期刊
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION
卷 34, 期 4, 页码 638-645出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/10406387221102430
关键词
detection; next-generation sequencing; poultry; RNA virus
资金
- USDA-NIFA Coordinated Agricultural Project [2015-68004-23131]
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
PCR-based assays have limitations in detecting multiple infecting agents and providing limited genetic information on pathogens. In contrast, untargeted, high-throughput sequencing can rapidly detect infecting agents and provide genomic sequence information. We explored methods to improve the sensitivity of NGS to detect respiratory and enteric viruses in poultry, and successfully reduced the abundance of host and non-target bacteria to increase the number of viral reads and improve pathogen coverage using negative enrichment strategies.
PCR-based assays have become the benchmark for detecting pathogens of poultry and other livestock; however, these techniques are limited in their ability to detect multiple infecting agents, provide limited genetic information on the pathogen, and, for RNA viruses, must be reviewed frequently to assure high sensitivity and specificity. In contrast, untargeted, high-throughput sequencing can rapidly detect all infecting agents in a sample while providing genomic sequence information to allow more in-depth characterization of viruses. Although next-generation sequencing (NGS) offers many advantages, one of its primary limitations is low sensitivity to pathogens given the abundance of host and other non-target sequences in sequencing libraries. We explored methods for improving the sensitivity of NGS to detect respiratory and enteric viruses in poultry from RNA extracts of swab samples. We employed commercial and custom-designed negative enrichment strategies to selectively deplete the most abundant rRNA reads from the host and non-target bacteria; host RNA was diminished from up to 40% of total reads to as low as 3%, and the total number of reads assigned to abundant bacterial classes were reduced greatly. Our treatment resulted in up to a 700-fold increase in the number of viral reads, detection of a greater number of viral agents, and higher average genome coverage for pathogens. Depletion assays added only 2 h to the NGS library preparation workflow. Custom depletion probe design offered significant cost savings (US$7-12 per sample) compared to commercial kits (US$30-50 per sample).
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