粪便中肠球菌SYBR GreenI荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立

目的利用SYBR GreenI荧光定量PCR方法,建立肠球菌实时荧光PCR检测方法,并初步应用于粪便中肠球菌的检测。方法根据GenBank发表的肠球菌23S rRNA基因序列的保守区域设计合成特异性的引物;利用构建的质粒标准品绘制两种标准曲线,构建基因拷贝数、细菌数为分析指标的定量分析模型并初步应用于粪便标本的检测分析。结果所建立的SYBR GreenI荧光定量PCR方法检测灵敏度可达7个拷贝数/reaction。粪便样本根据实时荧光定量PCR方法所得的理论数值与培养菌值之间差异无显著性(P>0.05)。非炎性腹泻标本中菌数与健康成人标本中菌数差异无显著性(P>0.05)。灵敏度曲线所得的数值大于菌数标准曲线,可能由于DNA提取过程中存在部分的损失。检测粪便标本结果显示SYBR GreenI荧光定量PCR方法较平板计数法敏感、快捷、简便。结论本研究建立了一种灵敏、特异、简便易行的肠球菌定量检测方法。     

TaqMan实时荧光定量PCR鉴定燕窝方法的建立

目的:燕窝是一种名贵药材,但目前市场上有很多假冒产品,因此需要建立一种简便可靠的鉴定方法。方法:通过荧光定量PCR对燕窝样品进行检测,对雨燕属、金丝燕属和其他物种细胞色素b基因的序列进行分析。结果:设计了一条特异靶向雨燕属和金丝燕属细胞色素b基因的TaqMan探针,发现此探针具有良好的特异性和灵敏度,可检测痕量的燕窝样品,对其他物种的检测结果为阴性。结论:所设计的TaqMan探针和实时荧光PCR方法可应用于燕窝的真伪鉴别,准确性高、实用性强。     

甘蔗杆状病毒荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立及初步应用

为建立一种能够快速、灵敏、特异的检测甘蔗杆状病毒(sugarcane bacilliform virus, SCBV)的SYBR GreenⅠ荧光定量PCR方法,针对SCBV的基因序列,设计了特异性扩增引物,利用构建的标准品建立和优化针对SCBV的荧光定量PCR检测方法,并对该方法进行了特异性、稳定性、灵敏性等的测试,随后用于田间样品的检测。结果表明:将含有SCBV基因组序列的重组质粒进行梯度稀释制成标准品,利用标准品进行荧光定量PCR,获得标准曲线y=-3.482 1x+37.264,相关系数r~2=0.999 9,说明CT值与反应起始模板数量呈线性关系,可进行准确定量;组内和组间变异系数在0.19%～1.68%之间,表明检测方法重复性良好;建立的荧光定量PCR方法最低可检测到10个拷贝重组质粒/μL,是常规PCR检测灵敏度的100倍。使用建立的荧光定量PCR方法和常规PCR方法对采集的90份甘蔗叶片样品进行检测,常规PCR检出53份阳性样品,荧光定量PCR检出56份阳性样品,表明所建立的荧光定量PCR方法较常规PCR敏感性高,且准确性高。本研究建立的SCBV荧光定量PCR检测方法重复性好,灵敏度高,为构建甘蔗健康种苗体系提供了一种高效检测方法。     

鸭冠状病毒实时荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立及应用

为建立一种鸭冠状病毒（Duck coronaviruses,DuCoV）的临床快速诊断方法,根据鸭冠状病毒1b基因保守区域设计特异性引物,成功建立了用于检测鸭冠状病毒的特异性SYBR GreenⅠ荧光定量PCR方法。该方法特异性强、敏感性高、重复性好,对鸭冠状病毒有特异性扩增,最低检测限为8.04×100拷贝/μL,比普通PCR方法敏感10倍,批内变异系数与批间变异系数分别为0.28%～0.34%、0.25%～0.36%,均小于1%。对临床可疑鸭泄殖腔拭子进行检测,本方法与常规PCR方法的检测结果阳性符合率为100%,阴性符合率为96.43%,样本总符合率为97.62%。本研究建立的鸭冠状病毒SYBR GreenⅠ实时荧光定量PCR方法,可用于鸭冠状病毒的临床快速诊断及流行病学监测。     

木糖葡萄球菌实时荧光定量PCR检测方法的建立及其应用

目的 本研究拟建立一种灵敏快速的实时荧光定量PCR(real-time quantitative PCR, qPCR)方法,用于检测大、小鼠木糖葡萄球菌(Staphylococcus xylosus,S.xylosus)。方法 本研究选择特异性gehM基因片段作为靶标合成了一套引物,建立了木糖葡萄球菌检测的qPCR方法。对木糖葡萄球菌标准菌株和其他非目标菌进行特异性分析。将木糖葡萄球菌的DNA进行10倍稀释测定其灵敏度。用送检的样本进行了临床应用并测序验证,同时与培养法进行比较。结果 仅木糖葡萄球菌出现特异性扩增曲线,而其他非目标菌未出现,表明设计的引物对木糖葡萄球菌具有特异性,灵敏度为100 fg/μL,组内和组间重复性均小于3%。共检测60份临床样品,有5份样品扩增曲线为典型的S曲线,将该qPCR产物克隆测序并进行同源性比对,该序列与木糖葡萄球菌的同源性为99.63%,表明该样本木糖葡萄球菌核酸阳性,所检测样本阳性率为8.3%,而培养法的阳性率为6.7%,qPCR方法阳性检出率比培养法略高。结论 建立的木糖葡萄球菌qPCR方法,具有快速、灵敏度高、特异性强和重复性好的优点,可用于实...     

人博卡病毒TaqMan探针实时定量PCR检测方法的建立及初步应用

目的:建立人博卡病毒(HBoV)核酸特异、快速、敏感的TaqMan探针实时定量PCR检测方法,并对临床样本进行检测。方法:比对编码HBoV非结构蛋白NP-1的基因序列,选取其保守片段设计引物和探针,建立实时荧光定量PCR检测方法,并与传统PCR方法进行比较,然后分别对两者的灵敏性、特异性、稳定性及临床样本检验的适用性等进行评价。结果:所建立的实时定量PCR检测方法可用于HBoV的特异性检测;相对于传统PCR所达到的250拷贝/反应的检测灵敏度,实时定量PCR的检测灵敏度可高达10拷贝/反应,检测范围为109～101拷贝/反应,且具有良好的特异性和重复性;初步用于76份临床呼吸道标本检测,检出阳性5例,高于普通PCR方法(3/76)。结论:建立了HBoV TaqMan探针实时定量PCR检测方法,并可用于临床鼻咽拭子样本的检测,为开展HBoV流行病学监测及早期临床诊断提供了技术手段。     

狂犬病病毒 SYBR-Green玉实时荧光定量 PCR 检测方法的建立

狂犬病病毒为不分节段单链负股的 RNA 病毒,属弹状病毒科狂犬病病毒属.世界上几乎所有国家都有狂犬病发生,狂犬病病毒能够使所有温血动物发病致死,死亡率高达100%.本研究根据 GenBank 中的狂犬病病毒 M 基因序列,选择保守区域设计引物,通过对 SYBR-Green玉实时荧光 PCR 反应条件进行优化,建立了用于检测狂犬病病毒的 SYBR-Green玉实时荧光 PCR 方法.结果显示,建立的狂犬病病毒实时荧光定量 PCR 方法,具有特异性强、灵敏度高、重复性好的优点,是开展狂犬病的临床检测的有力工具.     

应用TaqMan荧光定量PCR检测土拉弗朗西斯菌

目的：利用Roche LightCycler实时定量PCR系统建立一种快速、灵敏、特异的检测土拉弗朗西斯菌的方法。方法：基于TaqMan荧光探针实时定量PCR技术,选择土拉弗朗西斯菌染色体上的特异序列[醇醛酮还原酶（AKR）和外膜蛋白FopA基因]作为检测靶序列,建立土拉弗朗西斯菌实时定量PCR检测方法;评价该检测方法的特异性和灵敏性;采用克隆菌株污染环境土壤来模拟实际样品,评价该检测方法在快速检测与现场检测等实际应用中的表现。结果：优化筛选基因组中的FT-AKR和FT-fopA片段作为检测靶序列,所建立的土拉弗朗西斯菌实时定量PCR检测方法检测克隆菌株质粒的灵敏度均为10个拷贝/每个反应体系;以其他非土拉弗朗西斯菌为模板未出现非特异扩增;模拟环境土壤样品检测灵敏度2个引物对分别为440和960CFU/g土壤;盲测实验结果显示对于灵敏度范围内的阳性样本均能正确识别,并能正确检测出不同浓度的阳性样本。以FT-fopA片段为靶序列的扩增效率不及基于FT-AKR引物对的扩增。结论：基于FT-AKR片段的引物对扩增效率高,检测土拉弗朗西斯菌具有特异、灵敏的特点,对临床诊断、环境污染监测、防治生物突发事件等具有重要意义。     

应用real-timePCR法快速定量人类粪便中双歧杆菌的研究

目的建立快速、准确从粪便标本中定量双歧杆菌的RT—PCR技术。方法传统培养定量法,普通PCR定量法,real—timePCR比较测量。结果（I）粪便标本前处理采取简单的离心和清洗、稀释步骤能去除粪便标本中的抑制物,实现不提取DNA直接进行PCR、real—time定量粪便中双歧杆菌。（2）本实验建立的PCR方法直接半定量粪便双歧杆菌技术在双歧杆菌值介于10^3～10^7CFU／ml时具有较好的分辨率,粪便标本普通PCR得理论菌数与培养得菌数值之间差异无显著性（P〉0．05）;real-timePCR直接定量双歧杆菌技术在双歧杆菌值介于10^1-10^7CFU／ml时具有较好的分辨率,粪便标本RT—PCR得理论菌数与培养得菌数值之间差异无显著性（P〉0．05）。结论利用PCR、real—timePCR直接半定量和定量粪便中的双歧杆菌可行。     

用基于TaqMan探针的Real-time PCR技术定量检测副溶血弧菌

副溶血弧菌是一种引起食源性疾病的重要病原菌,传统的鉴定方法费时费力且容易出现假阴性,建立一种定量检测副溶血弧菌基因的方法尤为重要。根据GenBank公布的副溶血弧菌的gyrB基因序列设计一对引物和TaqMan探针,建立了基于TaqMan探针的RealtimePCR方法。通过对9种细菌(12株菌株)的DNA进行扩增,结果所有4株副溶血弧菌均可产生扩增曲线,其他8株非副溶血弧菌均不产生扩增曲线,证明了引物和探针具有很高的特异性。细菌纯培养物品和人工布菌的检测敏感度分别为1CFUPCR反应体系和10CFUPCR反应体系,相关系数均为0.99(r2=0.99),整个试验可在1h内完成。建立的方法可用于海产品中副溶血弧菌的快速定量检测。     

Statistical methods for efficiency adjusted real-time PCR quantification

The statistical treatment for hypothesis testing using real-time PCR data is a challenge for quantification of gene expression. One has to consider two key factors in precise statistical analysis of real-time PCR data: a well-defined statistical model and the integration of amplification efficiency (AE) into the model. Previous publications in real-time PCR data analysis often fall short in integrating the AE into the model. Novel, user-friendly, and universal AE-integrated statistical methods were developed for real-time PCR data analysis with four goals. First, we addressed the definition of AE, introduced the concept of efficiency-adjusted Delta Delta Ct, and developed a general mathematical method for its calculation. Second, we developed several linear combination approaches for the estimation of efficiency adjusted Delta Delta Ct and statistical significance for hypothesis testing based on different mathematical formulae and experimental designs. Statistical methods were also adopted to estimate the AE and its equivalence among the samples. A weighted Delta Delta Ct method was introduced to analyze the data with multiple internal controls. Third, we implemented the linear models with SAS programs and analyzed a set of data for each model. In order to allow other researchers to use and compare different approaches, SAS programs are included in the Supporting Information. Fourth, the results from analysis of different statistical models were compared and discussed. Our results underline the differences between the efficiency adjusted Delta Delta Ct methods and previously published methods, thereby better identifying and controlling the source of errors introduced by real-time PCR data analysis.     

Detection and quantification of hepatopancreatic parvovirus in penaeid shrimp by real-time PCR assay

As one of the major pathogens, hepatopancreatic parvovirus (HPV) can cause severe diseases in penaeid shrimp. We developed a TaqMan-based real-time PCR assay for the HPV detection in China. A pair of primers (HPVF and HPVR) and a TaqMan probe were designed according to the HPV genomic sequence of Chinese isolate (GenBank: GU371276). Our data showed that the primers and TaqMan probe were specific for HPV, and they exhibited no cross-reaction with infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV), white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) and specific pathogen free (SPF) shrimp DNA. The assay had a detection limit of four plasmid HPV DNA copies per reaction. Furthermore, HPV was detected in 16 of 21 Fenneropenaeus Chinensis, 3 of 52 Litopenaeus vannamei and 2 of 2 Marsupenaeus japonicus penaeid shrimp samples. In addition, HPV was also detected in crabs. Therefore, this assay could be successfully used as a sensitive and rapid molecular-based diagnostic method to screen HPV-free animals and survey the prevalence of HPV in cultured populations of penaeid shrimp in China.     

Absolute quantitation of a heteroplasmic mitochondrial DNA deletion using a multiplex three-primer real-time PCR assay

Quantitation of wild-type and deleted mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) coexisting within the same cell (a.k.a., heteroplasmy) is important in mitochondrial disease and aging. We report the development of a multiplex three-primer PCR assay that is capable of absolute quantitation of wild-type and deleted mtDNA simultaneously. Molecular beacons were designed to hybridize with either type of mtDNA molecule, allowing real-time detection during PCR amplification. The assay is specific and can detect down to six copies of mtDNA, making it suitable for single-cell analyses. The relative standard deviation in the threshold cycle number is approximately 0.6%. Heteroplasmy was quantitated in individual cytoplasmic hybrid cells (cybrids), containing a large mtDNA deletion, and bulk cell samples. Individual cybrid cells contained 100-2600 copies of wild-type mtDNA and 950-4700 copies of deleted mtDNA, and the percentage of heteroplasmy ranged from 43+/-16 to 95+/-16%. The average amount of total mtDNA was 3800+/-1600 copies/cybrid cell, and the average percentage of heteroplasmy correlated well with the bulk cell sample. The single-cell analysis also revealed that heteroplasmy in individual cells is highly heterogeneous. This assay will be useful for monitoring clonal expansions of mtDNA deletions and investigating the role of heteroplasmy in cell-to-cell heterogeneity in cellular models of mitochondrial disease and aging.     

Development of a rotor-gene real-time PCR assay for the detection and quantification of Mycoplasma genitalium

We developed and validated a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay to determine Mycoplasma genitalium bacterial load in endocervical swabs, based on amplification of the pdhD gene which encodes dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase, using the Rotor-Gene platform. We first determined the qPCR assay sensitivity, limit of detection, reproducibility and specificity, and then determined the ability of the qPCR assay to quantify M. genitalium in stored endocervical specimens collected from Zimbabwean women participating in clinical research undertaken between 1999 and 2007. The qPCR assay had a detection limit of 300 genome copies/mL and demonstrated low intra- and inter-assay variability. The assay was specific for M. genitalium DNA and did not amplify the DNA from other mycoplasma and ureaplasma species. We quantified M. genitalium in 119 of 1600 endocervical swabs that tested positive for M. genitalium using the commercial Sacace M. genitalium real-time PCR, as well as 156 randomly selected swabs that were negative for M. genitalium by the same assay. The M. genitalium loads ranged between < 300 and 3,240,000 copies/mL. Overall, the qPCR assay demonstrated good range of detection, reproducibility and specificity and can be used for both qualitative and quantitative analyses of M. genitalium in endocervical specimens and potentially other genital specimens.     

Application of real-time PCR for simultaneous identification and quantification of larval abalone

A paucity of direct studies of marine invertebrate larval dispersal motivated the development of a high-throughput method for identification and quantification of pinto abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) larvae in seawater. DNA extracted from sample retentate provided template to screen for species-specific cytochrome oxidase I (COI) mitochondrial DNA sequence via quantitative PCR (QPCR) technology. Primers and a dual-labeled probe were designed and used to identify and quantify DNA from the target species in blind tests of unknown samples alongside a standard template quantity series. Quantity estimates derived from QPCR standard curves were verified via direct enumeration of larvae using light microscopy. Multiplex reactions containing an internal positive control minimized underestimation of quantity and false negatives via partial or full PCR inhibition, respectively. Planned controlled field release and collection experiments to examine larval dispersion patterns via sampling over short and long postrelease times anticipate similar QPCR assays for other marine invertebrate species to aid investigations of larval dispersal in the marine environment.     

荧光定量PCR法定量白酒固态发酵过程中产土味素的链霉菌

【目的】荧光定量PCR法具有特异性高、灵敏度高等优点,在定量复杂环境中微生物数量方面得到广泛应用。本文采用荧光定量PCR方法对固态白酒发酵过程产土味素链霉菌进行定量分析并验证其准确性。【方法】通过优化大曲和酒醅中微生物基因组提取方法,并建立相应的大曲和酒醅两种基质条件下的荧光定量PCR标准曲线,并对方法的精度和准确度进行验证分析。采用荧光定量PCR方法对大曲和酒醅中产土味素链霉菌进行定量分析。【结果】结果表明大曲中产土味素链霉菌数量在105数量级,并且清茬曲中此类链霉菌数量最高。酒醅发酵起始阶段产土味素链霉菌数量在104数量级,而后随着发酵的不断进行,酒醅中此类链霉菌数量有所减少。【结论】荧光定量PCR方法能够对白酒固态发酵过程中产土味素链霉菌准确进行定量分析,对采用此方法定量其他微生物具有借鉴意义。