Analysis of BRCA2 gene mutations among familial and/or early-onset breast cancer patients in eastern Shandong of China / 中华医学遗传学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the prevalence of BRCA2 gene mutations among familial and/or early-onset breast cancer patients in eastern Shandong of China.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Fifty-two familial and/or early-onset breast cancer patients from unrelated family were analyzed. Genomic DNA was collected from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells, the coding sequences and exon-intron boundaries of BRCA2 gene were screened using denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC), and the abnormal fragments were confirmed with direct DNA sequencing.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Three mutations (5.8%) in BRCA2 gene were identified. They were 2001del TTAT, 4099C to T and 5873C to A. To our knowledge, all of them were firstly found in Chinese population. Furthermore, all the three mutations (12%) were identified in familial breast cancer patients, and none was in the early-onset patients.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>BRCA2 may play an important role in the familial breast cancer in eastern Shandong Chinese population, but not in the early-onset breast cancer. It is necessary to give genetic test to familial breast cancer patients in this population.</p>

Investigation on Characteristics and the Yield of the Secondary Metabolites of a Myxobacterium Isolated from Beach Soil / 微生物学通报

A myxobacterial strain, So ce cpu-1, was isolated from a soil sample near the Huanghai beach. So ce cpu-1 had broad antimicrobial activity, active component has maxima] absorption at 210 nm. The effects of different culture conditions on the yield of the secondary metabolites were investigated. The results showed that, when cultivating the strain in the M, medium (containing 10% w/v D312 neutral absorber resin ), the air up to 70% of the whole flask volume, adding 5?L the secondary metabolites as the revulsant, at 30℃, 200r/min, for 6 days, the yield of the secondary metabolites achieved the maximum.