TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of Varicella-Zoster Virus DNA by Field-Inversion Gel Electrophoresis
AU - Arao, Yujiro
AU - Yoshida, Mariko
AU - Bai, Zeng Liang
AU - Kori, Yoshifumi
AU - Naicatsuicasa, Akihiro
AU - Takei, Yoji
AU - Aoji, Katsuya
AU - Yamada, Masao
AU - Uno, Fumio
AU - Miyoshi, Kaoru
AU - Shiro, Nii
PY - 1990/1/1
Y1 - 1990/1/1
N2 - A new method for detection of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA using field-inversion gel electrophoresis (FIGE) was devised. VZV-genomic DNA could. be differentiated from the host cell DNA of human embryonic lung (HEL) fibroblasts infected with VZV under electrophoretic conditions allowing resolution of linear and double-stranded DNAs in the 49–230 kilobase pairs (Kb) range. The detection of VZV-genomic DNA from infected HEL cells was successful regardless of whether the VZV was a laboratory strain, live vaccine strain, or fresh isolate. Under the same electrophoretic conditions, DNA of VZV-infected HEL cells could be clearly differentiated from DNA obtained from HEL cells infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), type 2 (HSV-2), or human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). Furthermore, VZV genomic DNA could be detected from as small a sample as 1.9 x 104 VZV-infected HEL cells. Finally, we could detect VZV genomic DNA from 10 samples of vesicle tissue (blister lids, each about 1–4 mm2) and one sample of vesicle fluid (about 5 u1) obtained from patients diagnosed as having herpes-zoster. The results of this study indicate that FIGE is a simple and promising method for the detection of VZV from clinical materials as well as infected in vitro cultured cells.
AB - A new method for detection of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA using field-inversion gel electrophoresis (FIGE) was devised. VZV-genomic DNA could. be differentiated from the host cell DNA of human embryonic lung (HEL) fibroblasts infected with VZV under electrophoretic conditions allowing resolution of linear and double-stranded DNAs in the 49–230 kilobase pairs (Kb) range. The detection of VZV-genomic DNA from infected HEL cells was successful regardless of whether the VZV was a laboratory strain, live vaccine strain, or fresh isolate. Under the same electrophoretic conditions, DNA of VZV-infected HEL cells could be clearly differentiated from DNA obtained from HEL cells infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), type 2 (HSV-2), or human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). Furthermore, VZV genomic DNA could be detected from as small a sample as 1.9 x 104 VZV-infected HEL cells. Finally, we could detect VZV genomic DNA from 10 samples of vesicle tissue (blister lids, each about 1–4 mm2) and one sample of vesicle fluid (about 5 u1) obtained from patients diagnosed as having herpes-zoster. The results of this study indicate that FIGE is a simple and promising method for the detection of VZV from clinical materials as well as infected in vitro cultured cells.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1990.tb01009.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1990.tb01009.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 2161996
AN - SCOPUS:0025161313
VL - 34
SP - 269
EP - 282
JO - Microbiology and Immunology
JF - Microbiology and Immunology
SN - 0385-5600
IS - 3
ER -