Experimental evolution for cell biology

Helsen, Jana; Sherlock, Gavin; Dey, G.K.

doi:10.1016/j.tcb.2023.04.006

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“…6h ), we believe that it can be a future model for cell biology for understanding how typically essential processes function in the absence of key cell cycle regulators. Moreover, framing future studies within an evolutionary cell biology framework ( Helsen et al . 2023 ) will aid in understanding the biochemical and molecular details of the evolution of core histone gene regulation in Hanseniaspora and budding yeast more broadly.…”

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Gene loss and cis-regulatory novelty shaped core histone gene evolution in the apiculate yeast Hanseniaspora uvarum

Haase,

Steenwyk,

Boeke

2024

Genetics

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Core histone genes display a remarkable diversity of cis-regulatory mechanisms despite their protein sequence conservation. However, the dynamics and significance of this regulatory turnover are not well understood. Here we describe the evolutionary history of core histone gene regulation across 400 million years in budding yeasts. We find that canonical mode of core histone regulation – mediated by the trans-regulator Spt10 – is ancient, likely emerging between 320-380 million years ago and is fixed in the majority of extant species. Unexpectedly, we uncovered the emergence of a novel core histone regulatory mode in the Hanseniaspora genus, from its fast-evolving lineage (FEL), which coincided with the loss of one copy of its paralogous core histones genes. We show that the ancestral Spt10 histone regulatory mode was replaced, via cis-regulatory changes in the histone control regions, by a derived Mcm1 histone regulatory mode and that this rewiring event occurred with no changes to the trans-regulator, Mcm1, itself. Finally, we studied the growth dynamics of the cell cycle and histone synthesis in genetically modified Hanseniaspora uvarum. We find that H. uvarum divides rapidly, with most cells completing a cell cycle within 60 minutes. Interestingly, we observed that the regulatory coupling between histone and DNA synthesis was lost in H. uvarum. Our results demonstrate that core histone gene regulation was fixed anciently in budding yeasts, however it has greatly diverged in the Hanseniaspora FEL.

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Gene loss and cis-regulatory novelty shaped core histone gene evolution in the apiculate yeast Hanseniaspora uvarum

Haase,

Steenwyk,

Boeke

2024

Genetics

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“…Given the uniqueness of genes absent from the Hanseniaspora FEL, we believe it can be a future model for cell biology for understanding how typically essential processes function in the absence of key cell cycle regulators. Moreover, framing future studies into an evolutionary cell biology framework (Helsen et al . 2023) will enhance future studies into the biochemical and molecular details of core histone gene regulation in Hanseniaspora and budding yeast more broadly.…”

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Gene loss and cis-regulatory novelty shaped core histone gene evolution in the apiculate yeastHanseniaspora uvarum

Haase,

Steenwyk,

Boeke

2023

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Across eukaryotic species, core histone genes display a remarkable diversity of cis-regulatory mechanisms despite their protein sequence conservation. However, the dynamics and significance of this regulatory turnover are not well understood. Here we describe the evolutionary history of core histone gene regulation across 400 million years in Saccharomycotina yeasts, revealing diverse lineage-specific solutions to core histone expression. We further characterize the emergence of a novel regulatory mode in the Hanseniaspora genus, which coincided with the loss of one copy of its paralogous core histones genes from its fast-evolving lineage. By analyzing the growth dynamics using live cell imaging of genetically modified Hanseniaspora uvarum, we observed a regulatory decoupling of core histone synthesis from DNA synthesis and propose that this may be adaptive for its rapid cell cycle progression. Overall, our findings imply that the frequent turnover of core histone cis-regulatory mechanisms likely provides distinct adaptive solutions for specific life histories.

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“…Evolutionary cell biology explores the origin of cell features and regulatory networks, principles, and core functions through evolutionary perspectives. [5] Understanding cell biology helps us comprehend how genetic information is stored, replicated, and translated into functional molecules, essential for individual development and evolutionary changes. Integrating our growing molecular understanding with cellular mechanisms or other levels (tissue, organ, whole body, biological, environmental interactions) has always been important.…”

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How to Better Explain and Develop Evolution Today

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2023

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Studies over the past two decades have provided important information on evolution. An essential discipline gradually formed called evolutionary developmental biology, or evo-devo combines the principles of evolutionary biology and developmental biology to investigate the genetic and environmental factors that affect the development of organisms and how these elements affect evolutionary change. In this discipline, evolution can be explained by genetics, cell biology, and developmental biology. These fields provide crucial insights into how genetic variation, cellular processes, and developmental mechanisms contribute to population changes over time. With the popularity of emerging information technologies such as mobile Internet and big data, the global digital economy is booming. The development of gene sequencing technology has led to the rapid growth of genomic data, and the combination of large-scale genomics, metabolomics, and functional research systems, known as “big data” and bioinformatics, has brought about a “technological revolution” in evolutionary research. Therefore, enhancing the interconnection between scientific research in various fields is extremely necessary and will be effective.

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Experimental evolution for cell biology

Cited by 6 publications

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Gene loss and cis-regulatory novelty shaped core histone gene evolution in the apiculate yeast Hanseniaspora uvarum

Gene loss and cis-regulatory novelty shaped core histone gene evolution in the apiculate yeast Hanseniaspora uvarum

Gene loss and cis-regulatory novelty shaped core histone gene evolution in the apiculate yeastHanseniaspora uvarum

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