PMID- 37368767 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230701 IS - 2306-7381 (Electronic) IS - 2306-7381 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 6 DP - 2023 May 31 TI - Evaluation of a Porcine Endogenous Reference Gene (Internal Sample Control) in a Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus RT-qPCR. LID - 10.3390/vetsci10060381 [doi] LID - 381 AB - Endogenous reference genes are used in gene-expression studies to "normalize" the results and, increasingly, as internal sample controls (ISC) in diagnostic quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Three studies were conducted to evaluate the performance of a porcine-specific ISC in a commercial porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) reverse transcription-qPCR. Study 1 evaluated the species specificity of the ISC by testing serum from seven non-porcine domestic species (n = 34). In Study 2, the constancy of ISC detection over time (>/=42 days) was assessed in oral fluid (n = 130), serum (n = 215), and feces (n = 132) collected from individual pigs of known PRRSV status. In Study 3, serum (n = 150), oral fluid (n = 150), and fecal samples (n = 75 feces, 75 fecal swabs) from commercial herds were used to establish ISC reference limits. Study 1 showed that the ISC was porcine-specific, i.e., all samples from non-porcine species were ISC negative (n = 34). In Study 2, the ISC was detected in all oral fluid, serum, and fecal samples, but differed in concentration between specimens (p < 0.05; mixed-effects regression model). The results of Study 3 were used to establish ISC reference limits for the 5th, 2.5th and 1.25th percentiles. Overall, the ISC response was consistent to the point that failure in detection is sufficient justification for re-testing and/or re-sampling. FAU - Munguia-Ramirez, Berenice AU - Munguia-Ramirez B AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2557-1817 AD - Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. FAU - Armenta-Leyva, Betsy AU - Armenta-Leyva B AD - Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. FAU - Henao-Diaz, Alexandra AU - Henao-Diaz A AD - Pig Improvement Company (PIC) Mexico, Santiago de Queretaro 76040, Queretaro, Mexico. FAU - Ye, Fangshu AU - Ye F AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6994-1210 AD - Department of Statistics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. FAU - Baum, David H AU - Baum DH AD - Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. FAU - Gimenez-Lirola, Luis G AU - Gimenez-Lirola LG AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4407-7996 AD - Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. FAU - Zimmerman, Jeffrey J AU - Zimmerman JJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8107-2422 AD - Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230531 PL - Switzerland TA - Vet Sci JT - Veterinary sciences JID - 101680127 PMC - PMC10301490 OTO - NOTNLM OT - PRRSV OT - RT-qPCR OT - diagnostics OT - endogenous reference genes OT - internal sample control COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest with respect to the conduct, authorship, and/or publication of this study. Co-author J.J.Z. serves as a consultant to IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (Westbrook, ME, USA) on areas of diagnostic medicine independent of this research. The terms of the consulting arrangement have been reviewed and approved by Iowa State University in accordance with its conflict-of-interest policies. EDAT- 2023/06/27 19:13 MHDA- 2023/06/27 19:14 PMCR- 2023/05/31 CRDT- 2023/06/27 12:42 PHST- 2023/05/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/05/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/05/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/06/27 19:14 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/27 19:13 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/27 12:42 [entrez] PHST- 2023/05/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - vetsci10060381 [pii] AID - vetsci-10-00381 [pii] AID - 10.3390/vetsci10060381 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Vet Sci. 2023 May 31;10(6):381. doi: 10.3390/vetsci10060381.