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. 1995 May;15(5):2349–2358. doi: 10.1128/mcb.15.5.2349

Developmental abnormalities in mice transgenic for bovine oncostatin M.

N Malik 1, H S Haugen 1, B Modrell 1, M Shoyab 1, C H Clegg 1
PMCID: PMC230463  PMID: 7739518

Abstract

Oncostatin M belongs to the subfamily of hematopoietin cytokines that binds a receptor complex containing gp130. To date, only the human form of oncostatin M has been identified, and its evolutionary conservation is unresolved. We have isolated a bovine gene whose open reading frame encodes a precursor protein that is 58% identical to human oncostatin M. A comparison of the bovine and human amino acid sequences predicts significant similarity, including the four-alpha-helical-bundle structure and the placement of disulfide bridges. As with the human protein, bovine oncostatin M binds specific receptors on human H2981 cells and inhibits the proliferation of human A375 tumor cells and mouse M1 leukemia cells. To identify activities regulated in vivo, we injected bovine oncostatin M fusion genes containing various tissue-specific promoters into mouse embryos. The frequencies of transgenic mice were reduced significantly, suggesting that overexpression of the bovine cytokine is detrimental to normal mouse development. In addition to deaths associated with expression in neurons and keratinized epithelia, bovine oncostatin M caused abnormalities in bone growth and spermatogenesis, stimulated fibrosis surrounding islets in the pancreas, and disrupted normal lymphoid tissue development. This work establishes the existence of a nonprimate oncostatin M gene and provides the first demonstration that this cytokine can function in a pleiotropic manner in vivo. Information regarding bovine oncostatin M may help characterize the structure and function of this cytokine in other vertebrate species.

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