Objective To determine the prevalence of the polymorphisms of GSTM1 and GSTM3 genes in target population in Guangdong province and to investigate the linkage between the two genes and their association with the family history distribution of the target population. Methods Polymerase chain reaction-restriction (PCR)-2% agarose gel electrophoresis and PCR-12% PAGE electrophoresis approaches were employed to detect the genotype of the GSTM1 and GSTM3. The data was analyzed with SPSS10.0 software. Results The frequency of GSTM1(-) genotype was 56.8%(n=597). The frequency of genotype of GSTM3*A-*A,*A-*B,*B-*B were 62.3%,25.8%,11.9% respectively. Conclusion A linkage between the GSTM1 and GSTM3 gene is showed in the present paper. The analysis of logistic regression shows that the expression of homozygote for GSTM3*B-*B gene is correlated with the family history of coronary heart disease in the target population.

Objective To investigate the distribution of genetic polymorphisms of human glutathione-S-transferase P1 and M1(GSTP1 and GSTM1) in Hakka population of Meizhou area in South China. Methods Co-amplifying GSTM1 and ?-Globin gene to detect the absence or presence of the GSTM1 gene, polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCR-RFLP) were used to identify the genotypes of GSTP1 gene,and the data were analyzed with SPSS10.0 software. Results The GSTP1 and GSTM1 genetic polymorphisms were examined in 512 samples. The frequency of null genotype of GSTM1 gene was 62.1%, while the frequency of GSTP1 A/A, GSTP1 A/G and GSTP1 G/G were 69.1%, 28.2% and 2.7% respectively, and the GSTP1 genetic polymorphism distribution was in accordance with the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium rule. A significant difference was observed in GSTM1 genetic polymorphisms between drinkers and non-drinkers. The drinkers had higher frequency of absence GSTM1 gene. There was also a significant difference in the GSTP1 genetic polymorphisms between smoking group and non-smoking group. Compared with non-smokers, the smokers had a higher frequency of mutate genotype of GSTP1 gene and lower frequency of wild genotype. However there were no differences shown on the frequency of the GSTP1 genotypes in the aspect of cumulative tobacco consumption. Logistic regression analysis results showed that there was a weak association between the GSTM1 genetic polymorphisms and family history of hypertension. Conclusion There are significant differences in the GSTP1 genetic polymorphisms among different smoking status and in GSTM1 genetic polymorphisms between drinkers and non-drinkers. A weak association has been observed between the GSTM1 genetic polymorphisms and family history of hypertension.

Objective: To study the preventive actions of ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide(GLP) against kidney damage induced by cisplatin. Methods : Female Wistar rats were randomly divided into normal saline(NS) group, cisplatin(CDDP) group, GLP group, CDDP+GLP group. The changes of Scr, BUN, MDA, SOD were measured and renal structure was observed after 5 days by injecting drugs. Results : The contents of serum Scr and BUN of CDDP group were significantly highter than that of NS group. The activity of RBC SOD reduced and the contents of serum MDA increased. The contents of renocortical tissue MDA increased and the activity of SOD declined in renocortical tissue. The contents of serum Scr and BUN of GLP+CDDP group were significantly lower than that of CDDP group. The activity of RBC SOD increased and the contents of serum MDA declined. The concents of renocortical tissue MDA declined and the activity of SOD increased in renocortical tissue. The pathological slice indicated that renal structure was significantly improved. Conclusion : GLP may reduce cisplatin nephrotoxicity and its mechanism may be correlative with that GLP inhibited the blood and renocortical tissue lipid peroxidation increasing.

Objective To investigate the polymorphism of Brucella melitensis biovar 3 ( B.melitensis biovar 3) strains isolated from Guangdong province .Methods PCR assays followed by agar-ose gel electrophoresis and capillary electrophoresis based on the multiple locus variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) were performed to analyze 43 clinic isolates of B.melitensis biovar 3 strains isolated from clinical patients in Guangdong province .Results MLVA typing showed that the simi-larities of the analyzed locus among 43 strains of Brucella ranged from 68.2%to 100%.32 genotypes identi-fied among the isolates were identical (100%similarity).27 out of 43 strains (62.8%) were single geno-types, while the other 16 strains (37.2%) belonged to 5 other genotypes with 2 to 5 strains in each of them . Conclusion B.melitensis biovar 3 isolates showed polymorphism distribution in Guangdong province as in-dicated by MLVA typing analysis .Single-genotype isolates accounted for 62.8% of all studied strains.No predominant genotype was found among all isolates .

Objective To investigate the aging-related changes in gap junction protein-connexin 43 (Cx 43) in rats and their effect on the high incidence rate of ventricular arrhythmia in aged rats. Methods The 64 healthy male Fischer 344 (F344) rats were randomly divided into four age groups (n=16,each): 3-6 months (juvenile), 9-12 months (young-adult), 18-21 months (middle-aged) and 24-26 months (aged). The incidence rate of ventricular arrhythmia was recorded by monitoring their limb-lead Electroa rdiogram(ECG). Morphological changes of ventricular myocardium were observed under optical microscope in Hematoxylin (HE) and Masson's stain. The distribution of connexins 43 (Cx43) and deophosphatase (NP) Cx43 was observed by confocal immunofluorescence microscopy and the Cx43 and NP-Cx43 protein expression was assessed by Western-Blot. Results The incidence rate of ventricular arrhythmia was much higher in aged group (75.0%) than in other three groups (0%,0%,12.5%), all P＜0.05, and the aged group showed that ventricular muscle cells were hypertrophy and arrayed sparsely and disorderly with hyperplasia of connective tissues. The distribution of Cx43 changed from end-to-end to disordered arrangement and the total expression amount of Cx43 decreased as age increased (P＜0.05). The expression amount of NP-Cx43 in middle-aged rats was notably decreased than in juvenile and aged rats (P＜0.05). Conclusions For aged rats, the high incidence rate of ventricular arrhythmia may be associated with ventricular myocardium reconstruction, disarrangement of ventricular muscle cells and gap junction proteins, decreased expression amount of Cx43 and relatively increased NP-Cx43.

Objectives Through analyzing the published scientific papers by the professionals of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Guangdong Province(GDCDC) from 2001 to 2006,to put forward some suggestions for the research management,the discipline development and the personnel training.Methods Literature quantitative analysis and health statistics methods were used to analyze these papers.Results The professionals of GDCDC published a total of 924 papers with an annual average of 154 in 114 kinds of periodicals from 2001 to 2006 of the 924 papers.264 papers(28.6%) were published in the key Chinese periodicals,320 papers(34.6%)in the South China Journal of Preventive Medicine,68 papers (7.4%)in the Chinese Journal of Health Laboratory Technology and 51 papers(5.5%)in the China Public Health.Of the 924 papers,433 papers(46.9%)belonged in the field of health laboratory technology,354 papers(38.3%)in the field of disease prevention and control,and 70 papers(7.6%)in the field of public health.During the six years,79.2% of the total professionals Published at least one paper,58professionals published at least six papers.Of the 924 corresponding authors.56.8% aged 30～40 years old.48.9% had a bachelor degree,and 45.9% had a senior professional title.Conclusions In recent years,the quantity and quality of papers published by the professionals of GDCDC were improved.The professional's ability to conduct scientific research was enhanced and the research level of GDCDC wag raised year by year.The predominant specialties of the academic research were in the field of health laboratory technology and disease prevention and control.But the professional work and discipline development of Public health should be sirengthened further.

Objective To understand the genetic characteristics of Enterovirus 71 ( EVT1 ) circu-lating strains of Guangdong province in 2008. Methods We isolated an EV71 strain from the fatal case of the hand, foot and mouth disease during an epidemic of Guangdong in 2008. Its complete genome was se-quenced and analyzed comparatively. Results The results showed that the full length of EV71 GDFS-3 ge-nome( not including poly A tail ) is 7405 bp. No insertion or deletion is detected in the coding region. There are several insertions and deletions in 5'and 3'UTR. Phylogenetic analysis of GDFS-3 and reference strains showed GDFS-3 strain shares the highest nueleotide homology with TW984 strain(96.0% ) but low homology with SIN5865, MS and BrCr( about 81.0% ). GDFS-3 strain also shares the highest amino acid homology with TW984 strain(99.0% ). It clustered with reference strains of CA subgenotype in the phylogenetie tree. The nucleotide identity with CA reference strains is 91.0% -95.0%. Conclusion The phylogenetic analysis based on the entire genome demonstrates that GDFS-3 strain has the nearest genetic relationship with TW984 strains ( isolated in 2004). GDFS-3 may belong to the same subgenogroup ( CA ) with Taiwan predominant strains. Otherwise,Some mutations in 5'UTR of EV71 may play the very important role in heightened viru-lence.

To compare and evaluate the discriminatory ability and potential value of pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PF-GE) and multiple locus VNTRs analysis (MLVA) on the genotyping of Brucella ,a total of 60 strains of Brucella and three standards (16M ,544A ,1330S) were genotyped simultaneously by PFGE and MLVA .The result indicated that the similarity coefficient among the 63 isolates was from 72 .1-100 .0% by PFGE ,and could distinguish three species of B .melitensis ,B .su-is and B .abortus at the similarity level of 94 .4% .There were 14 clusters and 29 PFGE types identified by PFGE with discrim-inatory index (DI) of 0 .957 5 at the similarity level of 100% ;the similarity coefficient among the 63 isolates was from 16 .9-100 .0% by MLVA ,and could distinguish three species of Brucella at the similarity level of 52 .3% .There were 8 clusters and 47 MLVA types identified by MLVA with discriminatory index (DI) of 0 .985 2 at the similarity level of 100% .It's suggested that PFGE and MLVA could be used to distinguish three species of Brucella in the similarity coefficient of certain ,but could not effectively distinguish the type in the same species .Both of these two methods could be used for Brucella molecular typing , but MLVA is better than PFGE for its relatively higher discriminating ability .

Objective To develop a rapid and sensitive DNA microarray for Listeria monocytogenes detection.Methods A DNA microarray was developed using gyrB,ISR,16S rRNA,23S rRNA,hlyA,iap and prfA as the target genes and tested against 18 different species of known reference for repeatability,sensitivity,and specificity to verify the effectiveness of the chip.Results After testing of samples by the LM array,results show that the 70 mer Oligos synthesized by IDT are superior to the Oligos synthesized by Sagon with respect to both probe spotting or samples detection.The comparison of 3 spotting probe concentrations of 10 μmol/L,40 μmol/L and 80 μmol/L demonstrated that the 10 pmol/L probes result in good detection signals equivalent to the 40 μmol/L and 80 μmol/L probes.The repeatability and sensitivity evaluated by sample testing on the LM array revealed that the chips developed in this study have good repeatability and the lower limit of sample detection is 0.9 ng DNA.The LM array can distinguish clearly and definitively between Listeria and non-Listeria bacteria in the sample.Conclusion The microarray is able to rapidly detect and identify Listeria monocytogenes.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the associations of genetic polymorphisms in GSTs genes of the Hakka population of south China with family histories of certain chronic diseases.

METHODSFive hundred and thirty-nine healthy Hakka natives of Meizhou city of Guangdong province in south China were involved. The genotypes of GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1, GSTM3, and GSTA1 were determined using PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. The observed polymorphisms were analyzed by Chi-square and Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium tests. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the associations of the distributions of GST genotypes with family history of certain chronic diseases.

RESULTSThe distributions of polymorphisms in GSTP1, GSTM3, and GSTA1 conformed to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Compared to the Cantonese, the Hakka had a lower distribution of the GSTM3 deletion genotype (3.15% vs. 11.9%). A weak association was observed between the GSTM1 genetic polymorphism and family history of hypertension. Alcohol drinkers had a higher frequency of the null-GSTM1 genotype, while smokers had a higher frequency of a variant GSTP1 genotype.

CONCLUSIONThe results suggest that the Hakka is a special and distinctive Han Chinese ethnic group with different GSTs genetic polymorphisms. Smoking and drinking might be related to the distribution of GST genotypes.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Alcohol Drinking ; genetics ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; genetics ; China ; ethnology ; Female ; Genetic Predisposition to Disease ; Glutathione Transferase ; genetics ; Humans ; Hypertension ; genetics ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length ; Smoking ; genetics ; Young Adult