牛巴氏杆菌病多重PCR检测技术的建立与应用

【背景】牛巴氏杆菌病是由血清型(A、B、E)多杀性巴氏杆菌(Pasteurella multocida,Pm)引起的一种严重危害养牛业的重要传染病,病原学聚合酶链反应(polymerase chain reaction,PCR)方法是诊断并防控该病的有效手段。【目的】建立检测血清型(A、B、E)多杀性巴氏杆菌的多重PCR方法,为临床诊断牛巴氏杆菌病和病原分型提供技术支撑。【方法】参考多杀性巴氏杆菌hyaD-hyaC基因、bcbD基因和ecbJ基因特异区域,设计3对特异性引物,以温度梯度PCR法确定适宜退火温度(T_m);采用棋盘试验优化引物浓度并初步建立多重PCR方法;采用重组质粒标准品及阳性菌株菌液确定其敏感性(最小检测量);以8种常见牛感染病原体[溶血性曼氏杆菌(Mannheimia hemolytica)C1655、大肠埃希氏菌(Escherichia coli)C237、产单核细胞李氏杆菌(Listeria monocytogenes)C1597、金黄色葡萄球菌(Staphylococcus aureus)C3053、都柏林沙门氏菌(Salmonella dublin)C79351、副结核分枝杆菌(Mycobacterium paratuberculosis)C1625、牛传染性鼻气管炎病毒(bovine infectious rhinotracheitis virus)CAV1546和牛支原体分离株(Mycoplasma bovis)C65-1]核酸样本确定其特异性;制备3批诊断试剂,对敏感性和特异性样品进行批间和批内试验,确定其重复性;运用建立的方法使用3种不同型号的PCR仪检测敏感性和特异性样品,确定其适用性;通过检测临床样本及人工模拟感染样本评价临床应用效果。【结果】在T_m为55℃时,3对引物浓度分别为0.25、0.30和0.20μmol/L条件下建立多重PCR方法较优,可以同时检测多杀性巴氏杆菌血清A型(821bp)、血清B型(203bp)和血清E型(363bp);该方法敏感性高,对重组质粒标准品pMD-A、pMD-B和pMD-E检测限分别为43.080、3.710和4.350copies/μL,对阳性菌液最低检出限均为10²CFU细菌;其特异性强,仅对血清型(A、B、E)多杀性巴氏杆菌有特异性扩增条带,同时对其他病原体均无扩增条带;该方法重复性良好,批间与批内试验均一致;临床样本及人工模拟感染样本检测结果显示与病原分离鉴定符合率为100%。【结论】成功建立了一种可鉴定不同血清型的牛多杀性巴氏杆菌多重PCR检测方法。     

禽分枝杆菌对豚鼠的致病性分析

【背景】我国禽型结核菌素(avian tuberculin)的制造用菌株为CVCC 68201、CVCC 68202和CVCC 68203株,但目前仍未明确这3株菌的生物学特性及对豚鼠致病性的情况。【目的】探究禽分枝杆菌(Mycobacterium avium)的生物学特性及对动物机体的致病性,为禽结核病和牛结核病的防控工作提供技术支撑。【方法】对3株禽分枝杆菌基因组进行鉴定分析及核酸相似度分析;用3株禽分枝杆菌分别感染豚鼠,观察感染后的临床症状、病理学变化、体重增重情况分析、皮内变态反应结果、脏器系数变化等,进而分析3株禽分枝杆菌对豚鼠的致病力。【结果】种型鉴定和进化分析结果表明,CVCC 68201、CVCC 68202和CVCC 68203均为禽分枝杆菌,基因组与Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium FDAARGOS_1608最为相近;在感染前期、中期、后期对3株禽分枝杆菌感染豚鼠的体重增重情况分析发现,感染禽分枝杆菌影响豚鼠增重,主要表现为生长迟缓,感染第5周时,CVCC 68201、CVCC 68202组豚鼠的平均体重明显轻于未感染组;皮内变态反应试验结果显示,感染CVCC 68201组豚鼠的皮肤红肿面积明显大于其他2个感染组,CVCC 68201可引起机体更为强烈的迟发型变态反应;3株禽分枝杆菌感染后,豚鼠脾脏和肺脏存在不同程度的肿大与出血,其中感染CVCC 68201豚鼠的肺脏系数与未感染组相比差异显著(P<0.01);病理学观察结果显示,豚鼠肺脏可见不同程度病变,其中CVCC 68201组更为严重,表现为肿大和轻微出血。各感染组豚鼠肺脏和脾脏组织切片抗酸染色均可见红色的分枝杆菌散在浸润。【结论】3株禽分枝杆菌对豚鼠均有一定程度的致病性,可引发局部病变。本研究为禽分枝杆菌的制备和鉴定提供依据,也为牛结核病的鉴别诊断方法研究提供参考。     

应用PCR技术检测中华按蚊蚊胃血血源

【目的】应用PCR技术检测甘肃地区中华按蚊Anopheles sinensis蚊胃血来源,研究其吸血习性。【方法】根据中华按蚊可能吸血对象(人、牛、猪、羊、鼠、鸡)的线粒体DNA细胞色素b序列的差异,设计种特异引物,建立聚合酶链反应(PCR)体系鉴定中华按蚊蚊胃血来源。同时,对人血、猪血、牛血、羊血、鼠血、鸡血及未吸血中华按蚊中提取的DNA进行检测,验证该方法的特异性;对吸饲人血后不同时间(6、12、24、36、48、60 h)的中华按蚊进行检测,测试该方法的敏感性。【结果】该方法可从已知动物血样和中华按蚊提取的DNA中分别扩增得到689 bp(人)、271 bp(牛)、453 bp(猪)、225 bp(羊)、485 bp(鼠)、266 bp(鸡)和468 bp(中华按蚊)大小的特异性条带;吸人血36 h内的中华按蚊均能扩增出特异性条带,在吸人血后48 h、60 h的中华按蚊中,均未扩出特异性条带。共检测10只现场中华按蚊,血源来自人、牛、猪分别为5只、2只、3只,其中1只蚊子兼吸人血和猪血。【结论】建立的PCR检测方法可鉴定中华按蚊蚊胃血来源,结果稳定可靠;甘肃地区中华按蚊不仅嗜吸人血,也可兼吸其他动物血。     

PDCoV、SADS-CoV与SVA三重RT-PCR检测方法的建立与应用

【背景】猪丁型冠状病毒(porcine deltacoronavirus,PDCoV)、新型猪急性腹泻综合征冠状病毒(swine acute diarrhea syndrome coronavirus,SADS-CoV)与塞内卡病毒A型(Seneca virus A,SVA)均为猪的新发病原,严重危害养猪业的发展。猪感染这3种新发病原难以根据临床症状诊断,因此亟须建立多重RT-PCR检测方法对疑似患病猪进行快速诊断,以降低经济损失。【目的】建立能同时检测PDCoV、SADS-CoV和SVA单一或混合感染的三重RT-PCR检测方法。【方法】参考GenBank中登录的PDCoV和SADS-CoV N基因、SVA L/P1基因保守区域,设计3对特异性引物,以温度梯度PCR法确定最适退火温度(T_m);采用方阵法优化其引物浓度;构建重组质粒PMD-PDCoV、PMD-SADS-CoV和PMD-SVA作为标准品确定最小检测量(limits of detection,LOD);以猪传染性胃肠炎病毒、猪流行性腹泻病毒、猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒等6种常见感染猪的病毒核酸样本为模板,确定三重RT-PCR法的特异性;以批间和批内实验验证其重复性;经检测疑似感染的临床样本并与已报道的检测方法进行比较,评估其临床应用效果。【结果】最佳退火温度为58.3℃;引物最佳浓度分别为0.5、0.25和0.25μmol/L;其敏感性高,PMD-PDCoV、PMD-SADS-CoV与PMD-SVA最低检测限分别为1、1和10copies/μL;其特异性强,仅对PDCoV、SADS-CoV和SVA有特异性条带,对其他病毒均无扩增条带;该方法重复性好,批间和批内实验检测结果均一致。经临床样本检测PDCoV、SADS-CoV和SVA的阳性率分别为65.85%、30.49%和57.32%,与已报道的检测方法一致。最后从13份PDCoV、SADS-CoV和SVA均为阳性的样品中随机选取5份样品进行测序,并做同源性及进化树分析,结果显示5份阳性病料的PCR扩增序列之间相似性较高,而且和参考序列之间也具有较高的相似性,均可达到96%以上。表明本研究建立的方法在应用于临床样品检测中具有较高的准确性和可靠性。【结论】建立了一种能够同时快速检测PDCoV、SADS-CoV和SVA的三重RT-PCR方法,为临床上检测上述3种病毒提供了技术支撑。     

检测OMP28抗体不能有效诊断羊布鲁氏菌病

【目的】探索布鲁氏菌外膜蛋白OMP28作为羊布鲁氏菌病特异性检测方法的可行性。【方法】体外表达和纯化OMP28蛋白,建立并优化以OMP28重组蛋白为包被抗原的布鲁氏菌病ELISA诊断方法。以3个不同种属的4株布鲁氏菌(羊种布鲁氏菌16M和M28,猪种布鲁氏菌S1330,牛种布鲁氏菌2308)分别感染山羊和绵羊至42周,期间每隔2周收集血清,分别用布鲁氏菌LPS包被的ELISA和OMP28 ELISA方法对不同阶段的分离血清进行检测,比较2种不同ELISA对4株布鲁氏菌感染的山羊和绵羊的检测敏感性。【结果】4株布鲁氏菌感染的山羊和绵羊均产生高水平针对LPS的抗体,但是仅有B. melitensis 16M和B. melitensis M28感染的绵羊与B. melitensis 16M和B. abortus 2308感染的山羊可产生针对OMP28的抗体。【结论】基于OMP28的间接ELISA具有细菌属特异性和宿主动物品种特异性,通过检测OMP28抗体不能有效诊断羊布鲁氏菌病。     

布鲁氏菌病荧光偏振抗体检测方法的建立

【目的】布鲁氏菌病(Brucellosis)简称布病,是由布鲁氏菌引起的以感染家畜为主的人畜共患传染病,造成严重的公共卫生问题。目前全世界范围内消除该病的主要方法是扑杀与免疫相结合,所以建立快速准确的诊断方法对防治和清除布病非常必要。本文建立布鲁氏菌病荧光偏振(FPA)抗体检测方法,为布鲁氏菌病(布病)的快速高效诊断提供技术手段。【方法】提纯猪种布鲁氏菌S2株脂多糖O链(OPS),经异硫氰酸荧光素(FITC)标记后作为诊断抗原。通过对样品稀释液、抗原稀释度、反应时间等条件的优化,初步建立了布鲁氏菌荧光偏振诊断方法。用该方法对148份布病阳性血清(其中牛血清70份,羊血清78份)和155份布病阴性血清(其中牛血清82份,羊血清73份)进行检测,确定其敏感性和特异性。按确定的技术参数,制备3批布鲁氏菌FPA抗体检测试剂盒,使用质控阴、阳性血清分别评价试剂盒的批内和批间重复性。用400份临床样本比较本研究开发试剂盒与商品化进口FPA试剂盒的符合率。【结果】使用0.5%蔗糖磷酸缓冲液作为血清样品稀释液;标记抗原的使用浓度为90μg/m L;最佳反应时间为3-5 min。本检测方法的判定标准为:δm P值20时为阴性,δm P值≥20时为阳性。按上述条件建立的FPA检测148份布病阳性血清和155份布病阴性血清,结果敏感性为98.6%,特异性为98.7%。对400份临床样本的比对检测显示,研究建立的FPA方法与进口商品化试剂盒的总符合率为94.0%。【结论】研究建立的布鲁氏菌PFA抗体检测方法具有良好的特异性和敏感性,可作为一种重要的布病诊断快速诊断方法。     

四重PCR检测副溶血性弧菌及其毒力基因方法的建立

【目的】建立同时检测副溶血性弧菌tox R、tdh、trh、tlh基因的四重PCR快速检测方法。【方法】分别以副溶血性弧菌的tox R、tdh、trh、tlh 4个基因为靶基因,设计4对特异性引物,对4对引物浓度和退火温度进行优化,获得最佳引物比例和扩增条件,建立快速检测致病性副溶血性弧菌的四重PCR体系。通过特异性验证、灵敏度验证以及模拟样品检测进行方法确认。【结果】四重PCR体系扩增条带与预期相符,即115 bp(tox R)、244 bp(tdh)、418 bp(trh)、759 bp(tlh)4个目的条带;用74株副溶血性弧菌和37株非目标菌的测试结果表明,所建立的方法有良好的特异性。该方法对模板DNA的检测灵敏度为50μg/L,纯培养物的检测灵敏度为6.7×103 CFU/m L;副溶血性弧菌含量为1.36 CFU/g的人工模拟样品增菌6 h后,tox R、tlh、tdh、trh 4个基因可同时被检出。【结论】该方法可实现同时检测携带tox R、tdh、trh、tlh 4种基因的副溶血性弧菌,对开展致病性副溶血性弧菌的检测研究具有一定现实意义。     

水霉菌环介导等温扩增检测方法的建立

【目的】建立一种快速简单检测水霉病病原菌的方法。【方法】针对水霉菌ITS区基因序列设计4条特异性引物,包括两条外引物和两条内引物,优化反应条件,观察检测结果。对该方法的特异性和敏感性进行研究。【结果】建立了环介导等温扩增技术检测水霉菌的方法,确定了其最适反应条件。该方法能够检测到浓度低至103个/mL的水霉菌孢子,其灵敏度是普通PCR方法的100倍。【结论】建立的检测水霉菌的LAMP技术,具有操作简便快速等特点,可用做特异性水霉及其孢子的快速鉴定。     

一种随机引物联合多特异性DNA片段检测结核分支杆菌的新方法

目的:针对目前结核性疾病实验室诊断的局限性,探索一种更为敏感和特异的结核分枝杆菌DNA检测新方法。方法:选取10株江苏地区流行的结核分支杆菌(MTB)菌株,选取临床其他常见菌株及分枝杆菌菌株作为对照组,分别提取DNA作为随机引物的模板。参考国内、外文献设计12条随机引物,并分别对MTB及对照菌株进行单个引物随机扩增,2%的琼脂糖凝胶电泳对扩增产物进行分离并切胶纯化,通过TA克隆将纯化片段连接到质粒pEASYTM-T5 Zero并进行测序,通过BLAST-nr比对验证是否为MTB DNA片段。按照所确定的MTB片段序列,在其内部设计、合成一对特异性引物。用此特异性引物扩增对应的随机引物扩增产物,获得MTB特异性条带图谱。并将该方法检测的敏感性和特异性与临床上常用的real-time PCR进行比较。结果:经BLAST-nr比对,随机引物IS986F,S535及IS986R扩增的条带与MTB DNA有高度同源性(均为99%)。随机引物IS986F、S535和IS986R分别联合其特异性引物可以检测稀释105倍、105倍和103倍的MTB DNA,其特异性分别为100%、90%和80%。常规real-time PCR可检测出稀释104倍的MTB DNA。结论:随机引物IS986F联合其特异性引物检测结核分枝杆菌的灵敏度和特异性优于S535、IS986R两组,特异性为100%,且灵敏度优于常规real-time PCR法。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.