scholarly journals In-Situ Monitoring of Real-Time Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification with QCM: Detecting Listeria monocytogenes

Biosensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 308
Author(s):  
Sirirat Wachiralurpan ◽  
Isaratat Phung-On ◽  
Narong Chanlek ◽  
Supatra Areekit ◽  
Kosum Chansiri ◽  
...  

Functionalized DNA sequences are promising sensing elements to combine with transducers for bio-sensing specific target microbes. As an application example, this paper demonstrates in situ detection of loop-mediated isothermal amplification products by hybridizing them with thiolated-ssDNA covalently anchored on the electrodes of a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). Such hybridization leads to a frequency signal, which is suitable for monitoring real-time LAMP amplification based on mass-sensing: it detects interactions between the complementary nucleobases of LAMP products in solution and the thiolated-ssDNA probe sequence on the gold surface. Target DNA LAMP products cause irreversible frequency shifts on the QCM surfaces during hybridization in the kHz range, which result from both changes in mass and charge on the electrode surface. In order to confirm the LAMP assay working in the QCM sensing system at elevated temperature, the sky blue of positive LAMP products solution was achieved by using the Hydroxy Naphthol Blue (HNB) and agarose gel electrophoresis. Since on-QCM sensing of DNA hybridization leads to irreversible sensor responses, this work shows characterization by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) core spectra of S2p, N1s, Mg1s, P2p and C1s. XPS results confirmed that indeed both DNA and by-products of LAMP attached to the surface. Listeria monocytogenes DNA served to study in-situ detection of amplified LAMP products on DNA-functionalized surfaces.

2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 140-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Rostamkhani ◽  
A. Haghnazari ◽  
M. Tohidfar ◽  
A. Moradi

In an attempt to speed up the process of screening of transgenic cotton (G. hirsutum L.) plants, a visual and rapid loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was adopted. Genomic DNA was extracted from fresh leaf tissues of T<sub>2</sub> transgenic cotton containing chitinase (chi) and cry1A(b) genes. Detection of genes of interest was performed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), LAMP and real-time PCR methods. In LAMP assay the amplification was performed after 30 min at 65&deg;C when loop primers were involved in the reaction. The involvement of loop primers decreased the time needed for amplification. By testing serial tenfold dilutions (10<sup>&ndash;1</sup> to 10<sup>&ndash;8</sup>) of the genes of interest, the detection sensitivity of LAMP was found to be 100-fold higher than that of PCR. The rapid DNA extraction method and LAMP assay can be performed within 30 min and the derived LAMP products can be directly observed as visually detectable based on turbidity in the reaction tube. The accuracy of LAMP method in the screening of transgenes was confirmed by PCR and real-time PCR. The developed method was efficient, rapid and sensitive in the screening of cotton transgenic plants. This method can be applied to any other crops.


2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew R. Watts ◽  
Rady Kim ◽  
Vishal Ahuja ◽  
Gemma J. Robertson ◽  
Yasmin Sultana ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTStrongyloides stercoraliscan cause disease that ranges from asymptomatic chronic infection to fatal hyperinfection. Diagnosis from stool can be challenging because the most sensitive conventional tests require live larvae to be effective and there can be low larval output in chronic infection. Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) have been developed to complement existing diagnostic methods. We compared a recently developed loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay with a real-time PCR that has previously been validated with larval microscopy. The limits of detection—quantified using serial dilutions of DNA extracts from singleStrongyloides rattithird-stage (L3) larvae spiked into approximately 250 µl of 5 differentS. stercoralis-negative stool specimens—were 10−3(1/5 replicates) and 10−2(1/5 replicates) dilutions for PCR and LAMP, respectively. PCR was positive for 4/5 replicates at 10−2. LAMP was compared to PCR using extracts from 396 stool specimens collected in Bangladesh and Australia, of which 53 were positive and 343 were negative by PCR. The positive percentage agreement of LAMP was 77.3% (95% score confidence interval [CI], 64.5 to 86.6). The negative percentage agreement was 100% (95% CI, 98.9 to 100). In a preliminary investigation, PCR and LAMP assays were positive using DNA extracted from serum (PCR, 3/16 extracts; LAMP, 2/16 extracts) and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (PCR and LAMP, 2/2 extracts), demonstrating proof of concept. Compared to PCR, the lower number of positive results using the LAMP assay may have been due to reaction inhibitors and DNA degradation, and strategies to improve the LAMP assay are discussed.


2005 ◽  
Vol 54 (11) ◽  
pp. 1037-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryoichi Saito ◽  
Yoshiki Misawa ◽  
Kyoji Moriya ◽  
Kazuhiko Koike ◽  
Kimiko Ubukata ◽  
...  

A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for the rapid detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae was developed and evaluated. The assay specifically amplified only M. pneumoniae sequences, and no cross-reactivity was observed for other Mycoplasma species or respiratory bacterial species. The detection limit for this assay was found to be 2 × 102 copies, corresponding to 2–20 colour changing units of M. pneumoniae in 1 h, as observed in a real-time turbidimeter and electrophoretic analysis. The accuracy of the LAMP reaction was confirmed by restriction endonuclease analysis as well as direct sequencing of the amplified product. The assay was applied to 95 nasopharyngeal swab samples collected from patients or from healthy individuals, and compared to a real-time PCR assay in-house. A concordance of 100 % was observed between the two assays. The LAMP assay is easy to perform, shows a rapid reaction and is inexpensive. It may therefore be applied in the routine diagnosis of M. pneumoniae infection in the clinical laboratory.


2015 ◽  
Vol 98 (5) ◽  
pp. 1207-1214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gurinder Jit Randhawa ◽  
Rashmi Chhabra ◽  
Rajesh K Bhoge ◽  
Monika Singh

Abstract Bt cotton events MON531 and MON15985 are authorized for commercial cultivation in more than 18 countries. In India, four Bt cotton events have been commercialized; more than 95% of total area under genetically modified (GM) cotton cultivation comprises events MON531 and MON15985. The present study reports on the development of efficient event-specific visual and real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays for detection and identification of cotton events MON531 and MON15985. Efficiency of LAMP assays was compared with conventional and real-time PCR assays. Real-time LAMP assay was found time-efficient and most sensitive, detecting up to two target copies within 35 min. The developed real-time LAMP assays, when combined with efficient DNA extraction kit/protocol, may facilitate onsite GM detection to check authenticity of Bt cotton seeds.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 2826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renfei Lu ◽  
Xiuming Wu ◽  
Zhenzhou Wan ◽  
Yingxue Li ◽  
Xia Jin ◽  
...  

COVID-19 has become a major global public health burden, currently causing a rapidly growing number of infections and significant morbidity and mortality around the world. Early detection with fast and sensitive assays and timely intervention are crucial for interrupting the spread of the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2). Using a mismatch-tolerant amplification technique, we developed a simple, rapid, sensitive and visual reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay for SARS-CoV-2 detection based on its N gene. The assay has a high specificity and sensitivity, and robust reproducibility, and its results can be monitored using a real-time PCR machine or visualized via colorimetric change from red to yellow. The limit of detection (LOD) of the assay is 118.6 copies of SARS-CoV-2 RNA per 25 μL reaction. The reaction can be completed within 30 min for real-time fluorescence monitoring, or 40 min for visual detection when the template input is more than 200 copies per 25 μL reaction. To evaluate the viability of the assay, a comparison between the RT-LAMP and a commercial RT-qPCR assay was made using 56 clinical samples. The SARS-CoV-2 RT-LAMP assay showed perfect agreement in detection with the RT-qPCR assay. The newly-developed SARS-CoV-2 RT-LAMP assay is a simple and rapid method for COVID-19 surveillance.


2017 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinyue Zhang ◽  
Guojie Xu ◽  
Huaqi Tang ◽  
Yanpeng Li ◽  
Chunsheng Liu

Abstract Fungi of the Alternaria genus are associated with allergic diseases, with Alternaria alternata being one of the most prevalent species. A. alternata has been frequently reported as the etiologic agent of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, allergic rhinosinusitis, bronchial asthma,and other diseases. In this study, we developed a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay and a real-time PCR assay to detect low levels of A. alternata in herbal tea samples. The LAMP assay can detect as little as 3 pg/μL of A. alternata genomic DNA with high specificity. In addition, both the LAMP assay and the real-time PCR assay can be used for quantification of A. alternata. Although the newly developed LAMP assay is more rapid and specific in A. alternata identification, the real-time PCR assay is more precise in quantitation analysis.


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