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The NPR2 gene mutations result in acromesomelic dysplasia, Maroteaux type (AMDM), short stature with nonspecific skeletal abnormalities (SNSK), and epiphyseal chondrodysplasia, Miura type (ECDM). However, the pathogenic mechanism remains unclear. In our study, we identified one de novo (R557C) and six novel variants (G602W, V970F, R767*, R363*, F857S, and Y306S) in five independent Chinese families with familial short stature. Three patients with heterozygous mutations (G602W, V970F, and R767*) were diagnosed with SNSK (height SD score ranged from \u22122.25 to \u22125.60), while another two with compound heterozygous mutations (R363* and F857S, R557C and Y306S) were diagnosed with AMDM (height SD score ranged from \u22123.10 to \u22125.35). Among three patients with heterozygous status, two patients before puberty initiation with rhGH treatment significantly improved their growth (height velocity 7.2 cm\/year, 6.0 cm\/year), and one patient in puberty had a poor response to the rhGH treatment (height velocity 2.5 cm\/year). Seven NPR2 gene variants were constructed and overexpressed in HEK293T and ATDC5 cells, and we found that ATDC5 cells with mutant NPR2 gene showed decreased differentiation, as evidenced by lower expression of ColII, ColX, and BMP4 and higher expression of Sox9. Moreover, the apoptosis rate was elevated in ATDC5 cells expressing the mutant NPR2 gene. N-glycosylation modification, plasma membrane localization, and ER stress resulted from the accumulation of mutant protein in ER, as shown by the higher expression of GRP78 and p-IRE1\u03b1. Overall, our results provide a novel insight into NPR2 loss of function, which could promote chondrocyte apoptosis and repress cell differentiation through ER stress and the unfolded protein response.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cells11081265","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,8]],"date-time":"2022-04-08T12:11:14Z","timestamp":1649419874000},"page":"1265","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Novel NPR2 Gene Mutations Affect Chondrocytes Function via ER Stress in Short Stature"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Qiuyue","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai 201102, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xin","family":"Fan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530003, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai 201102, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6025-4801","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chengjun","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai 201102, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhou","family":"Pei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai 201102, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Miaoying","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai 201102, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jinwen","family":"Ni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai 201102, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jing","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai 201102, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fa-Xing","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Pediatrics, Children\u2019s Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai 201102, China"},{"name":"Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Feihong","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai 201102, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"28","DOI":"10.1007\/s12020-020-02362-w","article-title":"Growth plate gene involment and isolated short stature","volume":"71","author":"Faienza","year":"2021","journal-title":"Endocrine"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1229","DOI":"10.1210\/jc.2005-1949","article-title":"Heterozygous Mutations in Natriuretic Peptide Receptor-B (NPR2) Are Associated with Short Stature","volume":"91","author":"Olney","year":"2006","journal-title":"J. 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