title: [Modification and optimization of PCR methods for detection of MIE region from human herpesvirus 5].
abstract: Human herpesvirus 5 (HHV-5, formerly known as CMV) is a beta-herpesvirus widely spread within a population. Thus, HHV-5 infections are a serious matter of concern in a group of immunocompromised patients. The goal of the study was modification and optimization of conventional PCR method developed for the detection of HHV-5 DNA to the real-time variant (RTmPCR) and determination of analytical resolution of the modified methods. Thirty plasma samples were tested for the presence of HHV-5 DNA using the LightCycler system with two different methods--one with SYBR Green I fluorochrome method and second one using TaqMan fluorescent probes and a qualitative in-house gel-stained PCR assay using primers that amplify part of HHV-5 MIE gene. The analytical sensitivity of real-time PCR assay was tested using serial dilutions of HHV-5 DNA in range between 10(0) and 10(-6). For comparison typical end-point detected PCR for cytomegalovirus detection with the same DNA dilutions was made. The sensitivity of novel method was about 100-fold higher than older one. Both LightCycler assays detected HHV-5 DNA in 27 samples, also which were negative by the gel-stained PCR. Analysis of the available clinical and serological data associated with these samples suggested that the real-time results in all of these cases were true positive. The conclusion is that real-time PCR methods are more sensitive than the conventional PCR used in this study. The additional sensitivity was valuable for detection of patients with low-copy viremia. The high level of sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and rapidity provided by the LightCycler instrument are favorable for the use of this system in the detection of HHV-5 DNA in clinical specimens.
authors.affiliation: Miedzywydziałowe Studium Biotechnologii, Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Chabros
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Przybylski
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dzieciatkowski
authors.forename: Mirosław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Łuczak
mesh_terms: D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral