Determination of the nutritive value of Euglena gracilis protein by in vitro digestion experiments and rat feeding tests. Genet. Phytochemistry 7, 21572171. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.09.008, Giese, E., Dekker, R., Barbosa, A., da Silva, M., and da Silva, R. (2011). (2014). Biomol. Euglena gracilis cell confined in a glass capillary and imaged using bright-field reflected light microscopy. Enhanced curdlan production in Agrobacterium sp. Single cell protein production of Euglena gracilis and carbon dioxide fixation in an innovative photo-bioreactor. Chemical derivatives of paramylon (activated paramylon) have been shown to exhibit augmented or novel bioactivities. Evaluation of the effects of feeding dried algae containing beta-1,3-glucan on broilers challenged with Eimeria. Bioprocess Eng. (2018). Front. At this time, microalgae-derived biofuels are not economically feasible because they are not competitive with fossil fuels due to their higher production costs. In the Western world, major health conditions like cardiovascular and neurological diseases have been linked directly to a lack of long-chain -3 PUFAs, especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), in the dietary intake (Deckelbaum and Torrejon, 2012; Innis, 2014). Am. For example, mice fed with 2% (w/w) paramylon in their diet and challenged with the (human) influenza virus A/PR/8/34 (H1N1) showed higher survival rates and cytokine levels (IFN- IL-1, IL-6, IL-10, and IL-12) compared to the control group in concurrence with lower virus titres, suggesting that paramylon served as an effective regulator of the immune response providing protection against the virus (Nakashima et al., 2017). (2013). Phycologia 50, 156169. Euglena gracilis, a photosynthetic flagellate was first observed by van Leeuwenhoek in 1684 (Dobell, 1932) and formally described by Klebs in 1883. . doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.12659, Tandon, P., Jin, Q., and Huang, L. (2017). (2017). Eng. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. For example, dried E. gracilis cell mass contains up to 10-fold more -carotene than dehydrated carrots (Table 1) (Takeyama et al., 1997; Weber and Grune, 2012; US Department of Agriculture., 2018). Chem. J. Appl. 22, 327333. Lipids 45, 263273. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2018.11.022, Kim, D., Filtz, M.R., and Proteau, P.J. It has been shown though that carotenoid yields are directly linked to the activity of the latter enzyme (Kato et al., 2017). For example, when preneoplastic aberrant crypt foci (marker for colon cancer risk) were induced in the colon of mice by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine treatment, the subsequent inclusion of 2% (w/w) paramylon into their diet reduced the development of colon cancer by 50% (Bird, 1995; Watanabe et al., 2013). Therefore, it has been widely applied in many fields, such as in food, supplements, and cosmetics (Gong et al. Quantitative study on lipid productivity of Euglena gracilis and its biodiesel production according to the cultivation conditions . However, DW titres of E. gracilis under PT conditions are significantly lower than those obtained with MT/HT growth (Table 1) (Takeyama et al., 1997; Hasan et al., 2017). 215, 7279. (Table 1) (de Oliveira et al., 1999; Tokuoglu and nal, 2003; Ramazanov and Ramazanov, 2006;Rodrguez-Zavala et al., 2010). Enhancement of photosynthetic capacity in Euglena gracilis by expression of cyanobacterial fructose-1,6-/sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase leads to increases in biomass and wax ester production. Cancer Lett. Metabol. 1128, 220226. Two examples are high-throughput optofluidic image cytometry, where lipid-overproducing mutants can be identified without the need for staining of the cells with potentially phenotype-altering dyes, and fluorescence imaging flow cytometry, which allows the normalisation of fluorescence values against the cell size to avoid false-negative results (i.e., mislabelling of small cells with relatively high fluorescence values) (Lei et al., 2016; Muoz et al., 2018). Med. Biochem. doi: 10.1364/BOE.7.002703, Levine, R., Horst, G., Tonda, R., Lumpkins, B., and Mathis, G. (2018). Poultry Sci. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. In E. gracilis, WE synthesis serves as an electron sink for ATP production through glycolysis during anaerobiosis. There are a few isolated reports on genetic manipulation of E. gracilis. (2013). doi: 10.1186/1475-2859-12-64, Ebenezer, T.E., Zoltner, M., Burrel, A., Nenarokova, A., Anna, Vanclov, M.G.N., et al. doi: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2012.12.002. The study showed that Agrobacterium-mediated transformation was superior to electroporation and biolistic bombardment, resulting in stable E. gracilis transformants. J. Biochem. Original data collection and draft preparation by AG. (2010). We address this by genome, RNA and protein sequencing: the E. gracilis genome is >2Gb, with 36,526 predicted proteins. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M206756200, Kato, S., Soshino, M., Takaichi, S., Ishikawa, T., Nagata, N., Asahina, M., et al. saccharophila. Univ. However, carbohydrate and lipid yields in E. gracilis can be improved by new cultivation technologies and metabolic engineering approaches, possibly providing an affordable alternative to fossil fuels in the near future. 35, 7684. Appl. Bioresource Technol. Curr. doi: 10.1007/s00253-011-3311-6, Chae, S.R., Hwang, E.J., and Shin, H.S. Microbial production of vitamin B12: a review and future perspectives. These findings highlight the potential of E. gracilis enzymes for the microbial production of biofuels (Teerawanichpan and Qiu, 2010; Tomiyama et al., 2017; Nandy and Srivastava, 2018). Eur. Commun. However, the current chemical synthesis of oligosaccharides is still laborious and product yields are very low despite some advances in the field, whereas enzymatic synthesis has been considered as a technically feasible option (Plante et al., 2001; Ogawa et al., 2014). (2018). Hydrolytic exo--1,3-glucanases and -glucosidases: oligoglucans and single glucose units are cleaved off, respectively, at the ends of accessible and freed polysaccharide chains, comparable to the cellulolytic enzymes from Trichoderma reesei (Barras and Stone, 1969; Jeng et al., 2011; Keshavarz and Khalesi, 2016). Technol. Suppression of DYRK ortholog expression affects wax ester fermentation in Euglena gracilis. -tocopherol content of greek virgin olive oils. Effect of mixed organic substrate on -tocopherol production by Euglena gracilis in photoheterotrophic culture. doi: 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.04.009, Sonck, E., Stuyven, E., Goddeeris, B., and Cox, E. (2010). doi: 10.1016/j.bej.2013.03.006, Choi, J.A., Oh, T.-H., Choi, J.-S., Chang, D.-J., and Joo, C.-K. (2013). J. Nat. Nutr. Chloroplast transformation in Euglena gracilis: splicing of a group III twintron transcribed from a transgenic psbK operon. Rectangular and wedge-shaped segments consisting of these fibres are arranged to form granules, which can be synthesised by E. gracilis in different shapes like ellipses or rods (Figure 3B). J. In contrast, some vegetable oils (e.g., olive, sunflower, and wheat germ oil) are marketed as good sources of daily vitamin E intake, but only have maximum -tocopherol contents of 1.5 mg/g (Table 1), which further emphasises the commercial potential of E. gracilis as a viable candidate for industrial -tocopherol production (Psomiadou et al., 2000; US Department of Agriculture., 2018). Another example is the production of self-assembling -1,3-glucan nanofibres derived from paramylon (Shibakami et al., 2013a). (2018). Currently, the health-enhancing properties of paramylon are exploited in this way by several new or already established companies in Japan and the United States, which are selling paramylon-rich E. gracilis whole cell meal or extracted paramylon (Barsanti and Gualtieri, 2018). 1.31) from Euglena gracilis Z. Arch. Sakagami, H., Unten, S., Hanaoka, A., Ohsawa, N., Fujimaki, M., Komatsu, N., et al. The contribution of -carotene to vitamin A supply of humans. Identification and enzymatic characterization of an endo-1,3--glucanase from Euglena gracilis. Thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency and associated brain damage is still common throughout the world and prevention is simple and safe! Biochemistry 42, 97799788. (2012). (2016). However, there is no further information on whether this proposed system was ever built and tested. Recent advances in our understanding of tocopherol biosynthesis in plants: an overview of key genes, functions, and breeding of vitamin E improved crops. Deficiencies of this micronutrient can have severe health effects such as blindness in infants or an increased mortality rate during infections (Weber and Grune, 2012; Wiseman et al., 2017). Homogeneous and heterogeneous environments were prepared, with only a red color or with a red circle surrounded by brighter white regions, respectively. (2015). Figure 1. Importantly, animal and in vitro studies have shown an excellent digestibility of protein derived from E. gracilis biomass (Hosotani and Kitaoka, 1977). The central enzymatic steps of the pathway for WE formation in E. gracilis are catalysed by fatty acyl-CoA reductase (EgFAR) and wax synthase (EgWS). PLoS ONE 8, 16. Biofuels 7, 713721. A better understanding of the E. gracilis pathway for -carotene biosynthesis (Figure 2A) could hold the key to further improve the yields. Lentinan with S-1 and paclitaxel for gastric cancer chemotherapy improve patient quality of life. In a heterogeneous environment, the cells move into the red circle. doi: 10.1186/s13068-015-0264-5, Ogawa, Y., Noda, K., Kimura, S., Kitaoka, M., and Wada, M. (2014). Rep. 7, 113. Nutr. Immunomodulation and anti-cancer activity of polysaccharide-protein complexes. For example, mice treated with 2,4,6-trinitrochlorobenzene, which would usually induce atopic dermatitis (AD)-like skin lesions, were fed with paramylon at 1% (w/w) of their diet. Identification and functional analysis of the geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase gene (crtE) and phytoene synthase gene (crtB) for carotenoid biosynthesis in Euglena gracilis. *Correspondence: Anwar Sunna, anwar.sunna@mq.edu.au, Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). Biol. 56, 251258. Biotechnol. doi: 10.1007/s10811-017-1235-y, Kiss, J.Z., Vasoconcelos, A.C., and Triemer, R.E. Exp. While a draft genome assembly and initial features of the genome have been made available, a complete annotated genome sequence is not on hand as yet (O'Neill et al., 2015a; Ebenezer et al., 2017). Euglena gracilis cell mass has been shown to be a suitable source for the production of biogas by anaerobic digestion, producing around 650 or 800 mL biogas/g DW under PT or HT cultivation conditions, respectively (Grimm et al., 2015). Aquacult. Putative enzymatic mechanism for synergistic paramylon degradation in Euglena gracilis (C). (2018). Biomass nutrient profiles of three microalgae: Spirulina platensis, Chlorella vulgaris, and Isochrisis galbana. doi: 10.1016/S1389-0344(03)00060-1, Rigotti, A. Thermoplasticization of euglenoid -1,3-glucans by mixed esterification. 10, 165170. J. Appl. The vicious cycle of vitamin a deficiency: a review. 25, 299307. The protein content of E. gracilis is on a par with popular microalgal food supplements such as those sourced from Chlorella spp. In a laboratory set-up mimicking local environmental conditions, experiments with a raceway for the PT cultivation of E. gracilis resulted in biomass yields close to calculated theoretical values. 8, 118. Cell Res. J. Clin. doi: 10.1186/s12934-017-0631-y, Fritsche, S., Wang, X., and Jung, C. (2017). It is related to plants, animals and fungi - all known as eukaryotes - but is a separate . BMC Plant Biol. 54, 529538. Biochim. Adaptive laboratory evolution - harnessing the power of biology for metabolic engineering. Outdoor PT cultivation is considered the most economical option for the bulk production of microalgal biomass (Apel and Weuster-Botz, 2015). Immunol. Furthermore, there is a preference for the use of short- or medium-chain esters over long-chain esters in the industrial production of diesel and kerosene because shorter esters provide better cold flow properties and oxidative stability (Maurice et al., 2001). Acta (BBA) Lipids Lipid Metab. Am. Biophys. Single-cell analysis of morphological and metabolic heterogeneity in Euglena gracilis by fluorescence-imaging flow cytometry. Phycol. Technol. Eukaryot. Sci. (1969). Front. (2011). 12, 8994. Bull. doi: 10.1016/j.pisc.2015.07.002, O'Neill, E.C., Trick, M., Hill, L., Rejzek, M., Dusi, R.G., Hamilton, C.J., et al. (2013). (a) Culturing Euglena gracilis Klebs as batch cultures under 210 mol m-2 s-1; (b) Euglena gracilis Klebs growing under 210 mol m-2 s-1 at the exponential phase (Images by C.K. We may be seeing more of Euglena Gracilis in the years to come. The impact of microalgae in food science and technology. Carbohydrate Polymers 105, 9096. Relative metal toxicities were evaluated based on the Effective Exposure causing 50% growth reduction (= EE50). doi: 10.1159/000343106, Ntefidou, M., Iseki, M., Watanabe, M., Lebert, M., and Hder, D.-P. (2003). doi: 10.3382/ps/pey227. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2016.1160362, Yadavalli, R., Rao, C.S., Rao, R.S., and Potumarthi, R. (2014). Phycol. Microalgae have been proposed as a source of feedstock for the production of biofuels such as biodiesel because of the high amounts of lipids, mostly FAs and WE, accumulated during the growth of some microalgal species (Matos, 2017). 7, 261275. Food Sci. Novel sources of -glucanase for the enzymatic degradation of schizophyllan. (2017). Nutr. 84, 659672. Wax ester and lipophilic compound profiling of Euglena gracilis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: toward understanding of wax ester fermentation under hypoxia. Food Sci. So far, the highest reported total -tocopherol titres of 44.2 mg/L culture or 1.1 mg/g DW were achieved with E. gracilis in HT fed-batch cultivation after 455 h in a medium containing ethanol as a carbon source (Ogbonna et al., 1998). Chem. Nature 438, 90. doi: 10.1038/nature04056, Croft, M.T., Warren, M.J., and Smith, A.G. (2006). Br. Carotenoids: biochemistry, pharmacology and treatment. Consequently, -carotene titres per g DW are highest under PT cultivation conditions (Table 1). doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.11.014, Sugiyama, A., Hata, S., Suzuki, K., Yoshida, E., Nakano, R., Mitra, S., et al. 37, 178185. PT cultivation on the other hand, although being a feasible alternative to HT cultivation, is restricted by low yields even after the technical optimisation of the cultivation process (Chae et al., 2006; Grimm et al., 2015; Hasan et al., 2017; Suzuki, 2017). 64, 817. Microb. (2017). The fatty acids of Euglena gracilis. Growth and chemical composition of Spirulina maxima and Spirulina platensis biomass at different temperatures. Sci. Implications for the recognition of fungi by innate immunity. 13, 195205. Euglena live in fresh and brackish water habitats such as ponds rich in organic matter. 277, 3682536831. Subcellular distribution of cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase in Euglena gracilis Z. Phytochemistry 35, 5961. Eur. Mol. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2006.00416.x, Ramos, M.J., Fernndez, C.M., Casas, A., Rodrguez, L., and Prez, . 7:108. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00108. PT cultivation produces ~20-fold less biomass (between 2 and 3 g DW/L culture) compared to HT and MT cultivation (Table 1) (Grimm et al., 2015; Hasan et al., 2017). Bioeng. 207, 8390. Efficient use of strong light for high photosynthetic productivity: interrelationships between the optical path, the optimal population density and cell-growth inhibition. (1967). J. Funct. Identifying what control mechanisms make E. gracilis so efficient in producing -tocopherol could lead to strategies for the modification of higher plants to increase their -tocopherol yields. Euglena is a very important organism within the environment as it is able to photosynthesize, thus taking in carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen into the atmosphere so that other organisms can survive Do you have 2 other reasons? Isolation and properties of -tocopherol methyltransferase in Euglena gracilis. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2017.08.029, Hayashi, H., Narumi, I., Wada, S., Kikuchi, M., Furuta, M., Uehara, K., et al. doi: 10.1002/elsc.201100025, Santini, A., Cammarata, S.M., Capone, G., Ianaro, A., Tenore, G.C., Pani, L., et al. doi: 10.1104/pp.84.3.609, Isegawa, Y., Watanabe, F., Kitaoka, S., and Nakano, Y. doi: 10.1111/jfd.12871, Yamamoto, F.Y., Yin, F., Rossi Jr, W., Hume, M., and Gatlin Iii, D.M. Univ. The proposed activity of 17-desaturase and C20/22 elongase (see Figure 2D) has been verified in E. gracilis cell extract only, whereas genes encoding the other enzymes (see Figure 2D) have been expressed heterologously (Wallis and Browse, 1999; Meyer et al., 2003; Qi et al., 2004; Damude et al., 2010; Pollak et al., 2012; Zhu et al., 2014). Occurrence of L-ascorbic acid in Euglena gracilis Z. However, more studies would be needed to elucidate the nature of the observed effects and to confirm quantifiable benefits for the animals. A key enzyme in its -tocopherol synthesis pathway (Figure 2C) is -tocopherol methyltransferase (Shigeoka et al., 1986, 1992). Res. Sci. Therapeut. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a077454, Sun, A., Hasan, M.T., Hobba, G., Nevalainen, H., and Te'o, J. (2017). Polysaccharide nanofiber made from euglenoid alga. Med. doi: 10.1007/s12010-016-2320-4, Muoz, H.E., Li, M., Riche, C.T., Nitta, N., Diebold, E., Lin, J., et al. 39, 4960. Microalgae can accumulate large quantities of proteins intracellularly and therefore represent an attractive alternative to more traditional sources of dietary protein like meat and fish (Henchion et al., 2017; Ritala et al., 2017). Both species were acid tolerant, growing optimally at pH 2.5-7. Attempts to enhance E. gracilis biomass production under PT conditions, for example with the use of a photobioreactor, resulted in maximum titres similar to those of shake flask cultures, which are several times lower than those of some microalgal species grown under closed PT conditions (Table 1) (Richmond et al., 2003; Chae et al., 2006; Hasan et al., 2017). (2017). Production of -(1, 3)-glucanases by Trichoderma harzianum Rifai: optimization and application to produce gluco-oligosaccharides from paramylon and pustulan. Fish Shellfish Immunol. Moreover, E. gracilis WEs are more suited for catalytic cracking for the production of fuel as the reaction is faster with less formation of unwanted poorly combustible polyaromatic compounds (Shimada et al., 2018). Zn-bis-glutathionate is the best co-substrate of the monomeric phytochelatin synthase from the photosynthetic heavy metal-hyperaccumulator Euglena gracilis. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14077-6, Torihara, K., and Kishimoto, N. (2015). We would like to thank the Macquarie University Microscopy Unit for its contribution to Figure 3. BMC Plant Biol. Fatty acid synthesis in mitochondria of Euglena gracilis. A solution to this problem could be the genetic modification (GM) of E. gracilis to improve biomass and/or bioproduct yields. Comparison of the methods for determining degree of polymerization of water-insoluble -1,3-glucans. For example, silencing of the genes coding for the E. gracilis 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase (EgKAT) isozymes EgKAT 1, EgKAT 2 and EgKAT 3 via RNAi lead to an increased production of short-chain WEs, and an artificial biodiesel inferred from the lipid composition before and after gene silencing indicated an improvement of cold flow properties (Nakazawa et al., 2015). doi: 10.1007/s11306-014-0687-1, Garca-Garca, J.D., Girard, L., Hernndez, G., Saavedra, E., Pardo, J.P., Rodrguez-Zavala, J.S., et al. Unfortunately, the product yield of this reaction has not been reported (Bumer et al., 2001). Washington, DC: United States Patent and Trademark Office. ATCC 31749 by addition of low-polyphosphates. As a result, corneal epithelial cell migration was increased and the acute inflammatory reaction caused by corneal alkali burns in vivo was supressed (Choi et al., 2013). Table 1. Braz. 5, 503514. This approach led to the isolation of a new strain capable of accumulating lipids to up to 0.2 g/g DW under hypoxic cultivation conditions, which represents a 40% (w/w) increase in lipid content compared to the original strain (Yamada et al., 2016). doi: 10.1002/elsc.200900077, antek, B., Friehs, K., Lotz, M., and Flaschel, E. (2012). (2017). Therefore, E. gracilis cell mass can be considered an excellent vitamin A supplement and could improve a vitamin A-poor diet. 179 (Suppl. (2004). doi: 10.1023/A:1010573218863, Yasuda, K., Ogushi, M., Nakashima, A., Nakano, Y., and Suzuki, K. (2018). Cell Factories 16, 114. doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2016.00036, Andreani, L., and Rocha, J.D. Vitamin E inadequacy in humans: causes and consequences. 93, 5571. Euglena gracilis paramylon activates human lymphocytes by upregulating pro-inflammatory factors. 38, 12071213. Role of aberrant crypt foci in understanding the pathogenesis of colon cancer. Suppression of the phytoene synthase gene (EgcrtB) alters carotenoid content and intracellular structure of Euglena gracilis. A history of vitamin E. Ann. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04848.x, Rosenberg, A. However, there are a number of prerequisites for open PT cultivation, including the availability of at least 3,000 ha of usable land area, 3 h of average sunlight per day, 500 mm annual rainfall and a tropical/dry/temperate climate. Production of wax esters via microbial oil synthesis from food industry waste and by-product streams. 21, 114. Initial transcriptomic studies indicated that amino acid synthesis pathways in E. gracilis were similar to those used by plants and bacteria (O'Neill et al., 2015b). As some microalgal species, including Chlorella sp. doi: 10.3177/jnsv.25.299. For example, HT growth in a medium supplemented with external nitrogen (ammonium) has resulted in the production of cell mass with a protein content of close to 0.7 g/g DW, whereas PT cultivation maximally yields 0.5 g/g DW (Chae et al., 2006; Rodrguez-Zavala et al., 2010). Impact of -1,3-glucan isolated from Euglena gracilis on corneal epithelial cell migration and on wound healing in a rat alkali burn model. Incubation of originally granular paramylon with bases like sodium hydroxide has been shown to yield soluble nanofibers. Biotechnol. By definition, paramylon and its related compounds can only be considered 'nutraceuticals' and not 'pharmaceuticals', which has restricted them to be used only as food supplements (Santini et al., 2018). 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