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Reverse transcription loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (RT‐LAMP) combined with colorimetric gold nanoparticle (AuNP) probe assay for visual detection of tilapia lake virus (TiLV) in Nile and red hybrid tilapia
Author(s) -
Kampeera Jantana,
Dangtip Sirintip,
Suvannakad Rapheephat,
Khumwan Pakapreud,
Senapin Saengchan,
Kiatpathomchai Wansika
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of fish diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-2761
pISSN - 0140-7775
DOI - 10.1111/jfd.13482
Subject(s) - loop mediated isothermal amplification , tilapia , biology , nile tilapia , detection limit , reverse transcriptase , dna extraction , rna extraction , aquaculture , amplicon , reverse transcription loop mediated isothermal amplification , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , chromatography , polymerase chain reaction , dna , rna , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , chemistry , gene , genetics , oreochromis
Tilapia is one of the major aquaculture species with a global economic significance. Despite a high scale of production worldwide, mortality in many tilapia cultures has recently become a problem concerned with not only intensive farming but also the prevalence of infectious pathogens. Tilapia lake virus (TiLV) has emerged as a serious single‐stranded RNA disease agent that thus far has continued to cause a number of incidences across the continents. Conventional PCR‐based molecular detection techniques, despite having high sensitivity for TiLV, are not best suited for the onsite identification of infected fish mainly due to their requirement of laboratory resources and extended assay turnaround time. To address this practical limitation, we have developed a novel colorimetric assay based on reverse transcription–loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (RT‐LAMP) and gold nanoparticle (AuNP)‐labelled oligonucleotide reporter probe targeting the viral genomic segment 9 that enables the assay to be completed within an hour. This technique has been shown to be compatible with a rapid nucleic extraction method that does not demand centrifugation steps or any benchtop laboratory equipment. When validated with field‐acquired tilapia samples, our RT‐LAMP‐AuNP assay exhibited a near‐perfect agreement with the semi‐nested RT‐PCR assay recommended by OIE with Cohen's κ coefficient of .869, yet requiring significantly less time to perform.