Establishment and application of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification method based on MetAP2 gene for the detection of Nosema bombycis in silkworms (Bombyx mori).

IF 2.6 2区 农林科学 Q1 VETERINARY SCIENCES
Frontiers in Veterinary Science Pub Date : 2025-03-10 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.3389/fvets.2025.1549224
Izhar Hyder Qazi, Ting Yuan, Sijia Yang, Christiana Angel, Jiping Liu
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Abstract

Pebrine, caused by Nosema bombycis, is a devastating disease of silkworms that causes huge economic losses to the sericulture farmers. Although pebrine is a quarantine disease, currently the development of effective molecular diagnostic or therapeutic tools for its management is still a lagging hotspot in sericulture research. In the present study, a highly specific, sensitive, and field-applicable LAMP assay targeting MetAp2 gene was developed. LM1 primer set produced better results, with fluorescence (amplification) signals appearing in ~50 min. The reaction temperature of 60.9°C and outer primer to inner primer ratio of 1:8 were found to be optimal, with the shortest amplification time and strongest fluorescence intensity. The LAMP assay showed high specificity for the DNA of Nosema bombycis spores, as the templates of other common microorganisms of silkworms showed no amplification. The LAMP assay detected pMD-19T-met positive plasmid at the lowest concentration of 103 copies, with a detection time of ~80 min. The practicality test showed that the LAMP assay can detect Nosema bombycis spore DNA at the lowest concentration of 10-3 ng/μL. At concentration of 1.2 ng/μL, the real-time fluorescence signals appeared in ~60 min. The LAMP assay detected Nosema bombycis at all life stages of untreated silkworms. In fumagillin treated silkworms, no real-time fluorescence amplification was observed at 90 h and later, indicating the reliability of LAMP in detecting Nosema bombycis, and effectiveness of fumagillin, to some degree, in treating pebrine infection. The developed LAMP assay holds good promise for its application as a specific and field-applicable tool for the detection/control of pebrine in the field settings.

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Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Frontiers in Veterinary Science Veterinary-General Veterinary
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4.80
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1870
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14 weeks
期刊介绍: Frontiers in Veterinary Science is a global, peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that bridges animal and human health, brings a comparative approach to medical and surgical challenges, and advances innovative biotechnology and therapy. Veterinary research today is interdisciplinary, collaborative, and socially relevant, transforming how we understand and investigate animal health and disease. Fundamental research in emerging infectious diseases, predictive genomics, stem cell therapy, and translational modelling is grounded within the integrative social context of public and environmental health, wildlife conservation, novel biomarkers, societal well-being, and cutting-edge clinical practice and specialization. Frontiers in Veterinary Science brings a 21st-century approach—networked, collaborative, and Open Access—to communicate this progress and innovation to both the specialist and to the wider audience of readers in the field. Frontiers in Veterinary Science publishes articles on outstanding discoveries across a wide spectrum of translational, foundational, and clinical research. The journal''s mission is to bring all relevant veterinary sciences together on a single platform with the goal of improving animal and human health.
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