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. 1990 May;10(5):1882–1890. doi: 10.1128/mcb.10.5.1882

Cleavage of a hydrophilic C-terminal domain increases growth-inhibitory activity of oncostatin M.

P S Linsley 1, J Kallestad 1, V Ochs 1, M Neubauer 1
PMCID: PMC360533  PMID: 2325640

Abstract

Oncostatin M is a polypeptide cytokine, produced by normal and malignant hematopoietic cells, that has several in vitro activities, including the ability to inhibit growth of cultured carcinoma cells. Here we present a structural and functional comparison of two oncostatin M-related proteins (Mr 36,000 and 32,000) secreted by COS cells transfected with oncostatin M cDNA. The smaller of these forms lacked a hydrophilic C-terminal domain comprising predominantly basic amino acids. This domain was also absent from native oncostatin M produced by U937 cells. The 32,000-Mr form of oncostatin M was not produced by cells transfected with plasmids (G195 and G196) in which a potential trypsinlike cleavage site within the hydrophilic C-terminal domain was altered by site-directed mutagenesis. A 32,000-Mr fragment was produced by trypsin treatment of the 36,000-Mr form of oncostatin M. These observations suggest that the 32,000-Mr form of oncostatin M was derived from the 227-amino-acid propeptide by proteolytic cleavage at or near the paired basic residues at positions 195 and 196. Pro-oncostatin M was equally active in radioreceptor assays as the processed form but was 5- to 60-fold less active in growth inhibition assays. Likewise, nonprocessed mutant protein encoded by plasmid G196 was equally active in the radioreceptor assays as the processed form but was five- to ninefold less active in growth inhibition assays. Thus, the highly charged C-terminal domain of pro-oncostatin M is not required for receptor binding or growth-inhibitory activity but may alter the functional properties of the molecule. Propeptide processing of oncostatin M may be important for regulating in vivo activities of this cytokine.

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