title: Colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor (c-fms).
abstract: The macrophage colony-stimulating factor, CSF-1 (M-CSF), is a homodimeric glycoprotein required for the lineage-specific growth of cells of the mononuclear phagocyte series. Apart from its role in stimulating the proliferation of bone marrow-derived precursors of monocytes and macrophages, CSF-1 acts as a survival factor and primes mature macrophages to carry out differentiated functions. Each of the actions of CSF-1 are mediated through its binding to a single class of high-affinity receptors expressed on monocytes, macrophages, and their committed progenitors. The CSF-1 receptor (CSF-1R) is encoded by the c-fms proto-oncogene, and is one of a family of growth factor receptors that exhibits an intrinsic tyrosine-specific protein kinase activity. Transduction of c-fms sequences as a viral oncogene (v-fms) in the McDonough (SM) and HZ-5 strains of feline sarcoma virus has resulted in alterations in receptor coding sequences that affect its activity as a tyrosine kinase and provide persistent signals for cell growth in the absence of its ligand. The genetic alterations in the c-fms gene that unmask its latent transforming potential abrogate its lineage-specific activity and enable v-fms to transform a variety of cells that do not normally express CSF-1 receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38101.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Sherr
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Roussel
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Rettenmier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D006801:Humans; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D016184:Receptors, Colony-Stimulating Factor