Assessment of DNA aptamers targeting GlcB and HspX antigens for application in the diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis

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The diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis (aTB) is challenging and there is an urgent need for an accurate diagnostic test. We have developed a high affinity DNA aptamer against GlcB antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). We further compared the diagnostic utility of in-house-generated high affinity DNA aptamers and polyclonal antibodies against two Mtb antigens, namely GlcB and HspX, in ascitic fluid samples. These diagnostic reagents were assessed in patients (n = 94) who were categorized as 'Definite TB', 'Probable TB', 'Possible TB' (taken together as aTB) and 'Non-TB' disease. Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to derive cut-off values to provide ≥93% specificity. Aptamer Linked Immobilized Sorbent Assay (ALISA) for HspX and GlcB exhibited a sensitivity of ∼84% and 50%, respectively (p-value <0.01). In contrast, antibody-based ELISA exhibited a lower sensitivity of ∼18% and ∼28% for HspX and GlcB, respectively (p-value <0.0001 and p = 0.05 for HspX and GlcB ELISA vs. ALISA, respectively). HspX ALISA detected 32/38 aTB cases, while Xpert detected only 9 samples. In conclusion, HspX aptamer-based test was found to be superior to the other tests for diagnosing aTB and it nearly fulfils the sensitivity criteria of WHO's 'Target Product Profile' for extrapulmonary tuberculosis (sensitivity ≥80%, specificity 98%).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:134

Enthalten in:

Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 134(2022) vom: 01. Mai, Seite 102206

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kumari, Pooja [VerfasserIn]
Dhiman, Abhijeet [VerfasserIn]
Lavania, Surabhi [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Pratibha [VerfasserIn]
Rath, Deepak [VerfasserIn]
Anthwal, Divya [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Rakesh Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Kochar, Archit [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Neera [VerfasserIn]
Gadpayle, A K [VerfasserIn]
Taneja, R S [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Lokesh [VerfasserIn]
Haldar, Sagarika [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Tarun Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Tyagi, Jaya Sivaswami [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Abdominal tuberculosis
Antigens, Bacterial
Aptamer
Aptamers, Nucleotide
Ascitic fluid
Bacterial Proteins
GlcB
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TB diagnosis
Xpert

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Date Completed 02.06.2022

Date Revised 14.06.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.tube.2022.102206

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339914408