for less than one-sixth of the sequence, and gene loci occupy about one-third of the genome. As with the human genome, gene loci are not evenly distributed, but are clustered into sparse and dense regions. Some "giant" genes were observed that had average coding sequence sizes but were spread over genomic lengths significantly larger than those of their human orthologs. Although three-quarters of predicted human proteins have a strong match to Fugu, approximately a quarter of the human proteins had highly diverged from or had no pufferfish homologs, highlighting the extent of protein evolution in the 450 million years since teleosts and mammals diverged. Conserved linkages between Fugu and human genes indicate the preservation of chromosomal segments from the common vertebrate ancestor, but with considerable scrambling of gene order.