Oncostatin M

• Description:

  Oncostatin M (OSM) is a growth and differentiation factor that participates in the regulation of neurogenesis, osteogenesis and hematopoiesis. Produced by activated T cells, monocytes and Kaposi’s sarcoma cells, OSM can exert both stimulatory and inhibitory effects on cell proliferation. It stimulates the proliferation of fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells and Kaposi’s sarcoma cells, but, inhibits the growth of some normal and tumor cell lines. It also promotes cytokine release (e.g. IL-6, GM-CSF and G-CSF) from endothelial cells, and enhances the expression of low-density lipoprotein receptor in hepatoma cells. OSM share several structural and functional characteristics with LIF, IL-6, and CNTF. Human OSM is active on murine cells. Recombinant rat Oncostatin M is a 24-25 kDa protein, containing 215 amino acid residues.

• Synonyms:

  Oncostatin M

• NCBI Gene ID:

  18413

• UniProt:

  P53347

• Accession Number:

  NP_001013383.1

• Accession Number mRNA:

  NM_001013365.2

• Reactivity:

  Rat

• Cross Reactivity:

  Rat, Mouse, Human, Monkey, Bacteria, Gerbil

• Sequence:

  MKRGCSSSSP KLLSQLKSQA NITGNTASLL EPYILHQNLN TLTLRAACTE HPVAFPSEDM LRQLSKPDFL STVHATLGRV WHQLGAFRQQ FPKIQDFPEL ERARQNIQGI RNNVYCMARL LHPPLEIPEP TQADSGTSRP TTTAPGIFQI KIDSCRFLWG YHRFMGSVGR VFEEWGDGSR RSRRHSPLWA WLKGDHRIRP SRSSQSAMLR SLVPR

• Endotoxin:

  < 0.1 ng/µg of protein (< 1EU/µg)

• Purity:

  > 98% by SDS-PAGE & HPLC analyses

• Bioactivity:

  Assay #1: Determined by its ability to stimulate the proliferation of rat C6 cells. The expected ED50 is 3.0-5.0 μg/ml. Assay #2: Determined by its ability to inhibit Alkaline phosphatase activity of differentiated MC3T3 E1 cells.

• Length:

  215

• Form:

  Lyophilized

• Molecular Weight:

  24.4 kDa

• Host or Source:

  E. coli