Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To establish a visualized loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for rapid detection of Klebsiella pneumoniae and evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the detection method.
METHODS Totally4 specific LAMP primers were designed by targeting to rcsA gene of the K. pneumoniae. The reaction conditions (temperature, time) and the parameters of the reaction system were optimized, the reaction was made visualized by using chimeric fluorescent dye SYBR GreenⅠ. The optimal reactions conditions and reaction systems were determined based on the results of visualization and agarose gel electrophoresis. The optimized conditions and systems were used to test the sensitivity by diluting DNA template on a 10-fold gradient, meanwhile, the specificity of the method was evaluated by detecting K. pneumoniae and other ten species of common bacteria and fungi.
RESULTS The optimal reaction temperature was 63 ℃ after the optimization, with the reaction time 35 min; the concentration of buffer solution in the reaction system was determined as 0.8×, with the concentration of magnesium ion 8 mmol/L, the concentration of dNTPs 1.4 mmol/L, the ratio of internal to external primers 6: 1, the concentration of Bst DNA polymerase 0.32 U/μl, the concentration of betaine 0.75 mmol/L. For the test of sensitivity, the method could detect the template with the concentration of 1.5 ng/μl. For the test of specificity, only the detection of K. pneumoniae could display positive visualized result and positive electrophoretic band.
CONCLUSIONS The visualized LAMP with high specificity and sensitivity for rapid detection of K. pneumoniae is successfully established, facilitating the observation of the detection result without the use of precise instruments. It is suitable for the detection in grass-root laboratories after successful preliminary application in clinical detection.