环介导等温扩增联合横向流动试纸条快速检测创伤弧菌检测方法的建立

环介导等温扩增技术(LAMP)与横向流动试纸条(LFD)检测联合应用,建立了一种新的快速、便捷的创伤弧菌检测方法。针对创伤弧菌的外膜蛋白TolC基因设计6条特异性引物和1条异硫氰酸荧光素(FITC)标记的探针。生物素标记的LAMP扩增产物能够特异性地与FITC标记的探针杂交,杂交产物经LFD检测。优化后的扩增温度和时间为63℃反应35 min,加上细菌基因组DNA提取步骤,完成检测仅需要80 min。LAMP-LFD方法可特异性地检出创伤弧菌,对哈维氏弧菌等9种水产品常见病原菌的检测均呈阴性;对纯细菌培养物的检测灵敏度为3.7×102 CFU/mL或7.4 CFU/反应,是利用外引物建立的常规PCR检测的100倍。结果表明,该方法能够准确、快速、灵敏地检出创伤弧菌,可应用于创伤弧菌污染的水产品的检测。     

环介导等温扩增联合横向流动试纸条可视化检测哈维氏弧菌的研究

以哈维氏弧菌(Vibrio harveyi)为材料,利用环介导等温扩增技术(LAMP)进行核酸扩增,借助横向流动试纸条(LFD)完成产物检测,旨在建立一种可用于哈维氏弧菌快速检测的LAMP-LFD新技术。以哈维氏弧菌的溶血素基因(vhh A)为检测靶标设计了3对特异性引物(其中,上游内引物vhh A-FIP由生物素标记),进行由生物素标记的LAMP反应;同时设计1条异硫氰酸荧光素(FITC)标记的探针,与获得的LAMP产物进行特异性杂交,杂交产物经LFD完成检测。经优化,LAMP的反应条件为63℃反应40 min,由LFD完成结果判读共需50 min。结果表明,LAMP-LFD方法能特异性地检出哈维氏弧菌,对创伤弧菌等其他9种水产养殖重要病原菌的检测结果呈阴性。利用该方法,针对细菌纯培养物的检测灵敏度为1.0×102 CFU/m L或2 CFU/反应,针对污染有该菌的大黄鱼组织的检测灵敏度为5×102 CFU/m L或20 CFU/反应,均是以LAMP外引物vhh A-F3/vhh A-B3的常规PCR方法的100倍。因此,该方法能够快速、准确地检出哈维氏弧菌,有望在海水养殖过程哈维氏弧菌的监测和即时检测中普及使用。     

一种检测储存喷气燃料中特征真菌的新方法——LAMP-LFD

利用环介导等温扩增(LAMP)与横向流动试纸快速检测技术(LFD)相结合,以Amorphotheca resinae的18S rRNA基因为靶序列,设计1套LAMP引物,建立了反应温度63℃、时间35 min。用喷气燃料中曾发现的4株真菌和A.resinae作为特异性试验菌株,LAMP-LFD法检测只有A.resinae呈阳性反应。A.resinae基因组DNA检测灵敏度为26 fg/μL;用已建立的LAMP-LFD方法对9个喷气燃料样品进行检测,其中有6个样品被检出存在A.resinae。结果表明该方法用于快速检测喷气燃料中的A.resinae耗时短、操作简便、特异性强、灵敏度高,有望用于为检测喷气燃料中特征真菌A.resinae的新方法。     

环介导等温扩增联合横向流动试纸条可视化检测志贺氏菌

【目的】将环介导等温扩增技术(LAMP)与横向流动试纸条(LFD)联合应用,建立一种可应用于志贺氏菌快速检测的LAMP-LFD技术。【方法】以福氏志贺氏菌的侵袭性质粒抗原H(ipa H)基因为检测靶标设计3对特异性引物(其中上游内引物Sfl-ipa H-FIP由生物素标记),进行LAMP反应;同时设计1条异硫氰酸荧光素(FITC)标记的探针Sfl-ipa H-HP,与获得的LAMP产物进行特异性杂交,杂交产物经LFD完成检测。【结果】优化后的LAMP反应条件为63°C 40 min,加上LFD结果判读共需50 min。LAMP-LFD方法能够特异性检测出福氏志贺氏菌,而对肠炎沙门氏菌等其它4种导致腹泻的致病菌和创伤弧菌等5种常见食物源性致病菌,以及4株不同大肠杆菌的检测结果呈阴性。该方法针对福氏志贺氏菌的检测灵敏度为1.0×10~2 CFU/m L或4 CFU/反应,针对人工污染鲤鱼肠组织的检测灵敏度是5.0×10~2 CFU/m L,是以LAMP外引物Sfl-ipa H-F3/Sfl-ipa H-B3的常规PCR方法的100倍。【结论】建立的LAMP-LFD技术具有操作简单、检测快速准确、检测成本低等优点,有望在志贺氏菌的常规监测和即时检测中被普及使用。     

核酸试纸条在检测转EPSPS基因作物中的应用

目的:建立快速、简便和特异的检测转EPSPS基因作物的方法。方法:针对转EPSPS基因作物外源基因cp4-EPSPS的8个区域,设计2对特异性引物和1对环引物,对反应体系中的MgSO4、内引物、环引物、甜菜碱、dNTP浓度和反应温度等条件分别进行优化,并用核酸试纸条对扩增产物进行检测,建立用于检测转EPSPS基因作物的环介导等温扩增方法(LAMP)。结果:用建立的LAMP方法检测转EPSPS基因作物时,在64℃恒温反应30 min,即可根据试纸条显色直接观察结果;该方法具有高度特异性,可检测到10个拷贝的EPSPS DNA。结论:LAMP方法可快速、灵敏、特异、经济地检测转EPSPS基因作物,在基层和实验室都具有良好的应用前景。     

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。     

罗氏沼虾野田村病毒中国株RT-LAMP-LFD快速检测方法的研究

罗氏沼虾白尾病(White tail disease,WTD)是流行于罗氏沼虾苗种阶段的重要疾病,该病病原被确定为罗氏沼虾野田村病毒(Macrobrachium rosenbergii Nodavirus,MrNV),为了建立罗氏沼虾野田村病毒中国分离株(MrNV-chin)的便捷、灵敏、特异的分子诊断方法,本研究根据罗氏沼虾野田村病毒RNA2基因保守序列的6个区域设计了4条特异性引物和1条检测探针,将环介导等温扩增技术与侧向流层析试纸(Lateral flow dipstick,LFD)相结合,建立了MrNV的RT-LAMP-LFD检测方法。结果表明,该方法的灵敏度是常规琼脂糖凝胶电泳的10倍;从核酸提取到检测结果判定仅需45min;反应特异性强,对其他虾类病毒WSSV、IHHNV、IMNV、TSV和YHV扩增结果均为阴性;操作简单,不需要复杂的仪器,在61℃水浴反应即可;利用LFD试纸显示结果,肉眼可直接观察判定。作为一种快速灵敏实用的分子诊断技术,该方法有利于罗氏沼虾白尾病的诊断与预防。     

罗氏沼虾野田村病毒中国株RT-LAMP-LFD快速检测方法的研究北大核心CSCD

罗氏沼虾白尾病(White tail disease,WTD)是流行于罗氏沼虾苗种阶段的重要疾病,该病病原被确定为罗氏沼虾野田村病毒(Macrobrachium rosenbergii Nodavirus,MrNV),为了建立罗氏沼虾野田村病毒中国分离株(MrNV-chin)的便捷、灵敏、特异的分子诊断方法,本研究根据罗氏沼虾野田村病毒RNA2基因保守序列的6个区域设计了4条特异性引物和1条检测探针,将环介导等温扩增技术与侧向流层析试纸(Lateral flow dipstick,LFD)相结合,建立了MrNV的RT-LAMP-LFD检测方法。结果表明,该方法的灵敏度是常规琼脂糖凝胶电泳的10倍;从核酸提取到检测结果判定仅需45min;反应特异性强,对其他虾类病毒WSSV、IHHNV、IMNV、TSV和YHV扩增结果均为阴性;操作简单,不需要复杂的仪器,在61℃水浴反应即可;利用LFD试纸显示结果,肉眼可直接观察判定。作为一种快速灵敏实用的分子诊断技术,该方法有利于罗氏沼虾白尾病的诊断与预防。     

基于LAMP技术建立解脲支原体基因试纸条检测方法

目的建立一种灵敏度高、特异性强、检测速度快的方法检测解脲支原体。方法基于环介导恒温扩增技术（LAMP）,根据解脲支原体序列特征设计3对引物进行解脲支原体DNA切口酶核酸恒温扩增,扩增过程在一对引物中标记生物素,随着扩增的进行生物素直接引入扩增片段中,扩增结束后产物在密闭装置中进行免疫试纸条显色反应,根据显色卡的颜色判定结果的阴阳性。结果该技术检测解脲支原体较实时荧光PCR技术灵敏度要高10倍以上,其它病原体检测均阴性该方法特异性与实时荧光PCR技术相当。结论恒温扩增联合试纸条技术检测解脲支原体具有较高的敏感性和特异性,检测速度快,适合各医院开展。     

环介导等温扩增技术的改进及其在现场检测平台上的应用进展

环介导等温扩增技术(Loop-mediated isothermal amplification,LAMP)是一种新型核酸体外扩增技术,具有等温、快速、高特异性和灵敏度、产物检测简便等特点。自建立以来,该技术被广泛应用于病原检测、动物胚胎的性别鉴定、转基因食品检测和肿瘤的基因检测等领域并得到不断改进和完善,主要体现在特异性提高,反应速度加快,样本处理简化,检测方法特异化,多重扩增得以实现。由于LAMP满足现场检测的诸多要求,当前基于LAMP技术的现场检测平台正向着微型化、集成化、自动化方向发展,并呈现出与芯片实验室和数字扩增等技术联合应用的趋势。本文综述了近年来LAMP技术的改进及其在现场检测平台上的应用进展。     

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.