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Single cell variability of CRISPR-Cas interference and adaptation.


ABSTRACT: While CRISPR-Cas defence mechanisms have been studied on a population level, their temporal dynamics and variability in individual cells have remained unknown. Using a microfluidic device, time-lapse microscopy and mathematical modelling, we studied invader clearance in Escherichia coli across multiple generations. We observed that CRISPR interference is fast with a narrow distribution of clearance times. In contrast, for invaders with escaping PAM mutations we found large cell-to-cell variability, which originates from primed CRISPR adaptation. Faster growth and cell division and higher levels of Cascade increase the chance of clearance by interference, while slower growth is associated with increased chances of clearance by priming. Our findings suggest that Cascade binding to the mutated invader DNA, rather than spacer integration, is the main source of priming heterogeneity. The highly stochastic nature of primed CRISPR adaptation implies that only subpopulations of bacteria are able to respond quickly to invading threats. We conjecture that CRISPR-Cas dynamics and heterogeneity at the cellular level are crucial to understanding the strategy of bacteria in their competition with other species and phages.

SUBMITTER: McKenzie RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10561596 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Single cell variability of CRISPR-Cas interference and adaptation.

McKenzie Rebecca E RE   Keizer Emma M EM   Vink Jochem N A JNA   van Lopik Jasper J   Büke Ferhat F   Kalkman Vera V   Fleck Christian C   Tans Sander J SJ   Brouns Stan J J SJJ  

Molecular systems biology 20220401 4


While CRISPR-Cas defence mechanisms have been studied on a population level, their temporal dynamics and variability in individual cells have remained unknown. Using a microfluidic device, time-lapse microscopy and mathematical modelling, we studied invader clearance in Escherichia coli across multiple generations. We observed that CRISPR interference is fast with a narrow distribution of clearance times. In contrast, for invaders with escaping PAM mutations we found large cell-to-cell variabili  ...[more]

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