新型反转录-复合套式聚合酶链式反应(RT-nPCR)鉴别猪瘟强毒和弱毒疫苗方法的建立

对GenBank中登录的25株猪瘟病毒强毒株和兔化弱毒疫苗株基因组全序列进行比较分析,在其高度保守区设计1对通用引物,扩增片段为609bp,并在该对引物扩增区域内设计针对疫苗弱毒的特异引物,扩增片段为237bp,建立一种能够区分猪瘟病毒强毒和疫苗弱毒的敏感、特异、重复性好的反转录-复合套式聚合酶链式反应(RT-nPCR)鉴别诊断方法。该方法能将我国大陆地区流行的不同基因亚群的猪瘟病毒强毒与疫苗弱毒完全区分开来,且不与牛病毒性腹泻病毒及其他猪源病毒发生非特异反应。应用本试验建立的反转录-复合套式聚合酶链式反应(RT-nPCR)方法可以及早对猪瘟作出准确诊断,并可将强毒感染猪迅速从弱毒疫苗免疫猪群中筛选出来,减少了未感染免疫猪被误杀的可能性。     

检测和鉴别犬瘟热病毒强、弱毒株的复合反转录-套式聚合酶链式反应(RT-nPCR)的建立及初步应用

根据GenBank上登录的犬瘟热病毒（Canine distemper virus，CDV）基因组全序列，选择CDV强、弱毒株间有区别保守区设计了一对通用引物P1和P4，并在该对引物跨越区域的内部设计了CDV强毒株特异性引物P2及弱毒株特异性引物P3，用引物P1／P4进行RT—PCR，然后用引物P2／P3／P4进行复合套式PCR，建立了一种能区分CDV强、弱毒株的复合反转录-套式聚合酶链式反应（RT—nPCR）的鉴别诊断方法。应用该方法从CDV强、弱毒株的基因组中分别扩增出了大小为247bp和177bp的特异性片段，从两种病毒基因组混合物中扩增出了大小为247bp和177bp的两条特异性片段，与犬细小病毒、犬腺病毒、犬冠状病毒、狂犬病病毒、新城疫病毒的细胞培养物以及正常细胞对照组进行复合RT—nPCR扩增时均为阴性。对从黑龙江省和吉林省采集的20份疑似CDV病料进行的检测结果表明，有15份类似CDV强毒，5份类似CDV弱毒。本研究建立的复合RT—nPCR可以有效检测CDV感染，能够将强、弱毒株区分开，可用于临床快速检测、流行病学监测以及追踪疫苗免疫效果等。     

鉴别犬瘟热病毒疫苗株和野毒株RT—PCR—RFLP方法的建立及应用

根据Onderstepoort株H基因序列,设计1对引物建立RT-PCR-RFLP检测方法,对不同宿主来源的疑似犬瘟热临床样品进行检测,并对检出的犬瘟热病毒野毒山东株PCR产物进行克隆和序列分析,验证RT—PCR—RFLP检测方法。结果RT—PCR扩增片段为1921bp,产物经RFLP分析,野毒株的PCR产物能被NdeI酶切为1282、345和294bp3个片段,弱毒疫苗株则不能被切开;病毒RNA的最小检出量为2．15ng。临床检测共检出19份样品为犬瘟热阳性,其中15份为野毒株感染,其H基因编码区全长为1824bp,均在1279和1543处有NdeI酶切位点,推导氨基酸与野毒株的同源性在92．9％～96．9％,与疫苗株的同源性在89．0％～90．8％,进化树分析显示这些毒株在基因型上属于Asia-1型,为野毒株谱系。该方法的建立为临床上犬瘟热病毒的鉴别检测和诊断提供了依据。     

Validation and application of real-time polymerase chain reaction assays for representative rumen bacteria

Real‐time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for 11 representative rumen bacterial species were validated. The sensitivity was tested by using the serially diluted target 16S rDNA from respective bacterial species. The recovery of the target DNA and the assay reproducibility were determined using DNA from rumen fluid spiked with different quantities of the target. Minimum detection levels for the target were 10–100 copies in pure culture. The recovery of the added target ranged from 82.4 to 116.6%. The intra‐ and inter‐assay variations of each assay were <9.4 and <12.6%, respectively. Therefore, the real‐time PCR assays evaluated in the present study are considered to be sufficiently reliable for monitoring all 11 bacterial species in the rumen. The assays were then applied to the monitoring of the bacterial species attached to ruminally incubated rice straw. Among the monitored fibrolytic species, Fibrobacter succinogenes was found to be the most dominant, accounting for 2.61% of total bacteria after 24 h incubation. Selenomonas ruminantium and Streptococcus bovis, non‐fibrolytics, were detected on the rice straw at 8.96% and 1.16% of total bacteria, respectively. Such high levels of non‐fibrolytics on the plant fiber suggest a synergistic relationship between fibrolytics and non‐fibrolytics.     

A real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of Mycoplasma agalactiae

AIM: To develop a real-time PCR for the detection of Mycoplasma agalactiae, using PCR primers targeting the ma-mp81 gene. METHODS: A group of 15 M. agalactiae isolates, 21 other Mycoplasma spp. isolates and 21 other bacterial isolates was used in evaluation of the assay. RESULTS: All M. agalactiae isolates were detected by the assay and none of the non-target isolates was amplified. The analytical detection limit of the assay was 10 fg of purified genomic DNA and 104 cfu/ml milk inoculated with M. agalactiae. When applied to goat-milk samples collected from three herds free of M. agalactiae infection, the assay had a specificity of 100%. CONCLUSIONS: The assay would be useful in a diagnostic laboratory, providing specific, sensitive and rapid detection of M. agalactiae.     

A real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of Mycoplasma agalactiae

AIM: To develop a real-time PCR for the detection of Mycoplasma agalactiae, using PCR primers targeting the ma-mp81 gene.

METHODS: A group of 15 M. agalactiae isolates, 21 other Mycoplasma spp. isolates and 21 other bacterial isolates was used in evaluation of the assay.

RESULTS: All M. agalactiae isolates were detected by the assay and none of the non-target isolates was amplified. The analytical detection limit of the assay was 10 fg of purified genomic DNA and 10⁴ cfu/ml milk inoculated with M. agalactiae. When applied to goat-milk samples collected from three herds free of M. agalactiae infection, the assay had a specificity of 100%.

CONCLUSIONS: The assay would be useful in a diagnostic laboratory, providing specific, sensitive and rapid detection of M. agalactiae.     

Development of a polymerase chain reaction procedure for detection and differentiation of duck and goose circovirus

This article reports the complete nucleotide sequences of four duck circovirus (DuCV) isolates from sick ducks in Taiwan and development of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection and differentiation of goose circovirus (GoCV) and DuCV. Sequence comparison showed that Taiwanese DuCV isolates had 82.5%-83.8% nucleotide sequence identity to the German and North American DuCV isolates. This is the first report on the presence of DuCV and its associated diseases outside Germany. A PCR test was developed using a universal primer pair based on conserved sequences present in the genomes of GoCV and DuCV. This PCR test could detect and differentiate between GoCV and DuCV by the size of PCR product each virus produced (256 bp for GoCV and 228 bp for DuCV). Application of this PCR test to samples of bursa of Fabricius from sick birds in the field showed that 9 of 26 goose samples contained GoCV, while 13 of 34 duck samples contained DuCV. This PCR test could serve as a fast and sensitive method for detection and differentiation of DuCV and GoCV.     

Development of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for duck enteritis virus DNA

Duck enteritis virus (DEV) is a herpesvirus that causes an acute, contagious, and fatal disease. In the present article, we introduce a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for DEV DNA using TaqMan technology and a two-step protocol. It was confirmed to be rapid, sensitive, and specific for DEV detection. The primers and probe were designed and directed to the DNA polymerase gene of DEV. The method will provide a valuable tool for rapid laboratory diagnosis of DEV infection. By virtue of its high-throughput format and its ability to accurately quantify the viral DNA, the method may be useful for large epidemiological surveys and clarification of pathogenesis, such as latency and reactivation of the virus.     

PCR检测猪伪狂犬病病毒方法的研究

根据编码猪伪狂犬病病毒gH基因保守序列，设计合成一对引物，通过改进病毒核酸提取方法和优化PCR反应条件，成功的从猪伪狂犬病毒感染的细胞中扩增出预期的355bp片段。而猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒、猪细小病毒、猪瘟病毒、猪乙型脑炎病毒和正常细胞均未扩增出相应的片段，经NaeⅠ酶切鉴定，证实了该扩增片段的特异性；敏感性实验表明，该体系可检测到0．48Pg的猪伪狂犬病毒DNA。本方法的建立使猪伪狂犬病病毒的检测更为快速、简便、经济、实用。     

Development of a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for rapid diagnosis of neuropathogenic strains of equine herpesvirus-1.

This communication reports the development and performance assessment of a rapid diagnostic test for identifying horses actively infected with the neurovirulent pathotype of equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1). The test is a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay that uses EHV-1 pathotype-specific TaqMan(R) reporter probes for discrimination between neuropathogenic and non-neuropathogenic strains of EHV-1 in equine blood or nasal swabs. The diagnostic performance of the new technique was evaluated by testing specimens collected from 234 horses involved in recent outbreaks of EHV-1 myeloencephalopathy at three separate thoroughbred racetracks and one large riding/boarding stable. Side-by-side comparison of the EHV-1 pathotyping results yielded by the new single-step, PCR-based allelic discrimination technique (24-hour turn-around-time) with those generated by a multi-step, conventional nested PCR followed by nucleotide sequencing of the amplified DNA (4-day turn-around-time) revealed complete agreement between the 2 test methods. The ability to rapidly identify horses infected with neuropathogenic strains of EHV-1 using a single-step, PCR-based method has significant implications for future diagnostic evaluation of suspect animals.     

猪肺炎支原体PCR诊断方法的建立

建立了一个PCR检测猪肺炎支原体(Mhp)的方法。根据国外发表Mhp 16sr RNA基因设计了一对特异性引物，扩增出一个大小为653bp的特异性片段。将PCR产物克隆并测序表明，与GenBank的Mhp的序列的同源性为89．2％。而对于常见的猪呼吸道疾病有关的病原胸膜肺炎放线杆菌、支气管败血波氏杆菌、多杀性巴氏杆菌以及牛支原体、羊支原体不能扩增出特异性片段；PCR的敏感性实验显示这对引物能够检测到1ng的DNA，结果表明此方法特异、敏感。     

Real-time polymerase chain reaction assays for the detection of members of the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster

AIM: To develop real-time PCR assays for the detection and differentiation of members of the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster. METHODS: Five real-time PCR assays were designed to allow differentiation of members of the M. mycoides cluster: an assay for detection of the M. mycoides subspecies, viz M. mycoides subsp mycoides large colony (MmmLC), M. mycoides subsp capri (Mmc), and M. mycoides subsp mycoides small colony (MmmSC); one for the detection of the M. capricolum subspecies, viz M. capricolum subsp capricolum (Mcc), M. capricolum subsp capripneumoniae (Mccp), and Mycoplasma sp bovine group 7 (BG7); and three for the specific detection of MmmSC, Mccp, and BG7. A panel of 74 Mycoplasma isolates from various geographical origins and a panel of 21 other bacterial isolates were used to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the assays. RESULTS: The assays displayed 100% analytical sensitivity in detecting all target Mycoplasma isolates. The analytical detection limit for the assays to detect the M. mycoides subspecies, M. capricolum subspecies, and MmmSC was determined to be 100 fg of genomic DNA, while the Mccp and BG7 assays had a detection limit of 100 fg and 10 fg of genomic DNA, respectively. The M. mycoides subspecies assay had a detection limit of 10(3) (SD 10(2)) cfu/ml milk, 10(4) (SD 10(4)) cfu per swab, and 10(3) (SD 10(3)) cfu/g lung in inoculated samples. The assays displayed 100% specificity when applied to non-target bacterial isolates and to 110 culture-negative milk samples. CONCLUSIONS: The assays were highly sensitive and specific, and provide accurate detection and differentiation of the members of the M. mycoides cluster.     

猪伪狂犬病病毒TaqMan荧光定量PCR方法的建立

针对猪伪狂犬病病毒(pseudorabies virus,PRV)gE基因保守区的核苷酸序列设计1对特异性引物和TaqMan探针,建立并优化了一种可快速、定量检测PRV野毒的TaqMan实时荧光定量PCR方法。应用该方法检测猪常见病毒性病原(猪瘟病毒、猪细小病毒、猪圆环病毒2型),PRV gE基因缺失株,以及健康猪的组织,结果均为阴性,证明该方法特异性良好。该检测方法能够检到的阳性质粒模板最低浓度为254 copies/μL,最低病毒浓度为4.22 TCID_(50)/100μL,比常规PCR敏感性高10倍;重复性试验结果表明该方法重复性良好;用TaqMan实时荧光定量PCR方法和常规PCR方法同时检测37份临床样品,其中前者检出阳性病料22份,阳性检出率为59.64%,后者检出阳性病料15份,阳性检出率为40.54%,2种方法的符合率为81.08%。综上所述,该方法的建立为PRV的实验室诊断及流行病学调查提供了快速、准确的检测手段。     

Development of quantitative polymerase chain reaction assays for allelic discrimination of gangliosidoses in cats

OBJECTIVE: To develop quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays with allele-specific primers to provide a rapid and accurate diagnostic and screening test for the 3 mutations identified as causes of gangliosidoses in domestic cats. SAMPLE POPULATION: DNA samples obtained from archived feline blood samples submitted for GM1 and GM2 testing. PROCEDURES: A qPCR assay was developed for each mutation to monitor the efficiency of PCR amplification. Results were determined on the basis of the fluorescent intensity of DNA staining. RESULTS: Samples from 60 cats were screened by use of the 3 qPCR assays. Of these, 59 qPCR results agreed with the sequence-derived genotypes. The phenotype (affected) for the other cat agreed with results for the qPCR assay, which indicated that interpretation of the sequence-based result was incorrect. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The qPCR assays offer a sensitive, rapid, and reproducible technique for allelic discrimination without the need for complicated processing steps, such as hybridization or sequencing, after PCR procedures. These assays may prove beneficial for a rapid diagnosis of gangliosidoses in cats and could also provide a means for reliable large-scale screening for the carrier state, thereby accelerating the eradication of these debilitating diseases from feline populations.     

牛传染性鼻气管炎病毒LUXTM新型荧光PCR检测方法的建立

本研究针对牛传染性鼻气管炎病毒（Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus，IBRV）高度保守的gC基因设计单标记并具有自身荧光淬灭功能的LUX^TM引物，建立L刚新型实时荧光PCR方法用于快速检测IBRV。该方法对四株IBRV细胞培养物的检测均呈典型阳性反应，而对其它动物疱疹病毒以及健康牛组织DNA和细胞对照的检测结果为阴性，检测时间包括核酸提取仅需1h～2h。试验表明，LUX^TM荧光PCR法对IBRV细胞增殖病毒液的检测敏感性可达0．04TCID50，比病毒分离敏感性至少提高10倍；对10倍系列稀释的纯化IBRV核酸样品，L刚荧光PCR的检测敏感性比常规PCR可提高10^3倍。将病毒液添加到健康牛精液和血液样品中，该荧光PCR可检测到牛冻存精液中40TCID50牛抗凝全血、血清和临床精液中0．04TCID50的病毒，说明对临床样品的检测有效。本研究所建立的LUXTM荧光PCR方法快速敏感，适合应用于活牛及其遗传物质的进出口检疫、养牛业疾病防控等领域对IBRV的快速检测。     

Duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction for simultaneous detection and quantification of Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma centrale

Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma centrale are rickettsial pathogens responsible for acute disease and mild infections, respectively, in cattle herds. A duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay with probes labeled with different fluorophores was developed for simultaneous detection and quantification of A. marginale and A. centrale DNA in bovine blood samples. The assay was able to detect as few as 10(1) and 10(2) DNA copies for A. marginale and A. centrale, respectively, with optimal specificity and reproducibility. Analysis by real-time and nested PCR carried out on 54 samples previously tested by reverse line blot hybridization showed that the established duplex real-time PCR assay can detect and quantify the 2 Anaplasma spp., even if present simultaneously in the same blood samples. Such an assay could be used in pathogenesis studies on bovine acute anaplasmosis.