排序方式: 共有23条查询结果,搜索用时 31 毫秒
1.
Balasubramanian S Sureshkumar S Agrawal M Michael TP Wessinger C Maloof JN Clark R Warthmann N Chory J Weigel D 《Nature genetics》2006,38(6):711-715
Light has an important role in modulating seedling growth and flowering time. We show that allelic variation at the PHYTOCHROME C (PHYC) photoreceptor locus affects both traits in natural populations of A. thaliana. Two functionally distinct PHYC haplotype groups are distributed in a latitudinal cline dependent on FRIGIDA, a locus that together with FLOWERING LOCUS C explains a large portion of the variation in A. thaliana flowering time. In a genome-wide scan for association of 65 loci with latitude, there was an excess of significant P values, indicative of population structure. Nevertheless, PHYC was the most strongly associated locus across 163 strains, suggesting that PHYC alleles are under diversifying selection in A. thaliana. Our work, together with previous findings, suggests that photoreceptor genes are major agents of natural variation in plant flowering and growth response. 相似文献
2.
Chiang C Jacobsen JC Ernst C Hanscom C Heilbut A Blumenthal I Mills RE Kirby A Lindgren AM Rudiger SR McLaughlan CJ Bawden CS Reid SJ Faull RL Snell RG Hall IM Shen Y Ohsumi TK Borowsky ML Daly MJ Lee C Morton CC MacDonald ME Gusella JF Talkowski ME 《Nature genetics》2012,44(4):390-7, S1
We defined the genetic landscape of balanced chromosomal rearrangements at nucleotide resolution by sequencing 141 breakpoints from cytogenetically interpreted translocations and inversions. We confirm that the recently described phenomenon of 'chromothripsis' (massive chromosomal shattering and reorganization) is not unique to cancer cells but also occurs in the germline, where it can resolve to a relatively balanced state with frequent inversions. We detected a high incidence of complex rearrangements (19.2%) and substantially less reliance on microhomology (31%) than previously observed in benign copy-number variants (CNVs). We compared these results to experimentally generated DNA breakage-repair by sequencing seven transgenic animals, revealing extensive rearrangement of the transgene and host genome with similar complexity to human germline alterations. Inversion was the most common rearrangement, suggesting that a combined mechanism involving template switching and non-homologous repair mediates the formation of balanced complex rearrangements that are viable, stably replicated and transmitted unaltered to subsequent generations. 相似文献
3.
Polarity establishment requires a symmetry-breaking event, resulting in an axis along which determinants are segregated. In Caenorhabditis elegans, oocytes are apolar and are triggered to polarize rapidly along one axis after fertilization. The establishment of this first polarity axis is revealed by the asymmetric distribution of PAR proteins and cortical activity in the one-celled embryo. Current evidence suggests that the centrosome-pronucleus complex contributed by the sperm is involved in defining the polarization axis. Here we directly assess the contribution of the centrosome to polarity establishment by laser ablating the centrosome before and during polarization. We find that the centrosome is required to initiate polarity but not to maintain it. Initiation of polarity coincides with the proximity of the centrosome to the cortex and the assembly of pericentriolar material on the immature sperm centrosome. Depletion of microtubules or the microtubule nucleator gamma-tubulin did not affect polarity establishment. These results demonstrate that the centrosome provides an initiating signal that polarizes C. elegans embryos and indicate that this signalling event might be independent of the role of the centrosome as a microtubule nucleator. 相似文献
4.
Herbicides including Agent Orange were sprayed by United States forces for military purposes during the Vietnam War (1961-1971) at a rate more than an order of magnitude greater than for similar domestic weed control. In 1974, the US National Academy of Sciences published estimates of the extent and distribution of herbicides sprayed. Here we present revised estimates, developed using more-complete data. The spray inventory is expanded by more than seven million litres, in particular with heavily dioxin-contaminated herbicides. Estimates for the amount of dioxin sprayed are almost doubled. Hamlet census data reveal that millions of Vietnamese were likely to have been sprayed upon directly. Our identification of specific military herbicide targets has led to a more coherent understanding of spraying. Common errors in earlier interpretations of the spray data are also discussed. 相似文献
5.
Reports of tool usage by birds tend to be anecdotal as only a few individuals may be involved and the behaviour observed can often be interpreted in other ways. Here we describe the widespread collection of mammalian dung by burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) and show that they use this dung as a bait to attract dung beetles, a major item of prey. Our controlled investigation provides an unambiguous estimate of the importance of tool use in a wild animal. 相似文献
6.
Bass AJ Lawrence MS Brace LE Ramos AH Drier Y Cibulskis K Sougnez C Voet D Saksena G Sivachenko A Jing R Parkin M Pugh T Verhaak RG Stransky N Boutin AT Barretina J Solit DB Vakiani E Shao W Mishina Y Warmuth M Jimenez J Chiang DY Signoretti S Kaelin WG Spardy N Hahn WC Hoshida Y Ogino S Depinho RA Chin L Garraway LA Fuchs CS Baselga J Tabernero J Gabriel S Lander ES Getz G Meyerson M 《Nature genetics》2011,43(10):964-968
Prior studies have identified recurrent oncogenic mutations in colorectal adenocarcinoma and have surveyed exons of protein-coding genes for mutations in 11 affected individuals. Here we report whole-genome sequencing from nine individuals with colorectal cancer, including primary colorectal tumors and matched adjacent non-tumor tissues, at an average of 30.7× and 31.9× coverage, respectively. We identify an average of 75 somatic rearrangements per tumor, including complex networks of translocations between pairs of chromosomes. Eleven rearrangements encode predicted in-frame fusion proteins, including a fusion of VTI1A and TCF7L2 found in 3 out of 97 colorectal cancers. Although TCF7L2 encodes TCF4, which cooperates with β-catenin in colorectal carcinogenesis, the fusion lacks the TCF4 β-catenin-binding domain. We found a colorectal carcinoma cell line harboring the fusion gene to be dependent on VTI1A-TCF7L2 for anchorage-independent growth using RNA interference-mediated knockdown. This study shows previously unidentified levels of genomic rearrangements in colorectal carcinoma that can lead to essential gene fusions and other oncogenic events. 相似文献
7.
Berger MF Lawrence MS Demichelis F Drier Y Cibulskis K Sivachenko AY Sboner A Esgueva R Pflueger D Sougnez C Onofrio R Carter SL Park K Habegger L Ambrogio L Fennell T Parkin M Saksena G Voet D Ramos AH Pugh TJ Wilkinson J Fisher S Winckler W Mahan S Ardlie K Baldwin J Simons JW Kitabayashi N MacDonald TY Kantoff PW Chin L Gabriel SB Gerstein MB Golub TR Meyerson M Tewari A Lander ES Getz G Rubin MA Garraway LA 《Nature》2011,470(7333):214-220
8.
Chapman MA Lawrence MS Keats JJ Cibulskis K Sougnez C Schinzel AC Harview CL Brunet JP Ahmann GJ Adli M Anderson KC Ardlie KG Auclair D Baker A Bergsagel PL Bernstein BE Drier Y Fonseca R Gabriel SB Hofmeister CC Jagannath S Jakubowiak AJ Krishnan A Levy J Liefeld T Lonial S Mahan S Mfuko B Monti S Perkins LM Onofrio R Pugh TJ Rajkumar SV Ramos AH Siegel DS Sivachenko A Stewart AK Trudel S Vij R Voet D Winckler W Zimmerman T Carpten J Trent J Hahn WC Garraway LA Meyerson M Lander ES Getz G 《Nature》2011,471(7339):467-472
Multiple myeloma is an incurable malignancy of plasma cells, and its pathogenesis is poorly understood. Here we report the massively parallel sequencing of 38 tumour genomes and their comparison to matched normal DNAs. Several new and unexpected oncogenic mechanisms were suggested by the pattern of somatic mutation across the data set. These include the mutation of genes involved in protein translation (seen in nearly half of the patients), genes involved in histone methylation, and genes involved in blood coagulation. In addition, a broader than anticipated role of NF-κB signalling was indicated by mutations in 11 members of the NF-κB pathway. Of potential immediate clinical relevance, activating mutations of the kinase BRAF were observed in 4% of patients, suggesting the evaluation of BRAF inhibitors in multiple myeloma clinical trials. These results indicate that cancer genome sequencing of large collections of samples will yield new insights into cancer not anticipated by existing knowledge. 相似文献
9.
Chen Z Cheng K Walton Z Wang Y Ebi H Shimamura T Liu Y Tupper T Ouyang J Li J Gao P Woo MS Xu C Yanagita M Altabef A Wang S Lee C Nakada Y Peña CG Sun Y Franchetti Y Yao C Saur A Cameron MD Nishino M Hayes DN Wilkerson MD Roberts PJ Lee CB Bardeesy N Butaney M Chirieac LR Costa DB Jackman D Sharpless NE Castrillon DH Demetri GD Jänne PA Pandolfi PP Cantley LC Kung AL Engelman JA Wong KK 《Nature》2012,483(7391):613-617
Targeted therapies have demonstrated efficacy against specific subsets of molecularly defined cancers. Although most patients with lung cancer are stratified according to a single oncogenic driver, cancers harbouring identical activating genetic mutations show large variations in their responses to the same targeted therapy. The biology underlying this heterogeneity is not well understood, and the impact of co-existing genetic mutations, especially the loss of tumour suppressors, has not been fully explored. Here we use genetically engineered mouse models to conduct a 'co-clinical' trial that mirrors an ongoing human clinical trial in patients with KRAS-mutant lung cancers. This trial aims to determine if the MEK inhibitor selumetinib (AZD6244) increases the efficacy of docetaxel, a standard of care chemotherapy. Our studies demonstrate that concomitant loss of either p53 (also known as Tp53) or Lkb1 (also known as Stk11), two clinically relevant tumour suppressors, markedly impaired the response of Kras-mutant cancers to docetaxel monotherapy. We observed that the addition of selumetinib provided substantial benefit for mice with lung cancer caused by Kras and Kras and p53 mutations, but mice with Kras and Lkb1 mutations had primary resistance to this combination therapy. Pharmacodynamic studies, including positron-emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT), identified biological markers in mice and patients that provide a rationale for the differential efficacy of these therapies in the different genotypes. These co-clinical results identify predictive genetic biomarkers that should be validated by interrogating samples from patients enrolled on the concurrent clinical trial. These studies also highlight the rationale for synchronous co-clinical trials, not only to anticipate the results of ongoing human clinical trials, but also to generate clinically relevant hypotheses that can inform the analysis and design of human studies. 相似文献
10.
Barretina J Caponigro G Stransky N Venkatesan K Margolin AA Kim S Wilson CJ Lehár J Kryukov GV Sonkin D Reddy A Liu M Murray L Berger MF Monahan JE Morais P Meltzer J Korejwa A Jané-Valbuena J Mapa FA Thibault J Bric-Furlong E Raman P Shipway A Engels IH Cheng J Yu GK Yu J Aspesi P de Silva M Jagtap K Jones MD Wang L Hatton C Palescandolo E Gupta S Mahan S Sougnez C Onofrio RC Liefeld T MacConaill L Winckler W Reich M Li N Mesirov JP Gabriel SB Getz G Ardlie K Chan V Myer VE Weber BL Porter J 《Nature》2012,483(7391):603-607
The systematic translation of cancer genomic data into knowledge of tumour biology and therapeutic possibilities remains challenging. Such efforts should be greatly aided by robust preclinical model systems that reflect the genomic diversity of human cancers and for which detailed genetic and pharmacological annotation is available. Here we describe the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE): a compilation of gene expression, chromosomal copy number and massively parallel sequencing data from 947 human cancer cell lines. When coupled with pharmacological profiles for 24 anticancer drugs across 479 of the cell lines, this collection allowed identification of genetic, lineage, and gene-expression-based predictors of drug sensitivity. In addition to known predictors, we found that plasma cell lineage correlated with sensitivity to IGF1 receptor inhibitors; AHR expression was associated with MEK inhibitor efficacy in NRAS-mutant lines; and SLFN11 expression predicted sensitivity to topoisomerase inhibitors. Together, our results indicate that large, annotated cell-line collections may help to enable preclinical stratification schemata for anticancer agents. The generation of genetic predictions of drug response in the preclinical setting and their incorporation into cancer clinical trial design could speed the emergence of 'personalized' therapeutic regimens. 相似文献