检测线粒体DNA SNPs的快速测定法--引物延伸-飞行时间质谱法

用PCR扩增出人类mtDNA HV Ⅰ区443bp片段作为模板,以nt16093位点特异的引物进行引物延伸反应。产物经纯化后利用MALDI-TOF质谱技术进行检测,从而建立起引物延伸—飞行时间质谱法快速检测SNPs的技术,并用该法对人类mtDNA HV Ⅰ区SNPs位点nt16093的T／C多态性进行频率调查。结果为广州地区汉族人群的mtDNA HV Ⅰ区多态位点nt16093T型的频率为89．6％,C型的频率为10．4％。并且发现3例异质性。     

Genetic evidence of an Asian background in heteroplasmic Iberian cattle (Bos taurus): effect on food authentication studies based on polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

This work was aimed at identifying nucleotide polymorphic sites in a 359 bp region of the cytochrome b (cytb) mitochondrial gene of Iberian cattle (Bos taurus). This region is widely used as target in polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) species identification studies in foodstuffs destined for human and animal consumption. Two different coexisting restriction patterns were observed in four of the six animals studied when the 359 bp DNA fragment was cleaved with PalI, HinfI, MvaI, RsaI, or MboI. The amplification of both genotypes with the mitochondrial-specific primers L14735 and H15149 revealed the absence of nuclear pseudo-cytb genes, confirming the existence of mitochondrial heteroplasmy. The two coexisting mtDNA fragments were selectively sequenced in PCR extracts in which one genotype predominated over the other, both exhibiting a sequence variation of 10.4%. From the 37 nucleotide mismatches observed between genotypes, 32 were transitions and five were transversions. While 31 of the nucleotide mismatches between genotypes resulted to be conservative at the amino acid level, six changes implied amino acid substitutions, five of them being located in the variable transmembrane region. Genetic analysis suggests the presence of an Asian background in the mitochondria of Iberian cattle: while one of the genotypes matched the published sequence for Bos taurus, the other genotype clustered with a B. primigenius indicus animal and close to an Asian Bos taurus animal. These results also suggest that a number of current PCR-RFLP species identification methods based on cytb sequences may not be reliable for the accurate detection and identification of bovine material: an alternative battery of enzymes consisting of MmeI, NlaIV, and AluI is proposed.     

Quantitative and qualitative profiling of mitochondrial DNA length heteroplasmy

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of mitochondrial DNA length heteroplasmy for the first hypervariable segment (HV1) and second hypervariable segment (HV2) regions were performed using size-based separation of fluorescently-labeled polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products by capillary electrophoresis. In this report, the relative proportions of length heteroplasmies in individuals were determined, and each length variant in the heteroplasmic mtDNA mixture was identified. The study demonstrated that 36% and 69% of Koreans show length heteroplasmy in the HV1 and HV2 regions, respectively. Electropherograms revealed that length heteroplasmy in the HV1 region resulted in over 5 length variants in an individual. The peak patterns of length heteroplasmy in the HV1 region were classified into five major types. In the HV2 region, length heteroplasmy resulted in 3-6 length variants in an individual, and showed seven variant peak patterns. The increased knowledge concerning mtDNA length heteroplasmy is believed to not only offer a useful means of determining genetic identity due to increased mitochondrial DNA haplotype diversity by allowing mtDNAs to be classified into several peak patterns, but also represent a promising tool for the diagnosis of several common diseases which are etiologically or prognostically associated with mtDNA polymorphisms.     

线粒体病的基因治疗

线粒体基因突变导致的线粒体病仍是不治之症,目前只有针对症状的支持性疗法.根治线粒体病只能寄希望于基因治疗.基因治疗的主要目标是修补特定基因突变导致的功能缺陷,或促使异质性的转变,以降低突变型与野生型基因组的比例.所探讨的途径主要包括:①在肽核酸和锌指肽的引导下选择性抑制突变基因组的复制;②利用特定的限制性内切酶去除突变...     

Profiling of length heteroplasmies in the human mitochondrial DNA control regions from blood cells in the Korean population

The length heteroplasmies in the hypervariable (HV) regions of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from blood cells were examined in 57 healthy Korean donors. Interestingly, all the healthy Korean subjects displayed length heteroplasmies in both the HV1 and HV2 regions. Closer examination of the HV2 length heteroplasmies indicated that most of these donors (84%) exhibited a minimal 303-315 homopolymeric C (poly-C) tract frameshift of 1 bp (mixture of one major and minor mtDNA type). Sixteen percent of the donors however had poly-C tract frameshifts of 2 bp or more. The donor group with major length variants (two or more frameshifts) had about a two-fold decrease in mtDNA copy number compared with the group exhibiting only a 1 bp frameshift. This result supports the possibility that a severe frameshift in the 303-315 poly-C tract may also cause the impairment of mtDNA replication in hematopoietic tissue.