scholarly journals A Novel Lateral Flow Assay for Rapid and Sensitive Nucleic Acid Detection of Avibacterium paragallinarum

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caiyun Huo ◽  
Donghai Li ◽  
Zhenguo Hu ◽  
Guiping Li ◽  
Yanxin Hu ◽  
...  

Avibacterium paragallinarum, the pathogen of infectious coryza, caused a highly contagious respiratory disease that poses a serious threat to chickens. Hence, it is necessary to do diagnostic screening for Av. paragallinarum. Existing technologies have been used for Av. paragallinarum testing, which, however, have some drawbacks such as time consuming and expensive that require well-trained personnel and sophisticated infrastructure, especially when they are limitedly feasible in some places for lack of resources. Nucleic acid hybridization-based lateral flow assay (LFA) is capable of dealing with these drawbacks, which is attributed to the advantages, such low cost, rapid, and simple. However, nucleic acid determination of Av. paragallinarum through LFA method has not been reported so far. In this study, we developed a novel LFA method that employed gold nanoparticle probes to detect amplified Av. paragallinarum dsDNA. Compared with agarose gel electrophoresis, this LFA strip was inexpensive, simple- to- use, and time- saving, which displayed the visual results within 5–8 min. This LFA strip had higher sensitivity that achieved the detection limit of 101 CFU/ml compared with 102 CFU/ml in agarose gel electrophoresis. Besides, great sensitivity was also shown in the LFA strip, and no cross reaction existed for other bacteria. Furthermore, Av. paragallinarum in clinical chickens with infectious coryza were perfectly detected by our established LFA strip. Our study is the first to develop the LFA integrated with amplification and sample preparation techniques for better nucleic acid detection of Av. paragallinarum, which holds great potential for rapid, accurate, and on-site determination methods for early diagnosis of Av. paragallinarum to control further spreading.

Author(s):  
Qing Huang ◽  
Wei-Ling Fu

AbstractEthidium bromide (EB) is a mutagen and toxin that is widely used in the laboratory for visualization of nucleic acids. Safer nucleic acid stains, such as SYBR


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yangyang Sun ◽  
Lei Yu ◽  
Chengxi Liu ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Dechang Li ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: COVID-19 has spread rapidly around the world, affecting almost every person. When lifting certain mandatory measures for an economic restart, robust surveillance must be established and implemented, with nucleic acid detection for SARS-CoV-2 as an essential component. Methods: We designed RT-RPA (Reverse Transcription and Recombinase Polymerase Isothermal Amplification) primers of RdRp gene and N gene according to the SARS-CoV-2 gene sequence. We optimized the components in the reaction so that the detection process could be carried out in one tube. The specificity was demonstrated through detecting nucleic acid samples from seven human coronaviruses. Clinical samples were used to validate the platform and all results were compared to rRT-PCR. RNA standards diluted by different gradients were used to demonstrate the limit of detection. Furthermore, we have developed a lateral flow assay based on OR-DETECTR for the detection of COVID-19. Results: We have developed a o ne-tube detection platform based on R T- R PA and DNA Endonuclease-Targeted CRISPR Trans Reporter ( DETECTR ) technology, termed OR-DETECTR, to detect SARS-CoV-2. The detection process is completed in one tube, and the time is 50min. The method can specifically detect SARS-CoV-2 from seven human coronaviruses with a low detection limit of 2.5 copies/µl input. Results from six SARS-CoV-2 patient samples, eight samples from patients with fever but no SARS-CoV-2 infection, and one mixed sample from 40 negative controls showed that OR-DETECTR is 100% consistent with rRT-PCR. Furthermore, we have developed a lateral flow assay based on OR-DETECTR for the detection of COVID-19. Conclusions: OR-DETECTR detection platform is rapid, accurate, tube closed, easy-to-operate, and free of large instruments for COVID-19 detection.


2009 ◽  
Vol 71-73 ◽  
pp. 159-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla M. Zammit ◽  
L.A. Mutch ◽  
Helen R. Watling ◽  
Elizabeth L.J. Watkin

Various methods of nucleic acid (NA) extraction were investigated with the aim of developing a quantitative method of NA extraction from five representative strains of biomining microorganisms. The process of removing cells from mineral surfaces, lysing microorganisms, precipitating NA and purifying RNA were analysed. The success of each method was examined spectrophotometrically, by agarose gel electrophoresis and PCR or quantitative real time PCR (qPCR). The most important step was shown to be cellular lysis, which principally impacted on the quantity of NA extracted from each strain. The quantity and quality of extracted NA was highly dependent on the method of NA precipitation. This study resulted in the development of a NA extraction method that reliably and reproducibly extracted NA from five strains of biomining microorganisms.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruihua Tang ◽  
Hui Yang ◽  
Yan Gong ◽  
Zhi Liu ◽  
XiuJun Li ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 4263-4269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre A Vetcher ◽  
Srimeenakshi Srinivasan ◽  
Ivan A Vetcher ◽  
Semen M Abramov ◽  
Mikhail Kozlov ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 152 (5) ◽  
pp. S817
Author(s):  
Nicolaas H. Fourie ◽  
Sarah K. Abey ◽  
Eric Ferguson ◽  
Natnael Kenea ◽  
Ana F. Diallo ◽  
...  

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