Colony stimulating factor 1 receptor


Colony stimulating factor 1 receptor, also known as macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor, and CD115, is a cell-surface protein encoded, in humans, by the CSF1R gene. It is a receptor for a cytokine called colony stimulating factor 1.

Genomics

The gene is located on long arm of chromosome 5 on the Crick strand. It is 60.002 kilobases in length. The encoded protein has 972 amino acids and a predicted molecular weight of 107.984 kiloDaltons. The first intron of the CSF1R gene contains a transcriptionally inactive ribosomal protein L7 processed pseudogene, oriented in the opposite direction to the CSF1R gene.

Function

The encoded protein is a single pass type I membrane protein and acts as the receptor for colony stimulating factor 1, a cytokine which controls the production, differentiation, and function of macrophages. This receptor mediates most, if not all, of the biological effects of this cytokine. Ligand binding activates CSF1R through a process of oligomerization and :wikt:trans-|trans-phosphorylation. The encoded protein is a tyrosine kinase transmembrane receptor and member of the CSF1/PDGF receptor family of tyrosine-protein kinases.

Clinical significance

Increased levels of CSF1R1 are found in microglia in Alzheimer's disease and after brain injuries. The increased receptor expression causes microglia to become more active. Both CSF1R, and its ligand colony stimulating factor 1 play an important role in the development of the mammary gland and may be involved in the process of mammary gland carcinogenesis.
Mutations in CSF1R are associated with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and type M4 acute myeloblastic leukemia.
Mutations in the tyrosine kinase domain have been associated with hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids.

As a drug target

Because CSF1R is overexpressed in many cancers and on tumor-associated macrophages, CSF1R inhibitors have been studied for many years as a possible treatment for cancer or inflammatory diseases. CSF1R inhibitors in clinical trials include : Pexidartinib, PLX7486, ARRY-382, JNJ-40346527, BLZ945, Emactuzumab, AMG820, IMC-CS4.
Another CSF1R inhibitor that targets/depletes TAMs is Cabiralizumab which is a monoclonal antibody and is in early clinical trials for metastatic pancreatic cancer.

Interactions

Colony stimulating factor 1 receptor has been shown to interact with: