• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.610-616
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 영유아에게 치명적인 감염을 일으키는 C. sakazakii에 대하여 LAMP 검출법을 개발하였다. LAMP법에 의한 C. sakazakii의 검출율은 100%였으며 13개의 음성 지표군에 대해서는 모두 음성 반응을 보여 특이도가 매우 높은 것으로 판단되었다. 또한, HhaI과 NruI 두 개의 제한 효소를 LAMP product에 반응시킨 결과, 유전자의 특정 염기서열이 절단되는 것을 확인하였으며, 이를 통해 LAMP 검출법에 의해 증폭된 DNA가 C. sakazakii-specific ompA임을 확인하였다. 조제분유에 오염 된 C. sakazakii를 LAMP법으로 검출 시 검출한계는 $10^0$ CFU/mL이었으며 이는 기존의 PCR법이나 real-time PCR법에 비해 100-10,000배 높은 수준으로 민감도가 매우 높은 것으로 판단되었다. 이와 같이 높은 특이도와 민감도를 가진 LAMP 검출법은 C. sakazakii와 같은 급성 기회 감염균이나 병원성 미생물에 의한 식중독 발생시 현장에서 병원체를 간편하고 신속하게 검출할 수 있는 기술로 기대된다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.178-183
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• 2016

SYMMV는 콩에서 빈번하게 발생하는 바이러스이며, 이 바이러스의 발생률은 계속해서 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 콩에 발생하는 SYMMV를 신속하게 검출하기 위해서 RT-LAMP를 적용하였다. RT-LAMP 방법은 등온에서 단시간에 유전자 증폭이 가능하고, 전기영동 없이도 형광물질을 이용해 바이러스를 검출할 수 있는 이점이 있다. 프라이머는 SYMMV coat protein gene의 염기서열을 기반으로 4개의 프라이머를 설계하였다. 실험결과 SYMMV RT-LAMP는 $65^{\circ}C$에서 50분간 증폭시켰을 때 최적의 효율을 보였다. 또한, RT-LAMP와 RT-PCR과의 민감도를 비교한 결과 RT-LAMP 방법이 10-100배 정도 더 우수한 민감도를 가지는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 본 실험 결과를 토대로 기존의 진단법과 비교하여 높은 민감도와 짧은 소요시간에 이점이 있는 RT-LAMP는 SYMMV의 현장 및 연구실에서의 진단에 적용될 수 있을 것이라 생각된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1928-1936
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• 2018

Recently, human infections caused by severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), which can lead to fatality, have dramatically increased in East Asia. With the unavailability of vaccines or antiviral drugs to prevent and/or treat SFTSV infection, early rapid diagnosis is critical for prevention and control of the disease. Here, we report the development of a simple, rapid and sensitive portable detection method for SFTSV infection applying reverse transcription-loop mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) combined with one-pot colorimetric visualization and electro-free reaction platform. This method utilizes a pocket warmer to facilitate diagnosis in a resource-limited setting. Specific primers were designed to target the highly-conserved region of L gene of SFTSV. The detection limit of the RT-LAMP assay was approximately $10^0$ viral genome copies from three different SFTSV strains. This assay exhibited comparable sensitivity to qRT-PCR and 10-fold more sensitivity than conventional RT-PCR, with a rapid detection time of 30 to 60 minutes. The RT-LAMP assay using SFTSV clinical specimens has demonstrated a similar detection rate to qRT-PCR and a higher detection rate compared to conventional RT-PCR. Moreover, there was no observed cross-reactive amplification of other human infectious viruses including Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV), Dengue, Enterovirus, Zika, Influenza and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). This highly sensitive, electro- and equipment-free rapid colorimetric visualization method is feasible for resource-limited SFTSV field diagnosis.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.212-219
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• 2004

Three isolates of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) from lily plants showing mosaic and distortion symptoms were detected by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using primers specific to Cucumovirus genus namely, LK-CMV, LK4-CMV, and LKS-CMV. Restriction enzymes patterns of the RT-PCR products revealed that the lily isolates belonged to subgroup IA of CMV. In terms of biological properties, the lily isolates have highly similar but distinct pathogenicity as reported in other lily strains and ordinary strains of CMV. To characterize the molecular properties, cDNAs containing coat protein (CP) gene and 3' non-coding region (NCR) of RNA3 for the isolates were cloned and their nucleotide sequences were determined. The CP similarity (218 amino acids) was highly homologous (>97％) with that of subgroup I CMV strains. However, an additional 20-nulcleotide long segment was only present in 3' NCR of lily isolates, which form an additional stem-loop RNA structure. By using chimeric construct exchange cDNA containing 3'NCR of LK-CMV into the full-length cDNA clone of RNA3 of Fny-CMV, this additional segment may prove to be significant in the identification and fitness of the virus in lily plants. The pathology of zucchini squash infected by F1F2L3-CMV, a pseudorecombinant virus was showed to change drastically the severe mosaic and stunting symptom into a mild chlorotic spot on systemic leave, compared with Fny-CMV. To delimit the sequence of RNA3 affected the pathology, various RNA3 chimeras were constructed between two strains of CMV. The symptom determinants of F1F2L3-CMV were mapped to the positions amino acid 234, 239, and 250 in 3a movement protein (MP). RNA3 chimeras changed the sequences encoding three amino acids were resulted in alteration of systemic symptom.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.188-195
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• 2000

Objective : Essential tremor(ET) is the most common movement disorder, however, there has been little agreement in the neurologic literature regarding diagnostic criteria for ET. Familial ET is an autosomal dominant disorder presenting as an isolated postural tremor. The main feature of ET is postural tremor of the arms with later involvement of the head, voice, or legs. In previous studies, it was reported that ET susceptibility was inherited in an autosomal dominant inheritance. As previous results, it would suggest that ET might be associated with defect of mitochondrial or nuclear DNA. Recent studies are focusing on molecular genetic detection of movement disorders, such as essential tremor and restless legs syndrome. Moreover, authors have analysed mitochondrial DNA(mtDNA) from the blood cell of positive control(PC) and ET patients via long and accurate polymerase chain reaction(LA PCR). Materials & Methods : Blood samples were collected from PC and 9 ET patients. Total DNA was extracted twice with phenol followed by chloroform : isoamylalcohol. For the analysis of mtDNA, LA PCR was performed by mitochondrial specific primers. Results : With this technique, deletions of large quantities were detected within several regions of mtDNA in ET patients except for D-loop and CO I regions. Conclusion : The authors believe that ET is a genentic disorder with deficiency of mitochondrial DNA multicomplexes and mitochondiral dysfunction could be one of major causative factors of ET. Mitochondrial dysfunction may play an important role in the pathogenesis and possibility of disease progression among familial group with ET patients.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.157-163
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• 2002

$tRNA^{Val}$에 결합하는 RNA 요소들을 확인하기 위해 SELEX 방법을 수행하였다. 양끝에 보존된 primer 서열을 가지고 가운데 무작위의 48-mer 올리고 누클레오티드 영역을 가진 DNA 문고를 T7 RNA 중합효소를 이용하여 전사시켜 얻은 RNA pool을 가지고 $tRNA^{Val}$이 고정된 affinity column을 이용하여 14번의 선별 과정을 거쳐 FNA aptamer들을 선별하였다. 몇몇 aptamer들은 세 가지 rRNA들의 고리 영역에 있는 서열과 유사한 서열을 가졌다: 5S rRNA의 C43GAAC47 서열, 16S rRNA의 G1491AAGU1495와 G1379UUCC1383 서열 그리고 23S rRNA의 C1064UUAG1068, G2110UGUA2114, C2480GACGG2485와 A2600CAGU2604 서열. 이 결과들은 $tRNA^{Val}$가 리보솜에서 5S rRNA, 16S rRNA 및 23S rRNA와 다양하게 상호작용 할 수 있다는 것을 암시한다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.631-639
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• 2016

China has a long history of sheep (Ovis aries [O. aries]) breeding and an abundance of sheep genetic resources. Knowledge of the complete O. aries mitogenome should facilitate the study of the evolutionary history of the species. Therefore, the complete mitogenome of O. aries was sequenced and annotated. In order to characterize the mitogenomes of 3 Chinese sheep breeds (Altay sheep [AL], Shandong large-tailed sheep [SD], and small-tailed Hulun Buir sheep [sHL]), 19 sets of primers were employed to amplify contiguous, overlapping segments of the complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence of each breed. The sizes of the complete mitochondrial genomes of the sHL, AL, and SD breeds were 16,617 bp, 16,613 bp, and 16,613 bp, respectively. The mitochondrial genomes were deposited in the GenBank database with accession numbers KP702285 (AL sheep), KP981378 (SD sheep), and KP981380 (sHL sheep) respectively. The organization of the 3 analyzed sheep mitochondrial genomes was similar, with each consisting of 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), 13 protein-coding genes, and 1 control region (D-loop). The NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 (ND6) and 8 tRNA genes were encoded on the light strand, whereas the rest of the mitochondrial genes were encoded on the heavy strand. The nucleotide skewness of the coding strands of the 3 analyzed mitogenomes was biased toward A and T. We constructed a phylogenetic tree using the complete mitogenomes of each type of sheep to allow us to understand the genetic relationships between Chinese breeds of O. aries and those developed and utilized in other countries. Our findings provide important information regarding the O. aries mitogenome and the evolutionary history of O. aries inside and outside China. In addition, our results provide a foundation for further exploration of the taxonomic status of O. aries.