Article ; Online: Sensitive detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 by multiplex droplet digital RT-PCR.
2020 Volume 40, Issue 4, Page(s) 807–813
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to develop a one-step droplet digital RT-PCR (RT-ddPCR) multiplex assay that allows for sensitive quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA with respect to human-derived RNA and could be used for screening and monitoring of Covid-19 ... ...
Abstract | The purpose of this study is to develop a one-step droplet digital RT-PCR (RT-ddPCR) multiplex assay that allows for sensitive quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA with respect to human-derived RNA and could be used for screening and monitoring of Covid-19 patients. A one-step RT-ddPCR multiplex assay was developed for simultaneous detection of SARS-CoV-2 E, RdRp and N viral RNA, and human Rpp30 DNA and GUSB mRNA, for internal nucleic acid (NA) extraction and RT-PCR control. Dilution series of viral RNA transcripts were prepared in water and total NA extract of Covid-19-negative patients. As reference assay, an E-GUSB duplex RT-PCR was used. GUSB mRNA detection was used to set validity criteria to assure viral RNA and RT-PCR assay quality and to enable quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. In a background of at least 100 GUSB mRNA copies, 5 copies of viral RNA are reliably detectable and 10 copies viral RNA copies are reliably quantifiable. It was found that assay sensitivity of the RT-ddPCR was not affected by the total NA background while assay sensitivity of the gold standard RT-PCR assay is drastically decreased when SARS-CoV-2 copies were detected in a background of total NA extract compared with water. The present study describes a robust and sensitive one-step ddRT-PCR multiplex assay for reliable quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. By determining the fractional abundance of viral RNA with respect to a human housekeeping gene, viral loads from different samples can be compared, what could be used to investigate the infectiveness and to monitor Covid-19 patients. |
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MeSH term(s) | Autoantigens/genetics ; COVID-19/diagnosis ; COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing/methods ; Coronavirus Envelope Proteins/genetics ; Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Proteins/genetics ; Coronavirus RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase/genetics ; DNA/analysis ; Genes, Essential ; Glucuronidase/genetics ; Humans ; Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods ; Phosphoproteins/genetics ; RNA, Messenger/analysis ; RNA, Viral/analysis ; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods ; Ribonuclease P/genetics ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Sensitivity and Specificity |
Chemical Substances | Autoantigens ; Coronavirus Envelope Proteins ; Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Proteins ; Phosphoproteins ; RNA, Messenger ; RNA, Viral ; RPP30 protein, human ; envelope protein, SARS-CoV-2 ; nucleocapsid phosphoprotein, SARS-CoV-2 ; DNA (9007-49-2) ; Coronavirus RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase (EC 2.7.7.48) ; NSP12 protein, SARS-CoV-2 (EC 2.7.7.48) ; Ribonuclease P (EC 3.1.26.5) ; Glucuronidase (EC 3.2.1.31) |
Keywords | covid19 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2020-10-26 |
Publishing country | Germany |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 603155-9 |
ISSN | 1435-4373 ; 0934-9723 ; 0722-2211 |
ISSN (online) | 1435-4373 |
ISSN | 0934-9723 ; 0722-2211 |
DOI | 10.1007/s10096-020-04076-3 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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