PLoS ONE (Jan 2015)

A Novel Detection Platform for Shrimp White Spot Syndrome Virus Using an ICP11-Dependent Immunomagnetic Reduction (IMR) Assay.

  • Bing-Hsien Liu,
  • Yu-Chen Lin,
  • Chia-Shin Ho,
  • Che-Chuan Yang,
  • Yun-Tsui Chang,
  • Jui-Feng Chang,
  • Chun-Yuan Li,
  • Cheng-Shun Cheng,
  • Jiun-Yan Huang,
  • Yen-Fu Lee,
  • Ming-Hung Hsu,
  • Feng-Chun Lin,
  • Hao-Ching Wang,
  • Chu-Fang Lo,
  • Shieh-Yueh Yang,
  • Han-Ching Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0138207
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 9
p. e0138207

Abstract

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Shrimp white spot disease (WSD), which is caused by white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), is one of the world's most serious shrimp diseases. Our objective in this study was to use an immunomagnetic reduction (IMR) assay to develop a highly sensitive, automatic WSSV detection platform targeted against ICP11 (the most highly expressed WSSV protein). After characterizing the magnetic reagents (Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles coated with anti ICP11), the detection limit for ICP11 protein using IMR was approximately 2 x 10(-3) ng/ml, and the linear dynamic range of the assay was 0.1~1 x 10(6) ng/ml. In assays of ICP11 protein in pleopod protein lysates from healthy and WSSV-infected shrimp, IMR signals were successfully detected from shrimp with low WSSV genome copy numbers. We concluded that this IMR assay targeting ICP11 has potential for detecting the WSSV.