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The role of extracellular matrix phosphorylation on energy dissipation in bone

  1. Stacyann Bailey
  2. Grazyna E Sroga
  3. Betty Hoac
  4. Orestis L Katsamenis
  5. Zehai Wang
  6. Nikolaos Bouropoulos
  7. Marc D McKee
  8. Esben S Sorensen
  9. Philipp J Thurner
  10. Deepak Vashishth  Is a corresponding author
  1. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States
  2. McGill University, Canada
  3. University of Southampton, United Kingdom
  4. University of Patras, Greece
  5. Aarhus University, Denmark
  6. Vienna University of Technology, Austria
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58184
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  1. Stacyann Bailey
  2. Grazyna E Sroga
  3. Betty Hoac
  4. Orestis L Katsamenis
  5. Zehai Wang
  6. Nikolaos Bouropoulos
  7. Marc D McKee
  8. Esben S Sorensen
  9. Philipp J Thurner
  10. Deepak Vashishth
(2020)
The role of extracellular matrix phosphorylation on energy dissipation in bone
eLife 9:e58184.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58184
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Abstract

Protein phosphorylation, critical for cellular regulatory mechanisms, is implicated in various diseases. However, it remains unknown whether heterogeneity in phosphorylation of key structural proteins alters tissue integrity and organ function. Here, osteopontin phosphorylation level declined in hypo- and hyper- phosphatemia mouse models exhibiting skeletal deformities. Phosphorylation increased cohesion between osteopontin polymers, and adhesion of osteopontin to hydroxyapatite, enhancing energy dissipation. Fracture toughness, a measure of bone's mechanical competence, increased with ex-vivo phosphorylation of wildtype mouse bones and declined with ex-vivo dephosphorylation. In osteopontin deficient mice, global matrix phosphorylation level was not associated with toughness. Our findings suggest that phosphorylated osteopontin promotes fracture toughness in a dose-dependent manner through increased interfacial bond formation. In the absence of osteopontin, phosphorylation increases electrostatic repulsion, protein alignment, and interfilament distance leading to decreased fracture resistance. These mechanisms may be of importance in other connective tissues, and the key to unraveling cell-matrix interactions in diseases.

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  1. Stacyann Bailey

    Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, United States
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  2. Grazyna E Sroga

    Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, United States
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  3. Betty Hoac

    Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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  4. Orestis L Katsamenis

    Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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  5. Zehai Wang

    Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, United States
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  6. Nikolaos Bouropoulos

    Department of Material Science, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
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  7. Marc D McKee

    Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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    Marc D McKee, MDM is a member of the FRQS Network for Oral and Bone Health Research, and he holds the Canada Research Chair in Biomineralization as part of the Canada Research Chairs program which contributed to the funding of this work..

  8. Esben S Sorensen

    Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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  9. Philipp J Thurner

    Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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  10. Deepak Vashishth

    Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, United States
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    vashid@rpi.edu
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0001-5712-0167

Funding

National Institutes of Health (AR 49635)

  • Stacyann Bailey
  • Grazyna E Sroga
  • Zehai Wang
  • Deepak Vashishth

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

  • Betty Hoac
  • Marc D McKee

University of Southampton (Doctoral Prize Fellowship)

  • Orestis L Katsamenis

Canada Research Chairs

  • Marc D McKee

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

Ethics

Animal experimentation: This study was performed in strict accordance with the recommendations in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals of the National Institutes of Health. All of the animals were handled according to approved institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) protocols (VAS-001-14) of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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© 2020, Bailey et al.

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  1. Stacyann Bailey
  2. Grazyna E Sroga
  3. Betty Hoac
  4. Orestis L Katsamenis
  5. Zehai Wang
  6. Nikolaos Bouropoulos
  7. Marc D McKee
  8. Esben S Sorensen
  9. Philipp J Thurner
  10. Deepak Vashishth
(2020)
The role of extracellular matrix phosphorylation on energy dissipation in bone
eLife 9:e58184.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58184

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