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简介:BeijinghasbeenoneoftheepicentersattackedmostseverelybytheSARS-CoV(severeacuterespiratorysyndrome-associatedcoronavirus)sincethefirstpatientwasdiagnosedinoneofthecity'shospitals.WenowreportcompletegenomesequencesoftheBJGroup,includingfourisolates(IsolatesBJ01,BJ02,BJ03,andBJ04)oftheSARS-CoV.ItisremarkablethatallmembersoftheBJGroupshareacommonhaplotype,consistingofsevenlocithatdifferentiatethegroupfromotherisolatespublishedtodate.Among42substitutionsuniquelyidentifledfromtheBJgroup,32arenon-synonymouschangesattheaminoacidlevel.Rootedphylogenetictrees,proposedonthebasisofhaplotypesandothersequencevariationsofSARS-CoVisolatesfromCanada,USA,Singapore,andChina,gaverisetodifferentparadigmsbutpositionedtheBJGroup,togetherwiththenewlydiscoveredGD01(GD-Ins29)inthesameclade,followedbytheH-UGroup(fromHongKongtoUSA)andtheH-TGroup(fromHongKongtoToronto),leavingtheSPGroup(Singapore)moredistant.ThisresultappearstosuggestapossibletransmissionpathfromGuangdongtoBeijing/HongKong,thentoothercountriesandregions.
简介:SIV/SHIV感染的恒河猴是研究艾滋病及艾滋病药物筛选、疫苗评价较理想的动物模型。MHC在细胞免疫中起着关键作用,研究表明,MHC-I类分子的多态性与SIV/SHIV感染者的疾病进展有着明显的关联作用,Mamu-A^*01是恒河猴中的一种MHC-I类分子,它可以呈递特定的病毒蛋白片段到细胞的表面,从而激发CTL反应。国外发现Mamu-A^*01阳性的猴艾滋病恒河猴会出现疾病进展缓慢,存活时间长等特征。本文就恒河猴Mamu-A^*01基因与SIV/SHIV感染相关的研究进展做一综述,以期进一步加深对MHC在疫苗研究中的作用的了解,并促进更行之有效地对HIV/AIDS疫苗进行评价。
简介:目的:探讨胃癌组织中烯醇化酶-α(enolase-α,ENOD、肿瘤型丙酮酸激酶(tumorM2pyruvatekinase,M2-PK)的表达、相互关系及临床病理学意义。方法:应用免疫组织化学SP染色方法分别对55例胃癌组织和23例胃良性病变组织切片染色,观察胃癌组织和良性病变组织EN01、M2.PK的表达情况及分析两者临床病理关系。结果:胃癌组织中EN01阳性表达率为67.3%(37/55),明显高于胃良性病变组30.4%(7/23)(P〈0.01),其表达与胃癌分化程度、浸润深度、淋巴结转移及TNM分期均显著相关(均P〈0.05)。M2-PK在胃癌组织中的阳性表达率为78.2%(43/55),明显高于胃良性病变组织39.1%(9/23)(P〈0.01),其表达与胃癌分化程度、浸润深度均显著相关(均P〈0.05)。胃癌组织中EN01与M2-PK的表达呈正相关(r:=0.5729,P〈0.05)。结论:EN01和M2-PK的表达上调与胃癌的发生、发展可能有关,联合检测两种蛋白在肿瘤组织中的表达,对临床判断胃癌的预后有一定的指导意义。
简介:TheR(replicase)proteinistheuniquelydefinednon-structuralprotein(NSP)responsibleforRNAreplication,mutationrateorfidelity,regulationoftranscrip-tionincoronavirusesandmanyotherssRNAviruses.Basedonourcompletegenomesequencesoffourisolates(BJ01-BJ04)ofSARS-CoVfromBeijing,China,weanalyzedthestructureandpredictedfunctionsoftheRproteinincomparisonwith13otherisolatesofSARS-CoVand6othercoronaviruses.TheentireORF(open-readingframe)encodesfortwomajorenzymeactivities,RNA-dependentRNApolymerase(RdRp)andproteinaseactivities.TheRpolyproteinunder-goesacomplexproteolyticprocesstoproduce15function-relatedpeptides.Ahydrophobicdomain(HOD)andahydrophilicdomain(HID)arenewlyidentifiedwithinNSP1.ThesubstitutionrateoftheRproteinisclosetotheaverageoftheSARS-CoVgenome.ThefunctionaldomainsinallNSPsoftheRproteingivedifferentphylogeneticresultsthatsuggesttheirdifferentmutationrateunderselectivepressure.ElevenhighlyconservedregionsinRdRpandtwelvecleavagesitesby3CLP(chymotrypsin-likeprotein)havebeenidentifiedaspotentialdrugtargets.Findingssuggestthatitispossibletoobtaininformationaboutthephy-logenyofSARS-CoV,aswellaspotentialtoolsfordrugdesign,genotypinganddiagnosticsofSARS.
简介:利用10对多态性丰富的SSR引物,以国家甘蔗种质资源圃中保存的14份具有代表性的割手密为对照,对新收集的云南省11份割手密(SaccharumspontaneumL.)资源进行多样性分析。结果共扩增出233条DNA谱带,与对照相比,新采集材料的多态性条带为207条,其中14条为特有条带,多态性条带比率为0.89。遗传相似性系数和UPGMA聚类分析表明,新采集的材料并没有单独聚为一类,而是比较分散,在相似性系数为0.64处作切割线,参试材料可分为3个类群:第Ⅰ类群主要由龙门割手密、河边村割手密和福建仙游1号组成;第Ⅱ类群中包含19份材料,其中新采集的样品有上岗割手密、他拉割手密、安乐割手密、勐根割手密、芒美割手密、贺海割手密、回落割手密、里拉割手密和曼亨割手密,对照材料主要包含了云南、四川、越南、老挝、泰国地区的割手密,其共同特点是均匀分布在内陆地区;第Ⅲ类群包括3个材料,分别是海南1号、海南92-2和广东化州割手密,其中不包含新采集的材料。而在相似性系数为0.654处作切割线又能将上述第Ⅱ类群分为较细的3个亚群。由此可见,新采集的11份割手密资源具有丰富的遗传多样性,与已收集的资源相比,具有一定的差异性。说明依靠云南高山峡谷等立体气候特点,分布着遗传差异显著的割手密无性系。
简介:Purifiedproteinderivative(PPD)skintestsoftenyieldpoorspecificity,sothattodevelopnewserologicalantigensfordistinguishingbetweenMycobacteriumtuberculosisinfectionandBacilleCalmette-Guerin(BCG)vaccinationisapriority,especiallyfordevelopingcountrieslikeChina.Wepredictedtheantigenicityforselectedopenreadingframes(ORFs)basedonthegenomesequencesofM.tuberculosisH37RvandM.bovisBCG,aswellastheirfunctionsanddifferencesofexpressionunderdifferentstimulus.ThecandidateORFswereclonedfromH37RvsequencesandexpressedasrecombinantproteinsinEscherichiacoli.Westudiedtheserodiagnosticpotentialof11purifiedrecombinantsbyusingenzyme-linkedimmunosorbentassay(ELISA)andinvolvingacohortcomposedof58TBpatients(34malesand24females),8healthyvolunteersand50PPD-negativeindividualsbeforeandafterBCGvaccination.Forallthe11antigens,themedianODvaluesfortheserafromTBpatientswerestatisticallysignificantlyhigherthanthoseforPPD-negativeindividualsbeforeorafterBCGvaccination(P<0.01).Theyhadatleast92%specificityinhealthycontrolsandsixseroantigens(Rv0251c,Rv1973,Rv2376c,Rv2537c,Rv2785candRv3873A)wereneverreportedwithseroantigenicitiespreviously.Thustheapproachcombiningcomparativegenomics,bioinformaticsandELISAtechniquescanbeemployedtoidentifynewseroantigensdistinguishingM.tuberculosisinfectionfromBCGvaccination.