Flying toward a plastic-free world: Can Drosophila serve as a model organism to develop new strategies of plastic waste management?

Autor: Pignataro E; Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro' via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy. Electronic address: eugenia.pignataro@uniba.it., Pini F; Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro' via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.pini@uniba.it., Barbanente A; Department of Chemistry, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy. Electronic address: alessandra.barbanente@uniba.it., Arnesano F; Department of Chemistry, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy. Electronic address: fabio.arnesano@uniba.it., Palazzo A; Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro' via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy. Electronic address: antonio.palazzo@uniba.it., Marsano RM; Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro' via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy. Electronic address: renemassimiliano.marsano@uniba.it.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2024 Mar 01; Vol. 914, pp. 169942. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 08.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.169942
Abstrakt: The last century was dominated by the widespread use of plastics, both in terms of invention and increased usage. The environmental challenge we currently face is not just about reducing plastic usage but finding new ways to manage plastic waste. Recycling is growing but remains a small part of the solution. There is increasing focus on studying organisms and processes that can break down plastics, offering a modern approach to addressing the environmental crisis. Here, we provide an overview of the organisms associated with plastics biodegradation, and we explore the potential of harnessing and integrating their genetic and biochemical features into a single organism, such as Drosophila melanogaster. The remarkable genetic engineering and microbiota manipulation tools available for this organism suggest that multiple features could be amalgamated and modeled in the fruit fly. We outline feasible genetic engineering and gut microbiome engraftment strategies to develop a new class of plastic-degrading organisms and discuss of both the potential benefits and the limitations of developing such engineered Drosophila melanogaster strains.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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