定量PCR技术在法医学中应用的研究

目的研究荧光定量PCR技术在法医学中的应用。方法应用Taqman技术对法医各种生物检材进行DNA定量。结果该定量PCR技术对各种法医生物检材进行了准确定量,并判断检材中是否存在抑制物,从而指导了后续STR的检验。结论定量PCR技术是法医DNA检验中一项不可缺少的辅助技术。     

生物质谱技术在法医遗传学中的应用展望

随着基质辅助激光解吸电离质谱 (MALDI MS)和电喷雾离子化质谱 (ESI MS)两种技术的迅速发展 ,生物质谱技术已经成为生命科学研究中的重要工具。由于直接检测分子的质量 ,质谱技术同其他方法相比更加准确。生物质谱技术在核酸序列分析中具有快速性、微量化、和高通量的特点。利用MALDI TOF MS技术可以分析降解检材的SNP遗传标记 ,这在法医学中将有着重要的意义。本文对生物质谱技术的原理、进展、面临的困难以及在法医遗传学中的应用前景作了评述     

二代测序技术在法医遗传学中的应用研究进展(2011～2016)

对生物检材进行DNA分型是解决法医遗传学实践中个体识别和亲权鉴定问题的重要步骤,法医学实践中复杂生物检材和复杂亲缘关系鉴定等一直是现有的检测分析技术的难点和挑战。随着DNA技术的发展,新的检测分析技术不断引入到法医遗传学领域,以期提高检测效能。二代测序技术具有测序通量高、成本低等特点,能够获得样本DNA详细序列和相对含量等信息,有助于生物检材的检测和案件的分析。二代测序技术在法医遗传学领域的应用受到广泛关注,相关的应用研究逐渐增多。本文就目前法医遗传学领域借助二代测序技术对遗传标记分析的研究进展进行总结,希望能为相关研究和应用提供参考。     

法医蛋白质组学研究进展与展望

随着质谱仪灵敏度的提升、蛋白质序列数据库的完善以及数据分析方法的成熟,蛋白质组质谱技术发展迅速,为其在犯罪调查应用奠定了良好的技术基础。蛋白质序列含有关于基因型的信息,而且蛋白质的表达水平与表型相关。因此,当生物物证没有DNA或者DNA降解非常严重,DNA检验技术无法实施或检验结果不佳时,对蛋白质序列和表达水平的检验就具有了独特的应用价值,如在毛发法医个体识别、体液斑迹组织来源等方面,可作为DNA检验技术的有效补充手段。本文综述了法医蛋白质组学的主要技术方法、法庭科学应用研究的最新进展以及在案件实际应用转化仍需重点研究的问题。     

动物DNA分析技术及其法医学应用

动物DNA分析是法医非人源DNA分析的重要内容,对提供侦查线索和审判依据具有特殊的法医学价值.法医动物DNA分析主要涉及家养动物和野生动物两大类别.本文以动物DNA分析在法庭科学中的应用为切入点,综述了动物个体识别、亲缘鉴定、物种鉴定等,动物DNA分析中的遗传标记、检测技术等,并提出法医动物DNA分析存在的问题以及未来...     

MALDI-TOF-IMS在蛋白质组学研究中的新进展

基质辅助激光解吸/电离-飞行时间质谱成像(matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight imaging mass spectrometry,MALDI-TOF-IMS)技术已成为目前蛋白质组学研究中的经典技术,是一种研究生物组织切片中蛋白质和小分子物质分布的工具。MALDI-TOF-IMS通过单次扫描就能够同时分析生物组织切片中的各种未知组分,在保持组织中细胞和分子完整性的同时获取组织的分子成像图。近年来,质谱成像技术在生物医学各领域中有了较快发展,本文综合文献资料对MALDI-TOF-IMS技术目前的发展水平、质谱成像原理、方法学以及在法医病理学中的应用前景进行了综述。     

法医DNA分析技术的拓展应用

法医DNA分析技术近30年的应用和发展,其可提供的信息量显著增加。为了最大限度地打击犯罪和侦破案件,侦查人员有必要充分挖掘法医DNA分析技术的科学内涵,借用DNA分析结果,从传统的凶杀、强奸等重大刑事案件拓展应用到系列案件的串并、入室盗窃、抢劫、盗抢机动车辆、盗窃电力通信设施、诈骗等侵财型案件的侦破中,推进相关案件侦查思路的延伸,使法医DNA分析技术真正成为侦破相关案件新的增长点。     

荧光标记检测STR复合基因座的应用

自DNA检验应用于法医鉴定以来,经过了十几年的发展,已建立了许多各种各样的方法和技术.STR分析方法虽发展时间不长,但由于其本身特有的特点,如等位基因片段短小,易于扩增,灵敏度高;基因座多,识别力强;对降解DNA能进行分析,可检验腐败陈旧生物检材;易于实现自动分析和计算机管理等,已日益成为日常DNA分析的主要、首选方法.STR分析从单个位点扩增分析到多个位点复合扩增分析,从银染到荧光检测分析,日趋自动化.反过来,检验程序的自动化进一步促进STR技术在日常案件检验中的应用.现荧光标记检测STR复合基因座技术已开始在法医DNA检验中应用并将被广泛采用.本文就其应用中的一些问题进行讨论.     

DNA检验技术在野生动物保护中的应用

随着生物技术的发展,法医DNA检验技术在保护野生动物的工作中得到了越来越多的应用.本文介绍了全球野生动物犯罪现状及保护措施,简述了法医DNA检验技术在野生动物物种鉴定、来源地确认、个体识别和亲子鉴定等方面的实际应用,重点评述了法医DNA技术用于野生动物保护的几种常用检验方法以及各自的优缺点,探讨了法医DNA技术用于野生...     

生物信息学在法医学中的应用与展望

自DNA指纹技术应用于司法实践的报道以来,法医DNA分析发挥着越来越重要的作用。近年来,随着基因组学高通量测序技术的快速发展,生物信息学分析手段也逐渐开始与法医学应用结合,极大地扩展了法医物证的分析能力。本文综合阐述了法医遗传学所涉及的基因组、表观组以及转录组生物信息分析相关研究现状以及发展趋势。     

Analysis of active ricin and castor bean proteins in a ricin preparation, castor bean extract, and surface swabs from a public health investigation

In late February 2008, law enforcement officials in Las Vegas, Nevada, discovered in a hotel room, a copy of The Anarchist Cookbook, suspected castor beans and a "white powder" thought to be a preparation of ricin. Ricin is a deadly toxin from the seed of the castor bean plant (Ricinus communis). The United States regulates the possession, use, and transfer of ricin and it is the only substance considered a warfare agent in both the Chemical and the Biological Weapons Conventions. Six samples obtained from the hotel room were analyzed by laboratories at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention using a panel of biological and mass spectrometric assays. The biological assays (real time-PCR, time resolved fluorescence and cytotoxicity) provided presumptive evidence of active ricin in each of the samples. This initial screen was followed by an in-depth analysis using a novel, state-of-the-art mass spectrometry-based ricin functional assay and high sensitivity tandem mass spectrometry for protein identification. Mass spectrometric analysis positively identified ricin and confirmed that in each of the samples it was enzymatically active. The tandem mass spectrometry analysis used here is the most selective method available to detect ricin toxin. In each sample, ricin was unequivocally identified along with other R. communis plant proteins, including the highly homologous protein RCA120. Although database searches using tandem mass spectra acquired from the samples indicated that additional controlled substances were not present in these samples, the mass spectrometric results did provide extensive detail about the sample contents. To the best of our knowledge following a review of the available literature, this report describes the most detailed analysis of a white powder for a public health or forensic investigation involving ricin.     

焦磷酸测序技术分析单核苷酸多态性在法医学中的应用

单核苷酸多态性（SNP）是新一代的法医学遗传标记,有望成为法医实践中解决高度降解检材及特殊案件DNA鉴定的重要工具。近年来涌现出许多高通量的SNP分析方法,如引物延伸结合时间飞行质谱分析法、微测序法、SNP lex以及焦磷酸测序法等。本文重点对焦磷酸测序技术的原理、步骤及其在法医学中的应用进展进行简要的综述。     

MALDI-TOF-MS成像技术及其在法医损伤标志物筛选中的应用

传统的免疫学和分子生物学技术在寻找损伤分子标志物方面存在成果孤立、效价模糊以及相互间作用机制不明等缺点.质谱成像技术集筛选、分析和图像化于一体,更适合基于形态学的损伤分子标志物研究.本文综述了基于基质辅助激光解吸/电离-飞行时间质谱（matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionizationtime-of flight mass spectrometry,MALDI-TOF-MS）成像技术筛选并识别特征性蛋白质的方法和最新进展,阐述了其在法医学损伤研究中的应用价值.     

Review of analytical methods for screening and quantification of fentanyl analogs and novel synthetic opioids in biological specimens

Fentanyl, fentanyl analogs, and other novel synthetic opioids (NSO), including nitazene analogs, prevail in forensic toxicology casework. Analytical methods for identifying these drugs in biological specimens need to be robust, sensitive, and specific. Isomers, new analogs, and slight differences in structural modifications necessitate the use of high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), especially as a non-targeted screening method designed to detect newly emerging drugs. Traditional forensic toxicology workflows, such as immunoassay and gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC–MS), are generally not sensitive enough for detection of NSOs due to observed low (sub-μg/L) concentrations. For this review, the authors tabulated, reviewed, and summarized analytical methods from 2010–2022 for screening and quantification of fentanyl analogs and other NSOs in biological specimens using a variety of different instruments and sample preparation approaches. Limits of detection or quantification for 105 methods were included and compared to published standards and guidelines for suggested scope and sensitivity in forensic toxicology casework. Methods were summarized by instrument for screening and quantitative methods for fentanyl analogs and for nitazenes and other NSO. Toxicological testing for fentanyl analogs and NSOs is increasingly and most commonly being conducted using a variety of liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC–MS)-based techniques. Most of the recent analytical methods reviewed exhibited limits of detection well below 1 μg/L to detect low concentrations of increasingly potent drugs. In addition, it was observed that most newly developed methods are now using smaller sample volumes which is achievable due to the sensitivity increase gained by new technology and new instrumentation.     

Determination of disperse dyes on polyester fibers by UHPLC–Orbitrap MS

The determination of fiber dyes is important in forensic investigations. Although a variety of fiber dyes detection methods have been established, the sensitive and accurate determination of trace fiber dyes remains a challenge due to the possible interferences caused by complex environmental matrix and various fiber additives. Orbitrap mass spectrometry (Orbitrap MS) is a type of high-resolution mass spectrometry with high qualitative accuracy and detection sensitivity which highly meet the identification requirements of fiber dyes in real cases. However, the application of Orbitrap MS in fiber dye analysis is limited. In this regard, this study used polyester fiber, which is the most commonly-found fiber in forensic cases, as a model and established a UHPLC–Orbitrap MS method to analyze disperse dyes on polyester fibers. Using the optimized UHPLC–Orbitrap MS method, nine disperse dyes were accurately identified and well separated, and the limits of detection ranged between 0.1 ng/mL and 5.0 ng/mL. The developed method was applied to analyze actual fiber samples, and dyes from single fibers of 1 mm in length could be accurately detected. The established method is sensitive, accurate, and demonstrates good application prospects.     

纸喷雾质谱在物证检验中的应用

物证检验中,建立简便、快捷、样品前处理步骤少的质谱分析方法一直是一大挑战。纸喷雾电离技术具有快速灵敏、经济高效、操作简便的特点,可有效解决物证检验中的难题。本文综述了纸喷雾电离质谱在物证检验领域相关应用的最新进展,主要包括毒物毒品分析、药物滥用、农残检测、食品及日用品安全、文书检验及爆炸物检测,并辅以展望。     

Application of mesocellular siliceous foams (MCF) for surface-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry (SALDI-MS) Analysis of fingermarks

Recent advances in nanotechnology applied in forensic sciences have contributed to consider new approaches including chemical evaluation of latent fingermarks. Significant improvement to the detection of small organic molecules has been reached with matrix-free methods associated to laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. The present study investigated the application of mesocellular siliceous foam (MCF) as an ionizing agent for laser desorption/ionization (LDI-MS) analysis of fingermarks as a proof of concept research. Fingermarks from three different donors were deposited directly onto a MALDI target plate and α-CHCA matrix solution, MCF ethanolic suspension or MCF/magnetic powder mixture were used for treatment. Microscopy characterization of MCF support showed particles with irregular morphology and variable sizes, and a unordered porous surface with pores diameter ranging from about 10 to 20?nm. Results showed less intense peaks in the spectra produced by the MCF support (control). Analysis of fingermarks showed ions related to endogenous and exogenous molecular components, including possible lipids from human sebum and quaternary ammonium cations commonly present in cosmetics. Promising and reproducible results were obtained for the fingermarks dusted with the MCF/magnetic powder mixture. Considering the forensic applications of nanomaterials for the analysis of small molecules in biological samples by matrix-free LDI techniques, the advantages of silica based materials should be further investigated.