Two stochastic processes shape diverse senescence patterns in a single-cell organism

Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution
Ulrich K SteinerAriel B Lindner

Abstract

Despite advances in aging research, a multitude of aging models, and empirical evidence for diverse senescence patterns, understanding of the biological processes that shape senescence is lacking. We show that senescence of an isogenic Escherichia coli bacterial population results from two stochastic processes. The first process is a random deterioration process within the cell, such as generated by random accumulation of damage. This primary process leads to an exponential increase in mortality early in life followed by a late age mortality plateau. The second process relates to the stochastic asymmetric transmission at cell fission of an unknown factor that influences mortality. This secondary process explains the difference between the classical mortality plateaus detected for young mothers' offspring and the near nonsenescence of old mothers' offspring as well as the lack of a mother-offspring correlation in age at death. We observed that lifespan is predominantly determined by underlying stochastic stage dynamics. Surprisingly, our findings support models developed for metazoans that base their arguments on stage-specific actions of alleles to understand the evolution of senescence. We call for exploration of similar stoch...Continue Reading

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