DNA损伤修复蛋白在胆囊病变组织中的表达及其临床意义

目的 研究胆囊腺癌、癌旁组织、腺瘤性息肉和慢性胆囊炎组织中DNA损伤修复蛋白hMSH2和hMLH1表达及其临床意义.方法 选取胆囊腺癌108例、癌旁组织46例、腺瘤性息肉15例和慢性胆囊炎35例手术切除标本常规作石蜡包埋切片,采用EnVisionTM免疫组化法检测hMSH2和hMLH1.结果 hMSH2和hMLH1表达阳性率,胆囊腺癌分别为50.0%和49.1%、评分分别为2.2±1.9和2.2±1.8,均明显低于癌旁组织（阳性率分别为84.8%和87.0%;评分分别为3.9±1.3和4.2±1.2）、腺瘤性息肉（阳性率分别为80.0%和86.7%;评分分别为3.7±1.3和4.0±1.1）及慢性胆囊炎组织（阳性率分别为88.6%和88.6%;评分分别为4.1±1.1和3.9±1.1）（P＜0.05）;不同类型良性病变中2种DNA损伤修复蛋白表达阳性率及其评分均无明显差异（P＞0.05）.hMSH2和hMLH1表达阴性的良性病变胆囊上皮均呈中至重度不典型增生的病理形态学表现.腺瘤癌变或高分化腺癌、肿块最大径＜2 cm,无淋巴结转移及未侵犯周围组织的病例hMSH2和hMLH1表达阳性率及其评分均明显地高于低分化腺癌、肿块最大径≥2 cm、淋巴结转移及侵犯周围组织病例（P＜0.05）;2种DNA损伤修复蛋白表达与患者性别、年龄及有无胆囊结石均无明显关系（P＞0.05）.结论 DNA损伤修复蛋白表达水平均为反映胆囊腺癌发生、进展、临床生物学行为及预后的重要标记物,检测其表达水平对指导预防和早期发现、临床化疗胆囊癌可能有一定临床意义.     

DNA甲基化在肿瘤形成中的作用（综述）

DNA甲基化改变是肿瘤细胞中常见的现象,DNA甲基化与肿瘤的发生有密切关系。从以下几方面对此做一综述。（1）简介哺乳动物细胞的DNA甲基化;（2）DNA甲基化与肿瘤基因突变;（3）肿瘤DNA甲基化的基因外作用,其中包括：原癌基因的低甲基化和抑癌基因的高甲基化。     

RadA： A protein involved in DNA damage repair processes of Deinococcus radiodurans R1

RadA is highly conserved in bacteria and belongs to the RecA/RadA/Rad51 protein su-perfamily found in bacteria,archaea and eukarya. In Archaea,it plays a critical role in homologous re-combination process due to its RecA-like function. In Escherichia coli,it takes part in conjugational recom-bination and DNA repair but is not as important as that of archaea. Using PSI-BLAST searches,we found that Deinococcus radiodurans RadA had a higher similarity to that of bacteria than archaea and eukarya. Disruption of radA gene in D. radiodurans resulted in a modestly decreased resistance to gamma radiation and ultraviolet,but had no effect on the resistance to hydrogen peroxide. Complementa-tion of the radA disruptant by both E. coli radA and D. radiodurans radA could fully restore its resistance to gamma radiation and ultraviolet irradiation. Further domain function analyses of D. radiodurans RadA showed that the absence of the zinc finger domain resulted in a slightly more sensitive phenotype to gamma and UV radiation than that of the radA mutant,while the absence of the Lon protease domain exhib-ited a slightly increased resistance to gamma and UV radiation. These data suggest that D. radiodurans RadA does play an important role in the DNA damage repair processes and its three different domains have different functions.     

C-terminal domain of Chk1 regulates its subcellular location and kinase activity for DNA repair

Effector kinase Chk1 is an evolutionarily conserved protein kinase. It is a key mediator linking the mechanisms that monitor DNA integrity to components of the cell cycle engine. In this study, recombinant vectors pEGFP-C1-Chk1/C 288/C 334/C 368 were constructed and transfected into HeLa cells to study the effect of the Chk1 regulatory domain on the regulation of subcellular Chk1 location in response to DNA damage. We found that DNA damage-induced nuclear accumulation is regulated by 34 amino acids (334–368) in the C-terminal regulatory domain. Recombinant vectors pXJ41-Chk1/C 288/C 334/C 368 were co-transfected with reporter plasmid pEGFP-N2 into HeLa cells to study the repair abilities of the different human Chk1 truncation mutants. In addition, recombinant vectors were transfected into HeLa cells to study the effects of the different truncation mutants on the cell cycle. Furthermore, to study the kinase activity of the different truncation mutants, Ser216 phosphorylation of Cdc25C was studied by Western blot analysis. We found that the enzymatic activity of C 368, missing the 108 C-terminal amino acids (368–476), was higher than that of full-length Chk1, and C 368 delayed the cell cycle progression. The enzymatic activity of C 334, missing the 142 C-terminal amino acids (334–476), was equivalent to that of full-length Chk1. C 288, missing the 188 C-terminal amino acids (288–476), had almost no enzymatic activity, suggesting that the regulatory domain contains both inhibitory and regulatory elements. This study provides useful information for further research on Chk1 function.     

Inhibition of DNA restrictive endonucleases and Taq DNA polymerase by trimalonic acid C60

Activities of trimalonic acid fullerene (TMA C_60) on DNA restrictive enzymatic reaction were investigated by using two restrictive endonucleases Hind III and EcoR I and plasmid pEGFP-N1 with single restric-tive site for both enzymes. Meanwhile, TMA C60 was also tested to clarify its effects on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with the catalyst of Taq DNA polymerase and the template of plasmid pEGFP-N1. The products from restrictive reactions or PCR were detected by agarose gel electrophoresis. It was found that the product amounts from restrictive reactions or PCR decreased significantly with addition of TMA C60. The inhibition by TMA C60 was dose-dependent and IC50 values for reactions of Hind III, EcoR I and PCR were 16.3, 6.0 and 6.0 μmol/L, respectively. Addition of two scavengers of reactive oxygen species (ROS), L-ascorbic acid-2-phosphate ester magnesium and sodium azide at the con-centrations of 2―10 mmol/L did not antagonize the activities of TMA C60 against PCR and two restrictive reactions. However, increase of Taq DNA polymerase amounts in PCR system antagonized the activities of TMA C60. These data implied that TMA C60 was able to inhibit the activities of the three above-mentioned enzymes involved in DNA metabolism, and that this inhibition probably did not correlate to ROS.     

Influence of He-Ne laser irradiation on the excision repair of cyclobutyl pyrimidine dimers in the wheat DNA

Using agarose gel electrophoresis and T4-endodeoxyribonuclease-V, which is a kind of restriction endonuclease of cyclobutyl pyrimidine dimer (CPD), the impacts of He-Ne laser (5 mW · mm⁻²) irradiation on DNA excision repair capacity in damaged wheat cells induced by enhanced ultraviolet-B (10.08 kJ ·m⁻² ·d⁻¹) radiation were studied. The results indicated that the content of endonuclease sensitive sites (ESS) was reduced by He-Ne laser irradiation, which formed in cells irradiated by enhanced ultraviolet-B. With the irradiation of He-Ne laser, the excision of CPDs and the reduction of single strand breaks (SSB) contents which were the endonuclease sensitive sites (ESS) digested by T4-endodeoxyribonuclease-V had been stimulated in the wheat cells.     

结、直肠癌患者抑癌基因的甲基化检测

目的：评价特异性甲基化PCR（MSP）分析法检测抑癌基因高甲基化对结、直肠癌的诊疗价值。方法：应用MSP法检测36例结、直肠癌患者血清、术中癌旁组织及癌组织中的抑癌基因hMIM1、p15、p16甲基化的发生率。另选择36例健康体检者血清样品作正常对照。结果：36例结、直肠癌患者术前血清及术中癌组织的hMIM1、p15、p16甲基化发生率为59％-97％,癌旁组织略低;术后1周血清中hMIM1、p15、p16与术前比较明显下降（P〈0．01）,而正常对照组抑癌基因甲基化发生率均为0。结论：MSP法的建立,直接检测结、直肠癌患者的抑癌基因的高甲基化状态,有助于临床判断和动态观察治疗的效果。     

Construction of heteroduplex DNA and in vitro model for functional analysis of mismatch repair

Functional deficiency of mismatch repair (MMR) system is one of the mechanisms of tumorigenesis. With the development of the investigation and the requirement from the clinical diagnosis and treatment it is necessary to build up a method to evaluate the functional status of the whole MMR system in the concerned tumors. The original ssDNA and dsDNA from wild type (wt) bacteriophage M13mp2 and its three derivates with mutation points in the     

PML contributes to p53-independent p21 up-regulation in gamma-irradiation induced DNA damage responses

The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 WAF1/Cip1 is a critical cell cycle regulator which translocates into the nucleus to participate in DNA repair during DNA damage responses. In the present study, we showed that the tumor suppressor, promyelocytic leukemia protein (PML) contributes to the up-regulation of p21 in a p53-independent pathway. Knock-down of PML in p53-null H1299 and HCT 116 (p53 –/– ) tumor cells by specific siRNA resulted in down-regulation of p21 protein expression, inhibition of -irradi...     

水稻表观遗传的研究进展

从DNA甲基化、组蛋白修饰的形成条件及其作用机制等方面,对表观遗传学的一些常见的发生机制进行了简要综述,并对表观遗传在水稻中研究的前景作了展望．     

植物表遗传学研究进展

本文综述了表遗传学这一新的分子生物学领域的提出及其在植物中的研究进展 ,阐述了DNA甲基化、组蛋白密码、RNA介导的基因沉默和PcG蛋白等表遗传因素在植物生长发育过程中对基因表达调控的重要作用 ,以及这些因素间存在的相互关系 ,并对表遗传学研究在植物中的发展前景做出了展望 .     

Construction of heteroduplex DNA and<Emphasis Type="Italic">in vitro</Emphasis> model for functional analysis of mismatch repair

Functional deficiency of mismatch repair (MMR) system is one of the mechanisms of tumorigenesis. With the development of the investigation and the requirement from the clinical diagnosis and treatment it is necessary to build up a method to evaluate the functional status of the whole MMR system in the concerned tumors. The original ssDNA and dsDNA from wild type (wt) bacteriophage M13mp2 and its three derivates with mutation points in the lacZα gene have been used to construct two kinds of hetero-duplex DNA molecules. One named del(2) has two bases deleted in the negative strand, the other has a G·G mismatch base pair in the negative strand too. Introducing this heteroduplex DNA into E. coli NR9162 (mutS-) without the MMR ability on the indicator plate with x-gal and IPTG, there are three kinds of plaques, mixture plaque as the characteristic phenotype of heteroduplex DNA, blue and clear plaques. If the cell extract is mismatch repair competent the percentage of the mixture plaque will decrease after incubation with these heteroduplex DNA, the repair efficiency is expressed in percentage as 100× (1 minus the ratio of percentages of mixture plaque obtained from the extract-treated sample and untreated samples), which can imply the functional status of MMR system of certain samples. After large T-antigen-dependent SV-40 DNA replication assay cell extract from TK6, a human lymphoblastoid B-cell lymphoma cell line with MMR ability, and Lovo, a human colonic carcinoma cell line with MMR deficiency have incubated with these heteroduplex DNA. The repair efficiency of TK6 to del(2) is more than 60%, to G-G is more than 50%. The Lovo efficiency to del(2) is less than 10%, to G-G is less than 20%. Therefore, in this in vitro model used for functional analysis of mismatch repair of heteroduplex DNA as the repair target, TK6 can serve as the control for MMR proficiency and Lovo as the control for MMR deficiency. Using this model the tumor tissue from a case of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (microsatellite instability high, MSI-H) was measured and lack of MMR ability was shown. And a case of sporadic rectal cancer (SRC) (microsatellite stability, MSS) maintains MMR proficiency. The results indicate that the model is sensitive and dependable. It could be used to measure the func- tion status of MMR system in tumor cell and/or tissues. This is a reliable method to investigate the mechanic of tumori-genesis. It is meaningful in the observation of the role of MMR in the initiation and progression of concerned tumors.     

Monitoring the binding of metal cations and histones to DNA in real time using fluorescence assays

The binding of cations (Na +,K +,Mg 2+,Ca 2+,Mn 2+) and histones to DNA can be studied using fluorescence assays.Here,we measured the fluorescence intensity and fluorescence anisotropy of DNA and DNA-histone complexes in the presence of cations.We demonstrate that when different cations are added into a DNA solution,the fluorescence intensities of the stained DNA are reduced by different amounts.Compared with divalent cations,monovalent cations had a weaker effect on fluorescence intensity and fluorescence anisotropy.Divalent (Mn 2+,Mg 2+,Ca 2+) cations markedly enhanced the fluorescence anisotropy of DNA.The binding modes of monovalent and divalent cations to DNA may be different.Divalent cations can change the structure of DNA molecules,or promote the assembly of DNA strands.The addition of histones causes DNA condensation,which mostly occurs during the first few seconds.Cation binding to DNA is abrupt,and is much faster than that of histones.     

彗星电泳检测细胞DNA损伤应用新进展

彗星电泳是近年发展起来的一种测定单个细胞DNA损伤的方法 ,因其操作简单、快速及灵敏等特点 ,应用范围十分广泛 .着重介绍了这一技术的发展、图形分析及应用进展     

Detection of DNA methylation changes during seed germination in rapeseed （Brassica napus）

DNA methylation is a common yet important modi- fication of DNA in eukaryotic organisms. DNA methy- lation, especially methylation of cytosine (m5C), have both epigenetic and mutagenic effects on various cellu- lar activities such as differential gene exp…     

Pb2 + 和Cd2 + 对日本三角涡虫DNA 损伤及损伤后修复的研究

摘要: 以日本三角涡虫( Dugesia japonica) 为实验材料,采用急性毒性实验研究Pb2 + 、Cd2 + 胁迫下日本三角涡虫体细 胞DNA 损伤情况以及绿豆浸出液对DNA 损伤的保护和修复机制。采用浓度为120 mg /L 的Pb( NO3 ) 2 和1 mg /L 的CdCl2 溶液分别处理涡虫,紫外分光光度法和琼脂糖凝胶电泳检测24 h 后三角涡虫DNA 损伤情况。同时增加 由绿豆浸出液进行修复的2 组对照以研究绿豆对于DNA 重金属损伤后的修复作用和效果。结果表明,Pb2 + 、Cd2 + 胁迫使日本三角涡虫DNA 交联程度增加,并引起DNA 链的断裂; 绿豆浸出液对于由Cd2 + 胁迫引起的DNA 损伤修 复作用较好。而对于Pb2 + 胁迫,在绿豆浸出液与Pb2 + 同时培养的对照组中,推测该浸出液可能使Pb2 + 形成沉淀从 而减小Pb2 + 浓度,因此使DNA 损伤修复具有较好效果,对已经由Pb2 + 胁迫造成损伤的DNA,修复作用不大。     

基于低氧-免疫DNA甲基化标记在肺腺癌预后中的开发

为了探究缺氧和免疫联合分析DNA甲基化位点在肺癌预后中的作用，提高肺癌免疫治疗的有效性，本研究基于甲基化和转录组二维数据，构建了一个用于预后评估的风险评分模型．从TCGA数据库中下载了247个与缺氧、免疫状态相关的去冗余肺癌样本作为训练集．然后对低缺氧-强免疫状态的样本、高缺氧-弱免疫状态的样本进行了差异基因表达、甲基化位点和临床生存率分析．生存曲线分析显示，低缺氧状态-强免疫状态组中的肺腺癌患者的1、3、5年生存率均优于高缺氧状态-弱免疫状态组（log-rank检验，P<0.05、P<0.001、P<0.001）．使用LASSO回归构建的多基因预后模型包含9个甲基化位点，在肺腺癌测试数据集和验证数据集中均显示出良好的预后预测能力（AUC=0.83,0.80,0.82）．这9个甲基化位点分别分布在PEBP4、FLI1、HLA-DMB、MYO1F、ABCC2、AKNA、ETS1、CCR7和TXNRD1基因上．此外，我们从5年生存曲线中发现，在低缺氧-强免疫状态组中高表达的PEBP4、CCR7、FLI1、AKNA、HLA-DMB、MYO1F和低表达的ABCC2基因也可作为...