目的应用SNP芯片检测方法,对染色体结果为46,XX,add(2)(q37)的1例新生儿多发畸形患儿进行全基因组拷贝数变异(copy number variants,CNVs)的检测,分析其中罕见CNVs与表型的相关性。方法对于1例新生儿多发畸形病例,采用Affymetrix SNP芯...目的应用SNP芯片检测方法,对染色体结果为46,XX,add(2)(q37)的1例新生儿多发畸形患儿进行全基因组拷贝数变异(copy number variants,CNVs)的检测,分析其中罕见CNVs与表型的相关性。方法对于1例新生儿多发畸形病例,采用Affymetrix SNP芯片筛查全基因组CNVs,经过筛选得到罕见潜在致病性CNVs。将这些CNVs片段结合患儿的表型进行文献比对。结果本例患儿的主要表型包括:小耳畸形、外耳廓卷曲、小下颌、颈蹼、双手通贯掌、双足内翻、室间隔缺损、动脉导管未闭、卵圆孔未闭、肺动脉高压、二尖瓣狭窄、脊柱后凸畸形。本例患儿共得到潜在致病性CNVs片段4个,大小为4 282.936kb^17 912.863kb,集中在2号、4号染色体长臂,邻近合并后得到2个,分别为2q37.1~q37.3缺失和4q32.3~q35.2重复。文献回顾,发现本例患儿耳部、心脏、骨骼畸形等表型与2q37缺失综合征有关;而更多相应表型如耳部、下颌、颈部畸形和通贯掌、足内翻、心脏畸形、脊柱畸形则与4q部分三体综合征有交叉。结论本研究首次报道了1例罕见的2q37缺失综合征合并4q部分三体综合征的复杂染色体变异。展开更多
Objective:Although our previous genome-wide association study(GWAS)has identified chromosome 2q33.1 as a susceptibility locus for non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC),the causal variants remain unclear.The aims of this s...Objective:Although our previous genome-wide association study(GWAS)has identified chromosome 2q33.1 as a susceptibility locus for non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC),the causal variants remain unclear.The aims of this study were to identify the causal variants in 2q33.1 and to explore their biological functions in NSCLC.Methods:CCK-8,colony formation,EdU incorporation,Transwell,and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assays were applied to examine variant function.The tumor xenograft model was used to examine variant function in vivo.Caspase-8 activity assays,flow cytometry analysis,and co-immunoprecipitation assays were used to explore the molecular mechanism.Results:The missense variant rs3769823(A>G),which caused the substitution of lysine with arginine at amino acid 14 in caspase-8(caspase-8K14R),was identified as a potential causal candidate in 2q33.1.Compared with the wild type caspase-8(caspase8WT)group,the caspase-8K14R group had higher expression of caspase-8 and cleaved caspase-8.Caspase-8K14R inhibited the proliferation and metastasis of human lung cancer cell lines in vitro.Moreover,caspase-8K14R repressed lung cancer cell growth in vivo.Mechanistically,caspase-8K14R was more sensitive than caspase-8WT to tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand(TRAIL)-mediated apoptosis and showed higher binding of caspase-8 and FADD.Conclusions:These results suggested that rs3769823 is the causal variant in chromosome 2q33.1 and is involved in an apoptosis pathway,leading to a decreased risk of NSCLC.展开更多
基金supported by Grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.82103926 and 81702266)Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.81521004)+3 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Grant No.BK20210534)Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(Grant No.2021M691636)CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(Grant No.2019RU038)Graduate Research and Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(Grant Nos.KYCX20_1442 and KYCX20_1412).
文摘Objective:Although our previous genome-wide association study(GWAS)has identified chromosome 2q33.1 as a susceptibility locus for non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC),the causal variants remain unclear.The aims of this study were to identify the causal variants in 2q33.1 and to explore their biological functions in NSCLC.Methods:CCK-8,colony formation,EdU incorporation,Transwell,and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assays were applied to examine variant function.The tumor xenograft model was used to examine variant function in vivo.Caspase-8 activity assays,flow cytometry analysis,and co-immunoprecipitation assays were used to explore the molecular mechanism.Results:The missense variant rs3769823(A>G),which caused the substitution of lysine with arginine at amino acid 14 in caspase-8(caspase-8K14R),was identified as a potential causal candidate in 2q33.1.Compared with the wild type caspase-8(caspase8WT)group,the caspase-8K14R group had higher expression of caspase-8 and cleaved caspase-8.Caspase-8K14R inhibited the proliferation and metastasis of human lung cancer cell lines in vitro.Moreover,caspase-8K14R repressed lung cancer cell growth in vivo.Mechanistically,caspase-8K14R was more sensitive than caspase-8WT to tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand(TRAIL)-mediated apoptosis and showed higher binding of caspase-8 and FADD.Conclusions:These results suggested that rs3769823 is the causal variant in chromosome 2q33.1 and is involved in an apoptosis pathway,leading to a decreased risk of NSCLC.
