重组酶聚合酶扩增技术研究进展

重组酶聚合酶扩增(RPA)是一种近年来发展起来的等温扩增技术。不仅具有检测速度快,灵敏度高,特异性好等特点,而且由于该反应可以在体温条件下等温扩增,特别适用于实验室外的现场诊断与床边诊断,具有广泛的应用前景。本文对RPA技术的发展进行了回顾与综述,对RPA技术的扩增原理、反应机制、反应体系、引物探针设计的优化,以及在此基础上发展起来的RPA产物检测方法,如侧向流试纸、絮凝分析、实时荧光、电化学、化学发光、表面增强拉曼散射等诊断技术进行了全面阐述,同时分析了当前RPA技术发展中的热点问题,为该技术的深入研究和推广应用提供参考。     

植物检疫性病毒等温扩增检测技术研究进展

植物病毒严重影响农林作物的产量和质量.随着全球化的快速发展,植物检疫性病毒跨境入侵风险加剧,研发植物检疫性病毒的精准、快速的检测技术对于保障进出口贸易及农林业生产安全具有重要作用.早期植物病毒检测主要基于寄主生物学症状、病毒形态观察以及ELISA为主的血清学检测方法等.当前,核酸扩增技术成为主要的植物病毒检测方法,特别是近20年来发展起来的等温核酸扩增技术,因其具有快速、灵敏、适于现场检测等优势,在许多植物病毒检测中广泛开展研究.其中,我国20余种进境植物检疫性病毒已建立了等温扩增检测技术.本文在综述等温扩增技术原理的基础上,归纳总结了主要等温扩增技术在植物检疫性病毒检测中的研究进展,并对其在口岸检疫的应用前景进行展望.     

重组酶聚合酶扩增技术结合侧向流动试纸条快速检测锦鲤疱疹病毒

为建立一种快速、灵敏并适用于临床检测Ⅲ型鲤疱疹病毒(Cy HV-3, KHV)的方法,实验根据KHV SphI-5基因的保守序列片段设计引物及探针,采用重组酶聚合酶扩增技术结合侧流层析试纸条(RPA-LFD)检测KHV。重组酶聚合酶扩增技术(RPA)具恒温扩增及高灵敏度特点,简化了设备要求的同时又能做到高效检测病毒,再结合侧向流动试纸条(LFD)将RPA结果快速地可视化,提高了该疾病的检测效率。结果表明,在38℃的最适反应温度下,采用RPA-AGE技术仅需10min便可检测出病原的目标片段,结合LFD方法仅需5min便可将RPA结果通过试纸条可视化呈现。研究研发的KHV RPA-LFD检测方法简单、快捷,可为实验条件有限的养殖场快速诊断需求提供技术支撑。     

重组酶聚合酶扩增技术：一种新的核酸扩增策略

重组酶聚合酶扩增 (recombinase polymerase amplification, RPA)是近年来兴起的一种等温核酸扩增技术,它比聚合酶链式反应(polymerase chain reaction, PCR)及其它等温扩增技术更快速、便捷、高效。本文将详细介绍RPA这项新颖的技术,并对其在医疗诊断、农业、食品、生物安全等方面的研究及应用进展进行综述。期望这项技术得到更多的关注,使其发展更加完善,将来在更多的领域充分发挥作用,甚至书写核酸检测历史新篇章。     

重组酶聚合酶扩增技术研究进展

重组酶聚合酶扩增(recombinase polymerase amplification,RPA)技术是一种新兴的核酸恒温扩增技术,具有灵敏度高、特异性强、反应快速等特点。利用RPA技术可以对核酸拷贝数进行绝对定量并且可以同时检测多个靶标核酸序列,结合侧流层析试纸条或荧光信号监测装置等简易实验设备即可直接观察检测结果。就RPA技术的原理、发展、技术特点及其近年来在体外诊断、病原检测等领域的研究进展作一综述,旨在为该技术的深入研究和应用提供参考。     

四引物扩增受阻突变体系PCR技术及其在动植物遗传育种研究中的应用

四引物扩增受阻突变体系PCR(Tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system PCR,Tetra-primer ARMS PCR)技术是一种在普通PCR基础上发展起来的单核苷酸多态性(SNP)分型技术。该项技术综合了扩增受阻突变体系(Amplification refractory mutation system,ARMS)和四引物PCR(tetra-primer PCR)技术的优点,是对等位基因特异性PCR法的改良。它具有操作简便、分型快速、费用低廉等特点,在国内外生命科学领域尤其是遗传育种领域的应用越来越广泛。本文介绍了四引物扩增受阻突变体系PCR的技术原理及优势、结果检测手段和反应体系改进方法,并在此基础上对该技术在遗传育种研究中的应用进行综述。     

环介导等温扩增技术的应用进展

环介导等温扩增(loop-mediated isothermal amplification,LAMP)是一种新式核酸扩增技术,它依靠一种具有链置换活性的DNA聚合酶与2对特殊设计的引物,在等温条件下即可高效快速地完成扩增反应。相较于传统扩增检测方法,LAMP技术具有特异性强、灵敏度高、操作简单快速等优点,更能在现场快速检测和基层应用中广泛推广,目前LAMP技术已广泛应用于植物病害检测、动物病害检测、食品安全检测等领域。基于此,简要介绍了LAMP技术的基本原理、反应产物的检测方法,重点阐述了LAMP技术的改进与发展,综述了近年来其在科研生产中的应用进展,并对其发展前景进行了展望,以期为LAMP技术的进一步发展提供合理的研究方向。     

等温扩增技术及其结合CRISPR在微生物快速检测中的研究进展

等温扩增技术因其对仪器依赖性低、核酸扩增高效等优势,非常适合于快速检测,已在微生物快速检测领域得到了广泛应用。本文从核酸提取、等温扩增(以环介导等温扩增技术(Loop-mediated isothermal amplification,LAMP)和重组酶聚合酶扩增技术(Recombinase polymerase amplification,RPA)为例)和产物检测角度,就近年来核酸等温扩增技术的发展及其在病原微生物核酸快速检测领域的应用进行综述,并概述了核酸等温扩增技术与CRISPR(Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)基因编辑技术相结合的最新研究成果,为这些新兴技术的研究和未来的发展提供新思路。     

实时荧光重组酶聚合酶扩增快速检测临床常见曲霉菌方法的建立

目的:针对曲霉菌属转录间隔区ITS1设计引物、探针,利用实时荧光重组酶聚合酶扩增(Real-time RPA)技术建立一种快速、准确、经济的临床常见曲霉菌检测鉴定方法。方法:利用建立的实时荧光重组酶聚合酶扩增体系对标准菌株及临床标本提取的DNA进行扩增,验证该方法的性能。结果:本研究针对曲霉菌属转录间隔区ITS1设计引物、探针利用RPA试剂盒(荧光型)建立了Real-time RPA扩增体系,在15分钟内即可检测出临床常见的四种曲霉菌;特异性试验结果显示反应体系只对烟曲霉、黄曲霉、土曲霉、黑曲霉四种曲霉呈现出明显的扩增曲线,而其它细菌和真菌均无扩增曲线。灵敏性试验显示最低检出限为10-3 ng/μL。临床验证试验的12份曲霉菌均有较高的扩增效应。结论:本研究建立的Real-time RPA方法能快速、特异、灵敏地检出烟曲霉、黄曲霉、土曲霉、黑曲霉等临床常见曲霉菌,为曲霉菌的快速、现场检测提供了一种新的思路。     

重组酶聚合酶等温扩增快速检测肺炎支原体方法的建立和初步应用

摘要 目的：建立基于重组酶聚合酶扩增技术（RPA）技术快速检测肺炎支原体的方法。方法：本研究以肺炎支原体编码P1黏附蛋白为靶基因,利用Primer Premier 5软件进行引物、探针的设计,最终筛选出最佳引物。同时设计相应的实时荧光定量PCR（RT-PCR）引物用于后续的验证试验。对反应体系试剂比例、反应时间、反应温度、引物探针浓度进行确定。肺炎支原体、解脲支原体、人型支原体、肺炎克雷伯菌、肺炎双球菌、大肠杆菌和链球菌作为对照评估RPA检测肺炎支原体的特异性及敏感度。结果：RPA快速检测肺炎支原体方法仅需14 min,检测灵敏度达200 copies/mL;6种非肺炎支原体均不能扩增,特异性较高。结论：本研究建立了肺炎支原体的RPA快速检测方法,具有迅速、简便、经济等优势,为肺炎支原体的快速检测提供一个新的有利工具。     

Development of a multiplex RT-RPA assay for simultaneous detection of three viruses in cucurbits

Begomoviruses and criniviruses, vectored by whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci), are important threats to crops worldwide. In recent years, the spread of cucurbit leaf crumple virus (CuLCrV), cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV) and cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus (CCYV) on cucurbit crops has been reported to cause devastating crop losses in many regions of the world. In this study, a multiplex recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) assay, an isothermal technique for rapid and simultaneous detection of DNA and RNA viruses CuLCrV, CYSDV and CCYV was developed. Highly specific and sensitive multiplex RPA primers for the coat protein region of these viruses were created and evaluated. The sensitivity of the multiplex RPA assay was examined using serially diluted plasmid containing the target regions. The results demonstrated that multiplex RPA primers have high sensitivity with a detection limit of a single copy of the viruses. The multiplex RPA primers were specific to the target as indicated by testing against other begomoviruses, potyviruses and an ilarvirus, and no nonspecific amplifications were noted. The primers simultaneously detected mixed infection of CCYV, CYSDV and CuLCrV in watermelon and squash crude extracts. This study is the first report of a multiplex RPA assay for simultaneous detection of mixed infection of DNA and RNA plant viruses.     

食源性病毒核酸恒温检测技术研究进展

食源性病毒已成为全球引发食品安全事件的重要病原,对新型检测技术的不断发展提出了严峻的挑战。早期PCR技术在病原检测领域中的应用,推动了对食源性病毒的全面认识。近年来核酸恒温检测技术发展迅速,包括环介导等温扩增技术、重组酶聚合酶扩增技术、核酸序列依赖性扩增技术、链置换扩增技术、滚环扩增技术等,在抗复杂基质干扰、装备要求低以及可现场实时检测等方面具有明显的技术优势,已成为食源性病毒检测领域的热点研究方向。因此,本文对近年来食源性病毒核酸恒温检测技术的原理、应用、优缺点等方面进行综述,并对未来发展方向进行了展望。     

Rapid Detection of Shrimp White Spot Syndrome Virus by Real Time,Isothermal Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) causes large economic losses to the shrimp aquaculture industry, and thus far there are no efficient therapeutic treatments available against this lethal virus. In this study, we present the development of a novel real time isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) assay for WSSV detection on a small ESEQuant Tube Scanner device. The RPA sensitivity, specificity and rapidity were evaluated by using a plasmid standard as well as viral and shrimp genomic DNAs. Compared with qPCR, the RPA assay revealed more satisfactory performance. It reached a detection limit up to 10 molecules in 95% of cases as determined by probit analysis of 8 independent experiments within 6.41±0.17 min at 39°C. Consequently, this rapid RPA method has great application potential for field use or point of care diagnostics.     

Exotoxin A-PLGA nanoconjugate vaccine against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection: protectivity in murine model

Recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) is an isothermal amplification technique. Because of its short detection cycle and high specificity, it has been applied in various fields. However, the design of probe on the efficiency of RPA is not well understood and the effect of sequence mismatches of oligonucleotides on the performance of RPA is rarely discussed. In this study, we found that different primers with the same probe have a slight effect on the efficiency of fluorescent RPA, and different probes with the same amplified region have a great influence on the efficiency of fluorescent RPA. We summarized the design rules of probes suitable for fluorescent RPA by analyzing the experimental data. The rule is that the best distance between fluorescent groups in the probe is 1–2 bases, and the G content should be reduced as far as possible. In addition, we verified this rule by designing a series of probes. Furthermore, we found the base mismatches of the probe had a significant effect on RPA, which can lead to false positives and can change the amplification efficiency. However, 1–3 mismatches covering the center of the primer sequence only affect the amplification efficiency of RPA, not its specificity. And with an increase in the number of primer mismatches, the efficiency of RPA will decrease accordingly. This study suggests that the efficiency of fluorescent RPA is closely related to the probe. We recommend that when designing a fluorescent probe, one must consider the presence of closely related non-targets and specific bases.

     

等温核酸扩增技术在病原体检测中的应用

近年来,新型传染病相继爆发,如严重急性呼吸综合征（severe acute respiratory syndrome,SARS）、H7N9禽流感等,严重威胁着人类健康和社会、经济的可持续发展,同时给传染病的防控带来了严峻挑战。病原体检测是传染病防控的重要环节,越来越多的新技术被应用其中。等温核酸扩增技术作为一种快速、灵敏度高的病原体检测技术,已取得了长足发展。对等温核酸扩增技术的原理、重要特性及其在病原体检测中的应用进展进行了较为全面的综述,以期为这一技术的推广和应用提供重要参考。     

DNA detection using recombination proteins

DNA amplification is essential to most nucleic acid testing strategies, but established techniques require sophisticated equipment or complex experimental procedures, and their uptake outside specialised laboratories has been limited. Our novel approach, recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA), couples isothermal recombinase-driven primer targeting of template material with strand-displacement DNA synthesis. It achieves exponential amplification with no need for pretreatment of sample DNA. Reactions are sensitive, specific, and rapid and operate at constant low temperature. We have also developed a probe-based detection system. Key aspects of the combined RPA amplification/detection process are illustrated by a test for the pathogen methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The technology proves to be sensitive to fewer than ten copies of genomic DNA. Furthermore, products can be detected in a simple sandwich assay, thereby establishing an instrument-free DNA testing system. This unique combination of properties is a significant advance in the development of portable and widely accessible nucleic acid–based tests.     

A rapid detection of tomato yellow leaf curl virus using recombinase polymerase amplification-lateral flow dipstick assay

Tomato yellow leaf curl disease which is caused by Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is economically important and a widely spread tomato disease in China. Rapid and accurate detection methods are important in the control TYLCV. Here, a rapid method was developed to identify TYLCV on the basis of recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) that can be visualized in 5 min using lateral flow dipsticks. The sensitivity and the specificity of this method were evaluated. This method can detect 0·5 pg DNA after 30 min at 37°C without any expensive instrumentation. In addition, it showed higher sensitivity than a PCR method when purified DNA was used. Moreover, the TYLCV was specifically detected, whereas other viruses infecting tomato produced negative results. The crude tomato extracts used in this assay has potential application in minimally equipped plant clinic laboratories. This method will facilitate the early and rapid detection of TYLCV for the timely application of control measures.