Highly sensitive plasma RNA quantification by real-time PCR in HIV-2 group A and group B infection

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UNLABELLED: Plasma HIV-2 viral load has been reported as predictive of AIDS in HIV-2 infected patient but the lack of sensitivity of the current HIV2 viral load assay is a limitation for the monitoring of the HIV-2-infected patients.

OBJECTIVE: To validate a new quantification assay based on a synthetic HIV-2 RNA transcript and real-time PCR with primers and probes selected in the LTR region, together with high-performance reagents and a protective RNA carrier.

STUDY DESIGN: We quantified 23 HIV-2 group A and B supernatants and 58 plasma samples with our TAQMAN-PCR assay and compared the results to those of our previously published in a real time reference PCR performed onto Light Cycler technology, the LC-PCR with a detection of 2.0 log10 copies/ml.

RESULTS: The performance of TAQMAN-PCR was significantly improved, yielding a detection limit of 17 RNA copies/ml. There was a major difference (1-5 log10 copies/ml) between LC-PCR and TAQMAN-PCR values for HIV-2 group B supernatants. Twenty-six of 27 plasma samples with levels higher than 2.0 log10 copies/ml in LC-PCR were positive by TAQMAN-PCR. Ten of the 31 plasma samples below the LC-PCR detection limit were quantifiable with the TAQMAN-PCR.

CONCLUSIONS: The new primers and probe in the LTR region can circumvent HIV-2 diversity, making our method suitable for use in HIV-2 group B-infected patients. Use of a high-performance RT enzyme and RNA carrier protection contributed to improving the detection limit. This study confirms that plasma viral load is lower than 17 copies/ml in a large number of HIV-2-infected patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 58(2013), 2 vom: 10. Okt., Seite 461-7

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Delarue, Séverine [VerfasserIn]
Didier, Emmanuelle [VerfasserIn]
Damond, Florence [VerfasserIn]
Ponscarme, Diane [VerfasserIn]
Brengle-Pesce, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Resche-Rigon, Matthieu [VerfasserIn]
Vray, Muriel [VerfasserIn]
Gueudin, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Simon, François [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

DNA Primers
HIV-2
Journal Article
Natural history
Oligonucleotide Probes
RNA, Viral
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Validation Study
Viral load

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Date Completed 18.04.2014

Date Revised 10.12.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcv.2013.08.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM23061468X