Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2021, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (8): 2244-2253.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2021.08.017

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Establishment and Application of a Group Specific Reverse Transcriptase Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification Method of Bluetongue Virus

LI Zhanhong1, ZHU Pei1, SONG Ziang2, LI Zhuoran1, YANG Zhenxing1, LI Huachun1, YANG Heng1*, LIAO Defang1*   

  1. 1. Yunnan Tropical and Subtropical Animal Virus Diseases Laboratory, Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Kunming 650224, China;
    2. College of Veterinary Medicine, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
  • Received:2020-12-17 Online:2021-08-23 Published:2021-08-21

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to establish a reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) method for the detection of bluetongue viruses (BTVs) prevalent in China. Specific primers were designed according to the highly conserved regions of the Seg-5 gene of BTV strains isolated in China. By optimizing the reaction condition, the RT-LAMP method was established, and the specificity and sensitivity of the method were evaluated. To verify the accuracy and reliability of the RT-LAMP method, 46 BTV strains belonging to 12 sero-types (BTV-1,-2, -3, -4, -5, -7, -9, -12, -15, -16, -21 and -24) were tested, further 120 BTV nucleic acid-positive blood samples collected from BTV-infected animals and 60 blood samples collected from sentinel animals in 2020 were tested through RT-LAMP and qRT-PCR simultaneously. The optimal reaction temperature of the RT-LAMP was 64℃, and the optimal reaction time was 45 min, the optimal concentration and ratio of the outer primer:inner primer:loop primer in the reaction mixture was 0.2 μmol· L-1:0.6 μmol·L-1:0.4 μmol·L-1. This method can specifically detect the nucleic acids of BTV belonged to the 12 epidemic serotypes in China without any cross-reaction with the nucleic acids of epidemic hemorrhagic virus (EHDV), Chuzan disease virus (CHUV), Akabane disease virus (AKAV), foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) and African horse sickness virus (AHSV). The lower detecting limit of the method was 4.5 copi-es·μL-1 of BTV genomes. The detection results of 46 BTV strains belonged to 12 serotypes were positive. There was no significant difference (McNemar test P>0.05) between the detection results of RT-LAMP and qRT-PCR for 120 BTV nucleic acid positive blood samples with a coincidence rate of 95.0%. The detection results of 60 blood samples were completely consistent between RT-LAMP and qRT-PCR. These data demonstrated that the RT-LAMP method established in this study was accurate and reliable to detect the BTV strains isolated in China and the clinical blood samples collected from animals. The BTV RT-LAMP method established in this study was rapid, visual, strong specific and highly sensitive to detect samples, which provided technical means for the detection, diagnosis and epidemiological investigation of the BTVs prevailing in China.

Key words: bluetongue virus, group specificity, RT-LAMP, application

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