title: Bovine GM-CSF: molecular cloning and biological activity of the recombinant protein.
abstract: The lymphokine granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) mediates the growth and differentiation of granulocytes and macrophages from bone marrow progenitors, and regulates biological functions expressed by mature cells of these lineages. In order to isolate a bovine GM-CSF cDNA, a cDNA library, generated from the BT2 bovine T cell line, was screened with a human GM-CSF cDNA probe. A cDNA clone was isolated with an insert of 783 bp, that would encode a protein of 143 amino acids, with a predicted mol. wt of 16,160. Bovine GM-CSF exhibits a high degree of sequence homology with mouse and human GM-CSF at both the nucleotide and amino acid levels. Comparison of GM-CSF amino acid sequences from the three species indicates that the bovine GM-CSF precursor contains a putative 17 amino acid signal sequence, cleavage of which would yield a 14,250 mol. wt protein. The cDNA was inserted into a mammalian expression vector and transfected into COS-7 monkey kidney cells. Biologically active bovine GM-CSF was secreted as judged by a bovine bone marrow proliferation assay. Bovine GM-CSF was weakly active in both human and mouse bone marrow proliferation assays. In contrast, human GM-CSF was weakly active on bovine but not murine mouse bone marrow cells and mouse GM-CSF was only active on murine bone marrow cells.
authors.affiliation: Immunex Corporation, Seattle, WA 98101.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Maliszewski
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schoenborn
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Cerretti
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wignall
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Picha
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cosman
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Tushinski
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gillis
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D003115:Colony-Stimulating Factors; D006133:Growth Substances; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D004247:DNA