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Assessment of DNA aptamers targeting GlcB and HspX antigens for application in the diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis.

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The diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis (aTB) is challenging and there is an urgent need for an accurate diagnostic test. We have developed a high affinity DNA aptamer against GlcB antigen… Click to show full abstract

The diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis (aTB) is challenging and there is an urgent need for an accurate diagnostic test. We have developed a high affinity DNA aptamer against GlcB antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). We further compared the diagnostic utility of in-house-generated high affinity DNA aptamers and polyclonal antibodies against two Mtb antigens, namely GlcB and HspX, in ascitic fluid samples. These diagnostic reagents were assessed in patients (n = 94) who were categorized as 'Definite TB', 'Probable TB', 'Possible TB' (taken together as aTB) and 'Non-TB' disease. Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to derive cut-off values to provide ≥93% specificity. Aptamer Linked Immobilized Sorbent Assay (ALISA) for HspX and GlcB exhibited a sensitivity of ∼84% and 50%, respectively (p-value <0.01). In contrast, antibody-based ELISA exhibited a lower sensitivity of ∼18% and ∼28% for HspX and GlcB, respectively (p-value <0.0001 and p = 0.05 for HspX and GlcB ELISA vs. ALISA, respectively). HspX ALISA detected 32/38 aTB cases, while Xpert detected only 9 samples. In conclusion, HspX aptamer-based test was found to be superior to the other tests for diagnosing aTB and it nearly fulfils the sensitivity criteria of WHO's 'Target Product Profile' for extrapulmonary tuberculosis (sensitivity ≥80%, specificity 98%).

Keywords: diagnosis abdominal; dna; hspx; tuberculosis; abdominal tuberculosis; glcb

Journal Title: Tuberculosis
Year Published: 2022

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