Csf3 colony stimulating factor 3 [Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Csf3provided by RGD
Official Full Name: colony stimulating factor 3provided by RGD
Primary source: RGD:2426
See related: Ensembl:ENSRNOG00000008525 AllianceGenome:RGD:2426
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Rattus norvegicus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Rattus
Also known as: Gcsf
Summary: Enables growth factor activity. Involved in cellular response to lipopolysaccharide; positive regulation of cell population proliferation; and response to ethanol. Located in extracellular space. Biomarker of cystitis; lung disease; and middle cerebral artery infarction. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including allergic cutaneous vasculitis; artery disease (multiple); ischemia (multiple); leukemia (multiple); and lung disease (multiple). Orthologous to human CSF3 (colony stimulating factor 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]
Expression: Biased expression in Uterus (RPKM 4.7), Thymus (RPKM 0.4) and 2 other tissues See more
Orthologs: human mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 10q31

Exon count:: 5

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCr8 (GCF_036323735.1)	10	NC_086028.1 (84157485..84159860)
RS_2023_06	previous assembly	mRatBN7.2 (GCF_015227675.2)	10	NC_051345.1 (83660787..83664569)
106	previous assembly	Rnor_6.0 (GCF_000001895.5)	10	NC_005109.4 (86616785..86619160)

Chromosome 10 - NC_086028.1 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: A rat RNA-Seq transcriptomic BodyMap across 11 organs and 4 developmental stages
Description: 320 RNA samples isolated from 11 organs (adrenal gland, brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung, muscle, spleen, thymus, and testes or uterus) from both sexes of Fischer 344 rats across four developmental stages (2-, 6-, 21-, and 104-weeks-old)
BioProject: PRJNA238328
Publication: PMID 24510058
Analysis date: Mon Jun 6 17:44:12 2016

Bibliography

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findings demonstrated that the administration of exogenous G-CSF can improve cognitive function in a model of Cerebral small vessel diseases, possibly due to the recovery of endothelial and Blood Brain Barrier function.
Title: Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Attenuates Blood-Brain Barrier Damage and Improves Cognitive Function in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats.
G-CSF treatment reduced body weight and increased energy expenditure in a diabetic model, and enhanced UCP-1 expression and decreased inflammatory cytokine levels may be associated with the effects of G-CSF treatment.
Title: Anti-obesity effects of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in Otsuka-Long-Evans-Tokushima fatty rats.
The use of G-CSF to protect the vasculature may improve the clinical outcome of tPA even outside the currently indicated therapeutic window for ischemic stroke.
Title: Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor attenuates delayed tPA-induced hemorrhagic transformation in ischemic stroke rats by enhancing angiogenesis and vasculogenesis.
G-CSF can prevent the progression of DN in OLETF rats and its effects may be due to mobilization of BM cells rather than being a direct effect.
Title: G-CSF prevents progression of diabetic nephropathy in rat.
In conclusion, G-CSF induced LBP expression could serve as a new model for investigation of LPS sensitization. We demonstrated the crucial role of LBP upregulation in pathogenesis of LPS induced SIRS.
Title: Granulocyte colony stimulating factor induces lipopolysaccharide (LPS) sensitization via upregulation of LPS binding protein in rat.
G-CSF protects oligodendrocyte from SCI-induced cell death via the suppression of inflammatory cytokines and up-regulation of anti-apoptotic protein
Title: Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) protects oligodendrocyte and promotes hindlimb functional recovery after spinal cord injury in rats.
G-CSF has an influence on the stability of presynaptic terminals in the spinal cord as well as on the astroglial reaction, indicating a possible neuroprotective action.
Title: Granulocyte colony stimulating factor neuroprotective effects on spinal motoneurons after ventral root avulsion.
These findings extend current knowledge regarding the role of SCF and G-CSF in the regulation of neurogenesis and provide insights into the contribution of hematopoietic growth factors to brain development and remodeling
Title: Stem cell factor and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor promote neuronal lineage commitment of neural stem cells.
Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) facilitates hepatic regeneration by increasing the migration of bone marrow progenitors to the liver, as well as enhancing the endogenous oval cell reaction.
Title: Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor promotes liver repair and induces oval cell migration and proliferation in rats.
Epo combined with granulocyte colonystimulating factor enhanced Mmp2 expression in mesenchymal stem cells, promoted motility and activated the ERK1/2 signaling pathway.
Title: Erythropoietin combined with granulocyte colony‑stimulating factor enhances MMP-2 expression in mesenchymal stem cells and promotes cell migration.

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General gene information

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Markers

RH94653 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:119900

PMC316809P1 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:273048

Gene Ontology Provided by RGD

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables cytokine activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables cytokine activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables cytokine activity	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables enzyme binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables enzyme binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor binding	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
enables growth factor activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables growth factor activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables growth factor activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables signaling receptor binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in cellular response to cytokine stimulus	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in cellular response to cytokine stimulus	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in cellular response to lipopolysaccharide	IEP Inferred from Expression Pattern more info	PubMed
involved_in granulocyte colony-stimulating factor signaling pathway	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in granulocyte colony-stimulating factor signaling pathway	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in immune response	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of actin filament polymerization	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of actin filament polymerization	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of cell population proliferation	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in positive regulation of cell population proliferation	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in positive regulation of myeloid cell differentiation	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in positive regulation of myeloid cell differentiation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of myeloid cell differentiation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in regulation of actin filament organization	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in regulation of actin filament organization	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in response to ethanol	IEP Inferred from Expression Pattern more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in endocytic vesicle lumen	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in extracellular region	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in extracellular space	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in extracellular space	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in extracellular space	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

Names: colony stimulating factor 3 (granulocyte)

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

mRNA and Protein(s)

NM_017104.2 → NP_058800.2 granulocyte colony-stimulating factor precursor

Status: VALIDATED

Source sequence(s)

JAXUCZ010000010

UniProtKB/TrEMBL

A6HIT8, F7FGY7

Related

ENSRNOP00000011509.5, ENSRNOT00000011509.5

Conserved Domains (1) summary

cl02473
Location:48 → 196

IL6; Interleukin-6/G-CSF/MGF family