【摘要】 目的: 对甲基化特异性PCR(methylation?specific PCR,MSP)引物设计进行探讨。方法: 使用Methyl Primer Express Software? Version 1.0软件、“methprimer”和“MSPprimer”的网上在线软件设计的引物以及参照国外文献的 MSP引物对CCAAT/增强子结合蛋白ζ(CEBPζ),CCAAT/增强子结合蛋白δ(CEBPδ)、脆性组氨酸三联体(FHIT)和死亡相关蛋白激酶(DAPK)基因启动子进行MSP扩增,然后对其MSP产物进行测序验证以比较MSP引物设计的可靠性。结果: 对于CEBPζ,CEBPδ,FHIT和DAPK启动子基因所设计的MSP引物经MSP后均获得了所需要的目的条带,但经测序鉴定Methyl Primer Express和methprimer设计的CEBPδ,CEBPζ?1的MSP扩增产物为假阳性产物,而MSPprimer设计的CEBPζ?2的 MSP产物为正确序列。结论: MSP引物设计的质量是保证MSP扩增成功的关键因素。
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中国论文网LB0~)C0i7@C ]?Ed7S"oJJ+F0 [Abstract]Objective: To study the primer design of methylation?specific PCR(MSP).Methods: The Primer of MSP was designed using the software of Methyl Primer Express? Software Version 1.0,the online software of “methprimer” and “MSPprimer”to amplify CEBPζ, CEBPδ, FHIT and DAPK gene promoters.The MSP assay was established to detect the methylation status of these promoters.Then the MSP products were analyzed in electrophoresis and sequenced. Results: The expected bands were all obtained for all five primer sets.But sequencing revealed that amplification products using CEBPζ?1 and CEBPδ primers designed with Methyl Primer Express? Software and methprimer were false positive, amplification products using CEBPζ?2 primers designed with MSPprimer, FHIT and DAPK primers were correct. Conclusion: Quality of designed primers was the vital factor for the successful of amplification of MSP.
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_qEXY DNA甲基化作为表观遗传学调控方式之一,在X染色体失活、基因组印记、DNA修复和基因表达调控等方面发挥着重要的作用[1]。DNA甲基化主要是指在 CpG二核苷酸中胞嘧啶环的第5位碳原子上以共价键的形式结合上一个甲基基团,形成5?甲基胞嘧啶(5?mC),而基因组的某些特定区域由于富集CpG寡核苷酸则形成了CpG岛(CpG island,CGI)。约50%~70%的人类基因启动子区含有CGI,而在胚胎形成及正常组织中多数CGI是低甲基化的,但在正常组织细胞的定向分化过程中一些关键基因的甲基化可能发挥着重要的调控作用[2],而在肿瘤细胞的演变过程中一些抑癌基因则发生了高甲基化(hypermethylation)并导致基因转录活性改变,这些改变已被证实与肿瘤的发生发展密切相关[3]。
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