Development of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Targeting 18S Ribosomal DNA for Rapid Detection of Azumiobodo hoyamushi (Kinetoplastea).
- Author:
Su Min SONG
1
;
Dinzouna Boutamba SYLVATRIE-DANNE
;
So Young JOO
;
Yun Kyung SHIN
;
Hak Sun YU
;
Yong Seok LEE
;
Ji Eon JUNG
;
Noboru INOUE
;
Won Kee LEE
;
Youn Kyoung GOO
;
Dong Il CHUNG
;
Yeonchul HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu 700-422, Korea. ychong@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Brief Communication ; Evaluation Studies ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Azumiobodo hoyamushi;
LAMP;
diagnostic method;
soft tunic syndrome;
ascidian aquaculture
- MeSH:
Animals;
Euglenozoa Infections/diagnosis/veterinary;
Kinetoplastida/*classification/genetics/*isolation & purification;
Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques/*methods;
Predictive Value of Tests;
RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/*genetics;
Sensitivity and Specificity;
Urochordata
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2014;52(3):305-310
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Ascidian soft tunic syndrome (AsSTS) caused by Azumiobodo hoyamushi (A. hoyamushi) is a serious aquaculture problem that results in mass mortality of ascidians. Accordingly, the early and accurate detection of A. hoyamushi would contribute substantially to disease management and prevention of transmission. Recently, the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method was adopted for clinical diagnosis of a range of infectious diseases. Here, the authors describe a rapid and efficient LAMP-based method targeting the 18S rDNA gene for detection of A. hoyamushi using ascidian DNA for the diagnosis of AsSTS. A. hoyamushi LAMP assay amplified the DNA of 0.01 parasites per reaction and detected A. hoyamushi in 10 ng of ascidian DNA. To validate A. hoyamushi 18S rDNA LAMP assays, AsSTS-suspected and non-diseased ascidians were examined by microscopy, PCR, and by using the LAMP assay. When PCR was used as a gold standard, the LAMP assay showed good agreement in terms of sensitivity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV). In the present study, a LAMP assay based on directly heat-treated samples was found to be as efficient as DNA extraction using a commercial kit for detecting A. hoyamushi. Taken together, this study shows the devised A. hoyamushi LAMP assay could be used to diagnose AsSTS in a straightforward, sensitive, and specific manner, that it could be used for forecasting, surveillance, and quarantine of AsSTS.
