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  • Title: Regulation of EGR-1, c-jun, and c-myc gene expression by oncostatin M.
    Author: Liu J, Clegg CH, Shoyab M.
    Journal: Cell Growth Differ; 1992 May; 3(5):307-13. PubMed ID: 1633113.
    Abstract:
    Oncostatin M (OM) is a cytokine that shares a structural and functional relationship with interleukin 6, leukemia-inhibitory factor, and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. In this report, we tested for correlations between immediate-early gene expression and some of the cellular responses elicited by OM. We determined that OM stimulated a rapid and transient elevation of EGR-1, c-jun, and c-myc mRNA in human fibroblasts prior to their proliferation. OM also stimulated a transient induction of these genes in M1 leukemic cells that differentiated into nonreplicating, macrophage-like cells. The expression of c-myc, however, decreased significantly as the cells stopped dividing. Interestingly, OM had no detectable effect on the expression of EGR-1, c-jun, and c-myc during the cell cycle arrest of human A375 melanoma cells. Our results indicate that an early nuclear event associated with OM action is the regulation of immediate-early gene expression. We suggest that the transcription factors encoded by the EGR-1, c-jun, and c-myc genes are utilized in both cell proliferation and differentiation but are not part of the mechanism by which OM inhibits A375 cell growth.
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