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한국인 비증후군성 구순구개열 환자의 OFC1 유전자의 서열 분석 (Sequencing analysis of the OFC1 gene on the nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate patient in Korean)

  • 김성식;손우성
    • 대한치과교정학회지
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    • 제33권3호
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    • pp.185-197
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    • 2003
  • 비증후군성 구순구개열을 발생시키는 주요유전자로 추측이 되는 OFC1 유전자(위치 염색체 6p24.3)의 한국인에서 나타나는 특성을 연구하였다. 3대에 걸쳐서 처음으로 비증후군성 구순구개열이 나타난 40 명의 환자(남자 20명, 여자 20명, 평균 나이 : 14.2세)와 3대에 걸쳐서 비증후군성 구순구개열을 포함한 어떤 선천성 기형도 나타나지 않았던 정상 성인 40명 (남자 20명, 여자 20명, 평균 나이 : 25.6세)을 연구 대상으로 하였다. 중합효소 연쇄 반응법을 이용하여 OFC1 유전자를 분리 증폭한 후, 염기 서열 분석을 통해서 대립유전자형을 밝히고, BLAST 와 Pedant-Pro 데이터베이스를 이용하여 단백질의 상동성 검색을 수행하였으며, 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. OFC1 유전자는 'CA' 연쇄반복서열을 가진 극소위성 표지자로 밝혀졌다. 2. 환자군과 대조군의 OFC1 유전자의 특별한 차이는 발견되지 않았다. 3. 한국인에서 나타난 'CA' 연쇄반복서열의 형태는 'ABI linkage map 2'의 TA(CA)11TA(CA)10과는 달리, TA(CA)n의 형태를 띄었으며, 연쇄반복의 수는 17회에서 26회로 다양하게 나타났다. 4. 'CA' 연쇄반복서열의 횟수에 따라서, 9가지의 대립유전자형이 발견되었으며, 나타나는 빈도는 환자군과 대조군에서 유사하였다. 5. 'ABI linkage map 2'의 'CA' 연쇄반복서열 사이의 염기서열 T가 한국인에서는 C로 치환되어 있었지만, ORF예측을 하였을 때 예상되는 아미노산의 배열 차이는 관찰되지 않았다. 6. 한국인 OFC1 유전자의 염기서열로 예측되는 단백질을 알아보기 위하여 BLAST 검색을 한 결과, Telomerase reverse transcriptase(TERT, locus 5p15.33, NCBI Genome Annotation ; NT023089)와 Nucleotide binding protein 2(NBP2, locus 17q22, NCBI Genome Annotation; NT010783)가 유사한 구조를 가지는 단백질로 밝혀졌다. 7. Pedant-Pro 데이터베이스로 단백질 구조의 상동성 검색을 한 결과, OFC1 유전자는 적어도 하나의 transmembrane region과 non-gloular region을 가지는 구조로 밝혀졌다.

Molecular Cloning of the cDNA of Heat Shock Protein 88 Gene from the Entomopathogenic Fungus, Paecilomyces tenuipes Jocheon-1

  • Liu, Ya-Qi;Park, Nam Sook;Kim, Yong Gyun;Kim, Keun Ki;Park, Hyun Chul;Son, Hong Joo;Hong, Chang Ho;Lee, Sang Mong
    • International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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    • 제28권2호
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    • pp.71-84
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    • 2014
  • The full-length heat shock protein 88 (HSP88) complementary DNA (cDNA) of Paecilomyces tenuipes Jocheon-1 was obtained by screening the Paecilomyces tenuipes (P. tenuipes) Jocheon-1 Uni-Zap cDNA library and performing 5' RACE polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The P. tenuipes Jocheon-1 HSP88 cDNA contained an open reading frame (ORF) of 2,139-basepair encoding 713 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence of the P. tenuipe s Jocheon-1 HSP88 cDNA showed 77% identity to Nectria haematococca HSP88 and 45-76% identity to other fungal homologous HSP88s. Phylogenetic analysis and BLAST program analysis confirmed that the deduced amino acid sequences of the P. tenuipes Jocheon-1 HSP88 gene belonged to the ascomycetes group within the fungal clade. The P. tenuipes Jocheon-1 HSP88 also contained the conserved ATPase domain at the N-terminal region. The cDNA encoding P. tenuipes Jocheon-1 HSP88 was expressed as an 88 kilodalton (kDa) polypeptide in baculovirus-infected insect Sf9 cells. Under higher temperature conditions for the growth of the entomopathogenic fungus, mRNA expression of P. tenuipes Jocheon-1 HSP88 was quantified by real time PCR (qPCR). The results showed that heat shock stress induced a higher level of mRNA expression compared to normal growth conditions.

Susceptibility Loci Associations with Prostate Cancer Risk in Northern Chinese Men

  • Wang, Na-Na;Xu, Yong;Yang, Kuo;Wei, Dong;Zhang, Yao-Guang;Liu, Ming;Shi, Xiao-Hong;Liang, Si-Ying;Sun, Liang;Zhu, Xiao-Quan;Yang, Yi-Ge;Tang, Lei;Zhao, Cheng-Xiao;Wang, Xin;Chen, Xin;Hui, Juan;Zhang, Yu-Hong;Zhu, Ling;Yang, Fan;Zhang, Yu-Rong;Yang, Ze;Wang, Jian-Ye
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제14권5호
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    • pp.3075-3078
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    • 2013
  • Background: KLK3 gene products, like human prostate-specific antigen (PSA), are important biomarkers in the clinical diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa). G protein-coupled receptor RFX6, C2orf43 and FOXP4 signaling plays important roles in the development of PCa. However, associations of these genes with PCa in northern Chinese men remain to be detailed. This study aimed to investigate their impact on occurrence and level of malignancy. Methods: All subjects were from Beijing and Tianjin, including 266 cases with prostate cancer and 288 normal individuals as controls. We evaluated associations between clinical covariates (age at diagnosis, prostate specific antigen, Gleason score, tumor stage and aggressive) and 6 candidate PCa risk loci, genotyped by PCR- high resolution melting curve and sequencing methods. Results: Case-control analysis of allelic frequency of PCa associated with PCa showed that one of the 6 candidate risk loci, rs339331 in the RFX6 gene, was associated with reduced risk of prostate cancer (odds ratio (OR) = 0.73, 95% confidence interval (CI) =0.57-0.94, P = 0.013) in northern Chinese men. In addition, subjects with CX (CC+TC) genotypes had a decreased risk for prostrate cancer compared to those carrying the TT homozygote (OR =0.64, 95% CI = 0.45- 0.90, P = 0.008). The TT genotype of 13q22 (rs9600079, T) was associated with tumor stage (P=0.044, OR=2.34, 95% CI=0.94-5.87). Other SNPs were not significantly associated with clinical covariates in prostate cancer (P > 0.05). Conclusions. rs339331 in the RFX6 gene may be associated with prostate cancer as a susceptibility locus in northern Chinese men.