Feline coronavirus quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction on effusion samples in cats with and without feline infectious peritonitis
Autor: | Christopher R Helps, Séverine Tasker, Emily Porter, Sophie E. Hayhow, Louise Longstaff, Victoria J. Crossley |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Feline coronavirus 040301 veterinary sciences Biology medicine.disease_cause Virus Feline Infectious Peritonitis law.invention 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences law medicine Animals Coronavirus Feline Small Animals Polymerase chain reaction Coronavirus CATS Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Virology Reverse transcriptase Feline infectious peritonitis 030104 developmental biology Real-time polymerase chain reaction Cats RNA Viral |
Zdroj: | Longstaff, L, Porter, E L, Crossley, V J, Hayhow, S, Helps, C R & Tasker, S 2017, ' Feline coronavirus quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction on effusion samples in cats with and without feline infectious peritonitis ', Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 240-245 . https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612X15606957 |
Popis: | Objectives The aim of the study was to determine whether feline coronavirus (FCoV) RNA in effusion samples can be used as a diagnostic marker of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP); and in FCoV RNA-positive samples to examine amino acid codons in the FCoV spike protein at positions 1058 and 1060 where leucine and alanine, respectively, have been associated with systemic or virulent (FIP) FCoV infection. Methods Total RNA was extracted from effusion samples from 20 cats with confirmed FIP and 23 cats with other diseases. Feline coronavirus RNA was detected using a reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay (qRT-PCR), and positive samples underwent pyrosequencing of position 1058 with or without Sanger sequencing of position 1060 in the FCoV spike protein. Results Seventeen (85%) of the effusion samples from 20 cats with FIP were positive for FCoV RNA, whereas none of the 23 cats with other diseases were positive. Pyrosequencing of the 17 FCoV-positive samples showed that 11 (65%) of the cats had leucine and two (12%) had methionine at position 1058. Of the latter two samples with methionine, one had alanine at position 1060. Conclusions and relevance A positive FCoV qRT-PCR result on effusions appears specific for FIP and may be a useful diagnostic marker for FIP in cats with effusions. The majority of FCoVs contained amino acid changes previously associated with systemic spread or virulence (FIP) of the virus. |
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