Development of reference material with assigned value for human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 quantitative PCR in Japan

Madoka Kuramitsu, Kazu Okuma, Makoto Nakashima, Tomoo Sato, Daisuke Sasaki, Hiroo Hasegawa, Kazumi Umeki, Ryuji Kubota, Keiko Sasada, Rieko Sobata, Chieko Matsumoto, Noriaki Kaneko, Kenta Tezuka, Sahoko Matsuoka, Atae Utsunomiya, Ki Ryang Koh, Masao Ogata, Kenji Ishitsuka, Mai Taki, Kisato NosakaKaoru Uchimaru, Masako Iwanaga, Yasuko Sagara, Yoshihisa Yamano, Akihiko Okayama, Kiyonori Miura, Masahiro Satake, Shigeru Saito, Toshiki Watanabe, Isao Hamaguchi*

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Abstract

Quantitative PCR (qPCR) of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) provirus is used for HTLV-1 testing and for assessment of risk of HTLV-1-related diseases. In this study, a reference material was developed for standardizing HTLV-1 qPCR. Freeze-dried TL-Om1 cells diluted with Jurkat cells were prepared and an assigned value for proviral load (PVL) of 2.71 copies/100 cells was determined by digital PCR. Nine Japanese laboratories using their own methods evaluated the PVLs of this reference material as 1.08–3.49 copies/100 cells. The maximum difference between laboratories was 3.2-fold. Correcting measured PVLs by using a formula incorporating the assigned value of this reference material should minimize such discrepancies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)673-676
Number of pages4
JournalMicrobiology and Immunology
Volume62
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018/10

Keywords

  • human T-cell leukemia virus type 1
  • proviral load
  • quantitative PCR
  • standard

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology
  • Immunology
  • Virology

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