Ferritin is a kind of glycoprotein synthesized by the liver. Being the main form of stored iron in the body, it plays an important role in the iron balance. When the iron level in the body increases, ferritin can inta...Ferritin is a kind of glycoprotein synthesized by the liver. Being the main form of stored iron in the body, it plays an important role in the iron balance. When the iron level in the body increases, ferritin can intake and storage the iron avoid- ing the cytotoxicity caused by the high level of Jntracellular iron; when body needs more iron, ferritJn can release iron at any time. Recent studies have found that tumor tissue can synthesize and secrete ferritin. Ferritin levels increase in liver cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, leukemia and other malignancies. In this paper, we reviewed the relationship between the changed ferritin and the malignancy disease.展开更多
The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence contains useful information for phylogenetic analyses of metazoa. In this study, the complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of sea cucumber Stichopus horrens （Holothuroidea： Sdch...The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence contains useful information for phylogenetic analyses of metazoa. In this study, the complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of sea cucumber Stichopus horrens （Holothuroidea： Sdchopodidae： Stichopus） is presented. The complete sequence was determined using normal and long PCRs. The mitochondrial genome of Stichopus horrens is a circular molecule 16257 bps long, composed of 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes and 22 transfer RNA genes. Most of these genes are coded on the heavy strand except for one protein-coding gene （had6） and five tRNA genes （tRNAser（UcN）, tRNAGtn, tRNAAla, tRNA val, tRNAASp） which are coded on the light strand. The composition of the heavy strand is 30.8% A, 23.7% C, 16.2% G, and 29.3% T bases （AT skew=0.025; GC skew=-0.188）. A non-coding region of 675 bp was identified as a putative control region because of its location and AT richness. The intergenic spacers range from 1 to 50 bp in size, totaling 227 bp. A total of 25 overlapping nucleotides, ranging from 1 to 10 bp in size, exist among 11 genes. All 13 protein-coding genes are initiated with an ATG. The TAA codon is used as the stop codon in all the protein coding genes ex- cept nad3 and nad4 that use TAG as their termination codon. The most frequently used amino acids are Leu （16.29%）, Ser （10.34%） and Phe （8.37%）. All of the tRNA genes have the potential to fold into typical cloverleaf secondary structures. We also compared the order of the genes in the mitochondrial DNA from the five holothurians that are now available and found a novel gene arrangement in the mitochondrial DNA of Stichopus horrens.展开更多
文摘Ferritin is a kind of glycoprotein synthesized by the liver. Being the main form of stored iron in the body, it plays an important role in the iron balance. When the iron level in the body increases, ferritin can intake and storage the iron avoid- ing the cytotoxicity caused by the high level of Jntracellular iron; when body needs more iron, ferritJn can release iron at any time. Recent studies have found that tumor tissue can synthesize and secrete ferritin. Ferritin levels increase in liver cancer, lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, leukemia and other malignancies. In this paper, we reviewed the relationship between the changed ferritin and the malignancy disease.
基金supported by the National Key Technologies R&D Program (Grant No.2009BAB44B02)the Science and Technology Program of Guangdong Province (Grant Nos.A200901E01,A200899E02 and 2009B091300155)
文摘The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence contains useful information for phylogenetic analyses of metazoa. In this study, the complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of sea cucumber Stichopus horrens （Holothuroidea： Sdchopodidae： Stichopus） is presented. The complete sequence was determined using normal and long PCRs. The mitochondrial genome of Stichopus horrens is a circular molecule 16257 bps long, composed of 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes and 22 transfer RNA genes. Most of these genes are coded on the heavy strand except for one protein-coding gene （had6） and five tRNA genes （tRNAser（UcN）, tRNAGtn, tRNAAla, tRNA val, tRNAASp） which are coded on the light strand. The composition of the heavy strand is 30.8% A, 23.7% C, 16.2% G, and 29.3% T bases （AT skew=0.025; GC skew=-0.188）. A non-coding region of 675 bp was identified as a putative control region because of its location and AT richness. The intergenic spacers range from 1 to 50 bp in size, totaling 227 bp. A total of 25 overlapping nucleotides, ranging from 1 to 10 bp in size, exist among 11 genes. All 13 protein-coding genes are initiated with an ATG. The TAA codon is used as the stop codon in all the protein coding genes ex- cept nad3 and nad4 that use TAG as their termination codon. The most frequently used amino acids are Leu （16.29%）, Ser （10.34%） and Phe （8.37%）. All of the tRNA genes have the potential to fold into typical cloverleaf secondary structures. We also compared the order of the genes in the mitochondrial DNA from the five holothurians that are now available and found a novel gene arrangement in the mitochondrial DNA of Stichopus horrens.
