Publication: Sensitive visual detection of AHPND bacteria using loop-mediated isothermal amplification combined with DNAFunctionalized gold nanoparticles as probes
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2016-03-01
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19326203
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Mahidol University
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PLoS ONE. Vol.11, No.3 (2016)
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Narong Arunrut, Jantana Kampeera, Sarawut Sirithammajak, Piyachat Sanguanrut, Porranee Proespraiwong, Rungkarn Suebsing, Wansika Kiatpathomchai Sensitive visual detection of AHPND bacteria using loop-mediated isothermal amplification combined with DNAFunctionalized gold nanoparticles as probes. PLoS ONE. Vol.11, No.3 (2016). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151769 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/41170
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Sensitive visual detection of AHPND bacteria using loop-mediated isothermal amplification combined with DNAFunctionalized gold nanoparticles as probes
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© 2016 Arunrut et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) is a component cause of early mortality syndrome (EMS) of shrimp. In 2013, the causative agent was found to be unique isolates of Vibrio parahaemolyticus (VPAHPND) that contained a 69 kbp plasmid (pAP1) carrying binary Pir-like toxin genes PirvpA and PirvpB. In Thailand, AHPND was first recognized in 2012, prior to knowledge of the causative agent, and it subsequently led to a precipitous drop in shrimp production. After VPAHPNDwas characterized, a major focus of the AHPND control strategy was to monitor broodstock shrimp and post larvae for freedom from VPAHPNDby nucleic acid amplification methods, most of which required use of expensive and sophisticated equipment not readily available in a shrimp farm setting. Here, we describe a simpler but equally sensitive approach for detection of VPAHPNDbased on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) combined with unaided visual reading of positive amplification products using a DNA-functionalized, ssDNA-labled nanogold probe (AuNP). The target for the special set of six LAMP primers used was the VPAHPNDPirvpA gene. The LAMP reaction was carried out at 65°C for 45 min followed by addition of the red AuNP solution and further incubation at 65°C for 5 min, allowing any PirvpA gene amplicons present to hybridize with the probe. Hybridization protected the AuNP against aggregation, so that the solution color remained red upon subsequent salt addition (positive test result) while unprotected AuNP aggregated and underwent a color change from red to blue and eventually precipitated (negative result). The total assay time was approximately 50 min. The detection limit (100 CFU) was comparable to that of other commonly-used methods for nested PCR detection of VPAHPNDand 100-times more sensitive than 1-step PCR detection methods (104CFU) that used amplicon detection by electrophoresis or spectrophotometry. There was no cross reaction with DNA templates derived from non-AHPND bacteria commonly found in shrimp ponds (including other Vibrio species). The new method significantly reduced the time, difficulty and cost for molecular detection of VPAHPNDin shrimp hatchery and farm settings.