Journal
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS
Volume 200, Issue -, Pages 29-34Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2014.01.023
Keywords
HRM; Human astroviruses; Phylogenetic analysis; RT-PCR
Funding
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) of the Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST)
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [12J08885] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Human astroviruses (AstVs), the common causes of viral gastroenteritis, consist of 8 different seroor genotypes in which a variety of subtypes have been found. In the present study, a rapid and high-throughput method for detection and sequence-discrimination of AstVs by high resolution melting (HRM) analysis was developed. A newly designed primer set for the assay targeting ORF1b-ORF2 junction region of AstVs successfully reacted with all 8 serotypes of AstVs and allowed genotyping using their amplicons. The HRM assay consists of intercalating dye based real time quantitative PCR (qPCR) and melting curve analysis. The qPCR assay was sensitive enough to detect 1.0 x 10(1) copies/reaction of AstV serotypes. However, 1.0 x 10(3) copies/reaction of AstVs gene was required to obtain a sequence-specific difference curve, indicating that pre-amplification is necessary to apply the assay to samples containing low numbers of AstVs. AstVs in clinical specimens were subjected to the HRM assay after pre-amplification. The strains possessing same nucleotide sequences at the target region showed an identical difference curie and those possessing different nucleotide sequences showed a distinguishable difference curve. The newly developed HRM assay is an effective technique for screening of AstVs to quantify and discriminate the strains. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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