Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a direct LAMP for the specific detection of Nosema ceranae, a parasite of honey bees

Nosema ceranae is a ubiquitous microsporidian pathogen infecting the midgut of honey bees. The infection causes bee nosemosis, a disease associated with malnutrition, dysentery, and lethargic behavior, and results in considerable economic losses in apiculture. The use of a rapid, sensitive, and inex...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lannutti, Lucas, Mira, Anabela, Basualdo, Marina, Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana, Erler, Silvio, Silva, Victoria Ayelén, Gisder, Sebastian, Genersch, Elke, Florin-Christensen, Mónica, Schnittger, Leonhard
Formato: info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11124
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-020-06915-w
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06915-w
_version_ 1855036514374778880
author Lannutti, Lucas
Mira, Anabela
Basualdo, Marina
Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana
Erler, Silvio
Silva, Victoria Ayelén
Gisder, Sebastian
Genersch, Elke
Florin-Christensen, Mónica
Schnittger, Leonhard
author_browse Basualdo, Marina
Erler, Silvio
Florin-Christensen, Mónica
Genersch, Elke
Gisder, Sebastian
Lannutti, Lucas
Mira, Anabela
Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana
Schnittger, Leonhard
Silva, Victoria Ayelén
author_facet Lannutti, Lucas
Mira, Anabela
Basualdo, Marina
Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana
Erler, Silvio
Silva, Victoria Ayelén
Gisder, Sebastian
Genersch, Elke
Florin-Christensen, Mónica
Schnittger, Leonhard
author_sort Lannutti, Lucas
collection INTA Digital
description Nosema ceranae is a ubiquitous microsporidian pathogen infecting the midgut of honey bees. The infection causes bee nosemosis, a disease associated with malnutrition, dysentery, and lethargic behavior, and results in considerable economic losses in apiculture. The use of a rapid, sensitive, and inexpensive DNA-based molecular detection method assists in the surveillance and eventual control of this pathogen. To this end, a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay targeting the single-copy gene encoding the polar tube protein 3 (PTP3) has been developed. Genomic DNA of N. ceranae–infected forager bees sampled from distant geographic regions could be reliably amplified using the established LAMP assay. The N. ceranae-LAMP showed higher sensitivity than a classical reference PCR (98.6 vs 95.7%), when both approaches were applied to the detection of N. ceranae. LAMP detected a ten-fold lower infection rate than the reference PCR (1 pg vs 10 pg genomic DNA, respectively). In addition, we show highly specific and sensitive detection of N. ceranae from spore preparations in a direct LAMP format. No cross-reactions with genomic DNA and/or spores from N. apis, often co-infecting A. mellifera, or from N. bombi, infecting bumble bees, were observed. This low-cost and time-saving molecular detection method can be easily applied in simple laboratory settings, facilitating a rapid detection of N. ceranae in honey bees in epidemiological studies, surveillance and control, as well as evaluation of therapeutic measures against nosemosis.
format info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
id INTA11124
institution Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA -Argentina)
language Inglés
publishDate 2022
publishDateRange 2022
publishDateSort 2022
publisher Springer
publisherStr Springer
record_format dspace
spelling INTA111242022-01-14T12:48:50Z Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a direct LAMP for the specific detection of Nosema ceranae, a parasite of honey bees Lannutti, Lucas Mira, Anabela Basualdo, Marina Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana Erler, Silvio Silva, Victoria Ayelén Gisder, Sebastian Genersch, Elke Florin-Christensen, Mónica Schnittger, Leonhard Nosema Abeja Melífera Parásitos Apis mellifera Nosema apis Honey Bees Parasites Nosema ceranae Nosema ceranae is a ubiquitous microsporidian pathogen infecting the midgut of honey bees. The infection causes bee nosemosis, a disease associated with malnutrition, dysentery, and lethargic behavior, and results in considerable economic losses in apiculture. The use of a rapid, sensitive, and inexpensive DNA-based molecular detection method assists in the surveillance and eventual control of this pathogen. To this end, a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay targeting the single-copy gene encoding the polar tube protein 3 (PTP3) has been developed. Genomic DNA of N. ceranae–infected forager bees sampled from distant geographic regions could be reliably amplified using the established LAMP assay. The N. ceranae-LAMP showed higher sensitivity than a classical reference PCR (98.6 vs 95.7%), when both approaches were applied to the detection of N. ceranae. LAMP detected a ten-fold lower infection rate than the reference PCR (1 pg vs 10 pg genomic DNA, respectively). In addition, we show highly specific and sensitive detection of N. ceranae from spore preparations in a direct LAMP format. No cross-reactions with genomic DNA and/or spores from N. apis, often co-infecting A. mellifera, or from N. bombi, infecting bumble bees, were observed. This low-cost and time-saving molecular detection method can be easily applied in simple laboratory settings, facilitating a rapid detection of N. ceranae in honey bees in epidemiological studies, surveillance and control, as well as evaluation of therapeutic measures against nosemosis. Instituto de Patobiología Fil: Lannutti, Lucas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Lannutti, Lucas. Universidad de Morón. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina Fil: Mira, Anabela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina. Fil: Basualdo, Marina. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. PROANVET; Argentina Fil: Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Hilario Ascasubi; Argentina Fil: Erler, Silvio. Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Institut für Biologie, Molekulare Ökologie; Alemania Fil: Erler, Silvio. Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants. Julius Kühn-Institut. Institute for Bee Protection; Alemania Fil: Silva, Victoria Ayelén. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina Fil: Gisder, Sebastian. Institute for Bee Research. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Bee Diseases; Alemania Fil: Genersch, Elke. Institute for Bee Research. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Bee Diseases; Alemania Fil: Florin-Christensen, Monica. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patobiologia; Argentina Fil: Florin-Christensen, Monica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Florin-Christensen, Monica. Universidad de Morón. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina Fil: Schnittger, Leonhard. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Patobiologia; Argentina Fil: Schnittger, Leonhard. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Schnittger, Leonhard. Universidad de Morón. Escuela Superior de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina 2022-01-14T12:46:17Z 2022-01-14T12:46:17Z 2020-10 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11124 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-020-06915-w 0932-0113 1432-1955 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06915-w eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PE-E1-I017-001/2019-PE-E1-I017-001/AR./DESARROLLO DEL SECTOR APÍCOLA ORGANIZADO, SUSTENTABLE Y COMPETITIVO info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Springer Parasitology Research 119 : 3947-3956 (2020)
spellingShingle Nosema
Abeja Melífera
Parásitos
Apis mellifera
Nosema apis
Honey Bees
Parasites
Nosema ceranae
Lannutti, Lucas
Mira, Anabela
Basualdo, Marina
Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana
Erler, Silvio
Silva, Victoria Ayelén
Gisder, Sebastian
Genersch, Elke
Florin-Christensen, Mónica
Schnittger, Leonhard
Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a direct LAMP for the specific detection of Nosema ceranae, a parasite of honey bees
title Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a direct LAMP for the specific detection of Nosema ceranae, a parasite of honey bees
title_full Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a direct LAMP for the specific detection of Nosema ceranae, a parasite of honey bees
title_fullStr Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a direct LAMP for the specific detection of Nosema ceranae, a parasite of honey bees
title_full_unstemmed Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a direct LAMP for the specific detection of Nosema ceranae, a parasite of honey bees
title_short Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and a direct LAMP for the specific detection of Nosema ceranae, a parasite of honey bees
title_sort development of a loop mediated isothermal amplification lamp and a direct lamp for the specific detection of nosema ceranae a parasite of honey bees
topic Nosema
Abeja Melífera
Parásitos
Apis mellifera
Nosema apis
Honey Bees
Parasites
Nosema ceranae
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11124
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00436-020-06915-w
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-020-06915-w
work_keys_str_mv AT lannuttilucas developmentofaloopmediatedisothermalamplificationlampandadirectlampforthespecificdetectionofnosemaceranaeaparasiteofhoneybees
AT miraanabela developmentofaloopmediatedisothermalamplificationlampandadirectlampforthespecificdetectionofnosemaceranaeaparasiteofhoneybees
AT basualdomarina developmentofaloopmediatedisothermalamplificationlampandadirectlampforthespecificdetectionofnosemaceranaeaparasiteofhoneybees
AT rodriguezgracielaadriana developmentofaloopmediatedisothermalamplificationlampandadirectlampforthespecificdetectionofnosemaceranaeaparasiteofhoneybees
AT erlersilvio developmentofaloopmediatedisothermalamplificationlampandadirectlampforthespecificdetectionofnosemaceranaeaparasiteofhoneybees
AT silvavictoriaayelen developmentofaloopmediatedisothermalamplificationlampandadirectlampforthespecificdetectionofnosemaceranaeaparasiteofhoneybees
AT gisdersebastian developmentofaloopmediatedisothermalamplificationlampandadirectlampforthespecificdetectionofnosemaceranaeaparasiteofhoneybees
AT generschelke developmentofaloopmediatedisothermalamplificationlampandadirectlampforthespecificdetectionofnosemaceranaeaparasiteofhoneybees
AT florinchristensenmonica developmentofaloopmediatedisothermalamplificationlampandadirectlampforthespecificdetectionofnosemaceranaeaparasiteofhoneybees
AT schnittgerleonhard developmentofaloopmediatedisothermalamplificationlampandadirectlampforthespecificdetectionofnosemaceranaeaparasiteofhoneybees