基于Ion Torrent PGM~(TM)测序系统的人mtDNA全测序分析

目的应用Ion Torrent PGM~(TM)测序系统对人线粒体DNA(mitochondria DNA,mtDNA)全序列进行分析检测,研究不同组织间mt DNA序列差异情况。方法通过法医尸体检验采集6名无关个体的组织样本,包括胸腔血液、头发、肋软骨、指甲、骨骼肌和口腔上皮。使用4对引物对线粒体全序列进行扩增,应用Ion Shear~(TM)Plus Reagents试剂盒和Ion Plus Fragment Library试剂盒等构建文库,并在Ion Torrent PGM~(TM)测序系统上进行线粒体基因组全序列测序,并针对异质性位点和在HVⅠ区域突变位点,进行Sanger测序验证。结果所有样本的全基因组mtDNA都扩增成功,6名无关个体分属于6种不同的单倍型,同一个体不同组织之间mtDNA存在异质性差异。异质性位点和HVⅠ区域突变位点采用Sanger测序结果均得到验证。通过Kappa统计方法进行一致性检验后发现,相同个体不同组织的mtDNA序列检验结果仍具有较好的一致性。结论本研究所采用的人线粒体基因组全序列的测序检验方法,可以检测出同一个体不同组织间mtDNA的异质性差异,该差异具有较高的一致性,该结果对mtDNA在法庭科学中的应用具有指导作用。     

人类mtDNA控制区异质性

目的观察mtDNA的点突变异质性和长度异质性。方法运用直接测序法对50名无关个体及16名母系家族成员的血液、口腔上皮细胞、头发的mtDNAHVI、HVII区序列进行分析,并对20例HVI区直接测序失败的无关个体进行克隆后测序分析。结果同一个体的三种检材样本及16名母系家族成员的序列一致,未见异质性存在;同一个体的不同克隆的C延伸区的长度有差异,存在长度异质性。但同一个体的血液和头发具有相似的长度变异类型,即长度异质性在组织间无差异。结论mtDNA碱基序列具有同质性及稳定性,适用于法医学检案。     

脱落毛发线粒体DNA HV1区序列测定的研究

目的　对脱落毛发线粒体DNAHV1区序列测定方法进行研究。方法　嵌合扩增结合末端荧光标记DNA测序。结果　对 2 0例脱落毛发进行分析获得了明确的测序结果 ,与来自同一个体的血液所测得的DNA序列进行比较 ,完全相同。结论　嵌合扩增在对脱落毛发进行线粒体DNA多变区序列分析中是一种有效的方法 ,在法医DNA检验中具有实用价值。     

脱落毛发线粒体DNA HV1区序列测定的研究

目的 对脱落毛发线粒体ＤＮＡ ＨＶ１区序列测定方法进行研究。方法 嵌合扩增结合末端荧光标记ＤＮＡ测序。结果 对２０例脱落毛发进行分析获得了明确的测序结果,与来自同一个体的血液所测得的ＤＮＡ序列进行比较,完全相同。结论 嵌合扩增在对脱落毛发进行线粒体ＤＮＡ多变区序列分析中是一种有效的方法,在法医ＤＮＡ检验中具有实用价值。     

基于EMPOP数据库线粒体全序列视角下的遗传特征点分析

目的在线粒体全序列视角下,统计梳理包括中国汉族在内的不同人群遗传特征点(以下简称特征点的分布规律,以支撑线粒体全序列测序的法医学应用。方法收集EMPOP数据库中已公开发表的线粒体全序列数据,对4个国家的不同人群(n=1 665)和2个地区的中国汉族人群(n=301)所含有的特征点和点异质性进行统计分析,并比较不同个体之间的数据差异。结果在4个国家的不同人群(n=1 665)中,线粒体全序列特征点数量为非编码控制区(non-coding control region,CR)特征点数量的3.58倍,线粒体全序列点异质性在人群中的发生率为19.88%;在2个地区的中国汉族人群(n=301)中,线粒体全序列特征点数量为CR特征点数量的3.72倍,线粒体全序列点异质性在人群中的发生率为17.28%,不同个体间线粒体全序列的特征点差异平均值为38.16±10.58,CR的特征点差异平均值为11.70±3.63。结论线粒体全序列测序能显著增加特征点和点异质性的检测数量,提供更加丰富的基因信息。本文的研究结果可为基于二代测序(next generation sequencing,NGS)的法庭科学线粒体DNA全序列鉴定标准或办案方法的制定、母系家族排查的实战应用等提供参考。     

应用HID Ion GeneStudioTM S5测序系统探讨毛干样本线粒体DNA异质性

目的应用HID Ion GeneStudio^TM S5测序系统对毛干样本线粒体全基因组分型结果的异质性进行探讨。方法采集8名无关个体的口腔拭子、血液及同一个体不同部位毛干样本,使用Precision ID mtDNA Whole Genome Panel对线粒体全基因组进行扩增,应用HID Ion GeneStudio^TM S5测序系统对线粒体全基因组进行分析检测。结果2名个体的颞部毛干样本线粒体DNA出现异质性,其余6名无关个体的口腔拭子、血液及不同部位毛干样本的线粒体全基因组分型结果均一致。8名无关个体共观察到119个碱基变异,个体的变异位点数目分别为29、40、38、35、13、36、40和35。结论应用HID Ion GeneStudio^TM S5测序系统可全面了解序列多态性。     

中国广东汉族群体mtDNA控制区的多态性

目的 探讨线粒体DNA控制区(包括HVⅠ区、HVⅡ区和HVⅢ区)的多态性。方法 采用PCR扩增和末端标记荧光循环测序的方法，对100名广东汉族无关个体进行了序列分析。结果 共观察到147个变异位点，序列变异包括了碱基转换、颠换、插入、缺失等各种类型。其中在HV Ⅰ区(nt16，024～nt16，365)内观察到88个变异位点，91种单倍型，基因多样度为0.9964；在HVⅡ区(nt73～nt340)观察到42个变异位点，67种单倍型，基因多样度为0.9861；在HVⅢ区(nt438～nt574)观察到9个变异位点，15种单倍型，基因多样度为0.8760。联合3个高变区域的序列，可观察到98种单倍型，基因多样度为0.9996。结论 本研究为线粒体DNA在法庭科学中的应用提供了较系统的实验依据。结果还表明，对于mtDNA等单倍型遗传标记，增加其检测范围，可提高该系统的个体识别能力，使其在法庭科学领域充分发挥作用。     

人类线粒体DNA非编码区的序列分析与法医学应用

一、人类线粒体DNA(mtDNA)序列分析和应用的历史沿革 1981年Anderson完成了人类线粒体基因组的全部核苷酸序列的测定,并提出人类mtDNA呈闭合环状,总长度为16 569bp[1].在此基础上,许多学者致力于分析这一环状小分子DNA,以揭示mtDNA的序列多态性程度.早期主要采用RFLP技术,如Greenberg等[2]、Horai等[3]用RFLP技术对人类mtDNA进行了序列分析,结果显示:人类mtDNA的序列多态性仅局限于长度约为1.1kb的非编码区,称之为D-Loop区,其中包含两个长度各为400bp的高度可变区-HV1和HV2;不同个体的mtDNA存在长度变异和序列变异,结果也提示人类线粒体DNA比核DNA有更高的突变率,为核DNA的5～10倍.甚至某些区域是核DNA的6～17倍.到了90年代,DNA自动测序技术在mtDNA研究上的普及应用,大大促进了研究的发展,不少学者提出人类mtDNA的序列分析可用于法医学个人识别.如Stonking等[4]用SSO杂交技术,Sulivan等[5]和Holland等[6]用直接测序法分别对时间久远(最长达24a)的尸体残骸的mtDNA进行序列分析,并与其可疑母系亲属进行比对,为尸源追踪提供了证据. 国内法医学者也于90年代中期开始了对我国汉族人群的mtDNA D-Loop区的序列进行分析[7,8],并陆续有将mtDNA的序列分析用于法医个人识别的报道,如公安部二所的刘冰等[9]将对脱落毛发的mtDNA嵌套式扩增的方法用于模板量很少的案例的个人识别,获得成功. 二、人类mtDNA序列分析的现状目前对mtDNA序列的分析方法多采用对其PCR产物的自动测序,所用检材包括血液、毛发、皮肤、指甲、骨骼、胎盘等多种组织,仍以Aderson所报道的序列为参考序列.     

中国汉族人群的线粒体DNA控制区多态性研究

探讨mtDNA多态性在法庭科学中个体识别的理论基础。应用PCR扩增产物直接测序方法 ,对 111名中国北方地区汉族人群无血缘关系个体的mtDNA控制区 (HVⅠ和HVⅡ )进行测序分析。在高变区Ⅰ 15 998～ 16 40 0之间发现 10 2处碱基变异 ,10 3个mtDNA单倍型 ;在高变区Ⅱ 0 0 0 35～ 0 0 36 9之间的发现 36处碱基变异 ,6 9个mtDNA单倍型。其可变碱基的变异形式主要为碱基替代 (转换和颠换 )、插入和缺失 ;碱基转换 (78 9% )明显高于颠换(14 3% )、插入 (3 4% ) ,缺失 (3 4% )。分析表明 ,人群个体mtDNA控制区碱基序列 ,基因多样性为 99 9% ,两个无关个体的偶合概率为 0 92 % ,具有高度序列的多态性     

mtDNA—HVⅠ和细胞色素b片段的复合扩增及其法医学应用

目的探讨复合扩增mtDNA D环HV I和细胞色素b片段进行种属鉴定和个体识别的方法及mtDNA-HV I多态性。方法用两对引物同步扩增HV I片段与细胞色素b片段,银染显带检测扩增产物,ABI377测序仪及荧光测序技术分析扩增产物序列多态性。结果人类有279bp,358bp两条带,动物只有358bp一条带。通过对131例随机广东汉族人群个体进行mtDNA控制区(15997～16236))序列测定统计,得出此区域的序列多态性。共发现69个位点变异,平均每个个体存在2.679个碱基突变,检出67个单倍型,基因多样性为97.92％。结论mtDNA控制区(15997—16236)具有较高的序列多态性。为良好的个体识别标记。复合扩增mtDNA D环HV I与细胞色素b片段进行测序分析可以同步进行种属鉴定和个体识别。     

Heteroplasmy in hair: differences among hair and blood from the same individuals are still a matter of debate

The analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a useful tool in forensic cases when sample contents too little or degraded nuclear DNA to genotype by autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) loci, but it is especially useful when the only forensic evidence is a hair shaft. Several authors have related differences in mtDNA from different tissues within the same individual, with high frequency of heteroplasmic variants in hair, as also in some other tissues. Is still a matter of debate how the differences influence the interpretation forensic protocols. One difference between two samples supposed to be originated from the same individual are related to an inconclusive result, but depending on the tissue and the position of the difference it should have a different interpretation, based on mutation-rate heterogeneity of mtDNA. In order to investigate it differences in the mtDNA control region from hair shafts and blood in our population, sequences from the hypervariable regions 1 and 2 (HV1 and HV2) from 100 Brazilian unrelated individuals were compared. The frequency of point heteroplasmy observed in hair was 10.5% by sequencing. Our study confirms the results related by other authors that concluded that small differences within tissues should be interpreted with caution especially when analyzing hair samples.     

中国汉族人mtDNA控制区异质性遗传规律

目的探讨中国汉族人mtDNA控制区异质性分布情况和遗传规律。方法将人mtDNA控制区扩增成6个部分互相重叠的片段,利用已建立的DHPLC技术分析其异质性规律。结果对150例汉族无关个体的多种组织检测,发现异质性个体的发生率达34%(51/150);个体的组织mtDNA异质性检出率最高为脑(50/150)、心肌(48/150)、最低为骨骼(22/150);本组共发现mtDNA控制区异质性位点有36个;同一个体可有多个异质性位点,最多的不超过3个;未发现异质性发生率有性别差异;超过41岁的高年龄组的异质性发生率(27/59)高于低年龄组(24/91);同一个体在2年前后取的血样,异质性检测结果一致;同一母系不同成员的异质性位点相同,但异质性mtDNA的含量有差异。结论DHPLC检测mtDNA控制区异质性具有高分辩力;mtDNA控制区异质性在中国汉族人中广泛存在;上述结果可作为mtDNA控制区多态性作个人认定和亲权鉴定的指导性资料。     

汉人不同区段头发的线粒体HVII异质性的序列分析

目的探讨汉族人不同区段头发线粒体DNA(mtDNA)HVII区的异质性。方法用5%Chelex100法提取7名汉族个体额、顶、枕及左、右颞部等5个不同部位的不同根不同段的头发mtDNA,同时取各自毛囊作为对照;以两步法扩增纯化后测序反应,3100型遗传分析仪检测。结果不同毛干区段的点异质性多发生于女性长发远段、儿童及老年人,不同区及同一根不同段均可发生点异质性,可多达4处,点异质性可能相同,可能不同,但一般多发生于相同个体毛囊mtDNA点突变处。不同区头发长度异质性不同,同一根头发不同段长度异质性相同。mtDNA点异质性有一定遗传倾向。稀释及混合样本mtDNA图谱也可表现为“点异质性”图谱。结论根据人头发毛干mtDNA测序结果得出“排除”结论时一定应慎重。     

Human hair histogenesis for the mitochondrial DNA forensic scientist.

Analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence from human hairs has proven to be a valuable complement to traditional hair comparison microscopy in forensic cases when nuclear DNA typing is not possible. However, while much is known about the specialties of hair biology and mtDNA sequence analysis, there has been little correlation of individual information. Hair microscopy and hair embryogenesis are subjects that are sometimes unfamiliar to the forensic DNA scientist. The continual growth and replacement of human hairs involves complex cellular transformation and regeneration events. In turn, the analysis of mtDNA sequence data can involve complex questions of interpretation (e.g., heteroplasmy and the sequence variation it may cause within an individual, or between related individuals. In this paper we review the details of hair developmental histology, including the migration of mitochondria in the growing hair, and the related interpretation issues regarding the analysis of mtDNA data in hair. Macroscopic and microscopic hair specimen classifications are provided as a possible guide to help forensic scientists better associate mtDNA sequence heteroplasmy data with the physical characteristics of a hair. These same hair specimen classifications may also be useful when evaluating the relative success in sequencing different types and/or forms of human hairs. The ultimate goal of this review is to bring the hair microscopist and forensic DNA scientist closer together, as the use of mtDNA sequence analysis continues to expand.     

Results of a collaborative study of the EDNAP group regarding mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy and segregation in hair shafts

A collaborative exercise was carried out by the European DNA Profiling Group (EDNAP) in order to evaluate the distribution of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) heteroplasmy amongst the hairs of an individual who displays point heteroplasmy in blood and buccal cells. A second aim of the exercise was to study reproducibility of mtDNA sequencing of hairs between laboratories using differing chemistries, further to the first mtDNA reproducibility study carried out by the EDNAP group. Laboratories were asked to type 2 sections from each of 10 hairs, such that each hair was typed by at least two laboratories. Ten laboratories participated in the study, and a total of 55 hairs were typed. The results showed that the C/T point heteroplasmy observed in blood and buccal cells at position 16234 segregated differentially between hairs, such that some hairs showed only C, others only T and the remainder, C/T heteroplasmy at varying ratios. Additionally, differential segregation of heteroplasmic variants was confirmed in independent extracts at positions 16093 and the poly(C) tract at 302-309, whilst a complete A-G transition was confirmed at position 16129 in one hair. Heteroplasmy was observed at position 16195 on both strands of a single extract from one hair segment, but was not observed in the extracts from any other segment of the same hair. Similarly, heteroplasmy at position 16304 was observed on both strands of a single extract from one hair. Additional variants at positions 73, 249 and the HVII poly(C) region were reported by one laboratory; as these were not confirmed in independent extracts, the possibility of contamination cannot be excluded. Additionally, the electrophoresis and detection equipment used by this laboratory was different to those of the other laboratories, and the discrepancies at position 249 and the HVII poly(C) region appear to be due to reading errors that may be associated with this technology. The results, and their implications for forensic mtDNA typing, are discussed in the light of the biology of hair formation.     

Characterization of Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Heteroplasmy in Blood Tissue and Hair as a Function of Hair Morphology*,†,‡

Abstract: This study characterizes mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence heteroplasmy in blood tissue and hair as a function of hair morphology. Bloodstains (127 individuals) and head hairs (128 individuals) were typed using the mtDNA LINEAR ARRAY? assay. A total of 1589 hairs were interpreted: 1478 (93%) were homoplasmic and 111 (7%) exhibited heteroplasmy at one or more positions. Seventy‐one percent (82/116) of individuals were homoplasmic, whereas 29% (34/116) exhibited heteroplasmy in at least one hair. The results demonstrate intra‐ and inter‐tissue differences in heteroplasmy within individuals. Sequence heteroplasmy among hairs from each individual varied from 0 to 90%; the frequency does not differ significantly with population group, cosmetic treatment, age, gender, medulla morphology, region of the scalp, hair growth phase, or, when comparing living and deceased donors. However, the results support a correlation between heteroplasmy and hair pigmentation; typically, lighter‐pigmented hairs exhibit a higher incidence of sequence heteroplasmy compared to darker hairs.