Detection of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis: comparing fecal culture versus serum enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and direct fecal polymerase chain reaction

Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is the etiologic agent of Johne's disease in cattle. The disease causes diarrhea, reduced milk production, poor reproductivity, emaciation, and eventually death. Culture on Herrold's egg yolk agar is considered to be the definitive test for diagnosis of Johne's in cattle. This method has moderate sensitivity (30 to 50%) and is 100% specific; however, it can take up to 16 wk due to the slow growth of MAP. Currently, serum ELISA is used to screen herds for Johne's disease, but positive tests must be confirmed culturally or by PCR. The current research sought to evaluate an in-house direct fecal PCR procedure and directly compare it to ELISA using culture as the gold standard. Serum and fecal samples were collected from cows (n = 250) with unknown Johne's status. Fecal samples were processed for culture on Herrold's egg yolk agar and direct PCR. Serum samples were tested using the Parachek serum ELISA. Overall, 67/250 [26.8%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 21.4 to 32.8] animals were culturally confirmed to be shedding MAP. The PCR and ELISA detected 74/250 (29.6%, 95% CI 24 to 35.7) and 25/250 (10%, 95% CI 6.6 to 14.4), respectively. Culture and PCR were able to detect more positive animals than ELISA. Overall, direct fecal PCR was 70.2% sensitive and 85.3% specific when using culture as the gold standard. The ELISA method was 31.3% sensitive and 97.8% specific. When culture reported <10 cfu, the sensitivity and specificity of PCR and ELISA were 57.1 and 85.3%, and 4.8 and 97.8%, respectively. When culture reported 10 to <40 cfu, the sensitivity of PCR and ELISA were 75 and 50%, respectively. When culture reported ≥40 cfu, the sensitivity of PCR and ELISA were 100 and 88.2%, respectively. Specificity could not be calculated at these levels because there were no negative samples. The direct PCR outperformed the ELISA in detecting animals potentially infected with MAP and was not significantly different when compared with culture. The direct fecal PCR method described here provides faster results than traditional culture and is more sensitive than ELISA at detecting animals suspected of Johne's disease. These data support the use of PCR as an alternative method for screening herds for prevalence and diagnosis of Johne's disease.     

Detection of Escherichia coli O157 in foods by a novel polymyxin-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) system was developed using polymyxin immobilized in the wells of a microtiter plate as a high-affinity adsorbent for Escherichia coli O157 lipopolysaccharide (LPS) antigens. Extracts from cell suspensions were reacted with polymyxin-coated microwells followed by immunoenzymatic detection of captured LPS antigens using a commercially available anti-E. coli O157 antibody-peroxidase conjugate and a 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine substrate. The polymyxin ELISA was highly sensitive and specific for E. coli strains bearing the O157 antigen. When this ELISA was combined with enrichment, results were in complete agreement with those of standard culture techniques for the detection of this pathogen in a variety of artificially inoculated and naturally contaminated foods. The polymyxin ELISA is a simple and inexpensive assay for E. coli O157 with a 96-well microtiter plate format, making this system ideally suited for processing large numbers of samples.     

PCR技术检测空肠弯曲菌的研究进展

空肠弯曲菌(Campylobacter jejuni)是一种人畜共患病病原菌,可以使人和动物引发多种疾病。目前,检测C.jejuni采用的国标方法是传统的培养法,但C.jejuni培养条件苛刻,且培养法存在操作繁琐、特异性不强、费时等缺点。聚合酶链式反应(polymerase chain reaction,PCR)以其快速、准确、灵敏度高、特异性强的特点,现已广泛应用于C.jejuni的检测,并成为目前快速检测临床与食品中C.jejuni最常用的的方法。本文综述了近年来利用RCR技术,包括常规PCR、多重PCR、巢式PCR、实时荧光定量PCR、PCR-酶联免疫吸附法、最大几率数-PCR、PCR-限制性片段长度多态性、PCR-变性高效液相色谱、PCR-变性梯度凝胶电泳和磁捕获-荧光PCR方法检测C.jejuni的研究进展,并针对这些PCR技术的原理、检测效果、优点和缺点等方面进行了分析比较,为有效控制和预防该菌引起的疾病提供重要信息。     

Detection of wheat contamination in oats by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

 It is well established that the consumption of wheat prolamins causes the characteristic symptoms of coeliac disease (CD) in subjects who are predisposed to it. There is currently much discussion about the role of oats in the pathogenesis of CD. Evidently, it is important that oats used for clinical studies are not contaminated with wheat. In this study, 38 oat samples were investigated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA): 30 samples consisted of flakes or grains and 8 probes were industrially processed oat diets. Wheat prolamin (gliadin) detection by ELISA showed that 16 of these samples contained less than the detection limit of 0.2 mg gliadin/100 g dry weight; 21 samples contained less than 2.8 mg gliadin/100 g dry weight and 1 sample reached 38 mg gliadin/100 g dry weight, clearly exceeding the allowed Swiss limit of 10 mg gliadin/100 g dry weight for gluten-free products. Spiking experiments showed that the wheat PCR system is about ten times more sensitive than the ELISA system, provided that the isolated DNA is fully amplifiable. Thus, wheat DNA could be detected by the wheat PCR system in ten samples with gliadin contents below the detection limit of the ELISA system used. Applying a eukaryote-specific 18S-PCR system the presence of amplifiable DNA was verified. Only two of eight samples of industrially processed oat products contained amplifiable DNA, the other six samples had no detectable DNA left. One sample was wheat-PCR positive. However, all eight samples contained detectable amounts of gliadin in the ELISA. Received: 7 November 1997     

Determination of ciprofloxacin and nalidixic acid resistance in Campylobacter jejuni with a fluorogenic polymerase chain reaction assay

A fluorogenic polymerase chain reaction assay for the gyrA gene was used to determine the frequency of a Thr-86 mutation in Campylobacter jejuni isolates from food animals and humans in northern Thailand and to investigate the correlation between this mutation and bacterial resistance to fluoroquinolones. Eighty-four isolates of C. jejuni were used: 65 from healthy chickens on farms, 16 from chickens at the slaughterhouse, 1 from chicken meat at the market, and 1 from a healthy farm worker. The microbroth dilution technique was used for in vitro susceptibility testing. MIC breakpoints established by the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System were used to categorize the resistance of C. jejuni to ciprofloxacin and nalidixic acid. Sixty of the 84 C. jejuni isolates tested carried the Thr-86 mutation in the gyrA gene. All isolates with ciprofloxacin MICs of > or = 2 mg/liter carried the mutation, and no isolates with nalidixic acid MICs of < or = 16 mg/liter carried the Thr-86-to-Ile mutation. There was a very strong association between ciprofloxacin resistance and the presence of the mutation (kappa = 0.971, P < 0.01). The association between the presence of the Thr-86-to-Ile mutation and nalidixic acid resistance was weaker (kappa 0.859: P < or = 0.01).     

Detection of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. in blood-free enriched samples of inoculated foods by the polymerase chain reaction

The detection of thermophilic Campylobacter spp., as represented by Campylobacter jejuni, by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was investigated and compared with the selective agar isolation (SAI) method. Stationary-phase cultures of C. jejuni were inoculated into either blood-free enrichment broth (BFEB) or BFEB that contained 10% broccoli, crabmeat, mushroom, raw milk, and raw oyster rinses. Following a 48-h enrichment period, aliquots of food test portions were removed for simultaneous analysis by PCR and SAI. It was determined that the presence of charcoal and iron in the enrichment broth interfered with the PCR assay. Therefore, three DNA extraction techniques were developed and evaluated using a 16S rRNA primer pair in the PCR assay. The 50% end point (DL50) values (determined upon six initial C. jejuni spiking levels) were used to assess the frequency of isolation utilizing PCR versus SAI for the detection of this organism in the enrichment matrices. There were virtually no differences in detection of C. jejuni among enriched samples analyzed by PCR and SAI. Mean DL50 values (n = 3) for plain BFEB, broccoli, crabmeat, mushroom, raw milk, and raw oyster were, respectively, 0.02 (PCR) versus 0.01 (SAI), 0.01 versus 0.06, 0.07 versus 0.04, 0.03 versus 0.08, 0.01 versus 0.01, and 0.01 versus 0.01 CFU/5 g food. Significant variability in the detection limit of C. jejuni by PCR in the food enrichments was observed among DNA extraction techniques. Using 48-h enrichment cultures followed by PCR analysis could save 1 day of the time required for the presumptive identification of C. jejuni in suspected foods.     

实时荧光聚合酶链式反应法检测食品中狗源性成分

根据狗线粒体NADH氧化还原酶亚基2基因(ND2)中的序列设计了狗特异性引物和Taqman探针,建立了食品中狗源性成分的实时荧光聚合酶链式(Real-time PCR)检测方法。实验表明,该方法可以很好地区分狗与其他常见的14个物种,引物、Taqman探针特异性良好,检测灵敏度可达100fg,适用于食品中狗源性成分的快速鉴定。     

酶联免疫分析方法测定动物性食品中西马特罗残留

目的 建立检测西马特罗药物残留的酶联免疫分析方法(enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay,ELISA).方法 对主要影响因素,包括包被原稀释倍数、抗体稀释倍数、竞争时间、标准品稀释液pH等参数进行优化,对样品进行前处理,经提取净化后进行检测,并对ELISA检测结果与仪器方法进行对比.结果 西...     

Isolation and polymerase chain reaction-based detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from poultry in the Philippines.

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the conventional culture method of detecting thermophilic Campylobacter species in duck and chicken samples from two locations in the province of Laguna, Philippines, were compared. Three Campylobacter jejuni and five C. coli strains were isolated from a total of 135 duck and chicken samples from both methods. The PCR technique, however, was found to be more sensitive, accurate and rapid than the conventional culture method. The specificity of two sets of published primers, C442-C490 (specific for C. jejuni, C. coli and C. lari) and CL2-CR3 (specific for C. jejuni) were confirmed with reference and field strains. To improve detection, a lysate was prepared by boiling cells in Triton X-100, and then used as template for PCR to detect Campylobacter from spiked and naturally contaminated chicken rinse. For spiked chicken samples, a 17-h Meuller-Hinton Broth enrichment for the chicken rinse resulted in an improved sensitivity at 31.7 CFU/g using C442-C490. This enrichment-PCR tandem also detected thermophilic Campylobacter from 1 out of 21 native chicken samples from a wet market. To our knowledge, this is the first report of thermophilic Campylobacter isolation from poultry in the Philippines. The approaches described here could serve as a basis for future surveillance and/or epidemiological studies on this emerging foodborne pathogen.     

空肠和结肠弯曲菌鞭毛蛋白基因fla A的检测

目的 运用一种快速、敏感、特异的检测空肠和结肠弯曲菌的方法.方法 以空肠和结肠弯曲菌所共有特异的鞭毛蛋白基因 fla A的一段高度保守序列为引物,用PCR法扩增fla A基因上的一段约1 700 bp的片断.用该引物对空肠和结肠弯曲菌的标准株、福建省的食品分离株进行PER扩增检测,并同时检测该PCR方法的敏感性.结果 扩增片断表现出极好的特异性,2株空肠和结肠弯曲菌标准菌株、8株分离自不同食品样品的空肠穹曲菌和结肠弯曲菌菌株均为阳性,且敏感性实验显示该PCR方法的反应体系最低检出菌量为6 CFU.结论 该方法快速、敏感、特异,可用于突发性食物中毒和暴发感染的调查.     

Fla-DGGE法对食品中空肠弯曲菌和结肠弯曲菌的检测和分型

本文应用鞭毛蛋白基因flaA和flaB的变性梯度凝胶电脉(denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis,DGGE)方法对食品中空肠弯曲菌和结肠弯曲菌进行检测和分型。采用RBB(rpeated bead beating)、CTAB和丙酮-氯仿抽提三种方法提取样品基因组后进行fla-DGGE检测,结果完全一致。10份生鲜鸡、鸭肉样品中有8份含有空肠弯曲菌或结肠弯曲菌,其中3份含有两种或两种以上的空肠弯曲菌或结肠弯曲菌或它们的不同型别。克隆测序后结果表明,有7份样品被同一种空肠弯曲菌所污染,其中3份样品还被同一种结肠弯曲菌所污染,1份样品被污染情况严重,检测到含有一种结肠弯曲菌和三种空肠弯曲菌。Fla-DGGE方法快速、准确、灵敏度高,可用于食品中空肠弯曲菌和结肠弯曲菌的快速检测和分型。     

Identification of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from cloacal and carcass swabs of chickens in Thailand by a 5' nuclease fluorogenic polymerase chain reaction assay

A rapid 5' nuclease fluorogenic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for identifying Campylobacter jejuni was applied to Campylobacter isolates from chicken cloacal and carcass swabs collected from three chicken farms and a slaughterhouse in Thailand. The primers and the probe were based on the sequence of the gyrA gene in C jejuni. C. jejuni isolates were identified by fluorogenic PCR assay of bacterial cells directly from Campylobacter-selective agar medium. This assay allowed the identification of C. jejuni within 1 day after colonies appeared on selective media. The fluorogenic PCR assay yielded results comparable to those of the conventional test kit (kappa = 0.76) but required less time. When the two methods disagreed with regard to species identification, results were confirmed by PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism of 23S rRNA genes. In these instances, the fluorogenic PCR assay correctly identified more isolates of C. jejuni than did the conventional test kit (six of seven isolates were unidentifiable by the conventional test kit). The fluorogenic PCR assay is a rapid and specific method that outperforms the conventional test kit in the identification of C. jejuni from environmental samples.     

多重PCR鉴定动物源空肠弯曲菌和结肠弯曲菌方法的建立

建立鉴定空肠弯曲菌和结肠弯曲菌的多重PCR(mPCR)方法。方法 分别以16S rRNA、马尿酸酶和16S-23S rRNA基因为靶序列设计特异性引物,建立多重PCR方法检测37株菌株样品,同时采用ⁱⁿgene CAM nested PCR检测试剂盒检测验证,进行结果比较分析。结果 该多重PCR方法可扩增出空肠弯曲菌和结肠弯曲菌的特异性条带,其他对照菌株均未扩增出条带,具有较好的特异性;检测敏感性可达0.81pg/μl空肠弯曲菌DNA,0.93pg/μl结肠弯曲菌DNA。多重PCR方法和试剂盒检测结果的符合率为100%,二者与国标GB/T 4789.9—2008方法的符合率达97%以上。结论 本试验建立的多重PCR方法操作快速方便、节约试验成本,具有较好的特异性、敏感性和重复性,可用于弯曲菌的鉴定。     

Rapid detection of Campylobacter jejuni in chicken rinse water by melting-peak analysis of amplicons in real-time polymerase chain reaction

Five DNA extraction protocols for the detection of Campylobacter spp. by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were compared. A method involving Triton X-100 produced template DNA of sufficient quality to allow the detection of Campylobacter jejuni at levels of 100 CFU/ml in pure culture. Primers were designed on the basis of the cadF gene sequence. With a SYBR Green I real-time PCR assay, these primers amplified only sequences present in C. jejuni to produce a product with a melting temperature of 81.5 degrees C. None of the strains of Campylobacter coli, Campylobacter lari, or Campylobacter fetus tested produced this product during the PCR assay. Other noncampylobacter species tested were shown not to possess the cadF sequence. The real-time PCR combined with a rapid, simple Triton X-100 DNA extraction protocol made it possible to detect < 10 CFU of C. jejuni per ml of chicken rinse within 14 h.     

实时荧光PCR技术快速检测食品中的牛源成分

目的:建立基于实时荧光PCR技术的食品中牛源性成分快速检测方法。方法:以牛线粒体细胞色素b为目的基因,设计特异性引物和探针,通过特异性、灵敏性实验,及模拟混合肉样和市售肉制品检测,对该体系进行验证。结果:该牛源荧光PCR检测体系具有很好的特异性及灵敏性,可检测1pg牛源DNA的存在,对于各模拟肉类样品中掺杂的牛源性成分,其检测限低至0.5%,且经市售加工食品验证具有较好的应用能力。结论:所建立的牛引物探针体系具有特异性好、灵敏度高,快速高效等优点,可用于对食品中牛源性成分的掺假鉴别检测。      

实时荧光PCR快速筛选食品中鸭源性成分

基于鸭线粒体细胞色素Cyt b基因建立了肉制品中的鸭源性成分检测的real-time PCR方法,并对模拟样本和市售样本进行了检测分析,检出限低至1%,适用于实验室的鸭源性成分的鉴定分析。      

Detection of staphylococcal enterotoxin H by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

A double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for the detection of a newly identified staphylococcal enterotoxin H (SEH). Peroxidase was conjugated to antibodies specific to the enterotoxin. 2,2'Azino-bis(3-ethylbenz-thiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)(ABTS) in hydrogen peroxide solution was used as the enzyme substrate. A standard curve of purified SEH was prepared with concentrations ranging from 1.3 to 50 ng/ml. SEH at levels equal to 2.5 ng/ml and higher were detected by this procedure. Culture supernatant from the growth of selected Staphylococcus aureus strains was analyzed by using the ELISA. SEH was produced by three of 20 strains that produced one identified enterotoxin. Ten of 21 strains, previously shown to produce substances that induced emesis in monkeys but not any known enterotoxins (A through E), were also positive for SEH production. The other 11 strains gave negative results in the ELISA, indicating that other unidentified serological types of enterotoxin exist.     

测定食品中呋喃它酮代谢物3-氨基-5-吗啉甲基-2-恶唑烷酮的酶联免疫吸附法

目的建立以多克隆抗体为基础的测定食品中呋喃它酮代谢物3-氨基-5-吗啉甲基-2-恶唑烷酮(AMOZ)的间接竞争酶联免疫吸附分析法(ELISA)。方法以4-甲酰基苯氧基乙酸(4-FPA)为修饰剂,合成AMOZ半抗原衍生物,并使其分别与牛血清蛋白(BSA)和卵清蛋白(OVA)交联制备得到免疫原和包被抗原,经免疫动物(兔),获得抗NPAMOZ(AMOZ与衍生化试剂2-硝基苯甲醛所形成的结合物)的多克隆抗体。用酶联免疫分析法测定AMOZ(以NPAMOZ形式)。结果在包被抗原为2.5ng/mL,抗体为1:300000稀释,酶标二抗为1:10000稀释的优化条件下,ELISA测定AMOZ(以NPAMOZ形式)的IC50值(标准曲线中吸光度抑制至最大吸光度值50%时所对应的待测物浓度)为1.86ng/mL。抗体与呋喃它酮的交叉反应率较高(70.7%),与AMOZ的交叉反应率仅为0.32%,与其余三种硝基呋喃抗生素及它们的代谢物以及其它八种药物的交叉反应率很小(0.01%),表明抗体的特异性高。四种市售的肉样(鱼肉、虾肉、鸡肉、猪肝)用作加标实验,加标浓度分别为0.5、1.0和5.0ng/g,加标样品经衍生化处理后用ELISA测定,回收率为75.6%~112.2%,批间相对标准偏差(RSD)为8.3%~17.5%。结论本法具有高灵敏性和高特特异性,能用于动物产品中AMOZ的检测。     

PCR方法快速检测变形杆菌的研究

建立了一种快速、准确检测变形杆菌属的PCR方法.采用传统分离培养法、全自动微生物分析系统检测法和常规PCR方法对66株变形杆菌样本分离株进行鉴定.三种检测方法结果一致,但PCR方法检测时间只需5～6h,比传统分离方法节省40h左右.通过对13株非变形杆菌属菌株的特异性实验和标准菌株的灵敏度实验,进一步表明,PCR方法具有操作简便、准确可靠以及灵敏特异的特点,优于传统分离培养法和全自动微生物分析系统检测法.     

A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of almonds in foods

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed to detect almonds as potential allergenic contaminants in food. Polyclonal antibodies directed against roasted almonds were partially purified from immunized sheep and rabbits and used as capture and secondary antibodies, respectively, in a sandwich-type, 96-well plate format. Food samples and almond-spiked samples were extracted 1:10 in phosphate-buffered saline at 60 degrees C for 2 h, centrifuged, and applied to wells coated with sheep anti-almond antibody. After incubation, washing, and the addition of rabbit anti-almond antibody, the amount of almond present was detected with the subsequent addition of goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulin G-alkaline phosphatase conjugate and p-nitrophenyl phosphate substrate. Plate absorbances were read at 410 nm, and standard curves were developed in all matrices to quantify unknowns. Antibodies developed were specific for almond; however, some cross-reactivity was observed with extracts of some tree nuts and sesame seeds. Sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western immunoblotting indicated that sheep anti-almond antibody recognized proteins extracted from black walnuts, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pistachios, and sesame seeds in addition to those from almond. The assay was optimized to detect less than 1 ppm of almond and was used successfully to determine almond residues in cereal and chocolate without cross-reacting interferences. A retail survey of 20 brands of cereal demonstrated that the assay produced statistically consistent results. This assay provides a useful quality control tool for the food industry for the protection of consumers allergic to almonds.