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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2000, p. 953-959, Vol. 38, No. 3
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Identification by 16S rRNA Gene Analyses of a Potential Novel Mycobacterial Species as an Etiological Agent of Canine Leproid Granuloma Syndrome

M. S. Hughes,1,* G. James,2 N. Ball,1 M. Scally,3 R. Malik,4 D. I. Wigney,5 P. Martin,5 S. Chen,2 D. Mitchell,2 and D. N. Love5

Veterinary Sciences Division, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Stormont, Belfast BT4 3SD,1 and Medical Biology Centre, School of Biology and Biochemistry, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 7B11,3 Northern Ireland, and Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute for Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145,2 and Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences4 and Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Pathology,5 University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia

Received 12 August 1999/Returned for modification 19 October 1999/Accepted 3 December 1999

PCR amplifications of the 16S rRNA gene were performed on 46 specimens obtained from 43 dogs with canine leproid granuloma syndrome to help determine its etiology. Sequence capture PCR was applied to 37 paraffin-embedded specimens from 37 dogs, and nested PCR was attempted on DNA from 9 fresh tissue specimens derived from 3 of the 37 aforementioned dogs and from an additional 6 dogs. Molecular analyses of the paraffin-embedded tissues and fresh tissue specimen analyses were performed at separate institutions. PCR products with identical sequences over a 350-bp region encompassing variable regions 2 and 3 of the 16S rRNA gene were obtained from 4 of 37 paraffin-embedded specimens and from all 9 specimens of fresh tissue originating from 12 of the 43 dogs. Identical sequences were determined from amplicons obtained from paraffin-embedded and fresh specimens from one dog. The consensus DNA sequence, amplified from paraffin-embedded tissue and represented by GenBank accession no. AF144747, shared highest nucleotide identity (99.4% over 519 bp) with mycobacterial strain IWGMT 90413 but did not correspond exactly to any EMBL or GenBank database sequence. With a probe derived from the V2 region of the novel canine sequence, reverse cross blot hybridization identified an additional four paraffin-embedded specimens containing the same novel sequence. In total, molecular methodologies identified the proposed novel mycobacterial sequence in 16 of 43 dogs with canine leproid granuloma syndrome, indicating that the species represented by this sequence may be the principal etiological agent of canine leproid granuloma syndrome.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Veterinary Sciences Division, Stoney Rd., Stormont, Belfast BT4 3SD, Northern Ireland. Phone: 44 (0)1232 525780. Fax: 44 (0)1232 525745. E-mail: siobhan.hughes{at}dani.gov.uk.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2000, p. 953-959, Vol. 38, No. 3
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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