Abstract:
:While specific mutations allow organisms to adapt to stressful environments, most changes in an organism's DNA negatively impact fitness. The mutation rate is therefore strictly regulated and often considered a slowly-evolving parameter. In contrast, we demonstrate an unexpected flexibility in cellular mutation rates as a response to changes in selective pressure. We show that hypermutation independently evolves when different Escherichia coli cultures adapt to high ethanol stress. Furthermore, hypermutator states are transitory and repeatedly alternate with decreases in mutation rate. Specifically, population mutation rates rise when cells experience higher stress and decline again once cells are adapted. Interestingly, we identified cellular mortality as the major force driving the quick evolution of mutation rates. Together, these findings show how organisms balance robustness and evolvability and help explain the prevalence of hypermutation in various settings, ranging from emergence of antibiotic resistance in microbes to cancer relapses upon chemotherapy.
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Elifejournal_title
eLifeauthors
Swings T,Van den Bergh B,Wuyts S,Oeyen E,Voordeckers K,Verstrepen KJ,Fauvart M,Verstraeten N,Michiels Jdoi
10.7554/eLife.22939subject
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2017-05-02 00:00:00issn
2050-084Xjournal_volume
6pub_type
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