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Clinical Chemistry 51: 1778-1785, 2005. First published August 11, 2005; 10.1373/clinchem.2005.051839
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(Clinical Chemistry. 2005;51:1778-1785.)
© 2005 American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Inc.

Molecular Diagnostics and Genetics

Real-Time PCR Assays Targeting a Unique Chromosomal Sequence of Yersinia pestis

Catherine J. Chase1, Melanie P. Ulrich1, Leonard P. Wasieloski, Jr1, John P. Kondig1, Jeffrey Garrison2, Luther E. Lindler3 and David A. Kulesh1,a

1 Diagnostic Systems Division, The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD.
2 Battelle, Columbus, OH.
3 National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, Department of Homeland Security, Frederick, MD.

aAddress correspondence to this author at: The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter St., Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702-5011. Fax 301-619-2492; e-mail David.Kulesh{at}amedd.army.mil.

Background: Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of the zoonotic infection plague, is a major concern as a potential bioweapon. Current real-time PCR assays used for Y. pestis detection are based on plasmid targets, some of which may generate false-positive results.

Methods: Using the yp48 gene of Y. pestis, we designed and tested 2 real-time TaqMan® minor groove binder (MGB) assays that allowed us to use chromosomal genes as both confirmatory and differential targets for Y. pestis. We also designed several additional assays using both Simple-Probe® and MGB EclipseTM probe technologies for the selective differentiation of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis from Y. pestis. These assays were designed around a 25-bp insertion site recently identified within the yp48 gene of Y. pseudotuberculosis.

Results: The Y. pestis-specific assay distinguished this bacterium from other Yersinia species but had unacceptable low-level detection of Y. pseudotuberculosis, a closely related species. Simple-Probe and MGB Eclipse probes specific for the 25-bp insertion detected only Y. pseudotuberculosis DNA. Probes that spanned the deletion site detected both Y. pestis and Y. pseudotuberculosis DNA, and the 2 species were clearly differentiated by a post-PCR melting temperature (Tm) analysis. The Simple-Probe assay produced an almost 7 °C Tm difference and the MGB Eclipse probe a slightly more than 4 °C difference.

Conclusions: Our method clearly discriminates Y. pestis DNA from all other Yersinia species tested and from the closely related Y. pseudotuberculosis. These chromosomal assays are important both to verify the presence of Y. pestis based on a chromosomal target and to easily distinguish it from Y. pseudotuberculosis.




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