中国汉族人群CYP4F3基因多态性的研究

目的:研究CYP4F3基因单核苷酸多态性(SNP)在中国汉族人群中的分布,为进一步研究该基因群体遗传学特征及与疾病易感性的相关性提供更为详实的数据。方法:对CYP4F3基因进行重测序,构建连锁不平衡模式,选择标签SNP在192例北京和424例广州汉族个体中进行基因分型。结果:CYP4F3基因重测序共检出30个SNP,连锁不平衡分析显示广州和北京地区人群的连锁不平衡模式不同,但选择的8个标签SNP的等位基因和基因型频率分布在2个人群中的差异无统计学意义。结论:中国北京地区汉族与广州地区汉族人群CYP4F3基因多态性无显著差异,但不同种族间存在差异。     

应用SNPstream技术检测MASP2基因的多态性

目的：应用一种高通量单核苷酸多态性（SNP）检测方法——SNPstream技术检测甘露聚糖结合凝集素相关丝氨酸蛋白酶-2（MASP2）基因的多态性。方法：收集北京汉族人群SARS病例96例和正常对照96例,用SNPstream技术检测样本的MASP2基因多态性,并用PCR产物直接测序技术对其中一个位点rs2273346进行分型,以验证SNPstream技术的准确性。结果：192例样本的MASP2基因rs2273346位点SNPstream技术分型结果与测序结果完全相符,2种方法的基因型分型结果具有很好的一致性。结论：SNPstream技术是高通量SNP检测的良好工具,准确性高,所需样本量低,在大规模人群SNP筛检中具有良好的发展前景。     

北京和东京人群MYO9B单核苷酸多态性差异比较分析

为探讨中国北京汉族人群(CHB)和日本东京人群(JPT)肌球蛋9B(MYO9B)单核苷酸基因多态性(SNP)、单体域和单体型的差异,我们利用人类基因组单体型图(Hap Map)公布的Ⅲ期MYO9B SNP数据,通过Haploview4.2软件选择合格SNP、标签SNP(tagSNP)、估计最小等位基因频率(minimum allele frequency,MAF)及构建单体域,并比较其差异。然后通过Phase2.1软件构建特殊tagSNP位点单体型并行置换检验以比较两个人群所构建单体型的差异。研究结果表明,从CHB及JPT MYO9B中分别筛选出52个及50个合格SNP,其中49个是一致的。两人群合格SNP MAF频数最高组段及最低组段相同,且整体比较无差别(p=0.07)。于两人群MYO9B各构建7个和5个单体域,其中两个基本相同,一个单体域为CHB独有,其余在两人群分布不同但互有重叠。从两人群MYO9B分别筛选出23个及17个tagSNP,其中17个tagSNP相同,另6个SNP在CHB单独成为tagSNP而不与其他SNP相关联。利用两人群MYO9B特殊tagSNP位点共构建10个频率2%的相同的单体型,累计频率分别为51.37%和51.99%,且两者均以TCTCG和TTTCG单体型为主。两人群MYO9B特殊位点单体型构成基本相同(p=0.765)。综上所述,CHB和JPT的MYO9B SNP及单体域特征以共性为主,与人群的地域和种族属性一致;北京汉族与东京人群特殊SNP位点构建的MYO9B单体型构成及频率无差别。     

PON基因簇序列变异筛查研究

摘要：系统筛查PON1、PON2及PON3基因编码、剪接及侧翼序列,以期发现所有潜在功能多态基因座,为进一步探讨PON基因家族与心血管疾病的关系做准备。随机选择48例冠心病患者作为筛查对象, 以PCR产物直接测序检测DNA序列变异。扩增片断涵盖整个外显子, 其两侧部分内含子区域及5’和3’侧翼序列。（1）13.9kb测序范围内共发现31个多态性基因座,均为单核甘酸多态（SNP）,其中17个SNP为首次报道。（2）国人中SNP构成和等位基因频率与高加索人群存在显著差异。（3）一个基因内部两个或多个多态性基因座间存在完全或近乎完全连锁不平衡相当常见。中国汉族人群中PON基因簇多个潜在功能多态基因座的识别及这些基因座间的强连锁不平衡状态,为在国人中探讨PON基因簇与心血管疾病关系提供了重要的基础数据。     

脂联素基因SNP45T／G多态性与2型糖尿病相关性研究

目的：探讨脂联素基因（APM1）SNP45T／G多态性与湖北汉族人群2型糖尿病的相关性。方法：采用聚合酶链反应．限制性片断长度多态性（PCR—RFLP）方法分析了479例样本的APM1基因SNP45T／G多态性,并测定身高、体重、腰围、臀围、血压和空腹血糖等生理指标。结果：两种实验设计中对照组与病例组基因型和等位基因频率差异均无统计学意义。结论：脂联素基因SNP45T／G多态性在湖北汉族人群2型糖尿病的发生发展中可能不起主要作用。     

Calpain10基因多态性与2 型糖尿病的相关性研究

目的：探讨钙蛋白酶10（Calpain10）基因第3内含子SNP19多态性在湖北汉族人群2型糖尿痛发生发展中的作用。方法：采用同胞对（家系内对照）和随机病例-对照两种实验设计,结合聚合酶链反应-限制性片断长度多态性（PCR-RFLP）．技术分析共403个样本的Calpain10基因第3内合子SNP19多态性,并测定身高、体重、腰围、臀围、血压和空腹血糖等生理指标。结果：两种实验设计中对照组与病例组的基因型和基因频率均无显著差异（PO．05）。结论：Calpain10基因SNP19多态性在湖北汉族人群2型糖尿病的发生发展中可能不起主要作用。     

结合已有知识体系的酒精中毒相关的SNP单体型及其相关基因挖掘

高通量的单核苷酸多态（single nucleotide polymorphism,SNP）检测技术与已有的知识体系（如KEGG,GO数据库等）为与疾病相关的SNP单体型及相关基因挖掘提供了有力支撑．本研究对高通量SNP基因型数据,采用4种SNP单体型板块（block）识别方法（置信区间、FGT、连锁不平衡的稳定连接以及单体型板块融合技术）,用聚类分析方法验证其效能,通过风险分析方法确定酒精中毒相关的SNP单体型,并基于已有知识体系建立SNP单体型与基因的映射,通过查询NCBISNP与gene数据库定位SNP单体型板块,确定候选基因,最后结合KEGG,Biocarta及GO数据库进行基因功能注释．在对人类22对常染色体的分析中,寻找到可能与酒精中毒相关的159个单体型板块,包含227个SNP单体型,并预测其中102个SNP单体型可能会增加酒精中毒的发病风险．挖掘得到了121个酒精中毒相关基因,并进一步进行可靠的生物学功能注释验证．结果提示：采用聚类效果验证及风险分析的单体型识别机制,基于单体型的疾病相关基因定位并结合已有知识体系的疾病相关基因挖掘策略,不仅能大大缩减SNP数据挖掘的工作量,实现复杂疾病相关基因的精细定位,而且对于多因素复杂疾病发病机制的探索将更有指导意义．     

多巴胺D4受体基因与注意缺损多动障碍

为探讨注意缺损多动障碍（ADHD）与多巴胺D4受体基因（dopamine D4 receptor gene,DRD4)间的关系,采用Amp-FLP的方法检测了上海地区汉族人群中68例ADHD患及其父母DRD4的多态性,数据采用基于单体型的单体型相对风险（HHRR）及传递不平衡检验（TDT）进行遗传关联分析。结果表明HHRR分析和复等位基因的TDT检验,均未显示出与ADHD的遗传关联性（P＞0．05）。提示上海地区人群中DRD4基因与ADHD无显性关联。     

云南汉族酒精依赖综合征与COMT遗传多态性的关联研究

目的：研究儿茶酚胺氧位甲基转移酶（COMT）的不同基因型及等位基因频率在云南汉族酒精依赖综合征患者组和健康对照组的分布差异。方法：应用聚合酶链式反应．限制性片段长度多态性分析法,对COMT基因的rs2075507、rs737865、rs4680、rsl65599四个基因位点进行特异性扩增,限制性内切酶酶切分型。结果：上述4个候选基因中,COMT基因rs737865位点C／C基因型频率在健康对照组较酒依赖组高,其基因型分布在两组中有差异,且具有统计学意义（P〈0．05）。其余3个位点统计学分析均无显著性差异（P〉0．05）。单倍型分析：上述四个候选基因构建出12种主要单倍型（每种单倍型在对照组和酒依赖组中的频率至少有一个大于1％）,单倍型A—C—A—A有可能是云南汉族酒精依赖发生的一种危险因子（OR：2．865,P=0．003347）。连锁不平衡分析显示：云南汉族人群中,COMT基因的rs2075507和rs737865之间存在着强连锁（D〉0．8）。结论：在云南汉族人群中,COMT基因rs2075507、rs4680和rs165599位点与酒依赖无关联性,rs737865C／C基因型可能是酒精依赖的保护因子,可能降低嗜酒的发生率。单倍型A-C-A-A有可能是云南汉族酒精依赖发生的一种危险因子。云南汉族人群中,COMT基因的rs2075507和rs737865之间存在着强连锁。     

血管内皮生长因子基因3＇UTR不同基因型载体的构建与鉴定

目的：构建含SNP位点的血管内皮生长因子（VEGF）基因3＇UTR的荧光素酶报告基因载体,为进一步揭示VEGF基因3＇UTR的单核苷酸多态性（SNP）影响肺癌发病风险的分子机制奠定基础。方法：以rs3025039和rs3025040两个位点均为C纯合子的非癌症病人血液DNA为模板,扩增出两位点为C/C单体型、长度为1448 bp的VEGF基因3＇UTR目的片段,测序验证后将其克隆至pMIR-REPORT荧光素酶报告基因载体上,得到重组质粒pMIR-C/C。同时,我们以pMIR-C/C为模板定点突变两个SNP位点,得到具有T/T单体型的重组质粒pMIR-T/T。将各重组质粒转化大肠杆菌DH10B,筛选阳性克隆后提取质粒进行双酶切鉴定及DNA测序鉴定。结果：单菌落质粒测序验证显示带有C/C单体型的VEGF基因3＇UTR重组质粒pMIR-C/C构建成功;经两次定点突变,成功将pMIR-C/C质粒转变为pMIR-T/T,经测序验证未引入任何其他突变。同时生物信息学预测还显示rs3025040位点位于miR-199a/b与VEGF基因mRNA的结合位置,其改变可以影响miRNA与mRNA的结合效率。结论：本研究成功构建了含有两个连锁SNP的VEGF基因3＇UTR的荧光素酶报告基因载体,为今后VEGF基因3＇UTR的功能研究奠定基础。     

ABCG2基因rs2231142位点多态性与汉族女性痛风的相关性

目的：ABCG2基因第5外显子区单核苷酸多态性位点rs2231142与中国汉族男性痛风密切相关,基于痛风易感基因存在性别差异的考虑,本研究旨在探讨该单核苷酸多态性位点与中国汉族女性人群痛风易感性之间的相关性。方法：选取185例女性痛风患者和311例女性正常对照者,提取外周血基因组DNA,采用聚合酶链式反应（PCR技术）,特异性扩增ABCG2基因所需要的目的片段并测序,比较痛风组和正常对照组的基因型频率及等位基因频率分布情况。结果：rs2231142位点的CC、CA、AA基因型频率在两组间存在显著差异（x2=16.519,P〈0.001）,且痛风组中A等位基因频率显著高于正常对照组（分别为42.2%和29.3%,P〈0.001,OR 1.76[95%CI：1.35-2.31]）。结论：ABCG2基因第五外显子区rs2231142（C/A）位点的单核苷酸多态性与中国汉族女性人群痛风易感性密切相关,携带A等位基因的汉族女性人群有更高的痛风患病率。ABCG2基因首次被证实为中国汉族女性人群的痛风致病易感基因。     

中国美利奴羊MHC-DRB1 exon2单倍型构建及与布鲁氏菌病易感性关联分析

为研究中国美利奴羊MHC-DRB1基因exon2单倍型与布鲁氏菌易感性的关联性,本实验采用PCR直接测序法对40例布鲁氏菌血清检测阳性和阴性个体MHC-DRB1 exon2的单核苷酸多态性(SNPs)进行检测,而后运用SHEsis在线软件对筛选的SNPs构建单倍型并进行单倍型关联分析.结果显示,在270 bp的序列内共检测到41个SNPs,经Hardy-Weinberg平衡检测筛选出符合条件的SNPs有29个,连锁不平衡发现9个连锁不平衡域,而且每个block中的SNPs两两之间存在强连锁不平衡.单倍型分析显示,由于连锁不平衡存在,仅构建9种单倍型,其中只有Hap8和Hap9两种单倍型在病例-对照组中比较差异有统计学意义(P0.05).     

Linkage disequilibrium and allele-frequency distributions for 114 single-nucleotide polymorphisms in five populations

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may be extremely important for deciphering the impact of genetic variation on complex human diseases. The ultimate value of SNPs for linkage and association mapping studies depends in part on the distribution of SNP allele frequencies and intermarker linkage disequilibrium (LD) across populations. Limited information is available about these distributions on a genomewide scale, particularly for LD. Using 114 SNPs from 33 genes, we compared these distributions in five American populations (727 individuals) of African, European, Chinese, Hispanic, and Japanese descent. The allele frequencies were highly correlated across populations but differed by >20% for at least one pair of populations in 35% of SNPs. The correlation in LD was high for some pairs of populations but not for others (e.g., Chinese American or Japanese American vs. any other population). Regardless of population, average minor-allele frequencies were significantly higher for SNPs in noncoding regions (20%-25%) than for SNPs in coding regions (12%-16%). Interestingly, we found that intermarker LD may be strongest with pairs of SNPs in which both markers are nonconservative substitutions, compared to pairs of SNPs where at least one marker is a conservative substitution. These results suggest that population differences and marker location within the gene may be important factors in the selection of SNPs for use in the study of complex disease with linkage or association mapping methods.     

Evaluation of linkage disequilibrium and its effect on non-parametric multipoint linkage analysis using two high density single-nucleotide polymorphism mapping panels

Genotype data from the Illumina Linkage III SNP panel (n = 4,720 SNPs) and the Affymetrix 10 k mapping array (n = 11,120 SNPs) were used to test the effects of linkage disequilibrium (LD) between SNPs in a linkage analysis in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism pedigree collection (143 pedigrees; 1,614 individuals). The average r2 between adjacent markers across the genetic map was 0.099 +/- 0.003 in the Illumina III panel and 0.17 +/- 0.003 in the Affymetrix 10 k array. In order to determine the effect of LD between marker loci in a nonparametric multipoint linkage analysis, markers in strong LD with another marker (r2 > 0.40) were removed (n = 471 loci in the Illumina panel; n = 1,804 loci in the Affymetrix panel) and the linkage analysis results were compared to the results using the entire marker sets. In all analyses using the ALDX1 phenotype, 8 linkage regions on 5 chromosomes (2, 7, 10, 11, X) were detected (peak markers p < 0.01), and the Illumina panel detected an additional region on chromosome 6. Analysis of the same pedigree set and ALDX1 phenotype using short tandem repeat markers (STRs) resulted in 3 linkage regions on 3 chromosomes (peak markers p < 0.01). These results suggest that in this pedigree set, LD between loci with spacing similar to the SNP panels tested may not significantly affect the overall detection of linkage regions in a genome scan. Moreover, since the data quality and information content are greatly improved in the SNP panels over STR genotyping methods, new linkage regions may be identified due to higher information content and data quality in a dense SNP linkage panel.     

A simple model of linkage disequilibrium and genetic drift in human genomic SNPs: importance of demography and SNP age

We propose a simple model of evolution at a pair of SNP loci, under mutation, genetic drift and recombination. The developed model allows to consider evolution of SNPs under different demographic scenarios. We applied it to SNP data containing polymorphisms spanning 19 gene regions. We initially matched the linkage disequilibrium (LD) data only, and then we reconciled both LD and heterozygosity data. The imbalance between LD and heterozygosity data, observed for some of the analyzed genomic regions, may be a signature of selection acting in these regions. However, assuming neutrality, we obtain estimates of the age of population expansion of modern humans, which are consistent with the consensus estimates. In addition, we are able to estimate the ages of the polymorphisms observed in different genomic regions and we find that they vary widely with respect to their age. Polymorphisms at loci implicated in human disease, seem to be younger than average. Our results supplement the conclusions originally obtained by Reich and co-workers for the same set of data.     

Haplotype frequency distribution and linkage disequilibrium analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms at the human FMO3 gene locus

We analyzed flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) polymorphisms, haplotype structure, and linkage disequilibrium (LD) in 256 Han Chinese and 50 African-American individuals to compare their haplotype frequencies and LD with other world populations. For the Han Chinese, genotyping of three haplotype tag single nucleotide polymorphisms (E158K, V257M, and E308G) was performed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism. For the African-Americans, genotyping of all coding exons was performed by modified PCR-single strand conformational polymorphism. Haplotype frequencies, LD, and evolutionary rates were inferred and estimated computationally. There were significant differences in haplotype frequency distribution and LD pattern among Han Chinese, African-Americans, and other world populations. Four major haplotypes of Han Chinese were EVE, KVE, EME, and EVG. Two major haplotypes of African-Americans were EVE and KVE. We found that sites 158 and 257 are in significant LD in both populations. This is the first report comparing FMO haplotypes and LD of Han Chinese with African-Americans. The data presented here justify further pharmacogenetic studies for potentially optimizing recommended drug dosages and evaluating relationships with disease processes.     

Estimation of the extent of linkage disequilibrium in seven regions of the porcine genome

Linkage disequilibrium (LD) refers to the correlation among neighboring alleles, reflecting non-random patterns of association between alleles at (nearby) loci. A better understanding of LD in the porcine genome is of direct relevance for identification of genes and mutations with a certain effect on the traits of interest. Here, 215 SNPs in seven genomic regions were genotyped in individuals of three breeds. Pairwise linkage disequilibrium was calculated for all marker pairs. To estimate the extent of LD, all pairwise LD values were plotted against the distance between the markers. Based on SNP markers in four genomic regions analyzed in three panels from populations of Large White, Dutch Landrace, and Meishan origin, useful LD is estimated to extend for approximately 40 to 60 kb in the porcine genome.