Development of an RT-PCR detection method for mud crab reovirus.
Mud crab reovirus (MCRV) causes high mortality in the cultivated mud crab. To control better an outbreak of this virus, a rapid, specific and sensitive detection method based on RT-PCR was developed. The MCRV detection method was designed based on the one-step and two-step RT-PCR which resulted in the amplification of predicted products of 433 and 304 bp. The method is specific as no cross-reaction was observed between grass carp hemorrhage virus (GCHV), white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), tiger frog virus (TFV), infectious spleen and kidney necrosis virus (ISKNV), fish nervous necrosis virus (NNV) and the muscovy duck virus (MDRV). One-step PCR amplification could detect 10(-8) microg of purified MCRV dsRNA, while two-step PCR amplification could detect 10(-9) microg MCRV dsRNA. At an early stage of infection, MCRV could be detected in the heart, thoracic ganglion, muscle, intestine, gut, hemolymph, gonad and gill, but not in the stomach or hepatopancreas. However, in the moribund mud crabs, MCRV could be detected in all tissues examined.
State Key Lab for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University, 135 Xingang Road West, Guangzhou 510275, PR China; South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, 231 Xingang Road West, Guangzhou 510300, PR China.
Zhi-Xun
ZX
Guo
State Key Lab for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University, 135 Xingang Road West, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.
Shao-Ping
SP
Weng
State Key Lab for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University, 135 Xingang Road West, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.
Guang
G
Li
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Siu-Ming
SM
Chan
State Key Lab for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University, 135 Xingang Road West, Guangzhou 510275, PR China.
Jian-Guo
JG
He
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003386:Brachyura / Q000821:virology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
D004279:DNA, Viral