lectures 20-21, chapters 12-13 regulations and risk assessment neal stewart
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Lectures 20-21, Chapters 12-13Regulations and risk assessment
Neal Stewart
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Discussion questions
1. What are regulations supposed to achieve?2. With GM crops being used so extensively, how are we
assured of their health and environmental safety?3. How is genetic engineering (biotechnology) regulated?4. When is plant genetic engineering not regulated?5. How do the risks posed by products of biotechnology
compare to those posed by conventional technologies?6. How do different countries regulate products of
biotechnology?
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Plant genetic modification
The new plant will pass the transgeneto its progeny through seed.
Any gene, any organism
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Recall… progression of transgenic plants
• Input traits– commercialized fast from 1996
• Output traits—commercialized slowly from early 2000s
• Third generation– pharma, oral vaccines, phytoremediation, phytosensors—emerging gradually. How might regulating these be more challenging.
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Bt maize
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Bt cotton
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Golden rice
Engineered to deliver pro-vitamin A
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GFP canola
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Plants to detect landmines
induction
Using induciblepromoter/GFP fusions
No TNT +TNT
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Agriculture and Nature
• Are farms part of nature?
• Of the environment?
• Direct or indirectly?
• Impacts on nature and agriculture might be inter-related but the endpoints will be different
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Big picture—ecological impacts of agriculture
• Major constraint is agriculture itself
• Tillage and pesticide practices
• Crop genetics (of any sort) is miniscule
ag v wild
tillage
pesticides
herbicides
crop
genetics
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Transgenes
Conventional breeding
Mutagenesis
Half genomes, e.g., wide crosses in hybrids
Whole genomes, e.g., horticultural introductions or biological control
Amount of genetic information added to ecosystems les
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more
Risk??
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Figure 12.1
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Domestication of corn
Teosinte Corn
9000 years ago?
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Domestication of carrotDaucus carota
300 to 1000 years ago?
Queen Anne’s Lace
1700s orange carrots appear in Holland
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Brassica oleracea
Wild cabbage
KohlrabiGermany 100 AD
Kale 500 BC
Cabbage 100 AD
Cauliflower 1400s
Broccoli Italy 1500s
Brussel sproutsBelgium 1700s
Ornamental kaleLate 1900s
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Regulations
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What/why regulate
• Biosafety– human and environmental welfare
• Recombinant DNA (rDNA) triggers regulation in most countries
• Transgenic plants and their products are pound for pound the most regulated organisms on earth
• “Protect” organic agriculture• “Precautionary principle”
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US history of regulating biotechnology
• Early 1970s recombinant organisms are possible (microbes)—plants in 1980s
• Asilomar conference 1975
• NIH Guidelines 1976—regulating lab use
• OSTP Coordinated Framework—1986
• Set up the USDA, EPA and FDA to regulate aspects of transgenic plants
Regulatory agencies provide safeguards and requirements to assure safety—determination and mitigation of risks.
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Roles of agencies in US regulation of transgenic plants
• USDA: Gene flow, agronomic effects
• EPA: Gene flow, environmental/non-target, toxicity when plants harbor transgenes for pest control
• FDA: human toxicity/allergenicity
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Ecological Risk Assessment of Transgenic
Plants
Problem formulation—assessment and measurement
endpoints
exposure assessment hazard assessment
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ObjectivesAt the end of this lecture
students should…
• Understand framework for assessing risks• Be able to define short-term and long-term
risks for a transgenic plant application—i.e., define ecological endpoints
• Understand exposure assessment and hazard assessments for today’s GM plants
• Critically think about exposure and hazard assessments for upcoming GM plants
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Methods of risk analysis
• Experimental approach (toxicology or ecology)– Controlled experiments with hypothesis
testing– Cause and effect
• Theoretical modeling• Epidemiological approach—association of
effects with potential causes• Expert opinion
Adapted from 2002 NRC report: Environmental Effects of Transgenic Plants
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RiskRisk
Likelihood of harm to be manifested under environmentally relevant conditions
Joint probability of exposure and effect Qualitative is more reasonable than
quantitative
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Risk analysis
Johnson et al. 2007 Trends Plant Sci 12:1360
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Ecological RisksRisk = exposure x hazard
Risk = Pr(event) x Pr(harm|event)
• The example gene flow
• Exposure = probability hybridization
• Hazard = consequences of ecological or agricultural change--severity of negative impact
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Ecological RisksRisk = exposure x hazard
Risk = Pr(event) x Pr(harm|event)• Transgene persistence in the environment–
gene flow– Increased weediness– Increased invasiveness
• Non-target effects– killing the good insects by accident
• Resistance management– insects and weeds• Virus recombination• Horizontal gene flow
Public perception: Risk = visibility x hysteria
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Risk = Pr(GM spread) x Pr(harm|GM spread)
Stated another way and with terms:
Exposure ImpactFrequency Hazard
Consequence
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Experimental endpoints
• Hypothesis testing
• Tiered experiments– lab, greenhouse, field
• Critical P value
• Relevancy
• Comparisons– ideal vs pragmatic world
HYPOTHESES MUST BE MADE—WE CANNOT SIMPLY TAKE DATA AND LOOK FOR PROBLEMS!
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Example endpoints
• H, insect death: toxicology of insect resistance genes
• E, hybridization frequency: gene flow
What are some ideal features of end points?
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Risk analysis
Johnson et al. 2007 Trends Plant Sci 12:1360
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Balancing exposure and hazard
• R = E x H: an example from the world of gene flow
• R= E x H: an example from the world on non-targets
Johnson et al. 2007 Trends Plant Sci 12:1360
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Gene flow model: Bt Cry1Ac + canola and wild relatives
Diamondback moth larvae. http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/inhsreports/jan-feb00/larvae.gif
Brassica napus – canolacontains Bt
Brassica rapa – wild turnipwild relative
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Brassica relationships
Triangle of U
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Bt Brassica gene flow risk assessment
• Is it needed?
• What kind of experiments?
• At what scale?
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Tiered approach—mainly non-targets
Wilkinson et al. 2003 Trends Plant Sci 8: 208
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Ecological concernsEcological concerns
• Damage to non-target organisms• Acquired resistance to insecticidal
protein • Intraspecific hybridization
• Crop volunteers
• Interspecific hybridization• Increased hybrid fitness and
competitiveness
• Hybrid invasivenesswww.epa.gov/eerd/BioTech.htm
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Brassica napus, hybrid, BC1, BC2, B. rapa
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Hybridization frequencies—
Hand crosses– lab and greenhouse
F1
Hybrids
BC1 Hybrids
CA QB1 QB2 Total CA QB1 QB2 Total
GT 1 69% 81% 38% 62% 34% 25% 41% 33%
GT 2 63% 88% 81% 77% 23% 35% 31% 30%
GT 3 81% 50% 63% 65% 24% 10% 30% 20%
GT 4 38% 56% 56% 50% 7% 30% 36% 26%
GT 5 81% 75% 81% 79% 39% 17% 39% 31%
GT 6 50% 50% 54% 51% 26% 12% 26% 21%
GT 7 31% 75% 63% 56% 30% 19% 31% 26%
GT 8 56% 75% 69% 67% 22% 22% 21% 22%
GT 9 81% 31% 31% 48% 27% 28% 23% 26%
GFP 1 50% 88% 75% 71% 18% 33% 32% 27%
GFP 2 69% 88% 100% 86% 26% 20% 57% 34%
GFP 3 19% 38% 19% 25% 10% 22% 11% 15%
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Gene flow model with insecticidal gene
Wilkinson et al. 2003 Trends Plant Sci 8: 208
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In the UK, Wilkinson and colleagues predict each
year…•32,000 B. napus x B. rapa waterside populations hybrids are produced•16,000 B. napus x B. rapa dry populations hybrids are produced
But where are the backcrossed hybrids?
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Field level backcrossingMaternal Parent
F1 hybrid Transgenic/germinated Hybridization rate per plant
Location 1 983/1950 50.4%
Location 2 939/2095 44.8%
F1 total 1922/4045 47.5%
Maternal ParentB. rapa Transgenic/germinated Hybridization rate per
plant
Location 1 34/56,845 0.060%
Location 2 44/50,177 0.088%
B. rapa total 78/107,022 0.073%
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Genetic Load
Negative effects of genetic load may hinder a hybrid’s ability to compete and survive
Negative epistatic effects of genetic load could trump any fitness benefits conferred by a fitness enhancing transgene
GM Crop Weed
Weed
F1 Hybrid
BCX
weed
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Field level hybridizationThird-tier Risk = Pr(GM spread) x Pr(harm|GM spread)
Exposure Frequency
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AFLPs
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Generating transgenic “weeds”testing the consequences
Brassica napus
(AACC, 2n=38)
Brassica rapa(AA, 2n=20)
F1 Generation(AAC, 2n=29)
B. rapa
BC1F1 Generation (AAc, 2n=20 + 1 or
2)
BC2F1 Generation (AA, 2n=20)
B. rapa
BC2F2 Generation (AA, 2n=20)
BC2F1 Generation (AA, 2n=20)
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Competition field design
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Competition results
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Halfhill et al 2005 Mol Ecol 14:3177
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Figure 1. Genetic Load Study: Productivity. Average vegetative dry weight and seed yield (2e +4 = 20,000 seeds, 1e + 5 = 100,000 seeds, etc.) of non-transgenic Brassica napus (BN), Brassica rapa (BR) and transgenic BC1/F2 hybrid lines (GT1, GT5 and GT9) grown under non-competitive (A and C) and competitive field conditions (B and D). Columns with the same letter do not differ statistically (P < 0.0001). Error bars represent ± standard error of the means. Note that different Y-axis scales are used among figure panels.
BMCBiotechnol20099:83
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Discussion question
•Which is more important: that a field test be performed for grain yield or environmental biosafety?
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Monarch butterfly exposure to Bt cry1Ac
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Monarch butterfly
In October 2001 PNAS– 6 papers delineated the risk for monarchs.
Exposure assumptions made by Losey were far off.
What’s riskier?
Broad spectrum pesticides
or
non-target effects?
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Tiered approach—mainly non-targets
Wilkinson et al. 2003 Trends Plant Sci 8: 208
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Tier 1: Lab Based Experiments
www.ces.ncsu.edu/.../resistance%20bioassay2.jpg
Bioassays to determine the resistance of the two-spotted spider
mite to various chemicals
www.ars.usda.gov/.../photos/nov00/k9122-1i.jpg
A healthy armyworm (right) next to two that were killed and overgrown by B. bassiana strain Mycotech BB-1200.
(K9122-1)
Examples of insect bioassays
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Tier 3: Field StudiesTier 2: Semi-Field/Greenhouse
Greenhouse Study: Transgenic Tobacco
Field Trials: Transgenic Canola
Photo courtesy of C. Rose
Photo courtesy of C. Rose
Photo courtesy of R. Millwood
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Goals of Field Research
1. Hypothesis testing
2. Assess potential ecological and biosafety risks (must be environmentally benign)
3. Determine performance under real agronomic conditions (economic benefits)
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Tiers of assessment &Tiers of assessment &tiers of testingtiers of testing
level of concern degree of uncertainty
… arising from a lower tier of assessment drives the need to move toward a higher tier of data generation and assessment
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV
LabMicrobial protein
High dose
LabPIP diet
Expected dose
Long-term Lab Semi-field
Field
Assessment
Testing
Jeff Wolt
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Non-target insect model
Wilkinson et al. 2003 Trends Plant Sci 8: 208
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Examples…identifying
Endpoints for Risks, Exposure, Hazards
• Plant system (crop, weeds, communities, etc)
• Phenotype
• Biotic interactions
• Abiotic interactions
Class to give examples—discussion—setting up experiments
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Expert knowledge is important
• Biotechnology– Transformation methods– Transgene– Regulation of expression
• Ecology– Plant– Insect– Microbial– Populations– Communities– Ecosystems
• Agriculture– Agronomy– Entomology
• Regulator acceptance– Developed world– Developing world
• Public acceptance– Finland and EU– Where GM crops are
widely grown– New markets
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Features of good risk assessment experiments
• Gene and gene expression (dose)– Relevant genes– Relevant exposure
• Whole plants• Proper controls for plants• Choose species• Environmental effects• Experimental design and replicates
Andow and Hilbeck 2004 BioScience 54:637.
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Risk assessment links Risk assessment links research to risk managementresearch to risk management
ProblemFormulation
Exposure & effectscharacterization
RiskCharacterization
Risk Management
Risk Assessment
Data Acquisition, Verification, & Monitoring
Jeff Wolt
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An example of agricultural risk that is not regulated
The evolution of weed resistance to herbicides
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• Marestail or horseweed—found widely throughout North America and the world
• Compositae • First eudicot to evolve glyphosate resistance • Resistant biotypes appeared in 2000, Delaware
—resistant Conyza in 20+ US states and four continents, e.g. in countries such as Brazil, China, and Poland
• 2N = 18; true diploid; selfer
Conyza canadensis
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Spread of glyphosate resistance in Conyza
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Copyright ©2004 by the National Academy of Sciences
Baucom, Regina S. and Mauricio, Rodney (2004) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 13386-13390
Fig. 1. The proportion of soybean acreage sprayed with glyphosate from 1991 to 2002 relative to other herbicides
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Resistantbiotype 1
Susceptiblebiotype
14 DATrate inlbs ae/Ac
C.L. Main
UTC 1.12 1.5 2.25 3 80.38 0.75
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RR weed risk assessment research
• Is it needed?
• What kind of experiments?
• At what scale?
• Other weeds?
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Environmental benefits of transgenic plants
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Big environmental benefits
Herbicide tolerant crops have increased and encouraged no-till agriculture– less soil erosion.
Over 1 million gallons of unsprayed insecticide per year.
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When transgenic plants are not regulated
The case of the ancient regulations
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USDA APHIS BRS7 CFR Part 340.0 Restrictions on the Introduction of Regulated Articles(a) No person shall introduce any regulated article unless the Administrator is: (1) Notified of the introduction in accordance with 340.3, or such introduction is authorized by permit in accordance with 340.4, or such introduction is conditionally exempt from permit requirements under 340.2(b); and (2) Such introduction is in conformity with all other applicable restrictions in this part. 1 1 Part 340 regulates, among other things, the introduction of organisms and products altered or produced through genetic engineering which are plant pests or which there is reason to believe are plant pests. The introduction into the United States of such articles may be subject to other regulations promulgated under the Federal Plant Pest Act (7 U.S.C. 150aa et seq.), the Plant Quarantine Act (7 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) and the Federal Noxious Weed Act (7 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) and found in 7 CFR parts 319, 321, 330, and 360.
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Transgenic plants would be regulated by the USDA if they contain some of these vectors
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Not regulated by USDA
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/downloads/reg_loi/Ceres_switchgrass_TRG108E_loi.pdf
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/downloads/reg_loi/Ceres_switchgrass_responses.pdf
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What factors should trigger regulation?