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ArticlePloS one2012

Effect of the G375C and G346E achondroplasia mutations on FGFR3 activation.

Lijuan He, Christopher Serrano, Nitish Niphadkar, Nadia Shobnam, Kalina Hristova

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Achondroplasia: Development, pathogenesis, and therapy.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lijuan HeDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
Christopher Serrano
Nitish Niphadkar
Nadia Shobnam
Kalina Hristova
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Seeking the Physical Basis of AchondroplasiaR01GM068619 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HRISTOVA, KALINA · 2004 to 2022
$5.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM68619NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM068619
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two mutations in FGFR3, G380R and G375C are known to cause achondroplasia, the most common form of human dwarfism. The G380R mutation accounts for 98% of the achondroplasia cases, and thus has been studied extensively. Here we study the effect of the G375C mutation on the phosphorylation and the cross-linking propensity of full-length FGFR3 in HEK 293 cells, and we compare the results to previously published results for the G380R mutant. We observe identical behavior of the two achondroplasia mutants in these experiments, a finding which supports a direct link between the severity of dwarfism phenotypes and the level and mechanism of FGFR3 over-activation. The mutations do not increase the cross-linking propensity of FGFR3, contrary to previous expectations that the achondroplasia mutations stabilize the FGFR3 dimers. Instead, the phosphorylation efficiency within un-liganded FGFR3 dimers is increased, and this increase is likely the underlying cause for pathogenesis in achondroplasia. We further investigate the G346E mutation, which has been reported to cause achondroplasia in one case. We find that this mutation does not increase FGFR3 phosphorylation and decreases FGFR3 cross-linking propensity, a finding which raises questions whether this mutation is indeed a genetic cause for human dwarfism.

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MutationAchondroplasiaAmino Acid SubstitutionFibroblast Growth Factor 1Gene ExpressionHEK293 CellsHumansLigandsPhosphorylationReceptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3Fibroblast Growth Factor 1LigandsReceptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3

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PMID22529939
PMCPMC3329527
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