Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (5): 1638-1643.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2022.05.032

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RPA-Cas12a-LFD Based Nucleic Acid Detection for Feline Herpesvirus-1 and Preliminary Application

HUANG Jian1,2, LIU Yunjia1, YANG Xiaonong1,2, LI Yan1,2*   

  1. 1. College of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China;
    2. Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Received:2021-08-12 Online:2022-05-23 Published:2022-05-25

Abstract: Feline herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1) is double-stranded DNA enveloped virus of Varicellovirus, is one of major causative pathogen for feline upper respiratory tract infection. Based on recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA), Cas12a trans-cleavage reaction and lateral flow dipstick (LFD), a rapid visulization method for FHV-1 detection (RPA-Cas12a-LFD) was developed and validated. RPA amplified primers and crRNA synthesized primers were designed by targeting the FHV-1 TK gene, and then validation of RPA-Cas12a-LFD reaction system, sensitivity and specificity tests, and consistensy analysis of TB Green qPCR and RPA-Cas12a-LFD for FHV-1 detection were performed respectively. The results showed that the RPA-Cas12a-LFD method could specifically detect FHV-1 without cross-reaction with other associated pathogens, with advantages of high sensitivity (detection limit was 2.35×10-1copies·μL-1), short detection time and visual readout. The detection rate of FHV-1 in 20 clinical samples (35%, 7/20) was higher than TB Green qPCR (25%, 5/20) and the coincidence rate of 5 positive samples was 100%. In conclusion, RPA-Cas12a-LFD method was of good specificity and ultrasensitivity for FHV-1 detection without special equipment, and could be a promising and reliable tool for rapid on-site diagnosis.

Key words: feline herpesvirus-1, RPA-Cas12a-LFD, nucleic acid detection, application

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