title: Signal-response coupling mediated by the transduced colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor and its oncogenic fms variants in naive cells.
abstract: Colony-stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1 or M-CSF) supports the proliferation and survival of mononuclear phagocytes by binding to a receptor (CSF-1R) encoded by the c-fms proto-oncogene. Whereas the CSF-1R kinase is normally regulated by ligand, receptors bearing 'activating mutations' act constitutively as enzymes and can transform fibroblasts and haemopoietic cells of different lineages. Introduction of human CSF-1R enables mouse NIH-3T3 cells to form colonies in agar in response to human CSF-1 and to proliferate in serum-free medium supplemented with CSF-1, albumin, transferrin and insulin. Similarly, expression of human CSF-1R in interleukin 3-dependent mouse FDC-P1 myeloid cells enables them to grow in CSF-1. High levels of CSF-1R expression in FDC-P1 cells can induce factor-independent growth which is abrogated by a 'neutralizing' monoclonal antibody to the receptor. Therefore, critical mutations in the c-fms gene or overexpression of CSF-1R in immature myeloid precursors might each contribute to leukaemia.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sherr
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borzillo
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Downing
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Roussel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D016186:Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics*; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016186:Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor