• 대한수의학회지
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.79-88
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• 2017

The study of canine vector-borne diseases in the Philippines started in the 1970s but only gained interest in the past decade. Characterization of such diseases in the Philippines remains incomplete, thus, it is necessary to obtain additional information on the prevalence and diversity of canine tick-borne diseases in the country. In this study, blood samples were obtained at two veterinary clinics in Metro Manila, Philippines from 114 dogs suspected of having canine tick-borne pathogens. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed on whole blood DNA extracts followed by sequencing, and the following pathogens were detected: Hepatozoon (H.) canis (5.26%), Babesia (B.) vogeli (5.26%), Ehrlichia (E.) canis (4.39%), and Anaplasma platys (3.51%). Additionally, a set of multiplex PCR primers were developed to detect H. canis, Babesia spp. (B. canis and B. vogeli), and E. canis in canine blood. Multiplex and conventional single-reaction PCR results for the 114 dog blood samples were similar, except for one H. canis sample. Multiplex PCR is, therefore, a useful tool in screening infected dogs in veterinary clinics. This study's results, together with those of previous studies in the country, show that canine vector-borne pathogens are an emerging veterinary concern in the Philippines.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.385-389
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• 2011

A new reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) method for the Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) was developed and compared with conventional reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to address its advantages over RTPCR. RT-LAMP primers were designed from the open reading frame 3 (ORF3) sequence of PLRV. The RT-LAMP reactions were conducted without or with a set of loop primers. By real-time monitoring using Turbimeter, the RT-LAMP (with loop primers) detects PLRV in less than 30 min, compared to 120 min of RT-PCR. By adding fluorescent reagent during the reaction, final products of the RT-LAMP were fluorescently visualized under UV light or could be differentiated by naked-eye inspection under normal light. The RT-LAMP was extremely sensitive, about 2000-fold more sensitive than RT-PCR. This study presents great potential of the RT-LAMP for diagnosis and PLRV epidemiology because RT-LAMP method is speedy, sensitive, inexpensive, and convenient.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.223-229
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• 1996

HLA-class I 항원의 HLA-B 유전자좌에 존재하는 HLA-B27 유전자는 임상적으로 강직성 척수염과 강한 관련성이 있음이 보고되고 있으며, 현재 HLA 유전자중 질병과의 관련성을 보기 위한 검사로 임상에서 가장 널리 사용되고 있다. 대부분의 검사실에서는 현재까지 혈청학적 검사방법을 이용하여 HLA-B27 검사를 실시하고 있는데, 이 방법은 시약이 고가이고, 검체의 안정성과 보관이 어려우며, 분석시간이 오래 걸리는 등 불편한 점이 있고, 또한 현재에도 계속 새로운 HLA-B27 대립유전자가 발견되고 있으므로 위음성의 가능성도 배제할 수 없어, 보다 정확한 검사방법이 요구되고 있다. 최근 HLA-B27 대림유전자의 염기배열이 대부분 밝혀져 혈청학적 방법 대신 DNA를 이용한 typing방법이 보고되고 있다. 저자들은 HLA-B2l 대립 유전자에 공통으로 존재하는 염기배열 부분을 선택하여 group specific PCR(Polymerase Chain Reaction)을 실시하고 그 유용성을 검토하였다. 혈청학적 방법으로 HLA B-27 형이 확인된 검체 56 개와 4 개의 표준세포주 (HOM-2, JESTHOM, WT24, BTB)를 이용하여 혈청학적 방법과 DNA typing을 비교한 결과, 두 방법사이에 완벽한 일치를 나타내었다. 따라서 group specific PCR을 이용한 HLA-B27 DNA typing은 검체 및 시약의 안정성이 높고, 경제적이며 신속한 검사가 가능하므로 임상에서 활용성이 매우 클 것으로 사료된다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 1996

이 실아메바(Entamoeba histoIytica)와 동형 아메바(Entamoebc dispar. 동형아메바)의 포낭은 형태학적으로 구분이 안되어 종 감별에 관하여 논란이 있어 왔다. 최근에 이 둘이 별종이며 특히 이질아메바는 병원성이고 동형아메바는 비병윈성입이 확인퇴어 그 감별이 중요한 의미를 갖게 피었나 이 연구에서는 우리 나라의 아메바 분리체를 중합효소 반응과 제한효소 반응을 이용하여 두 종으로 감별하였다. 1994-1995년에 대변을 통강의 방법으로 검색하여 포낭이나 영양형이 발견된 검체를 로빈슨 배지에서 배양하고 배양된 영양형에서 DNA를 분리하였다. PI 유전자 염기서열 중에서 시발페(primer)를 만득어 중합효소 반응으로 482 bp 크기의 산물을 얹고 이를 제한효소(Tuq I, Xmn I, Acc I)로 처리하였다. 또한 Xmn I과 Acc I 제한 효소의 특이 염기서열온 고함하는 시발체를 제작하여 따로 중합효소 반응을 시행하였다. 그 결과 13개 분리체 중에서 S9, S12, YS-6, YS-27의 482 bp 산물은 Taq I과 Xmn I 의하여 그 외의 분리체 산물은 Acc I에 의하여 절단되었다. 이 결과는 특이 염기서열 시발체의 중합효소 반응에서 얻은 산물과 일치하였다, 이 결과에 의하여 분리체 S9, S12, YS-6는 대장염 창자에서. YS-27은 간농양 환자에서 분리한 병원성의 이질아메바(E. histolytica)이고 분리체 S1, S3, S11, S15, S16, S17, S20, YS-17, YS-44는 부증상의 포낭배출자에서 얻은 비병원성의 동형아메바(E. nispur)로 구별할 수 있었다. S1은 설사 환자에서 얻은 분리체 이지탄 동형아메바임을 확인하였고 따라서 이 환자의 설사는 다른 원인에 의한 것으로 판단 된다. 이로써 비병원성인 동형아메바가 우리 나라에서도 병원성 이질아메바보다 더 흔하게 존재한다는 것을 처음으로 기록하며 E. dispar의 우리 말 이름을 동형아메바로 제안한다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.665-672
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• 2022

Cymbidium mosaic virus (CymMV) is one of economically important viruses that cause significant losses of orchids in the world. In the present study, a reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification (RT-RPA) assay combined with a lateral flow immunostrip (LFI) assay was developed for the detection of CymMV in orchid plants. A pair of primers containing fluorescent probes at each terminus that amplifies highly specifically a part of the coat protein gene of CymMV was determined for RT-RPA assay. The RT-RPA assay involved incubation at an isothermal temperature (39℃) and could be performed rapidly within 30 min. In addition, no cross-reactivity was observed to occur with odontoglossum ringspot virus and cymbidium chlorotic mosaic virus. The RT-RPA with LFI assay (RT-RPA-LFI) for CymMV showed 100 times more sensitivity than conventional reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Furthermore, the RT-PCR-LFI assay demonstrated the simplicity and the rapidity of CymMV detection since the assay did not require any equipment, by comparing results with those of conventional RT-PCR. On-site application of the RT-RPA-LFI assay was validated for the detection of CymMV in field-collected orchids, indicating a simple, rapid, sensitive, and reliable method for detecting CymMV in orchids.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.173-182
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• 2020

Human Astrovirus (HuAstV), known as a waterborne virus, is a group IV positive-sense single-stranded RNA that belongs to Astroviridae. The first outbreak of HuAstV was reported in England in 1975. HuAstV can exist not only among clinical patients but also in various water environments, such as water for agriculture and vegetables. For diagnosis of HuAstV from water samples, a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system has been developed. However, the PCR-based diagnostic method has problems in field application, such as reaction time, sensitivity and specificity. For this reason, in this study we developed the loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay (LAMP) system, aimed specifically at HuAstV. Three prepared LAMP primer sets were tested by specificity, non-specificity and sensitivity; one LAMP primer set was selected with optimum reaction temperature. The developed LAMP primer set reaction conditions were confirmed at 62℃, and detection sensitivity was 1 fg/μL. In addition, restriction enzyme HaeIII (GG/CC) was introduced to confirm that the LAMP reaction was positive. As a result, selected LAMP primer set was 100 - 1000 times more specific, rapid, and sensitive than conventional-nested PCR methods. For verification of the developed LAMP assay, twenty samples of cDNA from groundwater samples were tested. We expect that the developed LAMP assay will be used to diagnose HuAstV from various samples.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.107-116
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• 2015

In this study, we developed a rapid, sensitive and specific reverse-transcriptase loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay for detection of swine influenza viruse (SIV) including major subtypes of swine influenza viruses H1N1, H1N2 and H3N2, and a novel subtype of influenza A virus that accidentally infected in pig population. The RT-LAMP was completed in 40 min at $58^{\circ}C$ and the sensitivity of the RT-LAMP ($1copy/{\mu}L$) was 10-fold higher than conventional reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) ($10copy/{\mu}L$) and the same to real time RT-PCR ($1copy/{\mu}L$). Also, the result of the RT-LAMP can be confirmed without any detection system. Therefore, the RT-LAMP could be a alternative diagnostic method for SIV detection in national SIV monitoring system and clinical diagnostic laboratory in the future.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제72권2호
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• pp.156-162
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• 2012

Background: The main goal of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of reverse transcription-nested polymerase chain reaction (RT-nested PCR) in bronchial washing fluid with MAGE A1-6 common primers for the detection of lung cancers invisible by bronchoscopy. Methods: To determine the expression of MAGE A1-6 gene in 189 lung cancers diagnosed by conventional fluoroscopy-guided lung biopsy and 89 cancer-free controls, RT-nested PCR was performed in bronchial washing specimens. We analyzed MAGE A1-6 RT-nested PCR data according to tumor histology, stage, size, and compared them with cytological data. Results: 189 patients (111 cases in adenocarcinoma, 47 cases in squamous cell carcinoma, 22 cases in small cell lung carcinoma, and 9 cases in other cancers) and 89 benign patients were investigated. The expression of MAGE was performed by nested RT-PCR using common MAGE primer. Among 189 cancer patients, the expression rate of MAGE was 49.2%, and the positive predictive value was 89.4%. However, the expression rate of MAGE in patients with benign lesions was 12.4%. In peripheral lung cancer, the positive rate of MAGE expression was 57.4% in squamous cell carcinoma, 44.1% in adenocarcinoma and 59.1% in small cell lung cancer. Whereas the expression rate of bronchial washing cytology in peripheral lung cancer was 9.0% (p=0.011). Conclusion: MAGE RT-PCR in bronchial washing fluid gave us promising data for the detection of peripheral lung cancer. It could be a useful method for selecting diagnostic tools for peripheral lesions.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.1079-1082
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• 2007

Chromosome microdissection and the reverse FISH technique is one of the most useful methods for the identification of structurally abnormal chromosomes. In particular, the laser microbeam microdissection (LMM) method allows rapid isolation of a target chromosome or a specific region of chromosomes without damage of genetic materials and contamination. Isolated chromosomes were directly amplified by the degenerate oligonucleotide-primed polymerase chain reaction (DOP-PCR), and then the FISH probes labeled with spectrum green- or spectrum red-dUTP were generated by nick-translation. Whole chromosome painting (WCP) probes were successfully generated from only 5 copies of the chromosome. With this method, we produced 24 WCP probes for each human chromosome. We also tried to characterize a marker chromosome, which seemed to be originated from chromosome 11 on conventional banding technique. The marker chromosomes were isolated by the LMM method and analyzed by reverse FISH. We elucidated that the marker chromosome was originated from the short arm of chromosome 5 ($5p11{\to}pter$). A fully automated and computer-controlled LMM method is a very simple laboratory procedure, and enables rapid and precise characterization of various chromosome abnormalities.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.171-177
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• 2013

The dairy industry has consistently grown via the expansion of dairy-based food categories. Dairy product consumption is stable since the nutrient composition in dairy products is ideal for human health. However, dairy products are highly susceptible to food-borne pathogens. Controlling the safety of dairy products is thus important when considering the nutrient-rich matrix of this food category. Currently, immunoassays or molecular biology techniques have been used to evaluate the safety of dairy products in Korea. These methods are based on the detection of proteins and thus have low reproducibility and sensitivity. Recent techniques to detect food-borne pathogens have focused on genetic analyses. Rapid detection methods for food-borne pathogens in milk and dairy products using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques, such as conventional PCR, real-time PCR, repetitive sequence-based (rep)-PCR, PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), and digital PCR, are reviewed in this article. The aim of this review was to contribute knowledge of the relationship between microflora and the quality of dairy products. This study will also assist in the immediate monitoring of food-borne pathogens in milk and dairy products when an outbreak related to this food category occurs.