title: Global coordination in adaptation to gene rewiring.
abstract: Gene rewiring is a common evolutionary phenomenon in nature that may lead to extinction for living organisms. Recent studies on synthetic biology demonstrate that cells can survive genetic rewiring. This survival (adaptation) is often linked to the stochastic expression of rewired genes with random transcriptional changes. However, the probability of adaptation and the underlying common principles are not clear. We performed a systematic survey of an assortment of gene-rewired Escherichia coli strains to address these questions. Three different cell fates, designated good survivors, poor survivors and failures, were observed when the strains starved. Large fluctuations in the expression of the rewired gene were commonly observed with increasing cell size, but these changes were insufficient for adaptation. Cooperative reorganizations in the corresponding operon and genome-wide gene expression largely contributed to the final success. Transcriptome reorganizations that generally showed high-dimensional dynamic changes were restricted within a one-dimensional trajectory for adaptation to gene rewiring, indicating a general path directed toward cellular plasticity for a successful cell fate. This finding of global coordination supports a mechanism of stochastic adaptation and provides novel insights into the design and application of complex genetic or metabolic networks.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, 1-5 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, 1-5 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Saburo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuru
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan.
authors.forename: Bei-Wen
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, 1-5 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan yomo@ist.osaka-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yomo
mesh_terms: D048429:Cell Size; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks; D006639:Histidine / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009876:Operon; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D006639:Histidine