Korean J Parasitol.  2014 Jun;52(3):305-310.

Development of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Targeting 18S Ribosomal DNA for Rapid Detection of Azumiobodo hoyamushi (Kinetoplastea)

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu 700-422, Korea. ychong@knu.ac.kr
  • 2Aquaculture Management Division, National Fisheries Research & Development Institute, Busan 619-705, Korea.
  • 3Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan 626-870, Korea.
  • 4Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, College of Natural Sciences, Soonchunhyang University, Asan 336-745, Korea.
  • 5National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan.
  • 6Department of Preventive Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu 700-422, Korea.

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.

Keyword

Azumiobodo hoyamushi; LAMP; diagnostic method; soft tunic syndrome; ascidian aquaculture

MeSH Terms

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
RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
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