Development and application of a quadruplex TaqMan fluorescence quantitative PCR typing method for Streptococcus suis generalis, type 2, type 7 and type 9

• Published in: Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 2024-11, Vol.14, p.1475878
• Main Authors: Wang, Haojie, Chen, Jianxing, Sun, Yue, An, Tongqing, Wang, Yue, Chen, Hongyan, Yu, Changqing, Xia, Changyou, Zhang, He
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animals; Cellular and Infection Microbiology; Fluorescence; Molecular Typing - methods; quadruplex TaqMan fluorescence quantitative PCR; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Sensitivity and Specificity; Serogroup; Streptococcal Infections - diagnosis; Streptococcal Infections - microbiology; Streptococcus suis; Streptococcus suis - classification; Streptococcus suis - genetics; Streptococcus suis - isolation & purification; Swine; Swine Diseases - diagnosis; Swine Diseases - microbiology; type 2; type 7; type 9; typing
• ISSN: 2235-2988; 2235-2988
• DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1475878

(SS) is one of the most important pathogens causing major economic losses in the global pig farming industry and is a serious threat to public health safety. It has multiple serotypes, with poor cross-protection between serotypes, and effective typing methods are lacking. In this study, a quadruplex TaqMan fluorescence quantitative PCR assay that can differentiate between types 2, 7 and 9 was developed using the gene, a generic gene for , and , and , genes encoding podocarp-associated genes for types 2, 7 and 9, respectively, as targets. The method is specific enough to accurately type pigmentosus without detecting non-target pathogens ( , , , and et al). The sensitivity was high, with a minimum lower detection line of 10 copies for P-SS and P-SS9, and 100 copies for P-SS2 and P-SS7. The standard curves generated showed good linearity with R of 0.999, 0.999, 0.997 and 0.998 respectively. The repeatability was good, with coefficients of variation between batch to batch and batch to batch tests ranging from 0.21% to 1.10%. Testing of 156 samples yielded 68 positive and 88 negative samples, of which the positive rate of SS was 5.77% (9/156), SS2 was 20.51% (32/156), SS7 was 8.33% (13/156) and SS9 was 9.6% (15/156), which was in line with the existing fluorescent quantitative PCR assay of 93.75%~100%, which was higher than the detection rate of conventional PCR. The quadruplex TaqMan fluorescence quantitative PCR method of generic, type 2, 7 and 9 established in this study can accurately differentiate the three serotypes of that currently have high prevalence and pathogenicity, which is of great importance for accurate clinical prevention and treatment, epidemiological investigation and vaccine development.