Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 411, Issue 26, Pages 6877-6887Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-019-02059-8
Keywords
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification; Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp; gallolyticus; Colorectal cancer; Clinical diagnostic
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The increasing threat of Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus (SGG) infections has gained considerable attention for its strong association with colorectal cancer (CRC). Herein, we proposed real-time fluorescence loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) as a novel, simple, rapid, and highly sensitive assay for identifying SGG for the first time. This assay was capable of detecting SGG with initial DNA concentrations ranging from 10(2) to 10(8) copies per microliter, under isothermal conditions within 30 min via real-time fluorescence monitoring. Our method was tested for specific identification of SGG strains without cross-reaction with other Streptococcus gallolyticus subspecies and Escherichia coli. The developed LAMP shows a superior performance with shorter time and higher sensitivity compared with conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Significantly, this proposed approach was successfully applied for detecting SGG in clinical urine samples, which is non-invasive diagnosis, showing excellent accuracy and reliability to discriminate healthy controls and CRC patients. For comparison, these samples were also tested against PCR assay. These results yielded an analytical sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 100% for SGG testing using LAMP. The findings suggest LAMP can be employed for detecting SGG infections which is useful for diagnosis and screening of CRC.
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