Evaluation of DNA array sensitivity to detect viruses in clinical samples following propidium monoazide treatment
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ABSTRACT: Pan-viral DNA array (PVDA) and high-throughput sequencing (HTS) are useful tools to identify novel virus of emerging diseases. However, both techniques have difficulties to identify viruses in clinical samples because of host genomic DNA (hgDNA) contamination. Both propidium monoazide (PMA) and ethidium bromide monoazide (EMA) have the capacity to bind free DNA but are cell membrane-impermeable and thus are unable to bind protected DNA and RNA such as viral genomic material. DNA modified by EMA or PMA is not amplifiable by polymerase. In order to assess the capacity of EMA or PMA to lower hgDNA, serum or lung tissue homogenates were spiked with porcine reproductive and respiratory virus (PRRSV) and were processed with different combination of treatment: with or without ultracentrifugation and incubation with or without different concentration of EMA or PMA. PVDA and HTS were used to evaluate the capacity of both techniques to detect the presence of PRRSV from each sample. Negative results were obtained by PVDA and low amount of PRRSV specific reads were obtained by HTS with untreated samples or samples treated only by ultracentrifugation. An increase capacity of PRRSV detection was observable by PVDA in EMA and PMA treated samples but PVDA best results were obtained following PMA treatment, with or without ultracentrifugation. HTS sensitivity was also improved by a treatment with EMA or PMA, but the number of reads was significantly higher in PMA treated samples. These results support the use of PMA as a treatment to increase sensitivity of PVDA and HTS.
ORGANISM(S): Viruses Sus scrofa
PROVIDER: GSE62910 | GEO | 2015/11/02
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA266019
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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