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Peláez EC, Estevez MC, Mongui A, Menéndez MC, Toro C, Herrera-Sandoval OL, Robledo J, García MJ, Portillo PD, Lechuga LM. Detection and Quantification of HspX Antigen in Sputum Samples Using Plasmonic Biosensing: Toward a Real Point-of-Care (POC) for Tuberculosis Diagnosis. ACS Infect Dis 2020; 6:1110-1120. [PMID: 32233503 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.9b00502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Advancements that occurred during the last years in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis infection, have prompted increased survival rates of patients. However, limitations related to the inefficiency of an early detection still remain; some techniques and laboratory methods do not have enough specificity and most instruments are expensive and require handling by trained staff. In order to contribute to a prompt and effective diagnosis of tuberculosis, we report the development of a portable, user-friendly, and low-cost biosensor device for its early detection. By using a label-free surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor, we have established a direct immunoassay for the direct detection and quantification of the heat shock protein X (HspX) of Mtb, a well-established biomarker of this pathogen, directly in pretreated sputum samples. The method relies on highly specific monoclonal antibodies that are previously immobilized on the plasmonic sensor surface. This technology allows for the direct detection of the biomarker without amplification steps, showing a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.63 ng mL-1 and a limit of quantification (LOQ) of 2.12 ng mL-1. The direct analysis in pretreated sputum shows significant differences in the HspX concentration in patients with tuberculosis (with concentration levels in the order of 116-175 ng mL-1) compared with non-tuberculosis infected patients (values below the LOQ of the assay).
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- Enelia Cristina Peláez
- Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group (NanoB2A), Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, CIBER-BBN and BIST, Campus UAB, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico de la Industria Electro Electrónica y TIC (CIDEI), Calle 45a BIS # 19-09 Floor 2, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
- Corporación CorpoGen, Departamento Biotecnología Molecular, Carrera 4 # 20-41, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
- Research Cluster on Converging Sciences and Technology (NBIC), Universidad Central, Calle 21 #4-40, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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- Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group (NanoB2A), Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, CIBER-BBN and BIST, Campus UAB, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Corporación CorpoGen, Departamento Biotecnología Molecular, Carrera 4 # 20-41, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Salud Pública y Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, St Arzobispo Morcillo s/n, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz, St/Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico de la Industria Electro Electrónica y TIC (CIDEI), Calle 45a BIS # 19-09 Floor 2, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
- Research Cluster on Converging Sciences and Technology (NBIC), Universidad Central, Calle 21 #4-40, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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- Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Laboratorio de Micobacterias, Carrera 72A 78B-141, 050034 Medellín, Colombia
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Salud Pública y Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, St Arzobispo Morcillo s/n, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Corporación CorpoGen, Departamento Biotecnología Molecular, Carrera 4 # 20-41, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
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- Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group (NanoB2A), Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC, CIBER-BBN and BIST, Campus UAB, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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Mendis C, Thevanesam V, Kumara A, Wickramasinghe S, Madegedara D, Gamage C, Gordon SV, Suzuki Y, Ratnatunga C, Nakajima C. Insight into genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Kandy, Sri Lanka reveals predominance of the Euro-American lineage. Int J Infect Dis 2019; 87:84-91. [PMID: 31299365 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Sri Lanka is a country where the molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is poorly explored. Therefore, this study was performed to identify circulating lineages/sub-lineages of MTB and their transmission patterns. METHODS DNA was extracted from 89 isolates of MTB collected during 2012 and 2013 from new pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Kandy, Sri Lanka and analyzed by spoligotyping, large sequence polymorphism (LSP), mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) typing, and drug resistance-associated gene sequencing. RESULTS The predominant lineage was lineage 4 (Euro-American, 45.9%), followed by lineage 1 (Indo-Oceanic, 29.4%), lineage 2 (East-Asian, 23.5%), and lineage 3 (Central-Asian, 1.2%). Among 26 spoligotype patterns, eight were undesignated or new types and seven of these belonged to lineage 4. Undesignated lineage 4/SIT124 (n=2/8) and SIT3234 (n=8/8) clustered together based on 24-locus MIRU-VNTR typing. The dominant sub-lineage was Beijing/SIT1 (n=19), with the isoniazid resistance katG G944C mutation (Ser315Thr) detected in two of them. CONCLUSIONS The population structure of MTB in Kandy, Sri Lanka was different from that in the South Asian region. The clonal expansion of locally evolved lineage 4/SIT3234 and detection of the pre-multidrug resistant Beijing isolates from new tuberculosis patients is alarming and will require continuous monitoring.
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- Charitha Mendis
- Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland; Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University Global Institute for Collaborative Research and Education, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Japan; Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University Global Institute for Collaborative Research and Education, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
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- Division of Bioresources, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Japan; Global Station for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University Global Institute for Collaborative Research and Education, Sapporo, Japan.
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Weerasekera D, Magana-Arachchi D, Madegedara D, Dissanayake N, Thevanesam V. Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates obtained from three distinct population groups in the Central Province, Sri Lanka. ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TROPICAL DISEASE 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s2222-1808(14)60802-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ghosh P, Bodhankar SL. Association of smoking, alcohol and NSAIDs use with expression of cag A and cag T genes of Helicobacter pylori in salivary samples of asymptomatic subjects. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2015; 2:479-84. [PMID: 23569954 DOI: 10.1016/s2221-1691(12)60080-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2011] [Revised: 11/15/2011] [Accepted: 12/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the association of smoking, alcohol and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) use with presence and virulence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in a representative sample of a random adult population of asymptomatic subjects. METHODS Non virulent 16S rRNA and virulent cag A and T genes from salivary samples of 854 asymptomatic subjects were determined using polymerase chain reaction. The presence and absence of virulent and non virulent infection was statistically compared with consumption of smoking, alcohol and NSAIDs. RESULTS The prevalence of infection in male and female subjects was found to be 69.25% and 66.90%, respectively. The prevalence of infection in the population of asymptomatic subjects with respect to consumption of alcohol was as follows: current (31.22%), former (52.20%) and never (43.58%). The prevalence of infection in the population of asymptomatic subjects with respect to smoking of cigarettes was as follows: current (88.80%), former (57.14%) and never (33.33%). The prevalence of infection in the subject population consuming NSAIDs and not consuming NSAIDs frequently was found to be 82.75% and 21.16%, respectively. Virulence in male and female subjects was found to be 60.00% and 50.00%, respectively. The presence of virulent infection in the population of asymptomatic subjects with respect to consumption of alcohol was as follows: current (28.57%), former (40.15%) and never (50.00%). The prevalence of virulent infection in the population of asymptomatic subjects with respect to smoking of cigarettes was as follows: current (79.32%), former (75.00%) and never (50.00%). The prevalence of virulent infection in the subject population consuming NSAIDs and not consuming NSAIDs frequently was found to be 88.23% and 66.66%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS It can be concluded that smoking and NSAIDs consumption are aggravating factors for virulence of H. pylori and alcohol can inhibit H. pylori infection in asymptomatic subjects.
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- Pinaki Ghosh
- Department of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune, Maharashtra, 411038, India
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Singal R, Gupta S, Gupta S. Primary abdominal tuberculosis presenting as peritonitis in a young child-managed surgically. ASIAN PAC J TROP MED 2012; 5:413-5. [PMID: 22546662 DOI: 10.1016/s1995-7645(12)60070-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2011] [Revised: 12/15/2011] [Accepted: 12/15/2011] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) is the sixth commonest extra-pulmonary TB form after lymphatic, genitourinary, bone and joint, miliary and meningeal tuberculosis. We are presenting a rare case in a young female of age 7 year diagnosed as peritonitis and intestinal obstruction. Operative findings revealed dense fibrosis in interloops and perforation of the small bowel. She was put on antitubercular treatment for one year. Patient was discharged in satisfactory condition and is in follow up for 2 months.
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- Rikki Singal
- Department of Surgery, Maharishi Markandeshwer Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, Haryana, India.
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Jinling C, Dandan Z, Pei S, Wei S, Gengfu X, Yinong D, Ying Z. Bioinformatics analysis on ORF1 protein of Torque teno virus (SANBAN isolate). ASIAN PAC J TROP MED 2012; 4:850-6. [PMID: 22078945 DOI: 10.1016/s1995-7645(11)60207-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2011] [Revised: 09/11/2011] [Accepted: 10/15/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the sequence of ORF1 protein of Torque teno virus to prepare for the future hybrid experiments. METHODS The sequence of ORF1 protein of Torque teno virus was analyzed by bioinformatics using some web tools. RESULTS The most likely cleavage site was between position 14aa and 15aa and signal peptide may be position 1aa-14aa. Two possible transmembrane helices from inside to outside and three possible transmembrane helices from outside to inside were found. The position 509 (NKTN) was the potential N-glycosylation site. The speculative molecular weight of TTV ORF1 protein, which may be a kind of unstable protein was 88 705.7 Da. 1aa-91aa and 278aa-361aa were localized in non-regular secondary structure region. CONCLUSIONS TTV ORF1 protein may be a nuclear protein which contains two non-regular secondary structure region. 265aa to 486aa and 510aa to 679aa may be the two approciate fragments to construct the plasmids, which would be prepared for the future hybrid experiments to study the functional positions of the protein and the interactions between TTV and its hosts. Bioinformatics analysis would possibly make it easier to study the protein's function.
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- Chen Jinling
- Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Medicine, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, Peoples Republic of China
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The relative frequency of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium infections in HIV positive patients, Ahvaz, Iran. ASIAN PAC J TROP MED 2012; 5:71-4. [DOI: 10.1016/s1995-7645(11)60249-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2011] [Revised: 09/30/2011] [Accepted: 10/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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High prevalence of blaCTX–M in Enterobacteriaceae isolates from the Kingdom of Bahrain. ASIAN PAC J TROP MED 2011; 4:937-40. [DOI: 10.1016/s1995-7645(11)60222-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2011] [Revised: 08/10/2011] [Accepted: 10/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Identification, structure and function of a novel tetraspaninhomologue from Spirometra erinaceieuropaei. ASIAN PAC J TROP MED 2011; 4:739-42. [PMID: 21967699 DOI: 10.1016/s1995-7645(11)60184-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2011] [Revised: 04/11/2011] [Accepted: 06/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To identify a full length c DNA sequence of a novel tetraspanin (TSP) homologue from Spirometra erinaceieuropaei and to predict the structure and function of its encoding protein using bioinformatics methods. METHODS Using the NCBI, EMBI, Expasy and other online sites, the open reading frame (ORF), conserved domain, physical and chemical parameters, signal peptide, transmembrane domain, epitope, topological structures of the protein sequences were predicted. And Vector NTI software was used for multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic tree construction. RESULTS The target sequence was 1132 bp length with a 681 bpbiggest ORF encoding 226 amino acids protein with typical TSP conserved domain. It was confirmed as full length c DNA of TSP16 from Spirometra erinaceieuropaei and named as SeTSP16 (GenBank accession number: JF728872). The predicted molecular weight and isoelectric point of the deduced protein were 24 750.5 Da and 7.88 Da, respectively. Compared with TSP16s from Schistosoma japonicum and Schistosoma mansoni, it showed similarity of 59% and 59%, respectively. SeTSP16 contained four transmembrane domains (TM1-4), intracellular N and C-termini, one short small extracellular loop and one large extracellular loop. Four major epitopes that were significant different from the corresponding epitope regions of TSP16 from Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum were predicted. CONCLUSIONS The full length c DNA sequences of SeTSP16 are identified. It encodes a transmembrane protein which might be an ideal diagnosis antigen and target molecule for antiparasitic drugs.
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Evaluation of antimicrobial properties of four plant extracts against human pathogens. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s2221-1691(11)60127-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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