Comparison of salivary collection and processing methods for quantitative HHV-8 detection
Objectives Saliva is a proved diagnostic fluid for the qualitative detection of infectious agents, but the accuracy of viral load determinations is unknown. Stabilising fluids impede nucleic acid degradation, compared with collection onto ice and then freezing, and we have shown that the DNA Genotek...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Oral diseases Jg. 20; H. 7; S. 720 - 728 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.10.2014
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc |
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| ISSN: | 1354-523X, 1601-0825, 1601-0825 |
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Saliva is a proved diagnostic fluid for the qualitative detection of infectious agents, but the accuracy of viral load determinations is unknown. Stabilising fluids impede nucleic acid degradation, compared with collection onto ice and then freezing, and we have shown that the DNA Genotek P‐021 prototype kit (P‐021) can produce high‐quality DNA after 14 months of storage at room temperature. Here we evaluate the quantitative capability of 10 collection/processing methods.
Methods
Unstimulated whole mouth fluid was spiked with a mixture of HHV‐8 cloned constructs, 10‐fold serial dilutions were produced, and samples were extracted and then examined with quantitative PCR (qPCR). Calibration curves were compared by linear regression and qPCR dynamics.
Results
All methods extracted with commercial spin columns produced linear calibration curves with large dynamic range and gave accurate viral loads. Ethanol precipitation of the P‐021 does not produce a linear standard curve, and virus is lost in the cell pellet. DNA extractions from the P‐021 using commercial spin columns produced linear standard curves with wide dynamic range and excellent limit of detection.
Conclusion
When extracted with spin columns, the P‐021 enables accurate viral loads down to 23 copies μl−1 DNA. The quantitative and long‐term storage capability of this system makes it ideal for study of salivary DNA viruses in resource‐poor settings. |
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| Bibliographie: | ArticleID:ODI12196 ark:/67375/WNG-RTJRLJ0R-C Pathology Queensland's Study Education and Research Trust Fund - No. 1932_WeinsteinS istex:E12D608C2CC511CE76CB660760C98CBC19A79A32 Australian Dental Research Fund - No. 111-2010 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 ObjectType-Article-2 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 1354-523X 1601-0825 1601-0825 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/odi.12196 |