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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Eskew ◽  
Albert S. Benight

ABSTRACTScreening of ligands that can bind to biologic products of in vitro expression systems typically requires some purification of the expressed biologic target. Such purification is often laborious and time consuming and a limiting challenge. What is required, that could represent an enormous advantage, is the ability to screen expressed proteins in the crude lysate stage without purification. For that purpose, we explore here the utility of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements for detecting the presence of specific proteins and their interactions with ligands in the complex media where they were prepared, i.e. crude lysates. Model systems were designed to mimic analogous conditions comparable to those that might be encountered in actual in vitro expression systems. Results are reported for several examples where DSC measurements distinctly showed differences in the thermal denaturation behaviors of the crude lysate alone, proteins and proteins plus binding ligands added to the crude lysate. Results were obtained for Streptavidin/Biotin binding in E. coli lysate, and binding of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) by captopril or lisinopril in the lysate supernatant derived from cultured Human Kidney cells (HEK293). ACE2 binding by the reactive binding domain (RBC) of SARS-CoV-2 was also examined. Binding of ACE2 by RBC and lisinopril were similar and consistent with the reported ACE2 inhibitory activity of lisinopril.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Harish N. Vasudevan ◽  
Peng Xu ◽  
Venice Servellita ◽  
Steve Miller ◽  
Leqian Liu ◽  
...  

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus motivates diverse diagnostic approaches due to the novel causative pathogen, incompletely understood clinical sequelae, and limited availability of testing resources. Given the variability in viral load across and within patients, absolute viral load quantification directly from crude lysate is important for diagnosis and surveillance. Here, we investigate the use of digital droplet PCR (ddPCR) for SARS-CoV-2 viral load measurement directly from crude lysate without nucleic acid purification. We demonstrate ddPCR accurately quantifies SARS-CoV-2 standards from purified RNA and multiple sample matrices, including commonly utilized universal transport medium (UTM). In addition, we find ddPCR functions robustly at low input viral copy numbers on nasopharyngeal swab specimens stored in UTM without upfront RNA extraction. We also show ddPCR, but not qPCR, from crude lysate shows high concordance with viral load measurements from purified RNA. Our data suggest ddPCR offers advantages to qPCR for SARS-CoV-2 detection with higher sensitivity and robustness when using crude lysate rather than purified RNA as input. More broadly, digital droplet assays provide a potential method for nucleic acid measurement and infectious disease diagnosis with limited sample processing, underscoring the utility of such techniques in laboratory medicine.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harish Vasudevan ◽  
Peng Xu ◽  
Venice Servellita ◽  
Steve Miller ◽  
Leqian Liu ◽  
...  

The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus motivates diverse diagnostic approaches due to the novel causative pathogen, incompletely understood clinical sequelae, and limited availability of testing resources. Given the variability in viral load across and within patients, absolute viral load quantification directly from crude lysate is important for diagnosis and surveillance. Here, we investigate the use of digital droplet PCR (ddPCR) for SARS-CoV-2 viral load measurement directly from crude lysate without nucleic acid purification. We demonstrate ddPCR accurately quantifies SARS-CoV-2 standards from purified RNA and multiple sample matrices, including commonly utilized universal transport medium (UTM). In addition, we find ddPCR functions robustly at low input viral copy numbers on nasopharyngeal swab specimens stored in UTM without upfront RNA extraction. We also show ddPCR, but not qPCR, from crude lysate shows high concordance with viral load measurements from purified RNA. Our data suggest ddPCR offers advantages to qPCR for SARS-CoV-2 detection with higher sensitivity and robustness when using crude lysate rather than purified RNA as input. More broadly, digital droplet assays provide a potential method for nucleic acid measurement and infectious disease diagnosis with limited sample processing, underscoring the utility of such techniques in laboratory medicine.


ACS Catalysis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 8898-8903
Author(s):  
Kelly N. Richardson ◽  
William B. Black ◽  
Han Li
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2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianzhong Ai ◽  
Raed Ibraheim ◽  
Phillip W.L. Tai ◽  
Guangping Gao
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2017 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 82-88
Author(s):  
C. M. Kuo ◽  
Y. B. Chang ◽  
T. H. Lin ◽  
Y. C. Yang
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2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 232-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
MJ Durán-Avelar ◽  
N Vibanco-Pérez ◽  
AN Rodríguez-Ocampo ◽  
S Peña-Virgen ◽  
JF Zambrano-Zaragoza

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. V. Nevzglyadova ◽  
A. V. Artemov ◽  
A. G. Mittenberg ◽  
E. I. Kostyleva ◽  
E. V. Mikhailova ◽  
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