Standardization and validation of a novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method for detecting virulent strains of the infectious bursal disease virus
Background and Aim: Gumboro disease is an economically crucial veterinary condition in chickens. It is caused by the infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV). This virus consists of two serotype groups, of which serotype I strain is pathogenic to chickens. For many years, the development of molecular...
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| author | Vladimir Longa-Bobadilla Phillip Ormeño-Vásquez Manuel Criollo-Orozco Luis Tataje-Lavanda Katherine Huamán-Gutierrez Ángela Montalván Mirko Zimic Manolo Fernández-Sanchez Manolo Fernández-Díaz |
| author_facet | Vladimir Longa-Bobadilla Phillip Ormeño-Vásquez Manuel Criollo-Orozco Luis Tataje-Lavanda Katherine Huamán-Gutierrez Ángela Montalván Mirko Zimic Manolo Fernández-Sanchez Manolo Fernández-Díaz |
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| description | Background and Aim: Gumboro disease is an economically crucial veterinary condition in chickens. It is caused by the infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV). This virus consists of two serotype groups, of which serotype I strain is pathogenic to chickens. For many years, the development of molecular techniques for either diagnostic purposes or surveillance of the appearance of new pathogenic strains has mainly focused on targeting the VP2 genomic region. However, due to the constant necessity for the discrimination between already prevalent vaccine strains and new pathogenic strains of this virus, it becomes imperative to have an immediate molecular method targeting a consensus sequence to achieve this task using field samples to reduce costs. Consequently, we focused on developing a novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) procedure solely for this purpose.
Materials and Methods: Eight VP5 sequences were aligned, and the sequence with the majority of nucleotide coincidences was used to design a set of consensus primers. Then, a pathogenic strain of IBDV was propagated in embryonated chicken eggs, and the viral RNA was extracted. Finally, the conditions for this novel RT-PCR were evaluated using a commercial kit and the newly designed primers.
Results: After determining the optimal RT-PCR conditions, the newly designed primers successfully amplified a 402-bp consensus sequence of the VP5 gene. In addition, these primers specifically amplified the VP5 sequence of the IBDV-positive samples, not the other samples previously confirmed to be positive for other common poultry pathogens.
Conclusion: Our novel RT-PCR procedure has been demonstrated to be helpful in selectively amplifying the consensus sequence of the VP5 gene, indicating that this novel RT-PCR procedure constitutes an important and useful tool to execute initial discrimination of field-retrieved samples containing and not containing virulent strains of this virus before deciding to execute a blindly and more costly sequencing procedure of all the samples together. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-30c7291489974dfdb4b6dcd850a28a502025-02-09T11:05:03ZengVeterinary WorldVeterinary World0972-89882231-09162025-12-0117122998300410.14202/vetworld.2024.2998-3004Standardization and validation of a novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method for detecting virulent strains of the infectious bursal disease virusVladimir Longa-Bobadilla0https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7733-1565Phillip Ormeño-Vásquez1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7920-0261Manuel Criollo-Orozco2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6228-0405Luis Tataje-Lavanda3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4177-3125Katherine Huamán-Gutierrez4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5609-569XÁngela Montalván5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1695-981XMirko Zimic6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7203-8847Manolo Fernández-Sanchez7https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7216-0669Manolo Fernández-Díaz8https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6289-0270Research and Development Laboratories, FARVET S.A.C., Chincha Alta, Ica, Peru; Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematic, Federico Villarreal National University, Lima, Peru; Department of Biology and Chemistry, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky, USA.Research and Development Laboratories, FARVET S.A.C., Chincha Alta, Ica, Peru.Research and Development Laboratories, FARVET S.A.C., Chincha Alta, Ica, Peru.Research and Development Laboratories, FARVET S.A.C., Chincha Alta, Ica, Peru; School of Medicine, San Juan Bautista Private University, Lima, Peru.Research and Development Laboratories, FARVET S.A.C., Chincha Alta, Ica, Peru.Research and Development Laboratories, FARVET S.A.C., Chincha Alta, Ica, Peru.Research and Development Laboratories, FARVET S.A.C., Chincha Alta, Ica, Peru; Laboratories of Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology and Technology Developments, Laboratories of Research and Development, Faculty of Sciences and Philosophy, Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University, Lima, Peru.Research and Development Laboratories, FARVET S.A.C., Chincha Alta, Ica, Peru.Research and Development Laboratories, FARVET S.A.C., Chincha Alta, Ica, Peru.Background and Aim: Gumboro disease is an economically crucial veterinary condition in chickens. It is caused by the infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV). This virus consists of two serotype groups, of which serotype I strain is pathogenic to chickens. For many years, the development of molecular techniques for either diagnostic purposes or surveillance of the appearance of new pathogenic strains has mainly focused on targeting the VP2 genomic region. However, due to the constant necessity for the discrimination between already prevalent vaccine strains and new pathogenic strains of this virus, it becomes imperative to have an immediate molecular method targeting a consensus sequence to achieve this task using field samples to reduce costs. Consequently, we focused on developing a novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) procedure solely for this purpose. Materials and Methods: Eight VP5 sequences were aligned, and the sequence with the majority of nucleotide coincidences was used to design a set of consensus primers. Then, a pathogenic strain of IBDV was propagated in embryonated chicken eggs, and the viral RNA was extracted. Finally, the conditions for this novel RT-PCR were evaluated using a commercial kit and the newly designed primers. Results: After determining the optimal RT-PCR conditions, the newly designed primers successfully amplified a 402-bp consensus sequence of the VP5 gene. In addition, these primers specifically amplified the VP5 sequence of the IBDV-positive samples, not the other samples previously confirmed to be positive for other common poultry pathogens. Conclusion: Our novel RT-PCR procedure has been demonstrated to be helpful in selectively amplifying the consensus sequence of the VP5 gene, indicating that this novel RT-PCR procedure constitutes an important and useful tool to execute initial discrimination of field-retrieved samples containing and not containing virulent strains of this virus before deciding to execute a blindly and more costly sequencing procedure of all the samples together.https://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.17/December-2024/31.pdfalignment of sequencesinfectious bursal disease virusnovel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reactionvirulent strainsvp5 gene |
| spellingShingle | Vladimir Longa-Bobadilla Phillip Ormeño-Vásquez Manuel Criollo-Orozco Luis Tataje-Lavanda Katherine Huamán-Gutierrez Ángela Montalván Mirko Zimic Manolo Fernández-Sanchez Manolo Fernández-Díaz Standardization and validation of a novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method for detecting virulent strains of the infectious bursal disease virus Veterinary World alignment of sequences infectious bursal disease virus novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction virulent strains vp5 gene |
| title | Standardization and validation of a novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method for detecting virulent strains of the infectious bursal disease virus |
| title_full | Standardization and validation of a novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method for detecting virulent strains of the infectious bursal disease virus |
| title_fullStr | Standardization and validation of a novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method for detecting virulent strains of the infectious bursal disease virus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Standardization and validation of a novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method for detecting virulent strains of the infectious bursal disease virus |
| title_short | Standardization and validation of a novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method for detecting virulent strains of the infectious bursal disease virus |
| title_sort | standardization and validation of a novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method for detecting virulent strains of the infectious bursal disease virus |
| topic | alignment of sequences infectious bursal disease virus novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction virulent strains vp5 gene |
| url | https://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.17/December-2024/31.pdf |
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