1. Rapid and visual detection of novel astroviruses causing fatal gout in goslings using one-step reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification
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Chaoge Sui, Lunguang Yao, Qingmei Xie, Qinxi Chen, Zhengli Yu, Yunchao Kan, Zhang Zhibin, Jun Ji, Mu Xinhao, Wen Hu, and Xin Xu
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Gout ,DNA polymerase ,Loop-mediated isothermal amplification ,N-GoAstV ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Article ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,law ,Astroviridae Infections ,Geese ,Animals ,Reverse Transcription Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification ,Polymerase chain reaction ,030304 developmental biology ,lcsh:SF1-1100 ,Detection limit ,Phenol red ,0303 health sciences ,biology ,0402 animal and dairy science ,one-step RT-LAMP ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,General Medicine ,visible detection ,040201 dairy & animal science ,Molecular biology ,Reverse transcriptase ,rapidity ,chemistry ,Molecular Diagnostic Techniques ,biology.protein ,Astroviridae ,Animal Science and Zoology ,lcsh:Animal culture ,Primer (molecular biology) ,Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques - Abstract
To visually and rapidly detect a novel goose astrovirus (N-GoAstV) causing fatal gout in goslings, an isothermal detection method based on one-step reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (one-step RT-LAMP) was established. The one-step RT-LAMP assay for N-GoAstV detection, using Bst 3.0 DNA polymerase with strong reverse transcription activity and primer sets targeting the opening reading frame 1b (ORF1b) of N-GoAstV, could be completed in 30 min using a water bath at 61°C; the detection results could be visually observed by adding a pH-sensitive dye containing phenol red and cresol red. The detection limit of the one-step RT-LAMP assay was 57.8 copies/μL, which was similar to that of reverse transcription–quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The assay specifically detected N-GoAstV without any cross-reaction with other reference viruses, and this was further confirmed using enzyme digestion. These results indicated that the newly established RT-LAMP assay could accomplish reverse transcription, amplification, and visual result determination in one step, and the results obtained via this rapid and cost-effective method could be used to support disease control on farms in terms of N-GoAstV infection.
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- 2020