A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs

We describe the Phase II HapMap, which characterizes over 3.1 million human single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) genotyped in 270 individuals from four geographically diverse populations and includes 25-35% of common SNP variation in the populations surveyed. The map is estimated to capture untyped common variation with an average maximum r2 of between 0.9 and 0.96 depending on population. We demonstrate that the current generation of commercial genome-wide genotyping products captures common Phase II SNPs with an average maximum r2 of up to 0.8 in African and up to 0.95 in non-African populations, and that potential gains in power in association studies can be obtained through imputation. These data also reveal novel aspects of the structure of linkage disequilibrium. We show that 10-30% of pairs of individuals within a population share at least one region of extended genetic identity arising from recent ancestry and that up to 1% of all common variants are untaggable, primarily because they lie within recombination hotspots. We show that recombination rates vary systematically around genes and between genes of different function. Finally, we demonstrate increased differentiation at non-synonymous, compared to synonymous, SNPs, resulting from systematic differences in the strength or efficacy of natural selection between populations.     

The landscape of recombination in African Americans

Recombination, together with mutation, gives rise to genetic variation in populations. Here we leverage the recent mixture of people of African and European ancestry in the Americas to build a genetic map measuring the probability of crossing over at each position in the genome, based on about 2.1 million crossovers in 30,000 unrelated African Americans. At intervals of more than three megabases it is nearly identical to a map built in Europeans. At finer scales it differs significantly, and we identify about 2,500 recombination hotspots that are active in people of West African ancestry but nearly inactive in Europeans. The probability of a crossover at these hotspots is almost fully controlled by the alleles an individual carries at PRDM9 (P?value 相似文献   

Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci

Breast cancer exhibits familial aggregation, consistent with variation in genetic susceptibility to the disease. Known susceptibility genes account for less than 25% of the familial risk of breast cancer, and the residual genetic variance is likely to be due to variants conferring more moderate risks. To identify further susceptibility alleles, we conducted a two-stage genome-wide association study in 4,398 breast cancer cases and 4,316 controls, followed by a third stage in which 30 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were tested for confirmation in 21,860 cases and 22,578 controls from 22 studies. We used 227,876 SNPs that were estimated to correlate with 77% of known common SNPs in Europeans at r2 > 0.5. SNPs in five novel independent loci exhibited strong and consistent evidence of association with breast cancer (P < 10(-7)). Four of these contain plausible causative genes (FGFR2, TNRC9, MAP3K1 and LSP1). At the second stage, 1,792 SNPs were significant at the P < 0.05 level compared with an estimated 1,343 that would be expected by chance, indicating that many additional common susceptibility alleles may be identifiable by this approach.     

广东汉族人群TLR9基因单核苷酸多态性及其单倍型(英文)

采用PCR扩增和直接测序法对191例健康且无血缘关系的广东汉族人群筛查了TLR9全基因序列,包括调控区、5′非翻译区、第1,2外显子、内含子及3′非翻译区上所有的单核苷酸多态性(SNP)位点.共检出五个SNP位点,分别为调控区的-1 486 T/C和-1 421 C/T、内含子区的+1174 A/G、第2外显子的+1 387 T/C和+2848 G/A,其中-1421 C/T和+1 387 T/C为首次发现的新位点.连锁不平衡分析表明-486 T/C,1174 A/G以及2848 G/A之间存在紧密连锁,并且涵盖了整个基因区域,形成了一个单倍域.在此基础上运用Hhase软件构建了TLR9基因的单倍型,共得到七种单倍型并模拟了它们可能的分布频率.进一步的中性检验表明TLR9基因在广东汉族人群中符合中性进化模式.     

Statistical analysis on adaptive evolution of SQUA genes in angiosperms

SQUAMOSA (SQUA) subfamily includes important perianth identity genes of MADS-box gene family. SQUA genes of Dendrocalamus latiflorus were sequenced, and phylogenetic form on SQUA genes in angiosperms was analyzed. Relative rate and adaptive evolution after SQUA gene duplication in recent common ancestor of monocots and eudicots were analyzed using the methods of relative rate test, statistic on synonymous and non-synonymous coden substitution sites and likelihood rate test. The results show that both of relative rate and synonymous and non-synonymous coden substitution in eudicot clade are significantly higher than those in monocot clade, and the value of dN/ds uncovered possible positive selective pressure in eudicot clade.     

Evolutionary genomics: detecting selection needs comparative data

Positive selection at the molecular level is usually indicated by an increase in the ratio of non-synonymous to synonymous substitutions (dN/dS) in comparative data. However, Plotkin et al. describe a new method for detecting positive selection based on a single nucleotide sequence. We show here that this method is particularly sensitive to assumptions regarding the underlying mutational processes and does not provide a reliable way to identify positive selection.     

MHC polymorphism and disease-resistance to Edwardsiella tarda in six turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) families

This study examined genetic variation in the major histocompatibility complex(MHC) Class II B gene in turbot(Scophthalmus maximus) by virulent bacterial pathogen challenge.One hundred fry from each of six families were infected with Edwardsiella tarda by intraperitoneal injection.Family mortality ranged from 28.0% to 83.3%.Complete exon 2 and intron 1 sequences of MHC Class II B genes were amplified from five survivor and five non-survivor individuals per family using the clone-sequence method.Thirty-seven sequences from 60 individuals revealed 37 different alleles,25 of which were unique to this study.The 25 unique alleles belonged to 16 major allele types.Nine alleles were used to examine the association between alleles and resistance/susceptibility to disease.Five alleles were present in an individual,suggesting a minimum of three loci or copies of the turbot MHC Class II B gene.The rate of non-synonymous substitution(d N) was 2.30 and 1.58 times higher than synonymous substitution(d S) in the peptide-binding regions(PBR) and non-PBR in whole families,respectively,which suggested balancing selection on exon 2 of the MHC Class II B gene in turbot.One allele,Scma-DBB1*02,was significantly more prevalent in survivor stock than in non-survivor stock(P=0.001).Therefore,this allele might be associated with resistance to bacteria.A second allele,Scma-DBB1*10,was significantly more prevalent in non-survivor stock(P=0.021),and is likely associated with susceptibility to bacteria.     

NPY基因SNPs与鸡屠体性状的关联分析

利用PCR-SSCP法对AA肉鸡、仙居鸡(兼用型)和罗曼蛋鸡神经肽Y(NPY)基因全序列进行了单核苷酸多态(SNPs)检测.在基因内含子2中发现了5个紧密连锁的碱基变异位点:T2623C,C2704T,T2776G,T2787C和A2821G,这5个位点以单倍型的方式在突变基因型个体中遗传;各品种间NPY 基因AA野生型、AB杂合型和BB突变型基因及基因型频率分布差异极显著(P<0.01);基因型对鸡腹脂率、腿肌率及肝重有显著影响,BB基因型个体的腹脂率、腿肌率显著高于AA型和AB型,AB型个体的肝重显著高于AA型和BB型.因此,NPY基因可能是影响鸡脂肪沉积和屠体性状的主效基因或与主效基因相连锁.     

华南地区汉族人群MDR1基因单核苷酸多态性研究

 多药耐药基因1（MDR1）单核苷酸多态性（SNP）与疾病的易感性、药物治疗效果以及患者的生存复发等预后密切相关。采用聚合酶链反应-限制性片段长度多态性（PCR-RFLP）和聚合酶链反应-单链构象多态性（PCR-SSCP）方法,对华南地区无亲缘关系的汉族人群MDR1基因编码区及部分启动子区进行SNP筛查,并比较不同人种间等位基因频率的差异。结果共检测出5个多态位点：T-2410C、T-129C、C1236T、G2677T/A和C3435T,其等位基因频率-2410C为4.65%,-129C为3.11%,1236T为63.31%,2677T为44.66%,2677A为14.47%,3435T为41.18%。除T-2410C位点因报道的太少无法比较外,其余位点等位基因频率在东亚、高加索以及非洲人群中的分布存在显著差异。该研究为进一步研究华南地区汉族人群MDR1基因SNP与药物效果、药物毒副作用以及疾病易感性之间的相关性提供依据。     

Adaptive evolution of non-coding DNA in Drosophila

A large fraction of eukaryotic genomes consists of DNA that is not translated into protein sequence, and little is known about its functional significance. Here I show that several classes of non-coding DNA in Drosophila are evolving considerably slower than synonymous sites, and yet show an excess of between-species divergence relative to polymorphism when compared with synonymous sites. The former is a hallmark of selective constraint, but the latter is a signature of adaptive evolution, resembling general patterns of protein evolution in Drosophila. I estimate that about 40-70% of nucleotides in intergenic regions, untranslated portions of mature mRNAs (UTRs) and most intronic DNA are evolutionarily constrained relative to synonymous sites. However, I also use an extension to the McDonald-Kreitman test to show that a substantial fraction of the nucleotide divergence in these regions was driven to fixation by positive selection (about 20% for most intronic and intergenic DNA, and 60% for UTRs). On the basis of these observations, I suggest that a large fraction of the non-translated genome is functionally important and subject to both purifying selection and adaptive evolution. These results imply that, although positive selection is clearly an important facet of protein evolution, adaptive changes to non-coding DNA might have been considerably more common in the evolution of D. melanogaster.     

电针对佐剂性关节炎大鼠炎症局部c-fos表达的影响

目的：观察电针（ＥＡ）对炎症痛模型佐剂性关节炎（ＡＡ）大鼠炎症局部ｃ－ｆｏｓ表达的影响,以探讨针刺对炎症痛的外周镇痛机制。方法：以福氏完全佐剂造成炎症痛模型ＡＡ、选取悬钟、昆仑穴ＥＡ治疗,采用免疫组织化学方法检测ｃ－ｆｏｓ表达。结果：ＥＡ可以抑制ＡＡ大鼠炎症局部ｃ－ｆｏｓ的表达。结论：ｃ－ｆｏｓ可能参与了ＥＡ对炎症痛的外周镇痛作用。     

Chromosome-wide SNPs reveal an ancient origin for Plasmodium falciparum

The Malaria's Eve hypothesis, proposing a severe recent population bottleneck (about 3,000-5,000 years ago) of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, has prompted a debate about the origin and evolution of the parasite. The hypothesis implies that the parasite population is relatively homogeneous, favouring malaria control measures. Other studies, however, suggested an ancient origin and large effective population size. To test the hypothesis, we analysed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 204 genes on chromosome 3 of P. falciparum. We have identified 403 polymorphic sites, including 238 SNPs and 165 microsatellites, from five parasite clones, establishing chromosome-wide haplotypes and a dense map with one polymorphic marker per approximately 2.3 kilobases. On the basis of synonymous SNPs and non-coding SNPs, we estimate the time to the most recent common ancestor to be approximately 100,000-180,000 years, significantly older than the proposed bottleneck. Our estimated divergence time coincides approximately with the start of human population expansion, and is consistent with a genetically complex organism able to evade host immunity and other antimalarial efforts.     

水性环氧丙烯酸树脂的合成研究

采用正交设计的实验方法,以双酚A型环氧树脂(E-44)为基础树脂,丙烯酸单体(AA)为改性剂,合成了溶剂型环氧丙烯酸树脂(EA),探讨合成工艺条件如反应温度、反应时间、催化剂和阻聚剂的加入量对丙烯酸单体转化率的影响。结果表明,当反应温度95 ℃,反应时间4 h,催化剂和阻聚剂的加入量与E-44量之比分别为1.0%和0.075%(wt%)时,丙烯酸单体具有较高的转化率。在此基础上,通过顺丁烯二酸酐(MA) 与环氧丙烯酸树脂(EA)上的羟基反应,在EA上引入了羧基亲水性基团,制备了水溶性环氧丙烯酸树脂(EB)。采用傅立叶-红外光谱(FT-IR)分别对中间产物EA和目的产物EB进行了结构表征,进一步证实了AA与E-44开环酯化反应生成了EA,以及MA与EA上羟基发生酯化反应生成了EB。     

中国荷斯坦牛催乳素基因A8398G多态性与产奶性状相关性分析

采用PCR-RFLP技术对中国荷斯坦牛PRL基因第4外显子A8398G位点进行单核苷酸多态性分析。结果表明PRL基因经RsaⅠ酶切后产生2种等位基因和3种基因型。等位基因A和G的频率分别为0.257和0.743。基因型AA、AG和GG的频率分别为0.010,0.497及0.493。测序分析表明AA型和GG型相比在PRL基因第8398位碱基处发生A→G突变,该突变未导致氨基酸的改变。χ2适合性检验表明,PRL基因的RsaⅠ酶切位点处于Hardy-Weinberg不平衡状态(P<0.05)。在第Ⅱ泌乳期,最小二乘分析表明:基因型GG所对应的乳蛋白率最小二乘均值显著高于基因型AG所对应的最小二乘均值(P<0.05);基因型AG所对应的产奶量最小二乘均值显著高于基因型GG所对应的最小二乘均值(P<0.01);基因型GG所对应的线性评分最小二乘均值显著高于基因型AG所对应的最小二乘均值(P<0.05)。     

Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

With the advent of dense maps of human genetic variation, it is now possible to detect positive natural selection across the human genome. Here we report an analysis of over 3 million polymorphisms from the International HapMap Project Phase 2 (HapMap2). We used 'long-range haplotype' methods, which were developed to identify alleles segregating in a population that have undergone recent selection, and we also developed new methods that are based on cross-population comparisons to discover alleles that have swept to near-fixation within a population. The analysis reveals more than 300 strong candidate regions. Focusing on the strongest 22 regions, we develop a heuristic for scrutinizing these regions to identify candidate targets of selection. In a complementary analysis, we identify 26 non-synonymous, coding, single nucleotide polymorphisms showing regional evidence of positive selection. Examination of these candidates highlights three cases in which two genes in a common biological process have apparently undergone positive selection in the same population:LARGE and DMD, both related to infection by the Lassa virus, in West Africa;SLC24A5 and SLC45A2, both involved in skin pigmentation, in Europe; and EDAR and EDA2R, both involved in development of hair follicles, in Asia.     

Linkage disequilibrium in the human genome

With the availability of a dense genome-wide map of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), a central issue in human genetics is whether it is now possible to use linkage disequilibrium (LD) to map genes that cause disease. LD refers to correlations among neighbouring alleles, reflecting 'haplotypes' descended from single, ancestral chromosomes. The size of LD blocks has been the subject of considerable debate. Computer simulations and empirical data have suggested that LD extends only a few kilobases (kb) around common SNPs, whereas other data have suggested that it can extend much further, in some cases greater than 100 kb. It has been difficult to obtain a systematic picture of LD because past studies have been based on only a few (1-3) loci and different populations. Here, we report a large-scale experiment using a uniform protocol to examine 19 randomly selected genomic regions. LD in a United States population of north-European descent typically extends 60 kb from common alleles, implying that LD mapping is likely to be practical in this population. By contrast, LD in a Nigerian population extends markedly less far. The results illuminate human history, suggesting that LD in northern Europeans is shaped by a marked demographic event about 27,000-53,000 years ago.     

不同间隔时间电针对佐剂性关节炎大鼠炎症局部前阿黑皮素和前脑啡肽原mRNA表达的影响

目的:观察不同间隔时间电针对佐剂性关节炎(AA)大鼠的镇痛效应,以探讨针刺镇痛的最佳间隔时间和作用机制。方法:将96只大鼠随机分为对照组、模型组和电针组,每组再分为3 h、6 h、12 h和24 h小组,以Freund’s完全佐剂造成AA大鼠模型,电针选取悬钟和昆仑穴,分别以3 h、6 h、12 h和24 h作为治疗间隔时间,连续治疗6 d,以痛阈、炎症局部前阿黑皮素(POMC)mRNA和前脑啡肽原(PENK)mRNA表达作为观察指标。结果:间隔24 h电针能显著提高AA大鼠的痛阈;不同间隔时间电针均能促进炎症局部POMC mRNA和PENK mRNA的表达。结论:间隔24 h电针可明显提高对AA大鼠的镇痛效应;不同间隔时间电针镇痛效应与促进炎症局部阿片肽基因表达有关。     

Differential modulation of endotoxin responsiveness by human caspase-12 polymorphisms

Caspases mediate essential key proteolytic events in inflammatory cascades and the apoptotic cell death pathway. Human caspases functionally segregate into two distinct subfamilies: those involved in cytokine maturation (caspase-1, -4 and -5) and those involved in cellular apoptosis (caspase-2, -3, -6, -7, -8, -9 and -10). Although caspase-12 is phylogenetically related to the cytokine maturation caspases, in mice it has been proposed as a mediator of apoptosis induced by endoplasmic reticulum stress including amyloid-beta cytotoxicity, suggesting that it might contribute to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Here we show that a single nucleotide polymorphism in caspase-12 in humans results in the synthesis of either a truncated protein (Csp12-S) or a full-length caspase proenzyme (Csp12-L). The read-through single nucleotide polymorphism encoding Csp12-L is confined to populations of African descent and confers hypo-responsiveness to lipopolysaccharide-stimulated cytokine production in ex vivo whole blood, but has no significant effect on apoptotic sensitivity. In a preliminary study, we find that the frequency of the Csp12-L allele is increased in African American individuals with severe sepsis. Thus, Csp12-L attenuates the inflammatory and innate immune response to endotoxins and in doing so may constitute a risk factor for developing sepsis.     

云南哈尼族糜蛋白酶基因标签SNPs与原发性高血压的相关性研究

采用聚合酶链式反应-限制性片段长度多态性方法,对692例哈尼族人(高血压患者346例,正常对照个体346例)糜蛋白酶基因(chymase,CMA1)4个tag SNPs (rs1956921、rs1800876、rs5244和rs1885108)的多态性进行检测,并运用遗传模型研究CMA1基因tag SNPs与原发性高血压发生的相关性.结果显示,CMA1基因4个tag SNPs位点在混合人群和女性人群中均未显示出与原发性高血压的相关性;男性人群中,rs1800876位点基因型频率在对照组和高血压间的分布具有统计学意义(P=0.015),Logistic回归分析发现rs1800876位点TC和CC基因型携带者的患病风险显著降低(OR=0.59,95% CI为0.38~0.92,P=0.021),提示CMA1基因rs1800876位点与云南哈尼族男性原发性高血压发生相关.