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Rapid and efficient filtration-based procedure for separation and safe analysis of CBRN mixed samples. PLoS One 2014; 9:e88055. [PMID: 24505375 PMCID: PMC3914877 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 01/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Separating CBRN mixed samples that contain both chemical and biological warfare agents (CB mixed sample) in liquid and solid matrices remains a very challenging issue. Parameters were set up to assess the performance of a simple filtration-based method first optimized on separate C- and B-agents, and then assessed on a model of CB mixed sample. In this model, MS2 bacteriophage, Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis baculovirus (AcNPV), Bacillus atrophaeus and Bacillus subtilis spores were used as biological agent simulants whereas ethyl methylphosphonic acid (EMPA) and pinacolyl methylphophonic acid (PMPA) were used as VX and soman (GD) nerve agent surrogates, respectively. Nanoseparation centrifugal devices with various pore size cut-off (30 kD up to 0.45 µm) and three RNA extraction methods (Invisorb, EZ1 and Nuclisens) were compared. RNA (MS2) and DNA (AcNPV) quantification was carried out by means of specific and sensitive quantitative real-time PCRs (qPCR). Liquid chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC/TOFMS) methods was used for quantifying EMPA and PMPA. Culture methods and qPCR demonstrated that membranes with a 30 kD cut-off retain more than 99.99% of biological agents (MS2, AcNPV, Bacillus Atrophaeus and Bacillus subtilis spores) tested separately. A rapid and reliable separation of CB mixed sample models (MS2/PEG-400 and MS2/EMPA/PMPA) contained in simple liquid or complex matrices such as sand and soil was also successfully achieved on a 30 kD filter with more than 99.99% retention of MS2 on the filter membrane, and up to 99% of PEG-400, EMPA and PMPA recovery in the filtrate. The whole separation process turnaround-time (TAT) was less than 10 minutes. The filtration method appears to be rapid, versatile and extremely efficient. The separation method developed in this work constitutes therefore a useful model for further evaluating and comparing additional separation alternative procedures for a safe handling and preparation of CB mixed samples.
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Göransson J, Ke R, Nong RY, Howell WM, Karman A, Grawé J, Stenberg J, Granberg M, Elgh M, Herthnek D, Wikström P, Jarvius J, Nilsson M. Rapid identification of bio-molecules applied for detection of biosecurity agents using rolling circle amplification. PLoS One 2012; 7:e31068. [PMID: 22383994 PMCID: PMC3285169 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2011] [Accepted: 01/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Detection and identification of pathogens in environmental samples for biosecurity applications are challenging due to the strict requirements on specificity, sensitivity and time. We have developed a concept for quick, specific and sensitive pathogen identification in environmental samples. Target identification is realized by padlock- and proximity probing, and reacted probes are amplified by RCA (rolling-circle amplification). The individual RCA products are labeled by fluorescence and enumerated by an instrument, developed for sensitive and rapid digital analysis. The concept is demonstrated by identification of simili biowarfare agents for bacteria (Escherichia coli and Pantoea agglomerans) and spores (Bacillus atrophaeus) released in field.
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- Jenny Göransson
- the Rudbeck Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, SciLifeLab, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Q-linea AB, Dag Hammarskjölds, Uppsala, Sweden
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- the Rudbeck Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, SciLifeLab, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- the Rudbeck Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, SciLifeLab, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- the Rudbeck Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, SciLifeLab, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Olink AB, Dag Hammarskjölds väg, Uppsala, Sweden
- Q-linea AB, Dag Hammarskjölds, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Q-linea AB, Dag Hammarskjölds, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Q-linea AB, Dag Hammarskjölds, Uppsala, Sweden
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- the Rudbeck Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, SciLifeLab, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- the Rudbeck Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, SciLifeLab, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Q-linea AB, Dag Hammarskjölds, Uppsala, Sweden
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- the Rudbeck Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, SciLifeLab, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Real-time PCR assay for the discrimination and quantification of wheat and barley strains of Wheat dwarf virus. Virus Genes 2011; 44:349-55. [DOI: 10.1007/s11262-011-0699-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Accepted: 12/03/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Brown JN, Estep RD, Lopez-Ferrer D, Brewer HM, Clauss TR, Manes NP, O'Connor M, Li H, Adkins JN, Wong SW, Smith RD. Characterization of macaque pulmonary fluid proteome during monkeypox infection: dynamics of host response. Mol Cell Proteomics 2010; 9:2760-71. [PMID: 20736407 PMCID: PMC3101861 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m110.001875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2010] [Revised: 08/13/2010] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Understanding viral pathogenesis is challenging because of confounding factors, including nonabrasive access to infected tissues and high abundance of inflammatory mediators that may mask mechanistic details. In diseases such as influenza and smallpox where the primary cause of mortality results from complications in the lung, the characterization of lung fluid offers a unique opportunity to study host-pathogen interactions with minimal effect on infected animals. This investigation characterizes the global proteome response in the pulmonary fluid, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, of macaques during upper respiratory infection by monkeypox virus (MPXV), a close relative of the causative agent of smallpox, variola virus. These results are compared and contrasted against infections by vaccinia virus (VV), a low pathogenic relative of MPXV, and with extracellular fluid from MPXV-infected HeLa cells. To identify changes in the pulmonary protein compartment, macaque lung fluid was sampled twice prior to infection, serving as base line, and up to six times following intrabronchial infection with either MPXV or VV. Increased expression of inflammatory proteins was observed in response to both viruses. Although the increased expression resolved for a subset of proteins, such as C-reactive protein, S100A8, and S100A9, high expression levels persisted for other proteins, including vitamin D-binding protein and fibrinogen γ. Structural and metabolic proteins were substantially decreased in lung fluid exclusively during MPXV and not VV infection. Decreases in structural and metabolic proteins were similarly observed in the extracellular fluid of MPXV-infected HeLa cells. Results from this study suggest that the host inflammatory response may not be the only facilitator of viral pathogenesis, but rather maintaining pulmonary structural integrity could be a key factor influencing disease progression and mortality.
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- Joseph N. Brown
- From the ‡Fundamental Science Division and Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352 and
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- §Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon 97006
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- From the ‡Fundamental Science Division and Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352 and
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- From the ‡Fundamental Science Division and Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352 and
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- From the ‡Fundamental Science Division and Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352 and
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- From the ‡Fundamental Science Division and Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352 and
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- §Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon 97006
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- §Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon 97006
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- From the ‡Fundamental Science Division and Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352 and
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- §Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Beaverton, Oregon 97006
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- From the ‡Fundamental Science Division and Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352 and
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Dineen SM, Aranda R, Dietz ME, Anders DL, Robertson JM. Evaluation of commercial RNA extraction kits for the isolation of viral MS2 RNA from soil. J Virol Methods 2010; 168:44-50. [PMID: 20417664 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2009] [Revised: 04/09/2010] [Accepted: 04/19/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Nucleic acid extraction is a critical step in the detection of an unknown biological agent. However, success can vary depending on the isolation and identification methods chosen and the difficulty of extraction from environmental matrices. In this work, bacteriophage MS2 RNA was extracted from three soil matrices, sand, clay, and loam, using five commercially available kits: the PowerSoil Total RNA Isolation, E.Z.N.A. Soil RNA, FastRNA Pro Soil-Direct, FastRNA Pro Soil-Indirect, and IT 1-2-3 Platinum Path kits. Success of the isolation was determined using an MS2-specific RT-PCR assay. The reproducibility and sensitivity of each method in the hands of both experienced and novice users were assessed and compared. Cost, operator time, and storage conditions were also considered in the evaluation. The RNA isolation method that yielded the best results, as defined by reproducibility and sensitivity, was the E.Z.N.A. Soil RNA kit for sand, the IT 1-2-3 Platinum Path Sample Purification kit for clay, and the FastRNA Pro Soil-Indirect kit for loam. However, if time and storage conditions are important considerations, the IT 1-2-3 Platinum Path kit may be appropriate for use with all soils since the kit has the shortest processing time and fewest temperature requirements.
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- Shauna M Dineen
- Visiting Scientist, Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory, Quantico, VA 22135, USA
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Ouellette GD, Buckley PE, O’Connell KP. Environmental Influences on the Relative Stability of Baculoviruses and Vaccinia Virus: A Review. EMERGING AND ENDEMIC PATHOGENS 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9637-1_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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