环介导等温扩增技术检测动物病原研究进展

综述了环介导等温扩增技术检测病毒、细菌和寄生虫等动物病原方面的研究和应用最新进展.     

环介导逆转录等温扩增技术(RT-LAMP)在丙型肝炎病毒基因检测中的应用

该文介绍了一种便捷、灵敏而又特异的环介导逆转录等温扩增基因检测技术,该技术分别使用特异对应于靶序列中8个基因区段的3对特殊引物,并在反转录酶和Bst-DNA聚合酶的作用下对靶序列进行等温核酸扩增反应,整个检测反应只需1~2h。利用这种技术成功检测了丙型肝炎病毒基因,对60份经Real-time PCR或RT-PCR验证阳性的血清样品检测,阳性符合率为98%。同时,对扩增终产物进一步进行酶切分析,并与HIV、HBV和不同亚型流感病毒RNA进行交叉反应和特异性测试,均与预期结果吻合。将Real-time PCR定量后的RNA系列稀释后对检测方法的灵敏度进行了测试。结果显示,该技术的检测灵敏度在理论上可达到10个拷贝的RNA分子。以上结果证明,RT-LAMP扩增技术是一种检测程序简单、灵敏度和特异性较高的基因检测手段,在丙型肝炎病毒的快速检测方面具有一定的开发潜力。     

多重PCR对真菌性角膜炎主要致病菌的菌属鉴定

目的:建立多重PCR体系对真菌性角膜炎主要致病真菌进行快速诊断并同时进行菌属鉴定的方法。方法:建立两个多重PCR体系(体系1和体系2),对真菌性角膜炎九种主要致病真菌DNA进行检测,观察该体系对真菌临床菌株、人类基因组及其他眼部常见致病微生物DNA的检测结果。结果:体系1对镰孢菌属扩增均产生约360bp的特异产物,对曲霉菌属、牵连青霉菌和新月弯孢菌扩增均产生约470bp的特异产物。体系2对镰孢菌属、曲霉菌属均无特异产物,而对牵连青霉菌产生了360bp的特异产物,对新月弯孢霉产生了300bp的特异产物。根据DNA模板在两个多重PCR体系中扩增出的不同特异条带可将九种真菌分为四个菌属。57株真菌临床菌株中55株的鉴定结果与常规鉴定结果一致。两体系对人类基因组及其他眼部常见致病微生物DNA的扩增结果均为阴性。结论:通过两个多重PCR体系检测可将真菌性角膜炎在菌属水平进行诊断及鉴定。该方法具有快速、简便、特异、灵敏的特点,具有较好的临床应用前景。     

Detection of Bacteria Carrying the stx2 Gene by In Situ Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification

A new in situ DNA amplification technique for microscopic detection of bacteria carrying a specific gene is described. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) was used to detect stxA₂ in Escherichia coli O157:H7 cells. The mild permeabilization conditions and low isothermal temperature used in the in situ LAMP method caused less cell damage than in situ PCR. It allowed use of fluorescent antibody labeling in the bacterial mixture after the DNA amplification for identification of E. coli O157:H7 cells with an stxA₂ gene. Higher-contrast images were obtained with this method than with in situ PCR.     

Identification of Genetic Elements Associated with EPSPS Gene Amplification

Weed populations can have high genetic plasticity and rapid responses to environmental selection pressures. For example, 100-fold amplification of the 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) gene evolved in the weed species Amaranthus palmeri to confer resistance to glyphosate, the world’s most important herbicide. However, the gene amplification mechanism is unknown. We sequenced the EPSPS gene and genomic regions flanking EPSPS loci in A. palmeri, and searched for mobile genetic elements or repetitive sequences. The EPSPS gene was 10,229 bp, containing 8 exons and 7 introns. The gene amplification likely proceeded through a DNA-mediated mechanism, as introns exist in the amplified gene copies and the entire amplified sequence is at least 30 kb in length. Our data support the presence of two EPSPS loci in susceptible (S) A. palmeri, and that only one of these was amplified in glyphosate-resistant (R) A. palmeri. The EPSPS gene amplification event likely occurred recently, as no sequence polymorphisms were found within introns of amplified EPSPS copies from R individuals. Sequences with homology to miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) were identified next to EPSPS gene copies only in R individuals. Additionally, a putative Activator (Ac) transposase and a repetitive sequence region were associated with amplified EPSPS genes. The mechanism controlling this DNA-mediated amplification remains unknown. Further investigation is necessary to determine if the gene amplification may have proceeded via DNA transposon-mediated replication, and/or unequal recombination between different genomic regions resulting in replication of the EPSPS gene.     

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。     

Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Listeria ivanovii by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification of the smcL Gene

A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for rapid and sensitive detection of the L. ivanovii strains had been developed and evaluated in this study. Oligonucleotide primers specific for L. ivanovii species were designed corresponding to smcL gene sequences. The primers set comprise six primers targeting eight regions on the species-specific gene smcL. The LAMP assay could be completed within 1 h at 64°C in a water bath. Amplification products were directly observed by the Loopamp Fluorescent Detection Reagent (FD) or detected by agarose gel electrophoresis. Moreover, the LAMP reactions were also detected by real-time measurement of turbidity. The exclusivity of 77 non-L. ivanovii and the inclusivity of 17 L. ivanovii were both 100% in the assay. Sensitivity of the LAMP assay was 250 fg DNA and 16 CFU per reaction for detection of L. ivanovii in pure cultures and simulated human stool. The LAMP assay was 10 and 100-fold more sensitive than quantitative PCR (qPCR) and conventional PCR assays,respectively. When applied to human stool samples spiked with low level (8 CFU/0.5 g) of L. ivanovii strains, the new LAMP assay described here achieved positive detection after 6 hours enrichment. In conclusion, the new LAMP assay in this study can be used as a valuable, rapid and sensitive detection tool for the detection of L. ivanovii in field, medical and veterinary laboratories.     

Identification and Characterization of Fungal Pathogens Associated with Boxwood Diseases in the Republic of Korea

Boxwood is a representative ornamental shrub that is widely used in landscaping horticulture. After pruning, damaged leaves or stems of boxwoods are unavoidably vulnerable to infection by various plant pathogens. Several boxwood diseases caused by fungi, such as Volutella blight and Macrophoma leaf spot, have been reported worldwide including Republic of Korea. In this study, we isolated and identified fungal pathogens of boxwood diseases that occurred in Korea and characterized their morphological and taxonomic characteristics. Boxwood samples showing blight symptoms were collected in Seoul, Republic of Korea, and the putative fungal pathogens Pseudonectria buxi, P. foliicola, and Neofusicoccum buxi were successfully identified. Investigation of the morphological features of the field isolates, including mycelial growth and conidial morphology, and phylogenetic analysis of multiple DNA barcode loci revealed that there were some morphological and genetic variations among isolates, but all of the analyzed isolates were closely related to the corresponding reference strains. We also found that P. foliicola strains were more virulent than P. buxi, and the N. buxi strains isolated in this study were weak pathogens or saprophytes. The results of our study will contribute to the development of control strategies for boxwood diseases caused by fungi and accelerate research on the complex ecology of boxwood diseases.     

Diagnosis of Brugian Filariasis by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification

In this study we developed and evaluated a Brugia Hha I repeat loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for the rapid detection of Brugia genomic DNA. Amplification was detected using turbidity or fluorescence as readouts. Reactions generated a turbidity threshold value or a clear visual positive within 30 minutes using purified genomic DNA equivalent to one microfilaria. Similar results were obtained using DNA isolated from blood samples containing B. malayi microfilariae. Amplification was specific to B. malayi and B. timori, as no turbidity was observed using DNA from the related filarial parasites Wuchereria bancrofti, Onchocerca volvulus or Dirofilaria immitis, or from human or mosquito. Furthermore, the assay was most robust using a new strand-displacing DNA polymerase termed Bst 2.0 compared to wild-type Bst DNA polymerase, large fragment. The results indicate that the Brugia Hha I repeat LAMP assay is rapid, sensitive and Brugia-specific with the potential to be developed further as a field tool for diagnosis and mapping of brugian filariasis.     

Identification of Common Prognostic Gene Expression Signatures with Biological Meanings from Microarray Gene Expression Datasets

Numerous prognostic gene expression signatures for breast cancer were generated previously with few overlap and limited insight into the biology of the disease. Here we introduce a novel algorithm named SCoR (Survival analysis using Cox proportional hazard regression and Random resampling) to apply random resampling and clustering methods in identifying gene features correlated with time to event data. This is shown to reduce overfitting noises involved in microarray data analysis and discover functional gene sets linked to patient survival. SCoR independently identified a common poor prognostic signature composed of cell proliferation genes from six out of eight breast cancer datasets. Furthermore, a sequential SCoR analysis on highly proliferative breast cancers repeatedly identified T/B cell markers as favorable prognosis factors. In glioblastoma, SCoR identified a common good prognostic signature of chromosome 10 genes from two gene expression datasets (TCGA and REMBRANDT), recapitulating the fact that loss of one copy of chromosome 10 (which harbors the tumor suppressor PTEN) is linked to poor survival in glioblastoma patients. SCoR also identified prognostic genes on sex chromosomes in lung adenocarcinomas, suggesting patient gender might be used to predict outcome in this disease. These results demonstrate the power of SCoR to identify common and biologically meaningful prognostic gene expression signatures.     

Identification of some Bacteria from Paddy Antagonistic to Several Rice Fungal Pathogens

The effect of 23 bacterial strains from ricefields in the tropics on rice seed germination and on radicle and hypocotyl development of four rice cultivars was determined. There was a varietal difference in response to seed bacterization with the different bacterial strains. Germination of cv. IR58 increased from 78 to 93 %, that of cv. IR64, from 89 to 97 %. Less effects on germination of cvs IR42 and IR36 were observed. All strains inhibited the mycelial growth of Rhizoctonia solani in vitro. The three strains, identified as Bacillus subtilis, inhibited the mycelial growth of eight fungal pathogens whereas the other strains were pathogen-specific. Seed bacterization with these bacterial strains provided a sheath blight protection of 4. 5 to 73 % in the glasshouse trial. These 23 bacterial strains were identified by phenotypic tests using the API systems, morphological and biochemical features, and by comparison of electrophoretic patterns after sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Bacterial strains were identified (number of strains in brackets) as: Bacillus subtilis (3), Bacillus laterosporus (1), Bacillus pumilus (1), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (7), Pseudomonas belonging to section 1 (5), Erwina herbicola-like (1), and Serratia marcescens (1). The features of the other four strains were similar to Serratia except for the DNAase and lipase activities.     

一种用于基因芯片可靠的RNA线性扩增技术

基因芯片是大规模表达谱分析的有力工具 ,有助于阐明疾病发生的分子机制及发现新的诊治靶标。但常规方法需要大量RNA ,每张芯片需要 5 0～ 2 0 0 μg总RNA ,2～ 5 μgmRNA。许多珍贵难得样本都不能满足这一要求 ,成为限制芯片广泛应用的瓶颈。结合模板转移效应 ,优化了基于T7的RNA线性扩增技术 ,可从 3μg以下总RNA得到足量的反义RNA ,克服了这一难题。同一RNA样本的自身比较试验结果显示反义RNA标记的芯片与总RNA、mRNA标记的芯片假阳性率相似。同一对RNA样本的表达谱分析也显示反义RNA标记的芯片与总RNA、mRNA标记的芯片无明显差异。     

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.     

DNA环介导的恒温扩增法在快速鉴定病原微生物中的应用

DNA环介导的恒温扩增(LAMP)反应,是分子生物学领域中的一个新概念,它可以在恒温(60～65℃)条件下,30～60 min内将只有几个拷贝的靶核酸扩增到109水平。该方法的一大特色是,可以通过反应副产物——白色焦磷酸镁沉淀的产生与否判断靶基因的存在。因此,对于病原微生物的鉴定具有高效率、高特异性、高敏感性等特点。LAMP方法在食品安全检测、流行性病毒检测、临床诊断,以及水产养殖等领域的应用及研究已有文献报道。表明,该方法已具有成功应用的现实性,为快速基因检测提供了一种新的技术途径;比PCR方法更具推广性,可望作为常规检测工具。     

环介导恒温扩增法快速检测海产品中的副溶血弧菌

副溶血弧菌广泛分布于海水或海产品中,人类摄入或接触污染的水源和食物易引起感染。近年来,有关致病性弧菌引起腹泻的报道逐渐增多,但GB标准的细菌学诊断方法检测周期长达1周左右,而且操作较为复杂,难以满足控制疾病暴发和传播的需要,就这一现状,建立了一套不仅快速、准确,而且操作简便、不依赖昂贵仪器的检测方法,应用于海产品中副溶血弧菌快速检测。采用环介导恒温扩增方法(LAMP),针对副溶血弧菌的gyrB基因设计特异引物,进行恒温扩增。使用该方法最低检出限达到101CFU/mL,灵敏度可以达到0.1pg副溶血弧菌基因组DNA,为海产品中副溶血弧菌的检测提供了一个新的辅助方法。     

植物青枯病菌环介导等温扩增快速检测技术研究

为实现植物青枯病的早期诊断,需要建立一种适于田间快速便捷检测青枯病菌的方法。以细胞色素C基因为靶标设计一套特异性引物,建立了植物青枯病的LAMP检测方法。此方法最低检测极限为1 pg,可在1 h内完成,不依赖昂贵复杂的仪器,结果可经肉眼观察。利用此方法,在人工接种发病的茄子、番茄、花生、芝麻和凹头苋茎部浸出液和马铃薯病薯块茎组织液中均检测出青枯病菌的存在,尤其适用于田间疑似罹病的芝麻、花生、番茄、马铃薯和甘薯等植株的检测,且LAMP法的检出率远高于PCR法。应用LAMP技术检测青枯病菌快速高效、特异性强、灵敏度高,操作简单,适于在基层推广运用。     

全基因组扩增策略在基因芯片分析SARS冠状病毒实验中的应用

针对SARS冠状病毒的分子生物学检测是控制SARS流行的关键环节。为评价全基因组扩增对SARS微量样本检测的影响 ,采用 6 mer随机引物反转录 ,用加接头的随机引物合成第二链 ,再以接头序列为引物扩增并掺入荧光标记 ,最后与带有 70 mer探针的基因芯片杂交。此非特异方法基本覆盖了样本中的全部DNA ,结果发现SARS冠状病毒全基因组的扩增效果对基因芯片杂交结果的均匀性有较大影响 ,PCR循环次数增多会导致扩增均匀性的降低。分析了不同的引物对全基因组扩增均匀性的影响 ,探讨了全基因组扩增策略的缺陷。