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Dephosphorylation of the NPR2 guanylyl cyclase contributes to inhibition of bone growth by fibroblast growth factor

  1. Leia C Shuhaibar  Is a corresponding author
  2. Jerid W Robinson
  3. Giulia Vigone
  4. Ninna P Shuhaibar
  5. Jeremy R Egbert
  6. Valentina Baena
  7. Tracy F Uliasz
  8. Deborah Kaback
  9. Siu-Pok Yee
  10. Robert Feil
  11. Melanie C Fisher
  12. Caroline N Dealy
  13. Lincoln R Potter  Is a corresponding author
  14. Laurinda A Jaffe  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Connecticut Health Center, United States
  2. University of Minnesota, United States
  3. University of Tübingen, Germany
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Cite this article as: eLife 2017;6:e31343 doi: 10.7554/eLife.31343

Abstract

Activating mutations in fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor 3 and inactivating mutations in the NPR2 guanylyl cyclase both cause severe short stature, but how these two signaling systems interact to regulate bone growth is poorly understood. Here, we show that bone elongation is increased when NPR2 cannot be dephosphorylated and thus produces more cyclic GMP. By developing an in vivo imaging system to measure cyclic GMP production in intact tibia, we show that FGF-induced dephosphorylation of NPR2 decreases its guanylyl cyclase activity in growth plate chondrocytes in living bone. Thus FGF signaling lowers cyclic GMP production in the growth plate, which counteracts bone elongation. These results define a new component of the signaling network by which activating mutations in the FGF receptor inhibit bone growth.

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  1. Leia C Shuhaibar

    Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, United States
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    shuhaibar@uchc.edu
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  2. Jerid W Robinson

    Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
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  3. Giulia Vigone

    Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, United States
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  4. Ninna P Shuhaibar

    Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, United States
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  5. Jeremy R Egbert

    Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, United States
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  6. Valentina Baena

    Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, United States
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  7. Tracy F Uliasz

    Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, United States
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  8. Deborah Kaback

    Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, United States
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  9. Siu-Pok Yee

    Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, United States
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  10. Robert Feil

    Department of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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  11. Melanie C Fisher

    Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, United States
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  12. Caroline N Dealy

    Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, United States
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  13. Lincoln R Potter

    Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
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    potter@umn.edu
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  14. Laurinda A Jaffe

    Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, United States
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    ljaffe@uchc.edu
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Funding

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R37HD014939)

  • Laurinda A Jaffe

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM098309)

  • Lincoln R Potter

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (Postdoctoral training grant:T32DK007203)

  • Jerid W Robinson

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (Postdoctoral training grant:R90DE022526)

  • Ninna P Shuhaibar

Fund for Science (Postdoctoral scholarship (mentor)))

  • Laurinda A Jaffe

Fund for Science (Postdoctoral scholarship (postdoc)))

  • Leia C Shuhaibar

Fund for Science (Research grant)

  • Caroline N Dealy

Fund for Science (Research grant)

  • Lincoln R Potter

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All experiments were conducted as approved by the animal care committees of the University of Connecticut Health Center (101395-0519) and the University of Minnesota (1507-32769A).

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  1. Gail Mandel, Oregon Health & Science University, United States

Publication history

  1. Received: September 22, 2017
  2. Accepted: December 2, 2017
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: December 4, 2017 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: December 27, 2017 (version 2)

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© 2017, Shuhaibar et al.

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