Role of Tip60 tumor suppressor in DNA repair pathway

To prevent the damage caused by DNA strand breaks, eukaryotic cells have evolved a series of highly conserved DNA repair mechanisms. The ubiquitously expressed acetyltransferase, Tip60, plays a central role in ATM (ataxia-telangiectasia mutated) activation which is involved in DNA repair. Recent work uncovered a new mechanism of ATM activation mediated by Tip60 and demonstrated that histone methylation, specifically, trimethylation of histone H3, is a key factor in the process. Here, we review the current understanding of how Tip60 is activated and how it activates ATM in response to DNA damage.     

Histone methylation and ubiquitination with their cross-talk and roles in gene expression and stability

Methylation of lysine residues of histones is associated with functionally distinct regions of chromatin, and, therefore, is an important epigenetic mark. Over the past few years, several enzymes that catalyze this covalent modification on different lysine residues of histones have been discovered. Intriguingly, histone lysine methylation has also been shown to be cross-regulated by histone ubiquitination or the enzymes that catalyze this modification. These covalent modifications and their cross-talks play important roles in regulation of gene expression, heterochromatin formation, genome stability, and cancer. Thus, there has been a very rapid progress within past several years towards elucidating the molecular basis of histone lysine methylation and ubiquitination, and their aberrations in human diseases. Here, we discuss these covalent modifications with their cross-regulation and roles in controlling gene expression and stability. Received 24 September 2008; received after revision 21 November 2008; accepted 28 November 2008     

卵巢癌中的表观遗传修饰

介绍了在卵巢癌的发展和治疗中表观遗传学的重要性，特别强调了在卵巢癌中内源性和获得性耐药性遗传途径中异常的DNA甲基化和组蛋白去乙酰化的重要性．通过表观遗传治疗反转肿瘤抑制基因沉寂和其他参与药物级联反应的基因沉寂为出现耐药性的卵巢癌患者带来了新的希望．     

全球化条件下的大学生价值观教育

全球条件下大学生价值观嬗变已是不争的事实。从大学生价值观由一元向多元价值取向的嬗变,化价值观嬗变,计划经济向市场经济价值观的嬗变三个方面论述变化的情况。有针对性地提出了建构新的价值观教育体系以应对价值观的嬗变。从继承中华民族讲诚信,以人为本,维护民族尊严,维护国格、人格,“天人合一”的优良价值传统,摒弃不正当竞争,只见物不见人,“全盘西化”,污染破坏环境的错误价值取向等方面提出了建构科学价值观的思考和对策。     

Specific radioimmunoprecipitation of histone H2A antigens by protein A conjugated sepharose

Summary A modified radioimmunoprecipitation technique is described which allows the specific detection of histone H2A antigens. The technique circumvents unspecific binding of histones to the bacterial adsorbent.     

组蛋白修饰组合模式研究进展

核小体是染色质的基本结构单位,核小体组蛋白N末端尾部可以发生甲基化、乙酰化等多种共价修饰.组蛋白密码假设多种组蛋白修饰以组合方式发挥作用.自组蛋白密码假设被提出后,组蛋白修饰组合模式成为表观遗传学领域的重要研究内容.在染色质免疫沉淀基因芯片和免疫沉淀高通量测序等相关实验数据的基础上,多种算法被用于研究组蛋白修饰的组合.文章介绍了组蛋白修饰的发生、位点、相关修饰酶以及生物学功能,对组蛋白修饰组合以及与基因表达关系的研究进行了总结,同时对组蛋白修饰组合模式一些适用的研究方法做了概述和分析.