Gdf11 growth differentiation factor 11 [Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Gdf11provided by RGD
Official Full Name: growth differentiation factor 11provided by RGD
Primary source: RGD:2673
See related: Ensembl:ENSRNOG00000007610 AllianceGenome:RGD:2673
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: BMP-11
Summary: Predicted to enable cytokine activity. Involved in negative regulation of neuron differentiation. Predicted to be part of protein-containing complex. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in vertebral hypersegmentation and orofacial anomalies. Orthologous to human GDF11 (growth differentiation factor 11). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2025]
Expression: Biased expression in Brain (RPKM 61.2), Heart (RPKM 36.2) and 9 other tissues See more
Orthologs: human mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 7q11

Exon count:: 4

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCr8 (GCF_036323735.1)	7	NC_086025.1 (1896229..1909147, complement)
RS_2023_06	previous assembly	mRatBN7.2 (GCF_015227675.2)	7	NC_051342.1 (1311732..1325211, complement)
106	previous assembly	Rnor_6.0 (GCF_000001895.5)	7	NC_005106.4 (3306863..3315856, complement)

Chromosome 7 - NC_086025.1 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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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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GDF11 mediates H2S to prevent chronic stress-induced cognitive impairment by reducing hippocampal NLRP3/caspase-1-dependent pyroptosis.
Title: GDF11 mediates H(2)S to prevent chronic stress-induced cognitive impairment by reducing hippocampal NLRP3/caspase-1-dependent pyroptosis.
Effect of growth differentiation factor 11 expression after peripheral nerve injury in Sprague-Dawley rats.
Title: Effect of growth differentiation factor 11 expression after peripheral nerve injury in Sprague-Dawley rats.
GDF11, a target of miR-32-5p, suppresses high-glucose-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis in HK-2 cells through PI3K/AKT signaling activation.
Title: GDF11, a target of miR-32-5p, suppresses high-glucose-induced mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis in HK-2 cells through PI3K/AKT signaling activation.
GDF11 Regulates PC12 Neural Stem Cells via ALK5-Dependent PI3K-Akt Signaling Pathway.
Title: GDF11 Regulates PC12 Neural Stem Cells via ALK5-Dependent PI3K-Akt Signaling Pathway.
GDF11 ameliorates severe acute pancreatitis through modulating macrophage M1 and M2 polarization by targeting the TGFbetaR1/SMAD-2 pathway.
Title: GDF11 ameliorates severe acute pancreatitis through modulating macrophage M1 and M2 polarization by targeting the TGFβR1/SMAD-2 pathway.
GDF11 alleviates neointimal hyperplasia in a rat model of artery injury by regulating endothelial NLRP3 inflammasome activation and rapid re-endothelialization.
Title: GDF11 alleviates neointimal hyperplasia in a rat model of artery injury by regulating endothelial NLRP3 inflammasome activation and rapid re-endothelialization.
The neuroprotective and neurorestorative effects of growth differentiation factor 11 in cerebral ischemic injury.
Title: The neuroprotective and neurorestorative effects of growth differentiation factor 11 in cerebral ischemic injury.
GDF11-dependent maintenance of physical and functional communication between sarcoplasmic reticulm and mitochondria is critical to allow Ca(2+) transfer between both organelles and energy metabolism in the cardiomyocyte and to avoid the activation of Ca(2+)-dependent pro-hypertrophic signaling pathways.
Title: GDF-11 prevents cardiomyocyte hypertrophy by maintaining the sarcoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria communication.
These data indicate that GDF11 is widely expressed throughout the adult rat brain
Title: GDF11 expression in the adult rat central nervous system.
GDF11 plays roles in the development of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and vascular remodeling in an experimental Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension rat model.
Title: Growth Differentiation Factor 11 Promotes Abnormal Proliferation and Angiogenesis of Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells.

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General gene information

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Markers

Gdf11 (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:496653

MARC_41381-41054:1084804684:3 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:471595

UniSTS:498329 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:498329

Gdf11 (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:498329

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 growth factor activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in activin receptor signaling pathway	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in activin receptor signaling pathway	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of amacrine cell differentiation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of amacrine cell differentiation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within animal organ morphogenesis	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within animal organ morphogenesis	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within anterior/posterior pattern specification	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within anterior/posterior pattern specification	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within camera-type eye morphogenesis	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within camera-type eye morphogenesis	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of cell population proliferation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of cell population proliferation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within metanephros development	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within metanephros development	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within negative regulation of amacrine cell differentiation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within negative regulation of amacrine cell differentiation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within negative regulation of cell population proliferation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within negative regulation of cell population proliferation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within negative regulation of neuron differentiation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in negative regulation of neuron differentiation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in negative regulation of neuron differentiation	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within negative regulation of neuron differentiation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of neuron differentiation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of neuron differentiation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within pancreas development	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within pancreas development	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of SMAD protein signal transduction	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of SMAD protein signal transduction	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in positive regulation of SMAD protein signal transduction	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within roof of mouth development	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within roof of mouth development	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within skeletal system development	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within skeletal system development	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within spinal cord anterior/posterior patterning	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within spinal cord anterior/posterior patterning	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
involved_in transforming growth factor beta receptor signaling pathway	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within type B pancreatic cell maturation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within type B pancreatic cell maturation	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within ureteric bud development	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within ureteric bud development	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
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	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in extracellular space	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
part_of protein-containing complex	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
part_of protein-containing complex	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: growth/differentiation factor 11

Names: GDF-11; bone morphogenetic protein 11

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_017203.1 → NP_058899.1 growth/differentiation factor 11 precursor

See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_058899.1

Status: VALIDATED

Source sequence(s)

JAXUCZ010000007

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

G3V6Y2, Q9Z217

Related

ENSRNOP00000010035.2, ENSRNOT00000010035.5

Conserved Domains (2) summary

smart00204
Location:311 → 405

TGFB; Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) family

pfam00688
Location:59 → 283

TGFb_propeptide; TGF-beta propeptide

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_036323735.1-RS_2024_02

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Reference GRCr8

Genomic

NC_086025.1 Reference GRCr8

Range

1896229..1909147 complement

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mRNA and Protein(s)

XM_039078581.2 → XP_038934509.1 growth/differentiation factor 11 isoform X1

Conserved Domains (2) summary

cd19388
Location:131 → 237

TGF_beta_GDF8; transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) like domain found in growth/differentiation factor 8 (GDF8) and similar proteins

cl02928
Location:4 → 115

TGFb_propeptide; TGF-beta propeptide