Mutations in GRK2 cause Jeune syndrome by impairing Hedgehog and canonical Wnt signaling

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Authors

BOSÁKOVÁ Michaela POOVAKULATHU ABRAHAM Sara NITĂ Alexandru HRUBA Eva BUCHTOVA Marcela TAYLOR S. Paige DURAN Ivan MARTIN Jorge SVOZILOVÁ Kateřina BÁRTA Tomáš VAŘECHA Miroslav BÁLEK Lukáš KOHOUTEK Jiri RADASZKIEWICZ Tomasz Witold PUSAPATI Ganesh V. BRYJA Vítězslav RUSH Eric T. THIFFAULT Isabelle NICKERSON Deborah A. BAMSHAD Michael J. ROHATGI Rajat COHN Daniel H. KRAKOW Deborah KREJČÍ Pavel

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source EMBO MOLECULAR MEDICINE
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Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Web https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.15252/emmm.201911739
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201911739
Keywords asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy; GRK2; hedgehog; smoothened; Wnt
Description Mutations in genes affecting primary cilia cause ciliopathies, a diverse group of disorders often affecting skeletal development. This includes Jeune syndrome or asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy (ATD), an autosomal recessive skeletal disorder. Unraveling the responsible molecular pathology helps illuminate mechanisms responsible for functional primary cilia. We identified two families with ATD caused by loss-of-function mutations in the gene encoding adrenergic receptor kinase 1 (ADRBK1 or GRK2). GRK2 cells from an affected individual homozygous for the p.R158* mutation resulted in loss of GRK2, and disrupted chondrocyte growth and differentiation in the cartilage growth plate. GRK2 null cells displayed normal cilia morphology, yet loss of GRK2 compromised cilia-based signaling of Hedgehog (Hh) pathway. Canonical Wnt signaling was also impaired, manifested as a failure to respond to Wnt ligand due to impaired phosphorylation of the Wnt co-receptor LRP6. We have identified GRK2 as an essential regulator of skeletogenesis and demonstrate how both Hh and Wnt signaling mechanistically contribute to skeletal ciliopathies.
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