马铃薯类病毒(PSTVd)非放射性标记cDNA探针制备及其在检测上的应用

 利用含PSTVd单体克隆的重组质粒pGEM PSTVd,通过PCR扩增技术,用生物素标记制备cDNA探针,进行杂交反应检测PSTVd,其中通过化学颜色反应进行判读灵敏度可达50pg,而用化学发光反应进行判读灵敏度可达5pg,分别是R-PAGE检测灵敏度的26倍和260倍,且2种反应特异性和专化性较强。cDNA核酸斑点杂交反应(NASH)检测PSTVd方法准确、灵敏度高,一次检测样品数量多,且对异地样品检测非常方便,是以往其它检测方法的有效补充。     

利用两种方法检测苹果锈果类病毒

以克隆ASSVd的部分序列,通过RT-PCR成功合成了地高辛标记的cDNA探针,提取苹果和梨树枝条的总RNA,用斑点杂交技术对其进行了检测试验,结果表明,探针具有很高的灵敏度和特异性。地高辛标记的cDNA探针不与阴性对照枝条RNA以及感染PBCVd、AFCVd、ADFVd枝条总RNA发生杂交,仅与感染ASSVd样品的总RNA杂交。     

小麦矮缩病毒NASH快速检测方法的建立及应用

以非放射性物质地高辛为标记物,采用PCR法制备了特异性强、灵敏度高的DNA探针。通过优化反应体系,建立了小麦矮缩病毒(Wheat dwarf virus,WDV)的核酸斑点杂交(nucleic acid spot hybridization,NASH)快速检测技术体系。该方法诊断准确率高,操作简单,周期短,整个检测过程仅需5h左右。利用建立的NASH技术开展WDV流行学调查,发现近年来WDV在我国陕西韩城、山西太原和河北石家庄等地区点片发生,没有大面积暴发成灾。     

地高辛标记的cDNA探针检测烟草花叶病毒、黄瓜花叶病毒及马铃薯Y病毒

 根据已发表的烟草花叶病毒(Tobacco mosaic virus,TMV)、黄瓜花叶病毒(Cucumber mosaic virus,CMV)和马铃薯Y病毒(Potato virus Y,PVY)的外壳蛋白基因序列,设计特异引物,分别以提取的TMV、CMV和PVY侵染的病叶总RNA为模板,反转录PCR进行体外扩增,分别得到长度为0.44、0.77、0.80 kb的目的片段,并克隆到pGEM-T easy质粒载体上,以构建的重组质粒为模板,用PCR方法合成了相应的地高辛标记的双链DNA探针。以合成的探针通过斑点杂交技术检测烟草病叶总RNA和烟草病叶汁液。TMV、CMV和PVY的3种地高辛探针检测各自感染的烟草病叶总RNA的稀释低限分别为1:1000、1:10000、1:320,检测各自侵染烟草病汁液的最大稀释倍数分别为1:100、1:100、1:10,而每种探针与健康烟草和其它2种病毒的反应均为阴性。     

用生物素标记外壳蛋白基因cDNA探针检测葡萄扇叶及马铃薯Y病毒

 以葡萄扇叶病毒(GFV)干u马铃薯Y病毒(PVY)外壳蛋白基因的重组质粒为模板,用聚合酶链式反膨技术(PCR)分别合成了长度为1.5kb和0.75kb的生物素标记双链cDNA探针,在斑点杂交反应中,探针的最适使用浓度为1/100,GFV探针检测GFV-RNA的灵敏度为10pg,检测提纯GFV的灵敏度为25pg,检测感病苋色藜的最大稀释倍数为10000倍;PVY探针检测PVY-RNA的灵敏度为30pg,检测提纯PVY灵敏度为500pg,感病烟草检测的最大稀释度为8000倍,阴性对照均无杂交信号出现。     

辣椒轻斑驳病毒葫芦岛分离物RNA杂交检测体系的建立

辣椒轻斑驳病毒(pepper mild mottle virus,PMMoV)可引起辣椒叶片以及果实的花叶和畸形症状,造成相当的经济损失。为了建立辣椒轻斑驳病毒的高特异性和灵敏度的分子检测体系,采用非放射性的化合物地高辛(DIG)标记检测PMMoV正义链的RNA探针,建立了该病毒Dot blot杂交和Northern blot杂交检测体系,并通过RT-PCR法验证了杂交体系的检测特异性。结果表明,RNA探针对PMMoV具有很高的检测特异性和灵敏度,适用于病毒的早期检测以及相关分子研究。     

大麦黄矮病毒(BYDV) cDNA的合成、克隆及初步应用

 以大麦黄矮病毒二叉蚜和麦长管蚜专化株的病毒核酸为模板,以小牛胸腺DNA为引物,合成cDNA的第一条链,再用缺口翻译法合成第二条链,然后采用加装BamH₁人工接头的方法将ds-cDNA插入到质粒载体pUC₈中,重组质粒于大肠杆菌JM—83中进行克隆,以克隆的颜色变化选择含有外源DNA的克隆,再用病毒核酸制备的探针筛选真正病毒cDNA插入的克隆。重组质粒中ds-DNA的插入长度在300—1600bp之间。用缺口翻译法制备质粒DNA分子探针检测同源病毒液,反应灵敏度在100pg-1ng之间。应用cDNA探针检测不同病毒和病毒株系,从中筛选出黄矮病毒株系专化克隆系,黄矮病毒专化克隆系和黄矮病毒组专化克隆系.     

核酸杂交技术在植物病毒诊断、鉴定与分类中的应用

用带标记的互补脱氧核糖核酸(cDNA)作探针的核酸杂交技术,是70年代发展起来的新技术,近年已广泛应用于生命科学的众多学科中。由于它具有特异性强、灵敏度高、适用面广及快速简便等特点,近十年来已应用于植物病毒及类病毒的诊断、鉴定与分类中。国外,很多植物病毒及类病毒已制备了     

Comparison of direct-RT-PCR and dot-blot hybridization for the detection of Potato spindle tuber viroid in natural host plant species

Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) is an EPPO A2-listed quarantine pathogen and its detection in large scale surveys requires complex decision schemes. In this study, a simple and rapid application of direct-RT-PCR was evaluated together with dot blot hybridization for the detection of PSTVd in dormant potato tubers harvested from primary infected plants, as well as in tomato and solanaceous ornamental plants. In all infected dormant potato tubers tested, both direct-RT-PCR and dot blot hybridization detected two different PSTVd isolates, with direct-RT-PCR being ten times more sensitive than dot blot. Similarly, in infected tomato and Brugmansia spp., PSTVd was detected by direct-RT-PCR with higher sensitivity compared to that of dot blot hybridization. However, in Brugmansia spp., a ten-fold decrease of the typical working concentration of the sap was required for an unequivocal detection of the viroid by direct-RT-PCR. The potential to use direct-RT-PCR for routine PSTVd examination is discussed.     

马铃薯纺锤块茎类病毒的检测和防治

马铃薯纺锤块茎类病毒病(potato spindle tuber viroid,PSTVd)是一种严重为害马铃薯生产的病害,降低产量20%—30%。防治的主要措施是应用无类病毒的种薯。由于目前还没有脱掉类病毒的有效措施,只能从未被饱和侵染的群体中鉴定筛选出未被侵染的个体,再脱掉其它病毒,作为核心繁殖材料。1987年以来,利用自制的电泳设备,以往复聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳法(return-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis,R-PAGE)检测类病毒,筛选出未感病的个体,再用茎尖组织培养法脱掉其它病毒。经用马铃薯卷叶病毒等8种病毒酶标抗体鉴定筛选,获得既无类病毒也无主要马铃薯病毒的克新1、2、3和4号等主栽马铃薯品种的核心种。并已提供给省内外的良种场繁殖推广。1989和1990年抽样检测克山良种场繁殖的原种、一级和二级良种,未检测到类病毒。     

Reliability of nucleic acid amplification techniques: modified target RNA as exogenous internal standard for a real‐time RT‐PCR for Potato spindle tuber pospiviroid*

Techniques based on nucleic acid amplification techniques, like PCR, are quick, sensitive and specific, and therefore very suitable for the development of diagnostic tests. These techniques enable the detection of very small amounts of target organisms by specific amplification of part of its genome. This exquisite sensitivity puts a high demand on measures to prevent false‐positive reactions due to contamination of the laboratory with nucleic acid, hence the need for inclusion of negative controls. In addition, to exclude false negatives, the performance of the reactions must be measured by the inclusion of several positive controls, e.g. cytochrome oxidase (COX) primers (and probes) to monitor efficiency of the nucleic acid extraction and an internal control to monitor inhibition of the target PCR. For the RT‐PCR assay for Potato spindle tuber pospiviroid (PSTVd) recently described by Boonham and coworkers, we have developed an exogenous internal standard, i.e. in vitro RNA transcribed from a plasmid containing a modified PSTVd sequence (a 17‐bp sequence of cloned PSTVd (isolate Howell) was substituted for a 118‐bp sequence of Escherichia coli). To this exogenous sequence, a specific probe was designed with a fluorescent label different from that of the PSTVd‐specific probe. By making use of the same primers as the target organism PSTVd, this internal standard provides a tool to measure the performance of the specific reaction. Moreover, by using another fluorescent probe, this standard can easily be discriminated from the target organism. The approach used for the construction of the internal control for PSTVd offers a tool for the construction of internal standards for other pathogens.     

Transmission by aphids of potato spindle tuber viroid encapsidated by potato leafroll luteovirus particles

Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) was transmitted by Myzus persicae to Physalis floridana from P. floridana plants that also were infected with potato leafroll luteovirus (PLRV), whereas it was not transmitted by aphids from plants infected with PSTVd alone. Dot-blot hybridisation was used to detect PSTVd. The results indicate that PLRV can assist PSTVd in its transmission by M. persicae. Doubly infected, aphid-inoculated P. floridana plants from the previous experiment were used as the source plants in aphid transmission tests to the tomato cv. Rutgers, P. floridana and Datura stramonium. PSTVd was detected in 17 of 30 plants of tomato. The viroid was not detected by dot-blotting in any plant of P. floridana and D. stramonium in this experiment, but it was recovered from some plants by sap inoculation of the Rutgers plants. Treatment with RNase A of PLRV preparations purified from doubly infected plants indicated that PSTVd was encapsidated by PLRV particles.     

Development of an EU protocol for the detection and diagnosis of Potato spindle tuber pospiviroid*

The work described here formed part of the EU SMT DIAGPRO project, to develop diagnostic protocols for 18 regulated pests. The Potato spindle tuber pospiviroid (PSTVd) protocol was developed primarily for testing in vitro‐ and glasshouse‐grown potato plants for the purposes of post‐entry quarantine and the production of pathogen‐tested nuclear stock. After a performance audit of methods used by 12 laboratories in Europe and America by ring testing, four methods were chosen for multilaboratory validation. For most laboratories, the detection limits were 10–20 mg of PSTVd‐infective tissue for R‐PAGE; 0.25–0.5 mg for DIG‐probe; 0.062 mg for RT‐PCR; and 0.0155 mg for TaqMan (this was the lowest weight of infective tissue tested). Some laboratories were able to extend the detection limit to 0.0155 mg for DIG‐probe and RT‐PCR. The DIG‐probe and R‐PAGE are recommended as primary detection methods, with confirmation of viroid presence by any of the four validated detection methods. Specific diagnosis requires the viroid to be sequenced. Other methods may be used for primary detection, providing that they preferably detect all PSTVd isolates and other Pospiviroids that have the potential to infect potato, and detect viroid in at least 1/10 of the tissue weight normally tested per plant.     

Phylogeny of five predominant pospiviroid species in Belgium

In Belgium pospiviroids are routinely detected in various hosts. The most frequently found pospiviroids are: Citrus exocortis viroid (CEVd), Chrysanthemum stunt viroid (CSVd), Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd), Tomato apical stunt viroid (TASVd) and Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid (TCDVd). Apart from the high incidence of pospiviroids in latently-infected ornamentals, viroids have also been found in plants where they cause disease: PSTVd and TCDVd in tomatoes and CSVd in chrysanthemum. In order to gain more epidemiological data on these infections, this study has conducted phylogenetic analyses of Belgian isolates for each of these five pospiviroid species. PSTVd and CEVd-isolates show a clustering depending on host plant identity. This was not observed for TCDVd and TASVd. A very high degree of sequence similarity was noticeable for CSVd-isolates from various hosts. During the past decade, PSTVd and CSVd-infected mother plants have been systematically eradicated in Belgium after positive detection results, also when found in symptomless plants, leading to a decreased trend of these quarantine pests in the past few years. However, other non-quarantine pospiviroid species are still ubiquitously present in many ornamentals. Since these pospiviroids can be equally harmful to crops as the two quarantine pests PSTVd and CSVd, there is still a risk that transmission occurs from symptomless-infected ornamental plants to economically important crops in Belgium such as tomato, pepper and chrysanthemum.     

Detection of PSTVd and TCDVd in seeds of tomato using real‐time RT‐PCR

Worldwide outbreaks of pospiviroids in potato and tomato have increased the need for a reliable test for the detection of pospiviroids in seeds. This study describes the development and validation of a sensitive and fast test for the detection of Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) and Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid (TCDVd) in tomato seeds. The test is based on RNA isolation using a commercial kit and is suitable for routine application. The test is able to detect one PSTVd or TCDVd contaminated seed in sub samples of 1000 seeds and results were both repeatable and reproducible.     

Epidemiological evidence that vegetatively propagated, solanaceous plant species act as sources of Potato spindle tuber viroid inoculum for tomato

In autumn 2006 in the Netherlands, Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) infections were detected in 42·3 and 71·9% of professionally grown lots of Brugmansia spp. and Solanum jasminoides respectively. The infected lots contained 73 985 and 431 374 plants, respectively, demonstrating the presence of many potential viroid sources for tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ). PSTVd was identified in cultivars of Brugmansia × candida , B. × flava , B. sanguinea , B. suaveolens and unspecified Brugmansia species/cultivars. Most infected lots of Brugmansia spp. originated from a single Dutch nursery; most infected lots of S. jasminoides originated abroad. Sequence analysis revealed that the PSTVd genomes from Brugmansia spp. contained an average of 360 nt, whereas all genomes from S. jasminoides except one consisted of 357 nt. Furthermore, the collective PSTVd genotypes showed polymorphism at four or more positions, except for two cases in which genotypes from Brugmansia spp. and S. jasminoides were identical. Phylogenetic studies showed that PSTVd genotypes from Brugmansia spp. and S. jasminoides grouped apart from each other and from PSTVd isolates from potato ( Solanum tuberosum ) and Physalis peruviana . The PSTVd genotypes from tomato did not form a separate cluster, but were dispersed over clusters of vegetatively or partly vegetatively propagated plant species, i.e. potato, P. peruviana and S. jasminoides . Moreover, mechanical inoculation of the predominant PSTVd genotypes from S. jasminoides to tomato was successful. These results provide evidence that vegetatively propagated, solanaceous plant species have been sources of infection for tomato crops in the past.