\r\n\tDiesel has a High Energy Density: Diesel engines are highly fuel-efficient, for one, because on a volume scale — gallon, liter, square foot, or meter — diesel has a much higher energy density than most other solid, liquid, and gas-state fossil fuels. Diesel certainly has a higher energy density than gasoline, natural gas (methane), and propane. \r\n\tDiesel has a High Energy Density: Higher energy density means there is more energy per volume unit of measure — more energy per liter. Diesel has a higher energy density than other fossil fuels because the hydrocarbons in diesel — the valuable components in every fossil fuel that ignites/burns/combusts — are made of long and complex molecules, molecules with very high carbon-to-hydrogen ratios. \r\n\tDiesel naturally has exceptional compressive resistance because it is a heavy fuel, stable fuel made of large, long hydrocarbon molecules.
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\r\n\tDiesel has High Compression Resistance: Diesel is highly efficient with respect to fuel efficiency is because it is a very heavy fossil fuel. Thus diesel is a very stable fuel. The stability of diesel is the reason diesel engines with high compression ratios are possible. Compression ratio plays into both fuel efficiency and emissions. The compression ratio is particularly important with respect to reducing emissions. The higher the compression ratio, the lower the emissions are.
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\r\n\tDiesel Engines are More Thermal Efficient than Other Fossil Fuel Engines: Diesel engines are more efficient than any other liquid fossil fuel engine in that of thermal efficiency. Thermal efficiency is the total amount of energy generated by an engine’s combustion of fuel that becomes mechanical energy, an energy that pushes a vehicle down the road. The thermal efficiency of diesel engines is far greater than that of any other type of liquid fossil fuel engine. \r\n\tDiesel Engines are More Thermal Efficient than Other Fossil Fuel Engines: The thermal efficiency of diesel engines is partly due to the energy density and compression resistance of diesel fuel.
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1. Introduction
Symbiosis is a long-term and close relationship of two or more biological species that live together for at least part of their life cycle. An endosymbiont is an organism that lives within another, that is, forming endosymbiosis, either intercellular or intracellular [1, 2]. Endosymbionts can be transmitted either vertically (from parent to offspring) or horizontally (from other individuals or environment) [3]. Symbiotic relationships can be obligate or facultative, the former means that one or both symbionts cannot survive without each other. In some cases, the symbiotic relationship provides extra benefits for surviving but is not absolutely necessary to each other, which is known as mutualistic symbiosis.
In plants, various intimate relationships may occur with microbes, which may be friendly, antagonistic, or dynamic [4]. Most of the plant-microbe interaction occurs on surface of the plant body at either underground portion (i.e. rhizosphere) or aerial portion (i.e. phyllosphere), while some interaction occurs within the plant tissues and forms endosymbiosis. The endosymbiotic microbes in plants are also called endophytes, which are often bacteria or fungi. Though the endophytes are ubiquitous in plants, most of these plant-endophyte relationships are not well understood [5]. Most endophytes in plant are without clear function, and only a few are known to be beneficial or harmful to their hosts [6]. In some cases, host plants develop a special structure for harboring the beneficial endophytes. For instance, legumes form root nodule, a specialized structure to house the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing rhizobia. The well-known Azolla-cyanobacteria association is another example that the Azolla species form a chamber in their leaf, which is often full of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria [7, 8]. However, the mutualistic symbiosis with obligate and vertically transmitted is rare in plants. So far, the only two known cases are the Nostoc-Azolla association [9], and the bacterial leaf nodule or leaf gland symbiosis [10]. The latter will be the main focus of this article.
Bacterial leaf nodule symbiosis, like legume root-Rhizobium nodule, consists of a specialized structure of a nodule, or sometimes referred as a “leaf gland”, with bacterial fluid inside a swollen part of the leaves. In angiosperm, the leaf nodules have been discovered in three genera of Myrsinoideae, Primulaceae (Amblyanthopsis, Amblyanthus, and Ardisia), three genera of Rubiaceae (Pavetta, Psychotria, and Sericanthe), Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae), and Styrax (Styraceae) (Figure 1) [10, 11]. Among these cases, the bacterial leaf nodule symbiosis has been verified microscopically, except in Amblyanthopsis and Amblyanthus species [10]. In the swollen part of the leaf of Dioscorea, the symbiotic bacteria do not invade and digest the plant tissue but are maintaining in the chamber by the host plant, so the term “leaf gland” is used rather than “leaf nodule” in strict sense. In Styrax, the bacteria are associating with glandular-trichome-like structure on the shoots and leaves, so the term “leaf gland” is also used in this case.
Figure 1.
Angiosperm phylogeny modified from APG website [80]. The families and genera with leaf nodulate species are shown next to the corresponding clade.
To date, there are about 530 species reported to have bacterial leaf nodule, which represents about 0.2% of all flowering plants. Nodulated species are mostly distributed through the tropical and subtropical regions in the Old World. The nodulated species of Primulaceae were restricted to tropical and subtropical Asia. The nodulated Pavetta has a broader distribution through the tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia. Most nodulated Psychotria, Sericanthe, and Dioscorea are endemic to Africa. In contrast, the recently documented Styrax camporum is the only nodulated species that endemic to the New World, Brazil, and South America.
2. The symbionts and the role of the symbionts
2.1. Identity and specificity of the symbionts
The identification of the bacteria of leaf nodule symbiosis is long to be a tempting and controversial question ever since the discovery of these plant-bacteria associations around 1900s [10]. Though many researchers tried to culture and identify the symbionts from the nodulated host plants, many of these isolated bacteria were not congruence with previous morphological observation and were often assigned to different genera (reviewed in [10]). Direct morphological observation of the symbiotic bacteria in all leaf nodulate species is rod-shaped or ovoid- to rod-shaped, Gram-negative, and without flagella [10, 11]. Thus, those isolated/cultured bacteria might not be the true endophytes in the leaf nodule, but contaminants during cultivation.
In the past two decades, much effort had been made in understanding the true identity of the symbionts and the evolution of the leaf nodule symbiosis relationships, through molecular identification. Based on the 16S rRNA sequences analyses, the bacterial symbionts were successfully identified in many nodulate species, and all belong to Gram-negative beta-proteobacteria. The symbionts of the nodulate species of Ardisia, Pavetta, Psychotria, and Serricanthe were identified as Burkholderia species, while the symbiont in the Dioscorea sansibarensis was identified as a novel genus and species, Orrella dioscoreae [12, 13, 14, 15, 16]. Molecular analyses also demonstrated that the phyllosperic endophyte community of all nodulate species is composed of only one specific bacterial species, which are congruence with the morphological observation. However, the symbionts identity and specificity of the Styrax camporum leaf glands remains obscure [11].
2.2. Phylogenetics of the symbionts
It is interesting that the symbionts in nodulate Ardisia and nodulated rubiaceous plants all belong to the genus Burkholderia. Burkholderia is an ecologically diverse genus, including both plant and animal pathogens, animal-, plant-, or fungus-associated species, and many free-living species from environment [17]. Phylogenetic studies showed monophyly of the leaf nodule symbiotic bacteria identified from Ardisia species, which suggested a single origin of the leaf nodule symbiosis to Ardisia in Burkholderia clade [12, 18]. However, the relationships in symbiotic bacteria of nodulated rubiaceous species are much more complicated. The identified symbionts do not form a monophyletic clade corresponding to their host plant genera. The clade consists of symbiotic bacteria from all nodulated rubiaceous hosts that also includes the endophytes identified from non-nodulated Psychotria and another non-nodulated rubiaceous genus, Globulostylis and some environmental species [14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23] (also see Section 3.3). Other non-nodulated Burkholderia species in rubiaceous species together with some plant-associated beneficial and environmental (PBE) species form a monophyletic group. The currently known phylogenetic relationships of Burkholderia are showed in Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Phylogeny of the bacteria genus Burkholderia (modified from [20, 81]). Clades are summarized as triangles. The endophytic bacteria, or symbionts, of nodulate Ardisia are a monophyletic group, which embed in a clade consists of mostly environmental species and some symbionts of fungi and insects. The leaf-nodulate Burkholderia of the three Rubiaceae genera are not monophyly, respectively, which are mixed together with some endophytes of non-nodulate Rubiaceae, environmental species, and some symbionts of fungi, insects, and plants. Bcc group, Burkholderia cepacia complex.
The isolated symbiont from the leaf gland of D. sansibarensis was assigned to Orrella dioscoreae, which belongs to the family Alcaligenaceae in the order Burkholderiales of beta-proteobacteria [16]. The genus name, Orrella, is to honor M. Young Orr, who first described the leaf glands of D. sansibarensis. Strains isolated from different D. sansibarensis populations show limited phylogenetic and phenotypic variation, suggesting the bacteria-plant association in this plant is probably very specific.
2.3. The role of the symbionts
It has been long speculated for the role of the leaf nodule bacteria and if it is mutualistic. From an evolutionary point of view, it is reasonable to expect a mutualistic relationship in the vertically transmitted symbiosis like the case of the leaf nodule bacteria and their host plants [24]. In a mutualistic symbiosis, the host plants provide a shelter and metabolites for the endophytes. On the other hand, the endophytes may benefit host plants in various form, such as nutrients synthesis, growth regulators synthesis, stress resistance, and defensive metabolites production.
The first proposed function of the leaf nodule or gland symbionts was nitrogen fixation [25, 26], which was widely known from the root nodule association between rhizobia and legumes. However, all in planta studies so far showed negative results on nitrogen fixation, either by using the 15N2 method or acetylene reduction test (reviewed in [10, 27]). Moreover, all authors claimed the leaf nodule endophyte can fix nitrogen based on the isolated bacteria that differs from the ones according to molecular identification. The nitrogen-fixing hypothesis was thus mostly ruled out in Ardisia, Dioscorea, and rubiaceous plants since the late twentieth century [10]. The lack of nitrogen-fixing-related genes in the symbionts genomic analyses in the currently sequenced genomes also showed disagreement of the hypothesis [19, 28, 29].
In Ardisia and Psychotria, evidence showed that if the associated bacteria were lost (or decrease to a limit amount, see below), the shoot tip would loss normal function, degenerated to callus (called “cripple” symptom or phenotype), and eventually died within a few years [25, 26, 30, 31, 32]. The symptom suggests that the endosymbionts may be responsible for plant normal growth and development, probably by producing hormonal substances. After the hypothesis was proposed, many plant hormones were specified as candidate [10, 25]. Among the various plant hormones, only cytokinin(s), or cytokinin-like substance, was better supported (reviewed in [10, 27]). However, until now there is no direct evidence that the leaf nodulate endosymbionts can produce cytokinin or cytokinin-like substance. In fact, all the evidence supporting the cytokinin-producing hypothesis was obtained by detecting high cytokinin concentration of leaf nodule and nearby tissue, or by the extraordinary need of cytokinin of the plant tissue. Moreover, none of the plant hormone producing genes could be found in all the symbiont genomes sequenced so far [19, 28, 29].
The cripple symptom of leaf nodulate plants were believed to be bacteria free because there are no bacteria in leaf nodule under microscope and no nodule formed on the abnormal leaf [25]. Crippled plants can be grown from seeds which occurred (1) naturally, (2) by either heat treatments, or (3) by antibiotics treatments. The crippled plants were widely used as bacteria-free plants in re-infection experiments and functional analyses. However, the crippled plants were reported to revert to normal state sometimes after a period of time, without additional treatment [27]. Because of the natural recovery of the cripple syndrome, some workers emphasized that crippled plants should not be used for re-infection experiment controls [31, 33]. It is thus reasonable to speculate that the crippled plants are actually bacteria-less rather than bacteria-free. If these plants are not completely bacteria-free, it is interesting to exam the conditions and mechanism how the cripple symptom occur and revert.
Defensive mechanism is another hypothesis for the role of leaf nodule symbiosis to hosts in Ardisia and rubiaceous plants. Neal and colleagues first reported the leaf toxicity of Ardisia crenata to insect herbivores, whereas the toxicity was not found in another leaf nodulated species, Ardisia crispa [34]. In contrast to the evidence in Ardisia, the chemical defensive hypothesis was better supported in rubiaceous species. A possible linkage between leaf toxicity and endophyte in two non-nodulate genera, Fadogia and Vangueria, were first revealed in Rubiaceae [35]. Later, the correlation between leaf toxicity and the presence of leaf endophyte was found both in nodulate and some non-nodulate rubiaceous plants [23, 36]. These results suggested that the nodulating endophyte and non-nodulating endophytes may play a similar role on synthesizing defensive chemicals. The defensive role of the symbionts is also supported by the recent genomic analyses (see Section 3.2 for A. crenata and Section 4.2 for rubiaceous plants). If the symbionts do serve a defensive role to its host, then it makes sense that removing nodules has no significant effect to next generation seedling growth in Ardisia [37]. Nevertheless, the defensive hypothesis has no explanation to the cripple symptom, which was believed causing by losing symbionts. It remains possible that the symbionts in Ardisia and Psychotria regulate the plant growth and development through unknown regulators, maybe through hormone, or by non-coding RNAs that regulating plant growth-related genes.
In D. sansibarensis, the functions of the symbionts were speculated to be beneficial and involved nitrogen fixing at first [38]. Other researchers considered the symbionts as parasites due to the associated bacteria is not always observed in the acumens [39, 40]. However, cultivation experiments showed the host plants grew slowly and looked fragile when the symbiotic bacteria are absent in their leaf glands, while the plants turned vigorous after the bacteria re-infection [32]. This result suggested that the symbiotic bacteria are beneficial to the host and the association is indeed mutualism. Nitrogen fixation in D. sansibarensis had not been detected, as in Ardisia and rubiaceous plants [10, 32]. However, the genomic analysis suggested that increasing stress tolerance should be the main function of the symbiotic bacteria in Dioscorea [16] (see Section 5).
The function of the bacterial symbiosis in S. camporum is still unclear. The S. camporum extract showed antioxidant and cytotoxic activities, which is a potential source for chemopreventive effect against carcinogenesis [41, 42]. Inspired by other leaf nodule symbiosis, the leaf glandular symbiont in S. camporum may also serve a defensive role, although some alternative hypotheses such as nitrogen fixation, plant regulatory hormone synthesis, and stress resistance also cannot be ruled out.
3. Leaf nodule symbiosis in Primulaceae
3.1. The occurrence, initiation, and development
Leaf nodule was found in three woody genera of Primulaceae such as Ardisia, Amblyanthus, and Amblyanthopsis in Myrsinoideae, in which it was formerly recognized as Myrsinaceae. The genus Ardisia contains about 500 species all over the world. Many of them are economically used as ornamental plants and sources of traditional herb medicine. The leaf nodulated Ardisia are classified as subgenus Crispardisia, consisting of about 70 species, mostly in the Old World tropical and subtropical regions [43, 44, 45]. Both the genus Amblyanthus and Amblyanthopsis contain four species and are only found in Assam. Two species of Amblyanthus and three species of Amblyanthopsis have leaf nodules, however, none of them have been examined for bacterial symbiosis. The relationship of the three Myrsinaceae genera is still unclear. The leaf nodules in the three Myrsinaceae genera are ellipsoid or dotted structures that localizing on the margins of the leaves (Figure 3A, C). To be precise, the nodules are on the incisions of the crenation or, less commonly, forming tips of the dentation.
Figure 3.
Examples of leaf-nodulated species. (A), (C) Ardisia cornudentata Mez (Primulaceae). The leaf nodules are located marginally, forming the tips of the dentation. (B), (D) Psychotria kirkii Hiern. (Rubiaceae). The leaf nodules are randomly distributed on the leaf lamina. (E), (G) Pavetta sp. (Rubiaceae). The leaf nodules are scarcely distributed on the leaf lamina. (F), (H) Dioscorea sansibarensis Pax. (Dioscoreaceae). The leaf apex is swollen and forms a gland.
The most well-known nodulate Myrsinaceae plant is A. crenata, or coral berry, which is widely cultivated for ornamental uses. The first description of the bacterial leaf nodule and most of leaf nodule symbiosis studies were demonstrated in A. crenata [27]. It is worth noted that A. crenata was previously misused as Ardisia crispa (Thunb.) A. DC., and most authors in studies before 1990 referred A. crenata using the name A. crispa [46].
Miehe was the first to describe the swollen structure on leaf margin of A. crenata as bacterial nodule [47]. In Ardisia, the symbiotic bacteria are observed not only in the leaf nodules but also in the shoot buds [26, 48, 49, 50]. The structure and development of the leaf nodules have been described in details [26, 48, 51, 52]. The structure and developmental processes are briefly introduced as below. The shoot bud of Ardisia contains a closed chamber forming by two to three tightly convoluted young leaves. The enclosed chamber is full of mucilage that is secreted by the trichomes on both sides of the young leaves. The symbiotic bacteria are harbored within the chamber and supported with the nutrient-rich mucilage. The leaf primordium is immersed in the mucilage until the bud opened. As the leaf initiates and develops, the primordium grows and elongates inward to form a small chamber with some bacterial mucilage. As the leaf matured, some early forming or “precocious” stomata-like pores (or premature hydathode pores referred by some authors) on the leaf margin open and trap some bacterial mucilage to form the nodules in a lysischizogenous manner. At the final stage of nodule maturation, a distinct and sharp boundary of the external vascular sheath and the internal bacterial region can be clearly observed. The surrounding vascular bundle of the nodule indicates that the symbionts could exchange substances with their hosts, and the symbionts probably could produce and translocate certain substances that are beneficial to the host plants. Many of the bacteria in the mature nodule of A. crenata were observed to be pleomorphic, as well as in A. kusukusensis (Figure 4) [18, 47, 52].
Figure 4.
Scanning electron micrographs of a leaf nodule of Ardisia kusukusensis Hayata. (A) Cross section of a mature leaf nodule. (B) Rod-shaped endosymbiotic bacteria in the leaf nodule, enlarged from the square region in (A). Bar = 200 μm in (A) and 10 μm in (B). Photos provided by Chuan Ku.
In leaf nodulate Ardisia, the symbionts were also observed within reproductive tissues and seeds [26, 48, 49]. Based on the distribution of the symbionts on the plant body, the relationship between the symbionts and their Ardisia host was speculated to be cyclic, from generations to generations [10]. The inflorescence primordium of Ardisia is protected by a small proto-leaf, which is functionally a protective bract. The bract is later rolled-up to form a chamber-like structure just as in the vegetative bud. The inflorescence primordium is immersed in the chamber filling with bacterial mucilage secreted by trichomes on the adaxial surface of the bract. In the early stage of flower development, the calyx develops and forms a new compartment that encloses the rest of flower primordium, and traps some bacterial mucilage inside. The bacterial mucilage then flows into the embryo sac of each ovule and eventually be incorporated into seeds afterwards. The embryo is thus localized in the seed cavity, filling with the bacterial mucilage that is secreted from the trichome on adaxial surface of the cotyledons. When seed begins to germinate, the first true leaf bends backward and roll inward, enclosing the primordium and some bacterial mucilage. Thus, the first shoot bud of the seedling forms and a new life cycle continues.
Interestingly, Gram-negative bacteria were also observed inside the ovary of Myrsine laetevirens (also in Primulaceae), a neotropical dioecious tree [53]. The flowers of M. laetevirens develop in a similar pattern as in Ardisia, and the bacterial mucilage is observed in every stage as pistillate flower development, including the micropyles of ovules. However, the bacteria are absent in staminate flowers, though the mucilage-secreting trichomes is observed. Although the mechanism of bacteria transmission to the embryo sacs is similar with that in Ardisia, leaf nodules are absent in M. laetevirens. It seems the bacteria are also harbored in the buds in M. laetevirens, but it remains unclear whether the bacteria are also present in the leaf or other tissues. In contrast to the non-nodulating rubiaceous plants, the plant-endophyte association of non-nodulating Myrsinaceae plants received much less attention. It is interesting to comprehensively exam whether the associated bacteria are common in non-nodulating Myrsinaceae plants. The identity of the M. laetevirens endosymbiotic bacteria and the relationship with other symbiotic bacteria in Myrsinaceae plants are unresolved.
3.2. The origin, phylogeny, and genomics
The Ardisia phylogeny showed that the nodulated species form a well-supported monophyletic group, which suggested that the leaf nodule symbiosis only occurred once in Ardisia, corresponding to the subgenus Crispardisia [12, 18]. Together with the symbionts phylogeny, the origin of the Ardisia-Burkholderia association probably evolved only once, both in Ardisia and in Burkholderia. The estimated origin time of the leaf nodule was about 5 Mya [54]. Cophylogenetic analyses showed weak evidence for Ardisia-Burkholderia co-speciation. At least two events of host switching, or horizontal gene transferring, have been postulated based on the comparisons of the bacteria-host phylogenies [12, 18].
The genome of the Cadidatus Burkholderia crenata (using “Cadidatus” here referring the bacterium is yet to be cultured, abbreviate to “Ca.”) was sequenced recently [29]. The genome size was estimated of 2.85 Mb with one chromosome and two plasmids, based on genome assembling of the next genomic sequencing. However, the result is incongruence with the estimation made by our unpublished data [55]. The estimated genome size and composition of the Ca. B. crenata and Ca. B. polysticta by the aforementioned researchers were both around 4.7 Mb with two chromosomes and two large plasmids, based on gel electrophoresis methods. Even if the true genome of Ca. B. crenata size is around 4.7 Mb, it is smaller compared to the free-living Burkholderia. The reduced genome size and low coding capacity suggest that Ca. B. crenata have adapted to a symbiotic life form. The genomic analysis further indicated that Ca. B. crenata has lost many essential genes, which should be a result of reductive evolution. Genomic analysis of these bacteria did neither identify nitrogen-fixing-related genes, nor the plant hormone-related genes. However, the incongruent genome size estimation between the assembled genome and gel electrophoresis based estimates suggest the completeness genomic sequences can be improved, and more leaf nodule symbionts genomes of other Ardisia would be helpful to draw concrete conclusion.
Nonetheless, two gene clusters related to polyketide and non-ribosomal peptide synthesis were found on the plasmids. The gene clusters have lower GC content and are flanked with transposable elements, suggesting a recent acquisition via horizontal gene transfer. Further studies showed that one of the gene clusters may be correlated with the synthesis of FR900359, a cyclic depsipeptide with potential biomedical application. This result suggested that the symbionts of A. crenata may in fact serve a pathogen-defense role for the host.
4. Leaf nodule symbiosis in Rubiaceae
4.1. The occurrence, initiation, and development
The bacterial leaf nodule occurs in three genera of Rubiaceae, that is, Psychotria, Pavetta, and Sericanthe. These three genera belong to different tribes that have no close phylogenetic affinity within Rubiaceae [56]. Psychotria belongs to subfamily Rubioideae, while Pavetta and Sericanthe belong to different tribes of subfamily Dialypetalanthoideae. The shape and distribution of the nodules on the leaves are divergent among genera and species. In general, the leaf nodules of Psychotria and Pavetta are punctate to ellipsoid scattered, rarely shortly linear (Figure 3B, D, E, G), while the nodules of Sericanthe are punctate to linear or branched along the mid-vein or scattered on leaves.
The genus Psychotria (syn. Apomuria) contains about 1850 trees, shrubs, subshrub, or liana species, distributing through tropical and subtropical regions. The Psychotria species with leaf nodule (about 80 species) are only found in Africa, mostly in southeastern part and surrounding islands.
The genus Pavetta comprises about 400 species of trees, shrubs, or subshrubs, distributing in Africa, tropical Asia, Australia, and Pacific islands. Pavetta contains about 350 species with leaf nodule, which is the largest number among the leaf nodulate genus. The leaf nodulate Pavetta species are found around the entire geographic range of the genus.
The African genus Sericanthe is composed mostly of shrubs, with about 21 species in southern and western Africa [57]. The genus Sericanthe was formerly referred to the genus Neorosea, which was separated from the genus Tricalysia (see detail in [58]). Leaf nodules have been discovered in about 13 species of Sericanthe. The leaf nodules of Sericanthe are only visible on the abaxial side of the leaves.
The bacterial leaf nodules in Rubiaceae were first described as bacterial nodule and studied in 1902 [59]. In Rubiaceae, bacterial leaf nodule symbiosis was hypothesized to be obligate and cyclic in Psychotria and Pavetta [10]. In other words, the associated bacteria and the host plants cannot survive without each other, and the symbionts are retained in the host plant in all stages of its lifecycle. The symbiotic bacteria of the leaf nodulate rubiaceous plants are maintained in the mucilage secreted from dendroid colleters, a type of multicellular secretory trichome, in both apical and lateral buds [48, 60, 61, 62]. The nature and development of the leaf nodulate rubiaceous plants are briefly introduced below.
In the bud of Psychotria shoot apex, each pair of young leaves develops in a chamber formed by two pairs of stipules. The chamber is filled with mucilage that secreted by the branched colleters on the adaxial side of the stipules. The symbionts are maintained in the chamber and nurtured by the mucilage. During the leaf maturation, the bacteria enter the leaf tissue through precocious stomata on the abaxial side of young leaf and the sub-stomatal chamber begins to develop into a leaf nodule. As in Ardisia, the floral development in Psychotria is initiated from the mucilage-filled shoot bud [10]. The inflorescence primordium is enclosed by the chamber formed by circulate bracts with colleters adaxially. As each floret development, evidence shows that some mucilage is enclosed by the developing carpels and then the bacteria are eventually housed in the ovary. However, the detail mechanism of how the symbionts transferred to the embryos remains unclear in Psychotria. It was speculated that the bacteria may enter the embryo sac at the pollination stage where the bacteria are pushed into the embryo when the pollen tube penetrates micropyle.
In Pavetta, the symbionts are postulated to be maintained in shoot apex, leaf nodule, ovules, and seeds, but the complete life cycle of the bacterial symbiosis is not yet described [48]. The mechanism of bacteria maintenance in shoot buds and inflorescence primordium is similar to the case of Psychotria, also the nodule development in leaves. In Pavetta, the inflorescence buds are developed in the chamber formed by the circular stipules and immersed in the bacterial mucilage that secreted by colleters. As the floret develops, some bacterial mucilage is enclosed in the ovary and the bacteria are maintained by the mucilage secreted by the aril-like tissue at the base of each ovule. The details of how bacteria enter the embryo sac in Pavetta has not been observed and the same speculation as in Psychotria was made. The bacteria are also found in the mucilage around the cotyledons of the embryo in Pavetta seeds, which is failed to observe in Psychotria. However, the associated bacteria are found in the seedling of Ps. kirkii, suggesting the bacteria may retain in elsewhere of the seed rather than around the embryo [10].
Study of nodule structure and development of Sericanthe was only demonstrated in the species S. andongensis [63]. Mature nodules of S. andongensis are linear, and are localized on both sides of the petiole and mid-vein. The bud structure and nodule initiation of S. andongensis is similar to those of Psychotria and Pavetta. It is noteworthy that the “pseudonodules”, leaf nodules without bacteria inside, were observed in S. andongensis, as well as in Ardisia and Pavetta species [25, 48, 63]. The results suggested the nodule in Ardisia and rubiaceous species could initiate the nodule development spontaneously rather than induced by the symbionts. Alternatively, the symbionts in this “pseudonodule” were present, but dead afterwards, or even may be digested by the host plants [27]. The complete life cycle of the leaf nodule symbiosis in Sericanthe is also unclear. It is not known whether the symbionts are present in the ovaries and/or the seeds. Thus, whether the symbiosis is cyclic in Sericanthe as that in Pavetta and Psychotria remains a question.
The structure and development of leaf nodule and the mechanisms of maintaining bacteria in shoot bud of the three genera in Rubiaceae are highly similar, which is a obvious result of convergent evolution. However, the opening the precocious stomata for bacterial infection of the leaves and the shape and distribution of the leaf nodules are different among the three genera. The stomata of leaves open adaxially in the process of nodule formation in Pavetta but open abaxially in Psychotria and Sericanthe. The shape and distribution pattern are variable between species, while a general pattern is described as above.
It is important to note that nodulation is not required in endophytic growth of bacteria in plants. Bacterial leaf endophytes are also found in non-nodulated Rubiaceae [64, 65], as well as in many angiosperms (such as in Vitis [66]). It is interesting that the endophytic Burkholderia was now known being widespread in the leaves of five non-nodulated rubiaceous genera, which are all in the tribe Vanguerieae of Rubiaceae [20, 21, 23]. None of these host plants showed an external sign of infection. The leaf endophytic Burkholderia was also found in non-nodulated Psychotria species [22]. The preference of the Burkholderia species forming a leaf endophyte association with rubiaceous plants is still a mystery, but definitely a key to understand the origin of the leaf nodule symbiosis.
4.2. The origin, phylogeny, and genomics
The ages of the origin of the leaf nodule evolution in Psychotria, Pavetta, and Sericanthe were estimated at about 9, 4, and 3 Mya, respectively [54, 67]. In Psychotria, the phylogenetic analyses showed ambiguous results by different authors that the leaf nodule evolved once or twice within the genus, and at least one secondary lost event was detected [22, 68]. Non-nodulated Psychotria forms an independent monophyletic clade in the genus, which is separated from the nodulated clade [22]. However, not all members in the clade harbors bacteria in their leaves, suggesting the non-nodulated Psychotria-Burkholderia association may be an unstable relationship between generations and/or individuals. In Sericanthe, the leaf nodule symbiosis may have a single origin, in spite of the phylogeny based on plastid genetic markers is poorly resolved [14]. A representative phylogeny of the members in Pavetta is not available so far, thus the origin and evolution in Pavetta is still unclear.
Horizontal gene transfer events occurred frequently between the leaf nodule symbionts of Rubiaceae. Both evidence of population genetics and whole genome study support the frequent genetic exchange hypothesis [19, 69]. However, the mechanism that how the symbiont exchanges their gene from the cyclic symbiosis system and how the association changes their partner is unknown.
The genome sizes of the sequenced symbiotic Burkholderia species from seven Psychotria species and a Pavetta species are around 2.4–6.2 Mb, which are relatively small in comparison of free-living plant-associated Burkholderia [19, 28]. All of these bacterial genomes contain large proportion of pseudogenes and transposable elements, referred to “eroded genomes”. Both the genomic size and composition indicate that the leaf nodule symbioses of rubiaceous plants are at an early stage of transition from free-living to host-restricted lifestyle. The genomic features are common in some recently evolved and vertically transmitted symbionts, such as the obligate cyanobiont of Azolla filiculoides, the bacterial symbiont Serratia symbiotica of pea aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum) and conifer aphids (Cinara tujafilina) [9, 70, 71]. The essential housekeeping genes are mostly intact in the sequenced leaf nodule symbiont genomes despite of genome reduction, suggesting that these symbionts may not be dependent on the host for essential housekeeping functions.
The results of genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics analyses revealed the capability of kirkamide synthesis in Ca. B. kirkii, the symbiont of Ps. kirkii [28, 72]. Kirkamide is a kind of C7N aminocyclitol, which is a cytotoxin to insects and aquatic arthropods [73]. These results suggested that the leaf nodule symbionts may serve a defensive function to the host plants. Further studies sequenced genomes of the leaf nodule symbionts from seven Psychotria species and a Pavetta species, also showed the presence of these putative genes involved in kirkiamide biosynthesis pathway [19]. However, many genes are not intact, that is, as pseudogenes, in the leaf nodule symbionts genomes, indicating that producing kirkamide might not be necessary for the host plants. These kirkamide synthetic genes are unique to the rubiaceous leaf nodule symbionts in comparison to the related Burkholderia species associated with other plants. Interestingly, the gene cluster is often located on a plasmid of the symbiotic bacteria, and sometimes flanked by transposon-like fragments, suggesting that these genes may be acquired from horizontal gene transfer [19]. With the current understanding from the genomic studies of the rubiaceous leaf nodule symbionts, the reasons for the seemly obligate relationship still could not been readily answered.
5. Leaf gland symbiosis in Dioscoreaceae
The only case in monocots that bearing species with bacterial leaf gland symbiosis is found in Dioscoreaceae. This family is representing by the genus Dioscorea, the true yams, which comprises about 90% species of the family. Only one species, Dioscorea sansibarensis, was reported to have bacterial glands on leaf apexes [10]. The Zanzibar yam, D. sansibarensis (syn. Dioscorea macroura), is a fast-growing vine that native to tropical Africa and Madagascar, and it is widely introduced and cultivated in many regions all over the world. Dioscorea sansibarensis, like most true yams, produces perennial underground tubers and aerial bulbils, which is the main reproductive organs of the species. Leaves of D sansibarensis are large and roughly heart-shaped, with a conspicuously caudate apex or acumen (Figure 3F, H). Orr was the first who discovered the acumens are in fact full of bacteria and should be regarded as bacterial leaf glands [38].
The bacterial symbiosis of D. sansibarensis is not obligate because the plants can survive without the symbionts, and it is likely the host plants acquire the symbionts from environment, and the symbionts can also survive without the host plants for at least part of their leaf cycle [32]. Thus, it is not surprised that the associated bacteria in Dioscorea are so far the only leaf-nodule-associated species that can be cultured in ex situ condition. According to the microscopic view of the bacteria, the symbionts are non-motile, non-spore forming, ovoid-rod, Gram-negative bacteria [10, 16, 32]. Although several studies claimed they successfully cultured the symbiotic bacteria from Dioscorea in the past century [10], the true identity is not revealed until 2016 (i.e. Orella dioscoreae, see Section 2.2). Surprisingly, the symbiont samples from various localities have been shown to be the same bacterial species [16]. It suggested that somehow the specificity still retains to a certain degree between the symbionts and D. sansibarensis.
The initiation and development of the bacterial symbiosis of the leaf glands has been studied in details in D. sansibarensis [32, 38, 39, 40]. The symbiosis first initiates during the development of the leaf acumen, which is apparently thicker than the leaf laminar in mature leaf. In the early stage of leaf growth and expansion, the margins of the acumen are swollen and bending inward to form an enclosed channel. The cavity becomes flask shaped as the two flanges develop. The central portion of the cavity then elevates to the level of the epidermis, separating the channel into two cavities. Secretory trichomes are also developing in the cavity and fill the whole space at this stage. The two cavities remain open to the external environment until the last stages of leaf maturation. In the maturation stage, the closed lumen is occupied by the mucilage secreted by the trichomes and the rapidly multiplied bacteria. Interestingly, the glandular acumen of D. sansibarensis is developed even the symbiotic bacteria are not present, but the glands are not as swollen as the bacteria-infected glands. Also, no mucilage is produced in uninfected glands and the trichomes in the gland lumen tend to degenerate. The results indicated that the development of glandular acumen is not induced by the symbiont, while the maintenance of the mucilage production and trichomes activity does require the cues from the bacteria. However, several questions remain obscure, for example, do the bacteria vertically transmitted in D. sansibarensis, if so, through seeds or bulbils? Also, do the plants acquire the bacteria from the environment in each generation, if so, how do the bacteria live with the facultative strategies in the dynamic environment?
In contrast to the leaf nodule symbiosis in other families, the bacteria-host relationship in Dioscoreaceae seems not so intimately associated. In Primulaceae and Rubiaceae, the bacteria are both harbored at the shoot apex and can be transmitted to the next generation through seeds; and, the symbiotic bacteria pass through the cuticle and invade plant tissue in some degree. However, neither the symbiont in Dioscoreaceae is found at the shoot apex, nor any invasion to host plant tissue is observed. Moreover, the symbiosis in Primulaceae and Rubiaceae are regard as obligate, while the association in Dioscoreaceae seems to be facultative. Therefore, the symbiosis of Dioscoreaceae was suggested to be a more primitive form of symbiosis than the leaf nodule symbioses in Primulaceae and Rubiaceae [32].
Dioscorea sansibarensis is by far the only known species with leaf gland in Dioscorea. There may be more Dioscorea species bearing the bacterial leaf gland symbiosis, such as D. cochleari-apiculataand D. dodecaneura [10]. However, to our knowledge, no other bacterial leaf gland symbiotic species was formally reported except D. sansibarensis.
The genome of the symbiont of D. sansibarensis, O. dioscoreae, has been sequenced recently, which is about 5 Mb in size and is composed of a single chromosome without plasmid [16]. Based on the sequence data, the nitrogen-fixing-related genes are not found in the symbiont genome, so does the plant hormone gene associated with auxin or cytokinin biosynthesis or metabolisms. However, an ethylene signaling modulating gene, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase, was identified in the genome. Some plant-associated bacteria can help plants to increase stress tolerance by producing the ACC deaminase, which can decrease the level of “stress ethylene” that inhibit plants growth [74, 75]. The discovery of the gene of ACC deaminase in the genome of O. dioscoreae provides clues for further study on the function of the symbiosis relationship to plants. Furthermore, genomic analysis showed similar features to many facultative anaerobic, free-living bacteria, and little effects of the interaction with host plants on the bacterial genome, suggesting the symbiosis association may be very young or facultative. It makes sense because the symbiotic bacteria of D. sansibarensis are epiphytes of phyllosphere in at least part of their life cycle.
6. Leaf gland symbiosis in Styracaceae
The leaf nodule or gland symbiosis has been known restricted in Primulaceae, Rubiaceae, and Dioscoreaceae for over a century. Until 2014, a newly found leaf-nodulated taxa was reported in Styrax camporum [11]. Styrax, known as storax or snowbell, is a small genus containing about 130 species of large shrub or small trees in the family Styracaceae. Styrax is mostly found to warm temperate to tropical regions in eastern and southeastern Asia and South America [76]. Stellate or peltate trichomes are common in Styrax species, while the glandular trichomes are rarely observed [76]. The glandular structure, sometimes refers to trichome, of S. camporum was found on young shoots and mature leaves, producing sticky secretion [11]. Unlike other cases of leaf nodule or gland which form swollen structures of part of leaf blade, the leaf gland of S. camporum is a glandular trichome-like structure with a nonsecretory short stalk and a secretory glandular body. The mature gland body is composed of a single layer of secretory cells around the axis. The actively secreting glands are distributed on top of leaf primordia and mature leaves. As the leaves maturation, the glands dry up and fall off except those on the petiole and leaf margin. Mature glands are turgid, irregular, pale yellow, and secreting mucilage, while the glands turn dark brown and shrink when senesces. The secreted mucilage covers the leaf primordia and young leaves at the shoot apex. Bacteria are observed immersed in the mucilage of the gland surface and intercellular space of the gland body. The associated bacteria are rod to ovoid shape with capsule. The sieve elements were observed in the stalk of the glands, which suggesting the transportation of some substances from the gland toward other tissues.
Unfortunately, little is known about the newly discovered leaf gland symbiosis in Styrax. The complete life cycle and nature of the bacterial symbiosis in Styrax remain obscure, as well as the symbiont itself. For instance, does the bacterial leaf gland symbiosis also occur in other Styrax species? If so, does the associated bacteria specify to particular host species? Does the bacterial gland also occur on the reproductive tissue? If so, how do the glands develop on the reproductive tissue? Can the associated bacteria transmit to the seeds and seedling, as in Ardisia and Psychotria? If so, how? What is the main function of the symbiont serve to the host plants? In all, the identity and specificity of the associated bacteria and the function to the host plants are important issues, which are easy to achieve nowadays by the modern genome sequencing.
7. Conclusion, application, and future research
The leaf nodule symbiosis is the only case of the cyclic plant-microbe symbiosis with specialized structure in flowering plants. However, there are lots of knowledge gaps to be filled for such unique associations of plants and the symbiotic bacteria. The leaf nodule symbiosis is probably all cyclic in the examined species, except of Dioscorea, while only weak evidence was found in Sericanthe and Styrax. It is important to verify if it is true cyclic symbiosis in these cases, from the evolutionary aspects, and better our understanding on plant-microbe interactions. Three factors are necessary to confirm the presence of cyclic leaf nodule symbiosis. First, the symbiont should be able to maintain in the shoot apex through the nutrient-rich mucilage secreting from the specialized trichomes. Yet, having an enclosed chamber in the shoot apex is not necessary. Second, the symbionts could infect the young leaf and form mature leaf nodules or glands during the leaf development. Third, the symbionts have to enter the carpel and embryo, to form the symbiont-containing seeds. Despite much effort have been done by previous researchers, many details of the life cycle of these leaf nodule symbioses are still unclear, especially about the mechanisms of transferring the bacteria between different life stages of the host plant. The morphology of leaf nodules is usually diverse among species within the genus, except for the rather simple cases in Dioscorea and Styrax. The initiation and development of the leaf nodule symbiosis, however, are only observed in one or few species of each genus, leading to the questions on whether they are consistent between different species with different nodule morphologies.
Many symbiont genomes have been sequenced recently, but the interaction between the symbionts and host plants at molecular level is not well demonstrated. For instance, the mechanism of how the host plants prevent from the symbionts invasion and restricting the symbionts in the nodules or glands are unclear. The direct evidence of how the symbionts benefit to the host plants is also absent, and it is undoubtedly one of the most important knowledge for understanding the ecological evolution and agricultural application for the plants with the leaf nodule symbiosis.
In the leaf nodule symbiosis, the symbiotic bacteria retain in the plants cyclically as a permanently partner, which is a potential system for improving crops through genetic engineering and manipulating. In application, to design a plant-bacteria cyclic symbiosis system would be very useful for delivering the growth promoters, extra nutrients, pesticides, and so on, and the leaf nodule is even not necessary for the system. Several Dioscorea species are important agricultural crops in tropical regions. The crop is threatened by various insect pests, fungi, viruses, and nematodes [77, 78]. The bacterial symbiosis in Dioscorea is a potential copartner for improving the crop against the pathogens. In D. sansibarensis, the bacteria are culturable, which means to modify bacterial genome or to insert particular gene fragments are feasible. For instance, inserting the pesticide synthetic genes to against the pathogens and herbivores may elevate the yield and lower the cost of pesticide using by farmers. In addition, it could also lower the environmental concerns often raised by the GMO crops since the crop itself does not contain a modified genome. In Dioscorea, the bacterial symbiosis is so far only found in D. sansibarensis, but it is possible that the same association will be found in other Dioscorea crop species or the bacteria could be used to infect other crop species.
In A. crenata, one of the peptide with biomedical application was found in fact contributed by the leaf nodule symbionts [29]. To the authors experience, A. crenata grows slowly and the growth condition is somewhat demanding. If the symbiont could be isolated and cultured in the future, synthesizing and purifying the peptide will be much faster and space-efficient. Even if the symbiont could not be cultured after all, the gene cluster can be inserted to another operable and culturable bacteria. The results might be able to benefit other Ardisia species since many of them are important Chinese medicinal plants [79].
The genomics of the leaf nodule symbionts have been studied in most genera, except of Sericanthe and Styrax. However, many questions are awaiting to be answered with the symbiont genomic sequences. One of the most interesting questions is the hypothetical “obligate symbiosis” relationships in Ardisia and rubiaceous plants. The symbionts genomes give no explanation for the dependence of the symbionts from the host plants. Clearly, there are more to be explored with the genomic or metabolomics data.
The cause of the leaf nodule initiation and development, as well as the maintenance of the symbionts in the shoot bud is poorly known at molecular level so far. In Dioscorea, the leaf gland seems being able to develop spontaneous without the symbionts cue. However, the cues of the leaf nodule development in other nodulate plants are poorly known. In rubiaceous nodulate plants, the “pseudonodule” has been observed, but the formation of “pseudonodule” may be caused by fading out of the symbionts. To compare the genomics or transcriptomics data of nodulated Psychotria and non-nodulated Psychotria is a possible method to find out the candidate genes that regulating the leaf nodule development and the mucilage-secreting trichomes, which are important determinants of the cyclic leaf nodule symbiosis. Taken these together, we shall be able to shed light on the intriguing phenomenon of symbiosis between the plants and the bacteria lived intimately in their leaves.
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Further survey added other members of Rubiaceae, Primulaceae, Dioscoreaceae, and Styracaceae to the short list of plants with specialized bacteria-containing structure in aerial part of plants. The actual role of the bacteria has been questioned by several researchers, mostly due to the problems associated with the identities of these unculturable bacteria. Many progresses have been achieved provided with molecular phylogenetic analysis and also genomic data of the bacteria. Recent evidence from genomic sequences showed the symbiotic bacteria may serve as a defense role in Primulaceae and Rubiaceae, and may increase stress tolerance in Dioscoreaceae. In this article, we reviewed the current knowledge of the bacterial leaf nodule symbiosis in angiosperm. 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1. Introduction
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Based on their self-renewal and differentiation capabilities, human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) including embryonic stem cells (ESCs) [1] and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) [2] are attractive tools in the field of regenerative medicine. After the discovery of hiPSCs in 2007, this field expanded vigorously and hundreds of biotechnological companies were established to use these cells for treating degenerative diseases. The most common degenerative diseases treated by the hESCs are age-related macular degeneration (AMD), type I diabetes mellitus, heart failure, Parkinson’s disease, and spinal cord injury [3]. Although hiPSCs are a better source for autologous cell therapy applications, they are less preferable for clinical trials because of less genetic stability compared to the hESCs. However, a few clinical trials have already been started using the patient-derived hiPSCs. The Takahashi group from the Riken Center for Developmental Biology has recently conducted a clinical trial for treating wet AMD [4]. Similarly, a Takahashi from Kyoto University is conducting a clinical trial for treating Parkinson’s disease by using hiPSCs [5]. A few clinical trials are also ongoing in the USA for treating different diseases like β-thalassemia, liver diseases, diabetes, etc. using hiPSCs and their use is expanding worldwide day by day [6].
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As stem cell therapy is garnering increasing attention, a lot of clinical trials are ongoing using both hESCs and hiPSCs cells. About 6849 clinical trials and 1415 stem cell-based therapies were found based upon searches we recently performed on clinicaltrials.gov (October, 2018) [7]. However, the percentage of success is not high enough as speculated from the previous clinical trials. Among the 315 clinical trials conducted (26.0% Phase 1, 40.6% Phase 1/2, 22.5% Phase 2, 3.8% Phase 2/3, and 6.7% Phase 3), only 0.3% went to Phase 4 [3]. The low percentage of completion of clinical trials depends on various factors. One of the major factors is manufacturing practices that can provide high safety and efficacy of cell therapy products. Moreover, production cost of multiple doses also hinders the success rate of clinical trials. As cell therapy revenue exceeded multi-million dollars and has been a profitable business in recent years, but much attention is needed to produce high quality cells for treating incurable diseases [8, 9].
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The production of stem cell biologics is adapted from the conventional pharmaceutical protein and vaccine production. Conventional biologics production involves the following basic steps: isolation and identification of raw materials, formulation, filling, packaging, and storage, where the total processing stops at the storage of final products.
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There is a big difference between the production of conventional biologics and cell-based therapy products. For vaccines or pharmaceutical protein production, cells are used as a platform for obtaining desired proteins. After that, cells are discarded. However, in cell-based therapies, cells, which are sensitive to the physical or chemical attributes of the residing environment, are the final products. Therefore, much consideration is needed before translating cell-based products from bench to clinic. This extends to the acquisition of tissue samples and isolation of cells, initial cell purification, selection, activation and transduction, cell expansion in plate or bioreactor culture, differentiation, washing, harvesting and formulation, filling and cryopreservation, and finally, storage and delivery to the clinics (Figure 1) [10].
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Figure 1.
Schematic illustration of current multi-step cell manufacturing strategies in planar culture for stem cell therapy applications. Skin cells are isolated from the patient and reprogrammed to hiPSCs using viral vectors. After reprogramming, hiPSCs are stored in a master cell bank or differentiated directly in autologous cell therapy applications. In some cases like allogeneic cell therapy applications, cells are expanded in a large amount and then differentiated. After performing characterization, quality assurance, and screening for safety and efficacy, cells are delivered to hospital or stored in a cell bank for future use.
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Cumbersome multi-step manufacturing systems can cause batch to batch variability, inefficacy, and low quality of cells for transplantation and need to be simplified and made more direct. In this context, we will discuss current limitations of cell manufacturing strategies and propose how to overcome these by integrating the total process in a single bioreactor to make cell manufacturing straight forward enough to deliver high quality cell therapy products to the clinic. In this review, we will also discuss how to integrate genetic modification—transfection or transduction, reprogramming, differentiation, purification, and formulation of final products in a single bioreactor.
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2. Current manufacturing strategies for stem cell therapy
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Current manufacturing strategies for cell therapy products are replicated from biologics manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industry. However, the processing of cells is far different from pharmaceutical proteins or vaccines. For pharmaceutical peptide production from microorganisms, the raw materials are extracted from bacteria or fungus [11, 12]. They are then separated, purified, and examined for quality assurance to meet the requirements of regulatory agencies, e.g., Food and Drug Administration (FDA), British Pharmacopeia, etc. The final products are stored or marketed in a dose-dependent manner.
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Cell processing is more intensified when the pharmaceutical proteins are produced by using human, animal, or plant cells as a by-product. In this case, high quality products depend on the maintenance of high quality cells, and maintaining a sterile condition is very important. Therefore, good bioprocessing is required to optimize the production of desired proteins. After inoculating from a master cell bank, the cells are cultured for a specific period of time [13, 14]. The supernatant is then collected and the desired proteins are separated, purified, and concentrated. The isolated products then go through quality assurance to meet the criteria of the regulatory agency. Finally, the products are stored and marketed in a dose-dependent manner.
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The manufacturing of stem-cell based products is not as straight forward as the production of pharmaceutical proteins or vaccines. This is because cells are the final product in stem cell therapy and are vulnerable to physical or chemical operations from isolation to delivery to patients. Cell manufacturing strategies also vary from source to source and depend on autologous or allogeneic transplantation (Figure 1). The major general steps are the acquisition of tissue samples and isolation of cells, initial cell purification, selection, activation and transduction, cell expansion, differentiation, washing, harvesting and formulation, filling and cryopreservation, and finally, storage and delivery to the clinics [10].
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For stem-cell based products, cells are isolated from specific tissues of patients, e.g., blood, skin, etc. for autologous transplantation or can be used from cell banks for allogeneic transplantation. Heterogeneity of final products may arise from the cell isolation step because patients’ tissues contain various undesired subpopulations. For example, in chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy, cells are isolated from patients’ blood tissue, which contains abnormal levels of inhibitory factors and regulatory cells [15, 16] because patients are treated with chemo- and radiotherapies. As a result, heterogeneity occurs in the final products, which need much attention during the cell isolation step. Cells isolated from patients need to be purified by centrifugation, magnetic-activated cell sorting (MACS), or fluorescent-activated cell sorting (FACS). Then, initial cell culture is done for selection, activation, or transduction of specific interest.
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After purification, cells are expanded in plate culture or bioreactor. Based on demand, large-scale expansion is required in a sterile condition, which also requires intensive consideration because it is the rate-limiting step for commercialization of cell therapy products. The most important considerations for large-scale expansions are: operational, economic, quality and safety.
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Operational design for culture systems (2D or 3D) with manual or automatic (desirable) operation is important before large-scale expansion [17]. Bioreactors are superior to plate culture for obtaining a large number of cells. Online monitoring and control of process parameters (pH, DO, pCO2, etc.) and considering the shortest possible culture time are also important parameters for operational consideration. A prediction model for medium consumption (glucose and glutamine) and toxic material production (lactic acid and ammonium) is very useful for determining medium feeding regimen. A dedicated single-use vessel is also a big operational consideration before large-scale expansion of cell-based products.
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As cell-based products are costlier, economic considerations for medium, efficient cell lines and other indirect utilities are important. However, the most important consideration in large-scale expansion is product quality and safety. For this purpose, dedicated cell manufacturing facilities are required to maintain current manufacturing practices (cGMP) for high product purity and safety.
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After large-scale expansion, cells are harvested by detaching them from the culture substrate using enzymatic treatment. Non-enzymatic detachment is also available by changing temperature or pH [18, 19, 20]. Aggregate culture in bioreactors may not necessarily need a detachment step for harvesting [21, 22, 23, 24, 25]. Next steps are washing and volume reduction, which can be done by centrifugation or tangential flow filtration on a large scale by using automated commercial devices (kSep systems and Terumo BCT).
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Purified cells are formulated in a dose-dependent manner and checked for quality assurance. Quality assurance is done in three different stages: microbial contamination, chemical contamination, and quality or potency assurance. Microbial contamination is checked for bacterial, fungal, or viral contamination by sterility tests with various methods [26, 27]. The most commonly used sterility test is a 14-day incubation of cell products for bacterial and fungal contamination [28, 29]. Chemical testing includes checking for molecules accompanying the culture medium or other factors used during isolation, expansion, and storage. One commonly used chemical test is the LAL test for bacterial endotoxin. There is now an automated 15 min test for determining endotoxin in cell therapy products, which was developed following FDA regulations [30]. Other chemical testing concerns are checking for residual proteins of different origins, serum, and other harmful particles originated from cell processing.
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In cell therapy products, quality is the major concern, especially because cell growth is a requirement. For that reason, a cell viability assay is done to determine live or dead cells in the product using a variety of staining methods. Colony forming unit (CFU) is also useful for determining biological activity of cell therapy products [31, 32]. Product potency is an important criterion to meet before releasing the product. For example, if a cell therapy product is applied for the chimeric antigen receptor T (CART)-related cancer therapy, it needs to be examined for the secretion of cytotoxic cytokines (IFN-γ) and killing of target cells [33]. However, for hPSCs, the final products are differentiated cells, wherein potency should be checked via transplantation into disease models.
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For hPSC-derived products, strict quality control is imperative before transplantation to the patients because there is high risk of oncogene transfer to patients. A clinical trial was halted in 2015 in Japan while treating AMD by autologous hiPSC-derived retinal pigmented epithelial cells because of genetic abnormality [34]. Since genetic abnormalities occur in hiPSC-derived products from reprogramming to finally differentiated cells [35], cells should be strictly screened for epigenetic signatures, karyotyping, telomerase activity, mitochondrial remodeling, etc. [36, 37, 38]. Rohani et al. summarized possible molecular cytogenetics for quality control that should be checked before releasing the final products [39]. Some of the proposed quality testings are whole-genome sequencing, single-cell genome sequencing, epigenomic analysis, and mitochondrial DNA integrity testing for maximizing the patient safety.
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After passing the product quality assurance, cells need to be delivered to clinics immediately or stored for future use. Cells are shipped generally to the clinics on dry ice (−78°C) or in liquid nitrogen dry shippers (−160°C) if the cells are vitrified. The mostly used technique for cell storage is cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen at −196°C which is adapted from the conventional stem cell banking [40, 41]. For cryopreservation, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), glycerol, sugars, or other polymers are used. Among them, clinical grade DMSO is widely used although it is detrimental and can cause harmful effects to cells [42, 43]. Therefore, removing it from cryopreservation protocols or lowering the concentration is important. However, developing appropriate protocols for freezing and thawing is also important for high recovery of cells. Generally, slow-freezing and quick thawing is highly applicable for better recovery of cryopreserved cells [44, 45]. Since intracellular ice crystal formation is a big obstacle in cryopreservation, using ice recrystallization inhibitors is also an effective process for cryopreservation of clinical cell therapy products [46, 47].
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Product delivery is also an important step to consider before administration to the patients. Since the products are carried in an environment where temperature is extreme, the container should be made with such materials that can withstand extreme low temperature and do not cause any leakage compromising the product quality [48]. For autologous cell therapy applications especially for CAR-T cell therapy, a dedicated vessel, which can withstand extreme low temperature, is needed [49].
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3. Integrated biologics manufacturing in bioreactors
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The conventional production of pharmaceutical proteins or other biologics consists of multiple steps from raw materials to finished products. As biologics need to maintain stringent quality control, multiple steps in production facilities compromise the product quality significantly. They also reduce productivity and become prone to human errors, which decrease product efficacy and safety. Moreover, multiple steps in cell processing consume a lot of time, which indirectly increases production cost. To overcome these drawbacks, integrated pharmaceutical production has been attempted by various pharmaceutical companies. One of the significant attempts was made by the Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturing of pharmaceutical products to fully integrate the cell processing system [50, 51]. Another attempt was taken by Genzyme™ for continuous production of pharmaceutical recombinant protein in bioreactors, where cell culture to product isolation and purification was integrated in a single flow [52]. By using this system, they respectively reported successful production of monoclonal antibody as well as highly complex, less stable pharmaceutical protein with consistent product quality, high product output, and low cost. Process integrity is necessary for reducing cumbersome production steps and cutting cost significantly. One such integrated system developed by Johnson & Johnson has recently got FDA approval for large-scale HIV drug production [53] that reduces time and cost by one third compared to the conventional batch processing.
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Since biologics production for cell therapies require multiple steps, integration of all of the steps will give high product quality and safety, as well as help overcome stringent regulatory requirements. In this context, we will discuss how to integrate some important basic steps of cell manufacturing especially genetic modification, cellular reprogramming, expansion, and differentiation in bioreactors to promote a single-step approach for cell-based therapies (Figure 2).
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Figure 2.
Schematic illustrations of integrated single-step cell manufacturing strategies in bioreactor culture for stem cell therapy applications. Skin cells are isolated from the patient and reprogrammed to hiPSCs on microcarriers using a nonviral approach. After expansion as aggregates, hiPSCs are stored in a master cell bank or differentiated directly in bioreactor. After performing characterization, quality assurance, and screening for safety and efficacy, cells are delivered to hospital or stored in a cell bank for future use.
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3.1. Genetic modifications in bioreactor
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Genetic modification is one of the biggest steps in producing cell therapy products. In biologics manufacturing, it has been practiced for many years for producing antibodies, proteins, or other biotechnological drugs. It has also been used extensively in the cell therapy industry as various cell-based products have been applied for treating multiple incurable genetic diseases in recent years. Some genetic modifications affect patients directly and some indirectly. For example, in adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a neurological disorder occurs due to malfunction of oligodendrocytes and microglia where genetic modification can affect a patient directly. To recover from it, a corrected gene is inserted into the patient-derived hPSCs and transplanted into the patient’s brain, which is differentiated into microglia to promote production of myelin in the patient’s brain that recovered the ALD [54].
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In some gene therapy applications, patients are exposed indirectly to genetic modification. For example, in thalassemia, patient blood cells are extracted from the body and the cells are modified and enriched in ex vivo to target the specific antigens of patients’ body [55]. Other indirect genetic modifications used for treating CAR or T-cell receptor (TCR) genes to T-cells [56], expression of CD40 ligand in dendritic cells [57], adenosine-deaminase severe-combined immunodeficiency [58], and beta-thalassemia [59], as well as deletion or insertion of desired genes in a specific genomic location. Among them, CAR-T cell therapy has got much attention for treating cancer-related diseases. These genetically modified T-cells can specifically target the antigens and kill the cancer cells efficiently [60]. CARs and TCRs are the mostly used receptors which are engineered to activate the T-cells [61]. Nowadays, a lot of CAR-T cell-based therapies are being established for treating advanced-stage lymphoma [62] and B-cell lymphoma [63] as well as other autoimmune diseases [64].
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Viral vectors are commonly used to deliver genetic cargo to cells (Figure 1). This involves a two-step process: preparation for viral vectors and transduction for modifying the cells to express desired property. Lentiviral and gamma-retroviral are widely-used for their superior transduction efficiency but their transgenes are integrated with the host genome [65]. Another choice for viral transduction is adenovirus where viral transgenes are not integrated into the host genome but less efficient than lenti- and retro-virus. The major drawbacks in viral vector mediated transduction are concerns for safety of the products [66]. Viral vectors are widely used for reprogramming hiPSCs from skin fibroblasts cells [2].
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Other methods for cellular transduction use nonviral approaches, including nucleofection or electroporation, or liposome-mediated delivery of DNA or RNA into cells. Although DNA vectors are easy to scale-up, carry large-size DNA with less immunotoxicity, this process is less efficient than the viral transduction. There are some other methods for skipping the use of viral vectors which are also efficient in doing the transgene expression [67, 68, 69]. Hsu et al. reported successful transfection by using commercially available nonviral cationic reagents, for example, TransIT-3D, TransIT-2020, XtremeGENE 9, XtremeGENE HP, JetPrime, Lipofectamine 3000, and Effectene and compared their transfection efficiency [70]. Warren et al. reported efficient reprogramming of hiPSCs from various cell sources by using mRNA and differentiated the cells into three germ layers [71]. hiPSCs were also reprogrammed by using recombinant protein that also maintained all the three germ layers [72].
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Since transgene possesses high risk of cancer-causing agents; therefore, removal after transduction is highly desired. There are a few methods developed for the removal of these vectors. One of the methods is the piggyBac transposon system, which has been used to remove tandem Yamanaka reprograming genes Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc from iPSCs following reprogramming [73]. Removal of transgenes after incorporating CAR into T-cells used another transposon system called Sleeping Beauty, which successfully removed any genetic scar from the transduced cells [74, 75]. Likewise, transgene-free iPSCs have also been produced by Cre excision of reprogramming genes via loxP sites [76]. Integration-deficient viral vectors are also good candidates for producing transgene-free cell therapy products by mutating viral integrase [77]. Another approach is to use site-directed integration using targeting nucleases [78, 79, 80].
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Various genome engineering technologies have been explored for gene addition, deletion, or correction in the cell therapy industry and are increasing day by day [81]. The most widely used targeting nucleases are zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas endonucleases, or transcription-activator like effector nucleases (TALENs) [82]. Although the CRISPR/Cas system has recently received much attention due to broad use in genome engineering of patient cells [83], ZFNs are also popular for treating graft-versus-host disease in T-cell therapy [84].
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Recently, a nuclease dead variant of Cas9 bearing a transcriptional trans-activator has recently been used in cellular reprogramming by activating the transcription factors Oct4 and Sox2, which maintained pluripotency and expressed the markers for the three germ layers [85].
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Although genetic modification is a rate-limiting step in the cell manufacturing industry, the conventional methods make it more complicated because it is a multi-step process. Conventional genetic modification in planar culture is also costly, labor-intensive, and time-consuming. The bioreactor is a better platform for producing large-scale genetically modified cells for commercial purposes because cell expansion is possible in the same vessel which makes the process straightforward (Figure 2). For genetic modification in bioreactor, Hsu et al. recently reported how to transfect reprogramming factors in bioreactor where they tried eliminating viral vectors for gene delivery by using cationic reagents [78]. Generally, transfection of reprogramming factors for generating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is done in adherent culture and then cells are expanded in 2D or 3D which is a two-step process. By integrating the genetic modification step in bioreactor, it is possible to establish a single-step process which enables cell manufacturing in automated and closed bioreactor system.
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Genetic modification is also a challenging step in CAR-T cell therapy-based products. In CAR-T cell therapy, generally cells are isolated from patients’ blood sample and then the cells are expanded after selection and activation. Finally, the cells need to be transduced with the CAR or any other antigens depending on target diseases. Conventional methods for genetic transduction are based on planar culture where every step is performed in open culture system. Recently, a few steps are integrated in bag culture system where selection, activation, and expansion can be done in a single step using DynaMag™ CTS™ [86], whereas the Xuri cell expansion System developed by GE Healthcare can expand cells in large numbers [87, 88, 89].
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Although washing and concentrating the final product are integrated by the COBE® 2991 system developed by Terumo BCT [90], the transduction step is still not integrated in any of the above systems. Integrating the transduction step with the expansion and formulation will make the CAR-T cell therapy straightforward and performing these steps in bioreactor is a good platform since the physiological parameters as well as automated operation is possible in bioreactor culture. Miltenyi Biotec developed a device named CliniMACS Prodigy™ which is based on bag culture for CAR-T cell therapy. This device integrated major steps especially cell preparation, selection, activation, expansion, transduction, washing, and formulation in an automated system [91, 92, 93]. Such integration in the bioreactor will pave a straightforward method for producing cell-based products in a closed and automatic method.
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3.2. Integrated system for large-scale expansion and differentiation in bioreactor
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Current manufacturing practices for stem cell-based products are multi-step: derivation, expansion, and differentiation. In this process, patient-derived skin fibroblast cells are transduced with reprogramming factors in the planar culture. After deriving hiPSCs, cells are expanded in planar or bioreactor culture to obtain a large number of cells. Then cells are differentiated to target cells of interest. The differentiated cells are characterized and transplanted to the patient in a dose-dependent manner. As this process is complicated with multiple steps, it poses high risk of contamination to the final products. Moreover, maintaining cGMP culture platform is also mandatory for cell-therapy products [94, 95, 96], which makes the cell manufacturing process more complicated. Therefore, developing an integrated system that can combine all these steps from derivation to final products is required. Here, the bioreactor may be a good platform for doing this (Figure 2).
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The bioreactor platform is widely used for the large-scale expansion of hPSC-based cell therapy production because bioreactor is easy to operate in an automated mode where various physicochemical parameters can be regulated in a closed-system. Two groups have demonstrated that the bioreactor is conducive to cellular reprogramming [97, 98]. Shafa et al. reported a significantly higher reprogramming efficiency in the bioreactor compared to the planar culture [97]. Since mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) is an important early step in cellular reprogramming [99], transformed fibroblasts that are moved into the bioreactor will form aggregates that are efficiently expanded in the bioreactor. Indeed because fibroblasts are substrate-dependent, bioreactor culture may be promoting aggregate formation and therefore cellular reprogramming.
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Unfortunately, bioreactor reprogramming methods require genetic modification (retroviral, piggyBAC) prior to bioreactor expansion. It is theoretically possible to pursue cellular reprograming fully and completely in the bioreactor. Recently, for example, Hsu et al. has demonstrated that it is possible to transfect human fibroblasts directly on microcarriers [70]. Reprogrammed cells in theory will leave the microcarrier to form aggregates in the bioreactor via MET.
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Following bioreactor derivation of hPSCs, the next big steps are expansion and differentiation. Generally, a large number of cells are required for an effective cell therapy application, which is ranging from 108 to 1010 cells per 70 kg patient [100]. In the conventional process, cell expansion is performed in planar culture. However, it has many drawbacks and limits the cell expansion in various ways. Planar culture is unable to provide enough growth surfaces for the unlimited expansion.
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Another major drawback is surface coating. Extracellular matrix (ECM) is needed for surface coating which is initially derived from animal sources, which poses high risk in clinical-grade manufacturing. Currently, recombinant ECM has been discovered, which can be used efficiently for clinical applications [101]. The advancement in cell coating also stimulated the advancement of integration and automation of cell expansion in adherent culture.
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Automated planar culture systems have been established for the expansion of hPSCs for clinical-grade cell manufacturing. One of the notable automated systems for cell manufacturing is CompacT SelecT™ developed by the TAP Biosystems. This system is based on T-flask where 90 T175 flasks can be accommodated for large-scale expansion of cells. All the cell culture steps, cell counting, seeding, medium change, passaging, and plating as well as transient transfection can be done automatically by using this robotic system. However, such systems are not used for differentiation since differentiation is a complicated process, which needs several components to add in the culture medium. As a result, the expansion and differentiation process in planar culture is mostly disintegrated.
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Cell expansion in bioreactors need not require surface coating except for microcarrier culture. Bioreactor also provides enough growth surface availability. Generally, a single bioreactor (100 mL working volume) is enough for providing clinically relevant number of cells for autologous cell therapy applications. Several types of bioreactors are employed for the expansion of hPSCs [102]. For anchorage-dependent expansion of hPSCs, microcarriers need to be coated with ECM for cell attachment in the bioreactor [100, 103, 104, 105].
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After large-scale expansion, cells are harvested by detaching them from the microcarrier using enzymatic treatment. Nonenzymatic detachment is also available by changing temperature or pH [18, 19, 20]. Bioreactor expansion of hPSCs on microcarrier is troublesome for clinical application because it needs an extra step for microcarrier separation from the final cell harvest. On the other hand, aggregate culture in bioreactors may not necessarily need a detachment step for harvesting [21, 22, 23, 24, 25] and clinically relevant numbers of cells can be produced in a single bioreactor as aggregate [21, 106, 107, 108].
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A major drawback in aggregate culture is the size limitation. With the increase in aggregate size, the growth potential decreases in the large size aggregate due to diffusion limitation of oxygen and nutrients [109]. Therefore, maintaining aggregate size is an important issue to maintain high growth rate as well as high quality for cell therapy applications [21].
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After expansion, cells can be differentiated in the same vessel which makes bioreactor culture a unique choice for integrated biologics manufacturing. Bioreactors were used for differentiation of hPSCs into various cell types, especially for cardiac [110, 111, 112], hepatic [113, 114], and neural [115] lineages. To provide straightforward methods for clinical applications, integration of expansion and differentiation is important and there are several reports published recently where expansion and differentiation were integrated [108, 116, 117, 118]. However, the integration of derivation with expansion and differentiation is still facing complications and there are a very few reports available.
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Steiner et al. reported integration of derivation, propagation and differentiation of hESCs in suspension culture where hESCs were isolated from the inner cell mass in suspension culture that did not involve feeder cells or microcarriers [119]. However, the integration of derivation, expansion, and differentiation is not still realized for personalized medicine especially for autologous or allogenic cell therapy applications. Such integration is needed for overcoming the multi-step cell processing, which will reduce the risk of contamination and save cell processing time as well as reduce manufacturing costs for cell therapy manufacturing.
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4. Concluding remarks and future directions
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Cell therapy applications utilizing stem cells are increasing day by day and several clinical trials are ongoing to treat incurable diseases. With the growing need for cell-based products, the manufacturing facilities should be compatible for fulfilling the market demand by supplying safe and effective cell-based products. Since the current manufacturing systems are stuck with several drawbacks, especially multi-step processing which poses high risk of contamination as well as long processing time which contributes to increase culture cost, a more straightforward system is required. Bioreactor-based cell manufacturing system can provide a single-step and straightforward processing of cell-based products. Integration of different steps, especially genetic modifications, derivation, and expansion as well as differentiation in bioreactor will pave the future of manufacturing cell-based products. The integrated biologics manufacturing in stirred suspension culture will significantly reduce the risk of contamination of final products, increase product efficacy, and reduce cell processing time and provide a cost-effective platform for cell manufacturing for cell therapy applications.
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Acknowledgments
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SCN conceptualized, designed, and wrote the manuscript. DER conceptualized and revised the manuscript.
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Conflict of interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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\r\n\tIn general, the harsher the environmental conditions in an ecosystem, the lower the biodiversity. Changes in the environment caused by human activity accelerate the impoverishment of biodiversity.
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\r\n\tBiodiversity refers to “the variability of living organisms from any source, including terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; it includes diversity within each species, between species, and that of ecosystems”.
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\r\n\tBiodiversity provides food security and constitutes a gene pool for biotechnology, especially in the field of agriculture and medicine, and promotes the development of ecotourism.
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\r\n\tCurrently, biologists admit that we are witnessing the first phases of the seventh mass extinction caused by human intervention. It is estimated that the current rate of extinction is between a hundred and a thousand times faster than it was when man first appeared. The disappearance of species is caused not only by an accelerated rate of extinction, but also by a decrease in the rate of emergence of new species as human activities degrade the natural environment. The conservation of biological diversity is "a common concern of humanity" and an integral part of the development process. Its objectives are “the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits resulting from the use of genetic resources”.
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\r\n\t• Pollution from industrial and agricultural products, which devastate the fauna and flora, especially those in fresh water.
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\r\n\tThe environment is subject to severe anthropic effects. Among them are those associated with pollution, resource extraction and overexploitation, loss of biodiversity, soil degradation, disorderly land occupation and planning, and many others. These anthropic effects could potentially be caused by any inadequate management of the environment. However, ecosystems have a resilience that makes them react to disturbances which mitigate the negative effects. It is critical to understand how ecosystems, natural and anthropized, including urban environments, respond to actions that have a negative influence and how they are managed. It is also important to establish when the limits marked by the resilience and the breaking point are achieved and when no return is possible. The main focus for the chapters is to cover the subjects such as understanding how the environment resilience works, the mechanisms involved, and how to manage them in order to improve our interactions with the environment and promote the use of adequate management practices such as those outlined in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
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\r\n\tWater is not only a crucial substance needed for biological life on Earth, but it is also a basic requirement for the existence and development of the human society. Owing to the importance of water to life on Earth, early researchers conducted numerous studies and analyses on the liquid form of water from the perspectives of chemistry, physics, earth science, and biology, and concluded that Earth is a "water polo". Water covers approximately 71% of Earth's surface. However, 97.2% of this water is seawater, 21.5% is icebergs and glaciers, and only 0.65% is freshwater that can be used directly by humans. As a result, the amount of water reserves available for human consumption is limited. The development, utilization, and protection of freshwater resources has become the focus of water science research for the continued improvement of human livelihoods and society.
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