Journal
BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES
Volume 54, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107871
Keywords
Marine drugs; Pharmaceuticals; Production; Metabolic engineering; Biotechnology
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- ARD2020 Biopharmaceutical program of the Region Centre Val de Loire (ETOPOCentre project)
- ANR MIACYC [ANR-20-CE43-0010]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-20-CE43-0010] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
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The marine environment is a rich source of biodiversity and chemical compounds, with marine natural products (MNPs) playing a significant role in drug discovery. However, challenges such as low bioavailability and complex structures hinder the discovery and supply of MNPs. Metabolic engineering offers a promising solution for sustainable production of MNPs in the future.
The marine environment is a huge reservoir of biodiversity and represents an excellent source of chemical compounds, some of which have large economical values. In the urgent quest for new pharmaceuticals, marine based drug discovery has progressed significantly over the past several decades and we now benefit from a series of approved marine natural products (MNPs) to treat cancer and pain while an additional collection of promising leads are in clinical trials. However, the discovery and supply of MNPs has always been challenging given their low bioavailability and structural complexity. Their manufacture for pre-clinical and clinical development but also commercialization mainly relies upon marine source extraction and chemical synthesis, which are associated with high costs, unsustainability and severe environmental problems. In this review, we discuss how metabolic engineering now raises reasonable expectations for the implementation of microbial cell factories, which may provide a sustainable approach for MNP-based drug supply in the near future.
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