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Chen X, Chen H, Ge JQ. Development and application of a recombinase-aided amplification combined with a lateral flow dipstick assay for rapid visual detection of anguillid herpesvirus 1. J Fish Dis 2024; 47:e13907. [PMID: 38112174 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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Eel (Anguilla sp.) is an important freshwater-cultured species with high economic value in China. Anguillid herpesvirus 1 (AngHV-1) has been proven to be the pathogen of "mucus sloughing and haemorrhagic septicaemia disease" in eels, resulting in significant mortality and substantial losses to the eel industry. Current diagnostic methods for detecting AngHV-1 are limited to laboratory-based tests, for example, conventional end-point PCR and qPCR. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop an accurate, rapid, and simple detection method for on-site diagnosis of AngHV-1. In this study, we developed a recombinase-aided amplification combined lateral flow dipstick (RAA-LFD) assay for the detection of AngHV-1. The RAA-LFD assay can be performed within a temperature range of 18-45°C, with a reaction time of just 10 min for amplification. Importantly, the established RAA-LFD assay exhibited no reactivity with other common aquatic viral pathogens, indicating its high specificity. The limit of detection for this method is 102 copies of AngHV-1, which is more sensitive than the established conventional end-point PCR method similarly targeting ORF95. Clinical detection of the diseased samples demonstrated that the accuracy of RAA-LFD was significantly higher than that of the conventional end-point PCR. In conclusion, the developed RAA-LFD assay has proven to be a convenient, rapid, sensitive, and reliable tool for on-site diagnosis of AngHV-1. This advancement will be invaluable for the prevention and control of AngHV-1 in the eel farming industry.
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- Xi Chen
- Institute of Biotechnology, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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Dong Y, Zhou D, Zhang B, Xu X, Zhang J. Development of a real-time recombinase-aided amplification assay for rapid and sensitive detection of Edwardsiella piscicida. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2024; 14:1355056. [PMID: 38606294 PMCID: PMC11007066 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1355056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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Edwardsiella piscicida, a significant intracellular pathogen, is widely distributed in aquatic environments and causes systemic infection in various species. Therefore, it's essential to develop a rapid, uncomplicated and sensitive method for detection of E. piscicida in order to control the transmission of this pathogen effectively. The recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) assay is a newly developed, rapid detection method that has been utilized for various pathogens. In the present study, a real-time RAA (RT-RAA) assay, targeting the conserved positions of the EvpP gene, was successfully established for the detection of E. piscicida. This assay can be performed in a one-step single tube reaction at a temperature of 39°C within 20 min. The RT-RAA assay exhibited a sensitivity of 42 copies per reaction at a 95% probability, which was comparable to the sensitivity of real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay. The specificity assay confirmed that the RT-RAA assay specifically targeted E. piscicida without any cross-reactivity with other important marine bacterial pathogens. Moreover, when clinical specimens were utilized, a perfect agreement of 100% was achieved between the RT-RAA and qPCR assays, resulting a kappa value of 1. These findings indicated that the established RT-RAA assay provided a viable alternative for the rapid, sensitive, and specific detection of E. piscicida.
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- Yuchen Dong
- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, China
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- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, China
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- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, China
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- Yantai Marine Economic Research Institute, Yantai, China
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- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai, China
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Zhang Z, Wang C, Chen X, Zhang Z, Shi G, Zhai X, Zhang T. Based on CRISPR-Cas13a system, to establish a rapid visual detection method for avian influenza viruses. Front Vet Sci 2024; 10:1272612. [PMID: 38260192 PMCID: PMC10800881 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1272612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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To rapidly, specifically, and sensitively detect avian influenza virus (AIV), this research established a visual detection method of recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) based on Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR associated proteins 13a (Cas13a) system. In this study, specific primers and CRISPR RNA (crRNA) were designed according to the conservative sequence of AIV Nucleprotein (NP) gene. RAA technology was used to amplify the target sequence, and the amplification products were visually detected by lateral flow dipstick (LFD). The specificity, sensitivity, and reproducibility of RAA-CRISPR-Cas13a-LFD were evaluated. At the same time, this method and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-agarose electrophoresis method were used to detect clinical samples, and the coincidence rate of the two detection methods was calculated. The results showed that the RAA-CRISPR-Cas13a-LFD method could achieve specific amplification of the target gene fragments, and the detection results could be visually observed through the LFD. Meanwhile, there was no cross-reaction with infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV), and Newcastle disease virus (NDV). The sensitivity reached 100 copies/μL, which was 1,000-fold higher than that of PCR-agarose electrophoresis method. The coincidence rate of clinical tests was 98.75 %, and the total reaction time was ~1 h. The RAA-CRISPR-Cas13a-LFD method established in this study had the advantages of rapid, simple, strong specificity, and high sensitivity, which provided a new visual method for AIV detection.
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- Zongshu Zhang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, China
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- Hebei Sanshi Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Shijiazhuang, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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Tian Y, Fan Z, Zhang X, Xu L, Cao Y, Pan Z, Mo Y, Gao Y, Zheng S, Huang J, Zou H, Duan Z, Li H, Ren F. CRISPR/Cas13a-Assisted accurate and portable hepatitis D virus RNA detection. Emerg Microbes Infect 2023; 12:2276337. [PMID: 37882492 PMCID: PMC10796118 DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2023.2276337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection accelerates the progression of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, posing a large economic and health burden to patients. At present, there remains a lack of accurate and portable detection methods for HDV RNA. Here, we aim to establish a convenient, rapid, highly sensitive and specific method to detect HDV RNA using CRISPR-Cas13a technology. METHODS We established fluorescence (F) and lateral flow strip (L) assays based on CRISPR-Cas13a combined with RT-PCR and RT-RAA for HDV RNA detection, respectively. we conducted a cohort study of 144 patients with HDV-IgG positive to evaluate the CRISPR-Cas13a diagnostic performance for identifying HDV in clinical samples, compared to RT-qPCR and RT-ddPCR. RESULTS For synthetic HDV RNA plasmids, the sensitivity of RT-PCR-CRISPR-based fluorescence assays was 1 copy/μL, higher than that of RT-qPCR (10 copies/μL) and RT-ddPCR (10 copies/μL); for HDV RNA-positive samples, the sensitivity of RT-RAA-CRISPR-based fluorescence and lateral flow strip assays was 10 copies/μL, as low as that of RT-qPCR and RT-ddPCR, and the assay took only approximately 85 min. Additionally, the positivity rates of anti-HDV IgG-positive samples detected by the RT-qPCR, RT-ddPCR, RT-PCR-CRISPR fluorescence and RT-RAA-CRISPR lateral flow strip methods were 66.7% (96/144), 76.4% (110/144), 81.9% (118/144), and 72.2% (104/144), respectively. CONCLUSIONS We developed a highly sensitive and specific, as well as a portable and easy CRISPR-based assay for the detection of HDV RNA, which could be a prospective measure for monitoring the development of HDV infection and evaluating the therapeutic effect.
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- Yuan Tian
- Beijing Institute of Hepatology, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Institute of Hepatology, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Institute of Hepatology, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Institute of Hepatology, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Institute of Hepatology, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Institute of Hepatology, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Institute of Hepatology, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Institute of Hepatology, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Infection Control, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing Institute of Hepatology, Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
- Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Homklinkaew P, Phatthanakunanan S, Jala S, Boonsoongnern A, Lertwatcharasarakul P. Development of a recombinase-aided amplification method combined with lateral flow dipstick assay to detect Porcine circovirus type 2. Vet World 2023; 16:2313-2320. [PMID: 38152256 PMCID: PMC10750741 DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2023.2313-2320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023] Open
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Background and Aim Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is a pathogenic virus that suppresses the immune system of pigs, impacting their health and causing economic losses. Rapid diagnostic tools for early detection of PCV2 are critical to disease prevention and control. Several molecular techniques have been established for detecting PCV2 but costly equipment and time-consuming methods are unsuitable for field inspection. In this study, we developed a recombinase-aided amplification combined with lateral flow dipstick (RAA-LFD) assay to compare with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and quantitative PCR (qPCR) in detecting PCV2 in suspected field samples. Materials and Methods To amplify RAA products, 15 primer pairs were designed from the conserved region of the open reading frame (ORF) 1 gene based on multiple alignments of eight PCV2 genotypes. The most efficient primer pair and conditions for the RAA-LFD assay were tested and selected. Limit of detection, repeatability, and reproducibility were determined using the constructed plasmid. DNA was extracted from positive samples for specificity testing as well as from 100 field samples to compare the detection of the RAA-LFD assay with PCR and qPCR. Results The F1/R1 primer pair was chosen and labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate at the 5' end of the forward primer and with biotin at the 5' end of the reverse primer. The limit of detection of the RAA-LFD assay was 10 copies/μL at 38°C for 30 min. The RAA-LFD assay was repeatable and reproducible, with no cross-reaction with PCV3, Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, Classical swine fever virus, Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus - North America strain (PRRSV-US) and Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus - European strain (PRRSV-EU). Based on testing with 100 samples, the developed RAA showed 100% specificity and 90.56% and 85.71% sensitivity when compared to PCR and qPCR, respectively Cohen's kappa coefficients showed a good agreement with the established techniques. Conclusion The RAA-LFD assay targeting the ORF1 gene was highly sensitive, specific, quick, and simple to perform in the field.
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- Ploypassorn Homklinkaew
- Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences Study Program, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Kamphaeng Saen Veterinary Diagnostic Center, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Nakorn Pathom 73140, Thailand
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- Kamphaeng Saen Veterinary Diagnostic Center, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Nakorn Pathom 73140, Thailand
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- Department of Farm Resources and Production Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Nakorn Pathom 73140, Thailand
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Nakorn Pathom 73140, Thailand
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Zhou Y, Zhang J, Sun H, Tao D, Xu B, Han X, Ren R, Ruan J, Steinaa L, Hemmink JD, Han J, Li X, Xu J, Zhao S, Xie S, Zhao C. Sensitive and Specific Exonuclease III-Assisted Recombinase-Aided Amplification Colorimetric Assay for Rapid Detection of Nucleic Acids. ACS Synth Biol 2023; 12:2877-2886. [PMID: 37729559 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.3c00137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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The development of a contamination-free and on-site nucleic acid detection platform with high sensitivity and specificity but low-cost for the detection of pathogenic nucleic acids is critical for infectious disease diagnosis and surveillance. In this study, we combined the recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) with the exonuclease III (Exo III)-assisted signal amplification into a platform for sensitive and specific detection of nucleic acids of African swine fever virus (ASFV). We found that this platform enabled a naked eye visual detection of ASFV at a detection limit as low as 2 copies/μL in 30 min. As expected, no cross-reactivity was observed with other porcine viruses. In addition, to avoid aerosol contamination, a one-tube RAA-Exo III colorimetric assay was also established for the accurate detection of ASFV in clinical samples. Taken together, we developed a rapid, instrument-free, and low-cost Exo III-assisted RAA colorimetric-assay-based nucleic acid detection platform.
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- Yuan Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- Animal and Human Health Program, Biosciences, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
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- Animal and Human Health Program, Biosciences, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
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- CAAS-ILRI Joint Laboratory on Livestock and Forage Genetic Resources, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, P. R. China
- Biosciences, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
- The Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Education & Key Lab of Swine Genetics and Breeding of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
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Liu W, Zhang G, Xu D, Ye J, Lu Y. A Novel RAA Combined Test Strip Method Based on Dual Gene Targets for Pathogenic Vibrio vulnificus in Aquatic Products. Foods 2023; 12:3605. [PMID: 37835259 PMCID: PMC10572794 DOI: 10.3390/foods12193605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Vibrio vulnificus can cause disease in aquatic animals and humans, therefore, rapid and simple field detection of pathogenic V. vulnificus is important for early disease prevention. In this study, a novel recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) combined test strip with double T-lines (RAA-TS-DTL) was developed for the rapid detection of V. vulnificus in aquatic products. Pathogenic V. vulnificus was detected using the virulence vvhA gene and the housekeeping gene gyrB gene as the dual target of the test strip. The RAA-TS-DTL method showed 100% specificity for V. vulnificus, and no cross-reaction was observed with Vibrio spp. or other bacteria (n = 14). Furthermore, sensitive detection of V. vulnificus in oysters was achieved. The LODs of the gyrB and vvhA genes were 6 CFU/mL and 23 CFU/mL, respectively, which was about five times higher than that of the commercial test strip. The method was validated with spiked samples (n = 60) of fish, shrimp and oyster. The consistency between RAA-TS-DTL and the traditional culture method was 97.9%. In addition, the entire process of detection, including preparation of the sample, could be completed within 50 min. Our results indicated that the developed RAA-TS-DTL was a reliable and useful tool for rapid screening or on-site detection of pathogenic V. vulnificus in aquatic products and aquaculture water.
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- Wenyue Liu
- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (W.L.); (G.Z.); (D.X.)
- Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Products on Storage and Preservation (Shanghai), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai 201306, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (W.L.); (G.Z.); (D.X.)
- Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Products on Storage and Preservation (Shanghai), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai 201306, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (W.L.); (G.Z.); (D.X.)
- Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Products on Storage and Preservation (Shanghai), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai 201306, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Biotechnology, Beijing 100071, China;
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China; (W.L.); (G.Z.); (D.X.)
- Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Products on Storage and Preservation (Shanghai), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai 201306, China
- Marine Biomedical Science and Technology Innovation Platform of Lingang Special Area, Shanghai 201306, China
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Liu J, Qian W, Wang J, Bai Y, Gui Y, Xia L, Gong G, Ge F, Shen H, Chang X, Zhao H. A Recombinase-Aided Amplification Assay for the Detection of Chlamydia felis. Pol J Microbiol 2023; 72:339-343. [PMID: 37725895 PMCID: PMC10508970 DOI: 10.33073/pjm-2023-029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
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Chlamydia felis is an important zoonotic agent for humans and various animals. A recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) assay was developed for detecting C. felis. RAA can be performed in a closed tube at 39°C within 30 min. The detection limit was 10.6 copies of the C. felis plasmid DNA per reaction. No positive signals for other pathogens were detected. The coincidence rate of RAA and conventional PCR was 95.24% (20/21) and 100% (96/96) for positive and negative samples, respectively. The established RAA assay is a simple, rapid, highly sensitive, and specific method for detecting C. felis.
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- Jian Liu
- Shanghai Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Shanghai, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China
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- Shanghai Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, Shanghai, China
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Li X, Zhu S, Zhang X, Ren Y, He J, Zhou J, Yin L, Wang G, Zhong T, Wang L, Xiao Y, Zhu C, Yin C, Yu X. Advances in the application of recombinase-aided amplification combined with CRISPR-Cas technology in quick detection of pathogenic microbes. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1215466. [PMID: 37720320 PMCID: PMC10502170 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1215466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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The rapid diagnosis of pathogenic infections plays a vital role in disease prevention, control, and public health safety. Recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) is an innovative isothermal nucleic acid amplification technology capable of fast DNA or RNA amplification at low temperatures. RAA offers advantages such as simplicity, speed, precision, energy efficiency, and convenient operation. This technology relies on four essential components: recombinase, single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB), DNA polymerase, and deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates, which collectively replace the laborious thermal cycling process of traditional polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In recent years, the CRISPR-Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-associated proteins) system, a groundbreaking genome engineering tool, has garnered widespread attention across biotechnology, agriculture, and medicine. Increasingly, researchers have integrated the recombinase polymerase amplification system (or RAA system) with CRISPR technology, enabling more convenient and intuitive determination of detection results. This integration has significantly expanded the application of RAA in pathogen detection. The step-by-step operation of these two systems has been successfully employed for molecular diagnosis of pathogenic microbes, while the single-tube one-step method holds promise for efficient pathogen detection. This paper provides a comprehensive review of RAA combined with CRISPR-Cas and its applications in pathogen detection, aiming to serve as a valuable reference for further research in related fields.
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- Xiaoping Li
- Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long Taipa, Macau, 999078, China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Exposure and Health Intervention of Zhejiang Province, Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310015, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Exposure and Health Intervention of Zhejiang Province, Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310015, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Exposure and Health Intervention of Zhejiang Province, Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310015, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310003, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Exposure and Health Intervention of Zhejiang Province, Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310015, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Exposure and Health Intervention of Zhejiang Province, Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310015, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Exposure and Health Intervention of Zhejiang Province, Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310015, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Exposure and Health Intervention of Zhejiang Province, Shulan International Medical College, Zhejiang Shuren University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310015, China
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- Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long Taipa, Macau, 999078, China
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- Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long Taipa, Macau, 999078, China
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- Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long Taipa, Macau, 999078, China
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510006, China
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- Clinical Psychology Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310005, China
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- Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long Taipa, Macau, 999078, China
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- Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Avenida Wai Long Taipa, Macau, 999078, China
- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Laboratory for Contaminants Exposure and Health, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 510006, China
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Ding X, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Zhang Q, Mao F, Dai Y. Establishment of a Simple and Rapid Nucleic Acid Detection Method for Hookworm Identification. Pathogens 2023; 12:pathogens12040630. [PMID: 37111516 PMCID: PMC10142964 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12040630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Hookworm infection is one of the most common neglected tropical diseases and is mainly found in tropical and subtropical areas. Two species of human hookworm are distributed in China, i.e., Ancylostoma duodenale (AD) and Necator americanus (NA). BACKGROUND Traditional microscopic technology such as the Kato-Katz method is not suitable for hookworm diagnosis due to the rapid degeneration of fragile hookworm eggs or for species identification of hookworm infection. The aim of the present study was to establish and evaluate a novel nucleic acid detection method based on recombinase-aided isothermal amplification (RAA) for the detection of hookworm infections and species identification. METHODS Based on the specific target gene sequences of hookworms (5.8S rRNA for AD and ITS2 for NA, respectively), we designed and synthesized amplification primers and fluorescence probes referring to the principle of the fluorescence recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) technique. RESULTS Each assay provided specific amplification of larval DNA from AD and NA by fluorescence RAA, and the detection limits in plasmids reached 102 copies and 10 copies, respectively. Genomic DNA of two hookworm species was successfully detected at a concentration of 0.1 pg/μL, revealing a high detection sensitivity. No positive amplification occurred for genomic DNA from crossed hookworm species and genomic DNA from Cryptosporidium, Giardia lamblia, Strongyloides stercoralis, Schistosoma japonicum, Ascaris lumbricoides, and Clonorchis sinensis, revealing a satisfactory specificity. Fecal sample detection results demonstrated a similar efficacy to the Kato-Katz method; however, it had a greater sensitivity than the larvae culture method. CONCLUSION A simple and rapid nucleic acid method was successfully established based on RAA, which improved the detection efficacy and species identification for human hookworm infections.
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- Xin Ding
- Key Laboratory of National Health Commission on Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Province on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi 214064, China
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- School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Health Commission on Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Province on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi 214064, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Health Commission on Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Province on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi 214064, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Health Commission on Parasitic Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Province on Parasite and Vector Control Technology, Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Wuxi 214064, China
- School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, China
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Yan C, Zhou Y, Du S, Du B, Zhao H, Feng Y, Xue G, Cui J, Gan L, Feng J, Fan Z, Fu T, Xu Z, Zhang Q, Zhang R, Cui X, Tian Z, Chen Y, Zhang T, Huang L, Yuan J. Recombinase-Aided Amplification Assay for Rapid Detection of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) and Characterization of the hvKp Pathotype. Microbiol Spectr 2023;:e0398422. [PMID: 36912637 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03984-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/14/2023] Open
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Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) is a major human pathogen associated with liver abscess, pneumonia, meningitis, and endophthalmitis. It is challenging to differentiate hvKp from classical Klebsiella pneumoniae (cKp) using conventional methods, necessitating the development of a rapid, sensitive, and convenient assay for hvKp detection. In this study, we constructed a recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) method targeting hvKp genes peg344 and rmpA, and also analyzed the pathogenic characteristics of hvKp. We optimized the reaction temperature and system, and evaluated its sensitivity, specificity, and clinical application. The primer and probe sets peg344-set1 and rmpA-set2 delivered significant fluorescent signals at 39°C with the shortest gene amplification times (sensitivity: 20 copies/reaction). This RAA assay showed no cross-reactivity with 15 other common pathogenic bacteria. Its applicability was confirmed by the evaluation of 208 clinical specimens, of which 45 were confirmed to be hvKp. The sensitivity and specificity of the RAA assay were both 100% compared with real-time PCR as the reference standard. To verify the assay, we also assessed the diversity of molecular characteristics among the hvKp isolates and identified serotype K1 and sequence type ST23 as the dominant clone. Virulence factors iroN and iutA were highly associated with virulence level. In conclusion, our novel RAA assay is a powerful tool for early diagnosis and epidemiological surveillance of hvKp. IMPORTANCEKlebsiella pneumoniae is the most common opportunistic bacterial species and a major threat to public health. Since the 1990s, hvKp has received increasing attention from public health officials and infectious disease specialists. Hypervirulent strains differ from classical strains in terms of phenotypic features and clinical outcomes. It is hard to identify hvKp from cKp using the conventional methods including colony morphology analysis, serum killing assays, mouse lethality assays, string tests, and real-time PCR. In this study, we established a rapid, sensitive and convenient recombinase-aided amplification assay for hvKp detection targeting virulence genes peg344 and rmpA. Our RAA assay provides an important tool for the rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases caused by hvKp, particularly in primary laboratories.
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Cui X, Du B, Feng J, Feng Y, Cui J, Yan C, Zhao H, Gan L, Fan Z, Fu T, Xu Z, Zhang R, Du S, Zhou Y, Tian Z, Zhang Q, Fu H, Xue G, Yuan J. Rapid detection of mpox virus using recombinase aided amplification assay. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023; 13:1008783. [PMID: 36909721 PMCID: PMC9996015 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1008783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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A recent, unprecedented outbreak of human mpox virus infection has led to cases in non-African nations, and the number of confirmed or suspected cases outside of Africa has exceeded 1,000 within 5 weeks. Mpox may pose a double threat to public health in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It is difficult to distinguish mpox virus infection from other diseases in the early stages, and patients are contagious from the onset of nonspecific symptoms; therefore, it is crucial to develop rapid and specific diagnostic methods. The diagnosis of mpox relies on real-time polymerase chain reaction, a time-consuming method that requires a highly sophisticated thermal cycler, which makes it unsuitable for widespread use in underdeveloped areas, where the outbreak is still severe. In this study, we developed a recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) assay that can detect mpox virus within 5-10 minutes. The conserved regions of the A27L gene and F3L gene were selected as targets, as they amplify well from different mpox virus clades with no cross-reaction from other pathogens. The sensitivity of this RAA assay is 10 copies/reaction for the A27L gene and 102 copies/reaction for the F3L gene. When applied to simulated clinical samples, both targets showed 100% specificity, and the detection limits were consistent with the sensitivity results. Moreover, through clinical blinded sample detection, RAA exhibits the same detection power as RT-PCR. In summary, the RAA mpox assay described here exhibits rapid detection, high sensitivity and specificity, and low operational difficulty, making it suitable for mpox virus detection in less developed countries and regions.
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- Xiaohu Cui
- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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Zhang Y, Li Q, Wang R, Wang L, Wang X, Luo J, Xing G, Zheng G, Wan B, Guo J, Zhang G. Differentiation of Classical Swine Fever Virus Virulent and Vaccine Strains by CRISPR/Cas13a. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0089122. [PMID: 36173294 PMCID: PMC9603908 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00891-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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As a notifiable terrestrial and aquatic animal disease listed by World Organisation for Animal Health (formerly the Office International des Epizooties [OIE]), classical swine fever (CSF) has caused great economic losses to the swine industry worldwide during recent decades. Differentiation of infected and vaccinated animals (DIVA) is urgent for eradication of CSF. In this study, a diagnostic platform based on CRISPR/Cas13a was established with the ability to differentiate between classical swine fever virus (CSFV) virulent and vaccine strains. In combination with reverse transcription recombinase-aided amplification (RT-RAA), the detection limit for CSFV synthetic RNA templates reached 3.0 × 102 copies/μL. In addition, with boiling and chemical reduction, heating unextracted diagnostic samples to obliterate nucleases (HUDSON) treatment was introduced to inactivate nucleases and release viral genome, achieving robust pretreatment of tested sample before CRISPR/Cas13a detection without the need to extract viral nucleic acids. HUDSON-RT-RAA-CRISPR/Cas13a can directly detect cell cultures of virulent Shimen strain and vaccine hog cholera lapinized virus (HCLV) strain, with the detection limit of 3.5 × 102 copies/μL and 1.8 × 102 copies/μL, respectively, which was equally sensitive to nested PCR (nPCR) and 100 times more sensitive than antigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Meanwhile, HUDSON-RT-RAA-CRISPR/Cas13a showed no cross-reactivity with bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), African swine fever virus (ASFV), pseudorabies virus (PRV), and porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2), exhibiting good specificity. At last, a total of 50 pig spleen samples with suspected clinical signs were also assayed with HUDSON-RT-RAA-CRISPR/Cas13a, nPCR, and antigen ELISA in parallel. HUDSON-RT-RAA-CRISPR/Cas13a showed 100.0% with nPCR and 82.0% coincident rate with antigen ELISA, respectively. IMPORTANCE Classical swine fever (CSF) is a World Organisation for Animal Health (formerly the Office International des Epizooties [OIE]) notifiable terrestrial and aquatic animal disease, causing great economic losses to the swine industry worldwide during the past decades. Due to the use of the most effective and safe attenuated live vaccine for CSF prevention, differentiation of infected and vaccinated pigs is vital work, as well as a bottleneck for eradication of CSF. Methods with the ability to precisely differentiate classical swine fever virus (CSFV) virulent strains from vaccine strain hog cholera lapinized virus (HCLV) are urgently needed. Combining the high sensitivity of isothermal recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) with the accurate molecular sensing ability of Cas13a, we presented a novel method for CSFV detection without the need to extract viral nucleic acids, which showed great advantage to traditional detection methods for precise differentiation of CSFV virulent strains and vaccine strain, providing a novel powerful tool for CSF eradication.
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- Yuhang Zhang
- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, College of Veterinary Medicine, Zhengzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Public Health and Preventive Medicine Teaching and Research Center, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China
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- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- International Joint Research Center of National Animal Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonose, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Zeng J, Wang W, Zhou L, Ge X, Han J, Guo X, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Yang H. A nucleic acid detection assay combining reverse transcription recombinase-aided amplification with a lateral flow dipstick for the rapid visual detection of porcine deltacoronavirus. Virulence 2022; 13:1471-1485. [PMID: 36005235 PMCID: PMC9450908 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2022.2116157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) is an emerging enteropathogen causing severe diarrhoea, dehydration, and death in nursing piglets and enormous economic losses for the global swine industry. Furthermore, it can infect multiple animal species including humans. Therefore, a rapid, definitive diagnostic assay is required for the effective control of this zoonotic pathogen. To identify PDCoV, we developed a nucleic acid detection assay combining reverse transcription recombinase-aided amplification (RT-RAA) with a lateral flow dipstick (LFD) targeting the highly conserved genomic region in the ORF1b gene. The RT-RAA-LFD assay exhibited good PDCoV detection reproducibility and repeatability and could be completed within 11 min. Ten minutes at 40 °C was required for nucleic acid amplification and 1 min at room temperature was needed for the visual LFD readout. The assay specifically detected PDCoV and did not cross-react with any other major swine pathogens. The 95% limit of detection (LOD) was 3.97 median tissue culture infectious dose PDCoV RNA per reaction. This performance was comparable to that of a reference TaqMan-based real-time RT-PCR (trRT-PCR) assay for PDCoV. Of 149 swine small intestine, rectal swab, and serum samples, 71 and 75 tested positive for PDCoV according to RT-RAA-LFD and trRT-PCR, respectively. The diagnostic coincidence rate for both assays was 97.32% (145/149) and the kappa value was 0.946 (p < 0.001). Overall, the RT-RAA-LFD assay is a user-friendly diagnostic tool that can rapidly and visually detect PDCoV.
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- Jianyu Zeng
- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing,P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing,P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing,P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing,P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing,P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing,P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing,P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing,P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing,P.R. China
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Feng X, Zhou D, Gan B, Xie G, Xu H. A Combination of Novel Nucleic Acid Cross-Linking Dye and Recombinase-Aided Amplification for the Rapid Detection of Viable Salmonella in Milk. Foods 2022; 11:foods11152375. [PMID: 35954141 PMCID: PMC9368416 DOI: 10.3390/foods11152375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Salmonella, as an important foodborne pathogen, can cause various diseases, such as severe enteritis. In recent years, various types of nucleicacid-intercalating dyes have been utilized to detect viable Salmonella. However, in principle, the performance of existing nucleic acid dyes is limited because they depend on the integrity of cell membrane. Herein, based on the metabolic activity of bacteria, a novel DNA dye called thiazole orange monoazide (TOMA) was introduced to block the DNA from dead bacteria. Recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) was then performed to detect viable Salmonella in samples. In this study, the permeability of TOMA to the cell membrane of Salmonella was evaluated via confocal laser scanning microscopy and fluorescence emission spectrometry. The limit of detection (LOD) of the TOMA–RAA method was 2.0 × 104 CFU/mL in pure culture. The feasibility of the TOMA–RAA method in detecting Salmonella was assessed in spiked milk. The LOD for Salmonella was 3.5 × 102 CFU/mL after 3 h of enrichment and 3.5 × 100 CFU/mL after 5 h of enrichment. The proposed TOMA–RAA assay has great potential to be applied to accurately detect and monitor foodborne pathogens in milk and its byproducts.
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- Xiaoyan Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China
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- Ningbo International Travel Healthcare Center (Ningbo Customs Port Outpatient Department), Ningbo 315010, China
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- Institute for Testing of Industrial Products of Jiangxi General Institute of Testing and Certification, Nanchang 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China
- Correspondence: or ; Tel.: +86-791-8830-4447 (ext. 9520); Fax: +86-791-8830-4400
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Zhi S, Shen J, Li X, Jiang Y, Xue J, Fang T, Xu J, Wang X, Cao Y, Yang D, Yao Z, Yu D. Development of Recombinase-Aided Amplification (RAA)-Exo-Probe and RAA-CRISPR/Cas12a Assays for Rapid Detection of Campylobacter jejuni in Food Samples. J Agric Food Chem 2022; 70:9557-9566. [PMID: 35857318 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c02581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Campylobacter jejuni is the major cause of campylobacteriosis, one of the most common foodborne illnesses worldwide. Here, we report the development of RAA-exo-probe and RAA-CRIPSR/Cas12a assays for the detection of C. jejuni in food samples. The two assays were found to be highly specific to C. jejuni and highly sensitive, as they were one log more sensitive compared to the traditional culture method, with detection thresholds of 9 and 5 copies per reaction, respectively. These assays successfully detected C. jejuni in spiked chicken samples and natural meat samples (chicken, beef, mutton, etc.) and were overall less dependent on expensive equipment, only requiring a fluorescent reader. Their ease of use compared to other nucleic acid amplification-based methods indicates that these assays could be adapted for the rapid, routine surveillance of C. jejuni contamination in food samples, particularly for work done in the field or poorly equipped labs.
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- Shuai Zhi
- The Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
- School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Technology Center for Animal Plant and Food Inspection and Quarantine, Shanghai Customs, Shanghai 200135, China
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- School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Nanjing Customs District People's Republic of China, Nanjing 210001, China
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- Technology Center for Animal Plant and Food Inspection and Quarantine, Shanghai Customs, Shanghai 200135, China
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- Technology Center for Animal Plant and Food Inspection and Quarantine, Shanghai Customs, Shanghai 200135, China
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- School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1C9, Canada
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Hou L, Li D, Zhang N, Zhao J, Zhao Y, Sun X. Development of an isothermal recombinase-aided amplification assay for the rapid and visualized detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae. J Sci Food Agric 2022; 102:3879-3886. [PMID: 34936095 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.11737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Klebsiella pneumoniae is a zoonotic opportunistic pathogen, leading to severe infections in dairy cows and humans. Efficient, on-site and accurate detection of K. pneumoniae is necessary to reduce the harm of cow mastitis and human infections. The objective of this study was to establish a recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) method combined with lateral flow dipstick (LFD) for rapid detection of K. pneumoniae. RESULTS The primer concentration, incubation temperature and incubation time of the RAA reaction were optimized. When the primer concentration was 100 nmol L-1 , the strongest band could be obtained by incubation at 37 °C for 20 min. The RAA-LFD method had high specificity to K. pneumoniae and showed no cross-reaction with other pathogens. In addition, the detection limit of RAA-LFD for K. pneumoniae was 20 fg genomic DNA and 2.5 × 102 CFU mL-1 of bacteria in pure culture, which is 100 times higher than that of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection. Moreover, the RAA-LFD method can detect K. pneumoniae at initial concentrations as low as 2.5 CFU per 25 mL in artificially spiked milk samples after at least incubation for 6 h. Importantly, RAA-LFD had a high agreement with a test accuracy of 96.9%, compared with the biochemical identification method. Also, the detection accuracy of RAA-LFD was higher than that of the PCR assay (95.3%). CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrated that the RAA-LFD assay is an accurate, sensitive, simple and point-of-use detection method for K. pneumoniae, which could be used as a potential application in the research laboratory and for disease diagnosis. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Laiwang Hou
- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Products on Storage and Preservation (Shanghai), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquatic-Product Processing and Preservation, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Products on Storage and Preservation (Shanghai), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquatic-Product Processing and Preservation, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Lv X, Cao W, Zhang H, Zhang Y, Shi L, Ye L. CE-RAA-CRISPR Assay: A Rapid and Sensitive Method for Detecting Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Seafood. Foods 2022; 11:foods11121681. [PMID: 35741880 PMCID: PMC9223090 DOI: 10.3390/foods11121681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Revised: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus is one of the major pathogenic Vibrio species that contaminate seafood. Rapid and accurate detection is crucial for avoiding foodborne diseases caused by pathogens and is important for food safety management and mariculture. In this study, we established a system that combines chemically enhanced clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) (CE–RAA–CRISPR) for detecting V. parahaemolyticus in seafood. The method combines RAA with CRISPR-associated protein 12a (Cas12a) for rapid detection in a one-pot reaction, effectively reducing the risk of aerosol contamination during DNA amplifier transfer. We optimized the primers for V. parahaemolyticus, determined the optimal crRNA/Cas12a ratio, and demonstrated that chemical additives (bovine serum albumin and L-proline) could enhance the detection capacity of Cas12a. The limit of detection (at optimal conditions) was as low as 6.7 × 101 CFU/mL in pure cultures and 7.3 × 101 CFU/g in shrimp. Moreover, this method exhibited no cross-reactivity with other microbial pathogens. The CE–RAA–CRISPR assay was compared with the quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay using actual food samples, and it showed 100% diagnostic agreement.
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- Xinrui Lv
- Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; (X.L.); (H.Z.); (Y.Z.); (L.S.)
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- College of Food and Bioengineering, Guangdong Polytechnic of Science and Trade, Guangzhou 510640, China;
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- Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; (X.L.); (H.Z.); (Y.Z.); (L.S.)
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- Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; (X.L.); (H.Z.); (Y.Z.); (L.S.)
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- Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; (X.L.); (H.Z.); (Y.Z.); (L.S.)
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- Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China; (X.L.); (H.Z.); (Y.Z.); (L.S.)
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Feng X, Zhou D, Xie G, Liu J, Xiong Q, Xu H. A novel photoreactive DNA-binding dye for detecting viable Klebsiella pneumoniae in powdered infant formula. J Dairy Sci 2022; 105:4895-4902. [PMID: 35450718 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2022-21900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In addition to Cronobacter spp., Klebsiella pneumoniae is another opportunistic bacterial pathogen present in powdered infant formula (PIF) that can cause pneumonia, septicemia, and other diseases. In this study, a rapid and specific method based on a fluorescence probe was developed for detecting viable K. pneumoniae in PIF samples via the combination of recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) with thiazole orange monoazide (TOMA) dye (the TOMA-RAA assay hereafter). As a novel photosensitive DNA-intercalating dye, TOMA was used to penetrate bacterial cells, including both dead and viable cells, as verified by confocal laser scanning microscopy and fluorescent emission spectrometry. Importantly, the RAA assay exhibited good performance in detecting K. pneumoniae within 40 min at 39°C. Under optimal conditions, the TOMA-RAA assay can detect as low as 2.6 × 103 cfu/mL of K. pneumoniae in pure culture and 2.3 × 104 cfu/g of K. pneumoniae in spiked PIF sample. After 3 h of pre-enrichment, 3 × 100 cfu/g of K. pneumoniae can be detected. Furthermore, the TOMA-RAA assay displayed an excellent anti-interference ability to nontarget bacteria. In short, the proposed method has great potential application for the rapid and accurate detection of viable K. pneumoniae in PIF.
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- Xiaoyan Feng
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, P.R. China
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- Ningbo International Travel Healthcare Center (Ningbo Customs Port Outpatient Department), Ningbo, 315010, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, P.R. China.
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Zhao J, Li Y, Xue Q, Zhu Z, Zou M, Fang F. A novel rapid visual detection assay for Toxoplasma gondii combining recombinase-aided amplification and lateral flow dipstick coupled with CRISPR-Cas13a fluorescence (RAA-Cas13a-LFD). Parasite 2022; 29:21. [PMID: 35420541 PMCID: PMC9009239 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2022021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Toxoplasmosis, a parasitic disease resulting from Toxoplasma gondii infection, remains prevalent worldwide, and causes great harm to immunodepressed patients, pregnant women and newborns. Although various molecular approaches to detect T. gondii infection are available, they are either costly or technically complex. This study aimed at developing a rapid visual detection assay using recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) and lateral flow dipstick (LFD) coupled with CRISPR-Cas13a fluorescence (RAA-Cas13a-LFD) to detect T. gondii. The RAA-Cas13a-LFD assay was performed in an incubator block at 37 °C within 2 h, and the amplification results were visualized and determined through LFD by the naked eye. The detection limit was 1 × 10-6 ng/μL by our developed RAA-Cas13a-LFD protocol, 100-fold higher than that by qPCR assay (1 × 10-8 ng/μL). No cross-reaction occurred either with the DNA of human blood or Ascaris lumbricoides, Digramma interrupta, Entamoeba coli, Fasciola gigantica, Plasmodium vivax, Schistosoma japonicum, Taenia solium, and Trichinella spiralis, and the positive rate by RAA-Cas13a-LFD assay was identical to that by qPCR assay (1.50% vs. 1.50%) in detecting T. gondii infection in the unknown blood samples obtained from clinical settings. Our findings demonstrate that this RAA-Cas13a-LFD assay is not only rapid, sensitive, and specific and allows direct visualization by the naked eye, but also eliminates sophisticated and costly equipment. More importantly, this technique can be applied to on-site surveillance of T. gondii.
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- Jinhong Zhao
- Department of Medical Parasitology, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241002, Anhui, China - Provincial Key Laboratory of Active Biological Macro-Molecules, Wuhu 241002, Anhui, China
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- Department of Medical Parasitology, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241002, Anhui, China
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- Department of Medical Parasitology, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241002, Anhui, China
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- Department of Medical Parasitology, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241002, Anhui, China
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- Department of Medical Parasitology, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241002, Anhui, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241001, Anhui, China
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Li X, Wang C, Zhang Z, Wang C, Wang W, Zhao Z, Li J, Shang Z, Lv J, Zhang T. Fast detection of duck circovirus by real-time fluorescence-based recombinase-aided amplification. Poult Sci 2022; 101:101707. [PMID: 35108659 PMCID: PMC8814383 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.101707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Duck circovirus disease (DuCVD), as an immunosuppressive disease, is a threat to the poultry industry. In order to diagnose this disease quickly and accurately, a real-time fluorescence-based recombinase-aided amplification (RF-RAA) method was established to detect duck circovirus (DuCV). The results showed that the quantity of amplification products was positively correlated with the value of fluorescence signal. Obvious detection results can be observed at 41°C after 15 min reaction. This method has good specificity and has no cross reaction with Muscovy duck parvovirus (MDPV), duck enteritis virus (DEV), fowl adenovirus (FAdV), porcine circovirus (PCV), and duck hepatitis A virus (DHAV). The sensitivity test showed that the minimum concentration of template detected by RF-RAA for DuCV was 10° copies/μL, and its sensitivity was 10 times higher than that of real-time fluorescence-based quantitative PCR (RFQ-PCR) and 10,000 times higher than that of polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Fifty-two clinical samples were detected by RF-RAA and RFQ-PCR, and the coincidence rate of the two methods was 98.08%. This method has the advantages of simple operation, good specificity and high sensitivity, and can be used for laboratory detection and clinical diagnosis of DuCV.
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- Xinyue Li
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China.
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Mu D, Zhou D, Xie G, Liu J, Wang Z, Xiong Q, Xu H. Real-time recombinase-aided amplification with PMAxx for the rapid detection of viable Escherichia coli O157:H7 in milk. J Dairy Sci 2022; 105:1028-1038. [PMID: 34998542 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2021-21074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Escherichia coli O157:H7, the causative agent of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans, generates a effective harm to community health because of its high pathogenicity. A real-time recombinase-aided amplification (rRAA) is an emerging method for nucleic acid detection. However, genomic DNA of bacteria could exist in food and the environment for a long time after death and could be amplified by rRAA assay, resulting in false-positive signal; thus, developing a fast and sensitive method is necessary to detect viable foodborne pathogens in food products. In our research, rRAA assay coupled with an enhanced nucleic acid binding dye named improved propidium monoazide (PMAxx) was established and applied in viable E. coli O157:H7 identification in skim milk. The PMAxx could eliminate interference from dead bacteria by permeating impaired membranes and covalently linking to DNA to prevent DNA amplification. The PMAxx-rRAA assay was performed with high sensitivity and good specificity. The PMAxx-rRAA assay could detect as low as 5.4 × 100 cfu/mL of viable E. coli O157:H7 in pure culture, and 7.9 × 100 cfu/mL of viable E. coli O157:H7 in skim milk. In addition, the PMAxx-rRAA assay was performed in the presence of a high concentration of dead bacteria or nontarget bacteria in skim milk to verify the capacity to resist interference from dead bacteria and nontarget bacteria. Therefore, the established PMAxx-rRAA assay is a valuable tool for the identification of viable E. coli O157:H7 in complex food matrix.
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- Dan Mu
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China
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- Ningbo International Travel Healthcare Center (Ningbo Customs Port Outpatient Department), Ningbo, 315010, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330047, PR China.
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Zhang W, Feng Y, Zhao H, Yan C, Feng J, Gan L, Cui J, Liu S, Zhang R, Du S, Li N, Xu W, Han J, Li R, Xue G, Yuan J. A Recombinase Aided Amplification Assay for Rapid Detection of the Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase Gene and Its Characteristics in Klebsiella pneumoniae. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:746325. [PMID: 34616692 PMCID: PMC8488121 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.746325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase genes (blaKPC) play an important role in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in China. A rapid detection method for blaKPC genes and investigations into the molecular characteristics of blaKPC positive Klebsiella pneumoniae were necessary. In this study, an easy and rapid recombinase aided amplification assay (RAA) for blaKPC was established. This protocol could be completed at 39°C in 15–20 min. The sensitivity of this assay was determined as 48 copies per reaction, and the specificity was 100%. The blaKPC RAA method could be used for clinical diagnosis and epidemiological investigation. Among 801 fecal samples from inpatients, 34 blaKPC positive isolates were identified from each sample, of which 23 isolates were K. pneumoniae. ST11 with blaKPC-2 was the most prevalent type. All these strains were multidrug resistant and carried various virulence genes. Fecal carriage of blaKPC positive carbapenem-resistant K.pneumoniae poses significant challenges for public health control.
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- Weiwei Zhang
- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, China.,Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Daily Clinic, Seventh Medical Center of People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Department of Bacteriology, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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He Y, Chen W, Fan J, Fan S, Ding H, Chen J, Yi L. Recombinase-Aided Amplification Coupled with Lateral Flow Dipstick for Efficient and Accurate Detection of Porcine Parvovirus. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:life11080762. [PMID: 34440506 PMCID: PMC8401844 DOI: 10.3390/life11080762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Porcine parvovirus (PPV) infection is the primary cause of SMEDI (stillbirth; mummification; embryonic death; infertility) syndrome, which is a global burden for the swine industry. Thus, it is crucial to establish a rapid and efficient detection method against PPV infection. In the present work, we developed a recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) assay, coupled with a lateral flow dipstick (LFD), to achieve an amplification of PPV DNA at 37 °C within 15 min. The detection limits of PPV RAA-LFD assay were 102 copies/μL recombinant plasmid pMD19-T-VP1, 6.38 × 10-7 ng/μL PPV DNA, and 10-1 TCID50/mL virus, respectively. This method was highly specific for PPV detection with no cross-reactivity for other swine pathogens. In contrast to polymerase chain reaction (PCR), the PPV RAA-LFD assay is more sensitive and cost-saving. Hence, the established PPV RAA-LFD assay provided an alternative for PPV detection, especially in resource-limited regions.
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- Yihong He
- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Y.H.); (W.C.); (J.F.); (S.F.); (H.D.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Y.H.); (W.C.); (J.F.); (S.F.); (H.D.)
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Y.H.); (W.C.); (J.F.); (S.F.); (H.D.)
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Y.H.); (W.C.); (J.F.); (S.F.); (H.D.)
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Y.H.); (W.C.); (J.F.); (S.F.); (H.D.)
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Y.H.); (W.C.); (J.F.); (S.F.); (H.D.)
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Correspondence: (J.C.); (L.Y.)
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China; (Y.H.); (W.C.); (J.F.); (S.F.); (H.D.)
- Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, China
- Correspondence: (J.C.); (L.Y.)
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Feng Y, Xue G, Feng J, Yan C, Cui J, Gan L, Zhang R, Zhao H, Xu W, Li N, Liu S, Du S, Zhang W, Yao H, Tai J, Ma L, Zhang T, Qu D, Wei Y, Yuan J. Rapid Detection of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene Using Recombinase-Aided Amplification Directly on Clinical Samples From Children. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:691289. [PMID: 34367092 PMCID: PMC8339468 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.691289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase, a metallo-β-lactamase carbapenemase type, mediates resistance to most β-lactam antibiotics including penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems. Therefore, it is important to detect blaNDM genes in children’s clinical samples as quickly as possible and analyze their characteristics. Here, a recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) assay, which operates in a single one-step reaction tube at 39°C in 5−15 min, was established to target blaNDM genes in children’s clinical samples. The analytical sensitivity of the RAA assay was 20 copies, and the various bacterial types without blaNDM genes did not amplify. This method was used to detect blaNDM genes in 112 children’s stool samples, 10 of which were tested positive by both RAA and standard PCR. To further investigate the characteristics of carbapenem-resistant bacteria carrying blaNDM in children, 15 carbapenem-resistant bacteria (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Citrobacter freundii, Klebsiella oxytoca, Acinetobacter junii, and Proteus mirabilis) were isolated from the 10 samples. Notably, more than one bacterial type was isolated from three samples. Most of these isolates were resistant to cephalosporins, cefoperazone-sulbactam, piperacillin-tazobactam, ticarcillin-clavulanic acid, aztreonam, co-trimoxazole, and carbapenems. blaNDM–1 and blaNDM–5 were the two main types in these samples. These data show that the RAA assay has potential to be a sensitive and rapid blaNDM gene screening test for clinical samples. The common existence of blaNDM and multi-drug resistance genes presents major challenges for pediatric treatment.
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- Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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- Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
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Li X, Wang C, Wang W, Zhang Z, Zhang Z, Wang C, Zhang T. Research Note: Development of rapid isothermal amplification assay for detection of duck circovirus. Poult Sci 2021; 100:101339. [PMID: 34332226 PMCID: PMC8339307 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Duck circovirus disease (DuCVD) caused by duck circovirus (DuCV) continues to spread in recent years, which brings serious harm to the poultry industry, so early diagnosis of DuCVD is of great significance for the prevention and control of this disease. Specific primers and probes for DuCV were designed in this study. Reverse primers and probes were modified at the 5′ ends with biotin and fluorescein, respectively, and they were combined with dipsticks labeled with biotin antibodies and fluorescein antibodies to establish a recombinase-aided amplification-lateral flow dipstick (RAA-LFD) assay for detection of duck circovirus. By using this method, the reaction products reached detectable levels in about 20 min as a result of rapid amplification at a constant temperature of 37℃. The detection results could be observed by dripping the reaction products onto the dipstick within 2 to 3 min. The RAA-LFD method has good specificity and high sensitivity (102 copies/μL). Compared with conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR), RAA-LFD has no power limit on the testing instrument, and is easy to use, saving more time and manpower, so it is more suitable for clinical detection.
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- Xinyue Li
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China.
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Zhang Y, Li Q, Guo J, Li D, Wang L, Wang X, Xing G, Deng R, Zhang G. An Isothermal Molecular Point of Care Testing for African Swine Fever Virus Using Recombinase-Aided Amplification and Lateral Flow Assay Without the Need to Extract Nucleic Acids in Blood. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2021; 11:633763. [PMID: 33816338 PMCID: PMC8010139 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.633763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious and usually deadly porcine infectious disease listed as a notifiable disease by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). It has brought huge economic losses worldwide, especially since 2018, the first outbreak in China. As there are still no effective vaccines available to date, diagnosis of ASF is essential for its surveillance and control, especially in areas far from city with limited resources and poor settings. In this study, a sensitive, specific, rapid, and simple molecular point of care testing for African swine fever virus (ASFV) B646L gene in blood samples was established, including treatment of blood samples with simple dilution and boiling for 5 min, isothermal amplification with recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) at 37°C in a water bath for 10 min, and visual readout with lateral flow assay (LFA) at room temperature for 10–15 min. Without the need to extract viral DNA in blood samples, the intact workflow from sampling to final diagnostic decision can be completed with minimal equipment requirement in 30 min. The detection limit of RAA-LFA for synthesized B646L gene-containing plasmid was 10 copies/μl, which was 10-fold more sensitive than OIE-recommended PCR and quantitative PCR. In addition, no positive readout of RAA-LFA was observed in testing classical swine fever virus, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, pseudorabies virus and porcine circovirus 2, exhibiting good specificity. Evaluation of clinical blood samples of RAA-LFA showed 100% coincident rate with OIE-recommended PCR, in testing both extracted DNAs and treated bloods. We also found that some components in blood samples greatly inhibited PCR performance, but had little effect on RAA. Inhibitory effect can be eliminated when blood was diluted at least 32–64-fold for direct PCR, while only a 2–4 fold dilution of blood was suitable for direct RAA, indicating RAA is a better choice than PCR when blood is used as detecting sample. Taken together, we established an sensitive, specific, rapid, and simple RAA-LFA for ASFV molecular detection without the need to extract viral DNA, providing a good choice for point of care testing of ASF diagnosis in the future.
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- Yuhang Zhang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonose, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Wang W, Wang C, Zhang Z, Zhang P, Zhai X, Li X, Zhang T. Recombinase-aided amplification-lateral flow dipstick assay-a specific and sensitive method for visual detection of avian infectious laryngotracheitis virus. Poult Sci 2021; 100:100895. [PMID: 33518305 PMCID: PMC7936119 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to explore a specific, simple, and sensitive method for diagnosis of avian infectious laryngotracheitis virus. Recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) and lateral flow dipstick (LFD) were combined for labeling the optimized RAA probe with 6-carboxyfluorescein (FAM) and the 5'-end of the downstream primer with biotin, respectively. By optimizing the reaction time, temperature, and primer concentration of RAA, a RAA-LFD assay, which could be used for detection of infectious laryngotracheitis, was established. After the specificity and sensitivity test, the target gene fragments could be amplified by RAA-LFD assay in 20 min under isothermal conditions (37°C), and the amplification products could be visually observed and determined by LFD within 3 min. There was no cross-reaction with nucleic acids of other avian pathogens, the lowest detectable limit of RAA-LFD was 102 copies/μL, and the sensitivity of this method was 100 times higher than that of conventional PCR with the lowest detectable limit of 104 copies/μL. The results showed that RAA-LFD assay was highly sensitive, easy to use, and more suitable for clinical detection.
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- Wenjing Wang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China.
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