Development of SARS-CoV-2 packaged RNA reference material for nucleic acid testing

Abstract Nucleic acid tests to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been performed worldwide since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the quality assessment of testing laboratories and the performance evaluation of molecular diagnosis products, reference materials (RMs) are required. In this work, we report the production of a lentiviral SARS-CoV-2 RM containing approximately 12 kilobases of its genome including common diagnostics targets such as RdRp, N, E, and S genes. The RM was measured with multiple assays using two different digital PCR platforms. To measure the homogeneity and stability of the lentiviral SARS-CoV-2 RM, reverse transcription droplet digital PCR (RT-ddPCR) was used with in-house duplex assays. The copy number concentration of each target gene in the extracted RNA solution was then converted to that of the RM solution. Their copy number values are measured to be from 1.5 × $ 10^{5} $ to 2.0 × $ 10^{5} $ copies/mL. The RM has a between-bottle homogeneity of 4.80–8.23% and is stable at 4 °C for 1 week and at −70 °C for 6 months. The lentiviral SARS-CoV-2 RM closely mimics real samples that undergo identical pre-analytical processes for SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing. By offering accurate reference values for the absolute copy number of viral target genes, the developed RM can be used to improve the reliability of SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:414

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Analytical & bioanalytical chemistry - 414(2021), 5 vom: 27. Dez., Seite 1773-1785

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Sang-Soo [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Seil [VerfasserIn]
Yoo, Hee Min [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Da-Hye [VerfasserIn]
Bae, Young-Kyung [VerfasserIn]

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35.23$jAnalytische Chemie: Allgemeines

35.71$jBiochemische Methoden

42.03$jMethoden und Techniken der Biologie

Themen:

Digital PCR
Lentiviral particle
Reference material (RM)
SARS-CoV-2

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RVK Klassifikation

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© The Author(s) 2021

doi:

10.1007/s00216-021-03846-y

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OLC2077886927