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Objective To determine the polymorphism in CXC chemokine SDF-1α transcript and its effects on HIV infection.Methods Three groups of study subjects lived in Hang Kong were recruited:278 HIV-heahhy donors of Chinese origin.49 HIV+Caucasians and 13 Chinese with high risk behavior to HIV but kept uninfected.Genomic DNA and RNA were extracted from eripheral blood mononucleal cell. The PCR and RT-PCR reaction were set up accordingly.Sequence of the SDF-1α promoter,the open reading frame(ORF)and the 3'untranslate region(3'UTR)were analyzed.Two steps PCR reaction using two reverseprimers with mismatched nucleic acid were employed to screen the frequency of a novel mutation. Results equencing analysis from 100 subjects indicated that non mutation happened in tlle promoter and ORF of SDF-1α.A novel mutation Was detected from 3'UTR of SDF-1α.It is a "GA" insertion in "G" rich region near the stop code of SDF-1α.The mutation Was named as SDF-1-3’GA+and submitted to GenBank (AY874118).The mutation happened in three roups.with allele frequency of 15.1% in the healthy Chinese.of 30.7% in the high risk Chinese group.Conclusions our results confirm that SDF-1 genes arerelatively conserved.None noteworthy mutation is identified in the promoter and ORF regions of SDF-1α However.a novel mutation is identified from the 3'UTR of SDF-1α. It would be worthwhile to etermine effect of the novel mutation on HIV infection.
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Objective To investigate the relationship between interleukin-18(IL-18)and the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes melli-tus.Methods 72 healthy Sprague-Dawlay male rats were randomly divided into four groups, NC group,NCS group,HF group and HFS group.At the end of the 8th week,NCS group and HFS group were injected with STZ(25mg/kg)into abdominal cavity.At the end of the 10th week,diabetic rats were screened by oral glucose tolerance test(OGTT).The blood sample was collected when the rats were killed at the end of the 14th and 20th week.The levels of serum IL-18,IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α)were assayed with ELISA.Results Most rats in HFS group were achieved the diagnostic standard of diabetic rat, and their insulin sensitivity index(ISI)were decreased.At the end of the 14th week and 20th week,the levels of serum IL-18,IL-6 and TNF-α in HFS group were significantly higher than those in NC group(P＜0.01).In HFS group,the levels of serum IL-18,IL-6 and TNF-α at the end of the 20th week were higher than those at the end of the 14th week,but it had no statistic significance(P＞0.05).Pearson linear correlation analysis showed that the level of serum IL-18 in HFS group was positive correlated with FBG,IL-6,and TNF-α(r=0.90,P＜0.01 or r≥0.73,P＜0.05),and negative correlated with ISI(r=-0.86,P＜0.01).Condusions Our results show that IL-18 is related with the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic inflammation plays an important role in the development of type 2 diabetos mellitus.