Keratin 19

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KRT19
Identifiers
Aliases KRT19 , CK19, K19, K1CS, keratin 19
External IDs OMIM: 148020; MGI: 96693; HomoloGene: 1713; GeneCards: KRT19; OMA:KRT19 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002276

NM_008471
NM_001313963

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002267

NP_001300892
NP_032497

Location (UCSC) Chr 17: 41.52 – 41.53 Mb Chr 11: 100.03 – 100.04 Mb
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Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 19 (Keratin-19)) also known as cytokeratin-19 (CK-19) is a 40 kDa protein that in humans is encoded by the KRT19 gene. [5] [6] Keratin-19 is a type I keratin.

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Function

Keratin-19 is a member of the keratin family. The keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity of epithelial cells and are subdivided into cytokeratins and hair keratins.

Keratin-19 is a type I keratin. The type I cytokeratins consist of acidic proteins which are arranged in pairs of heterotypic keratin chains. Unlike its related family members, this smallest known acidic cytokeratin is not paired with a basic cytokeratin in epithelial cells. It is specifically found in the embryonic periderm, the transiently superficial layer that envelops the developing epidermis. The type I cytokeratins are clustered in a region of chromosome 17 (q12-q21). [6]

Use as biomarker

CYFRA 21-1, a soluble fragment of KRT19, is a tumor marker of various types of cancer, including lung, breast, stomach, pancreas, ovary. KRT19 is commonly expressed in carcinomas of these organs and CYFRA 21-1 is produced when KRT19 is cleaved during cell apoptosis. [7] [8]

Due to its high sensitivity, KRT19 is the most used marker for the RT-PCR-mediated detection of tumor cells disseminated in lymph nodes, peripheral blood, and bone marrow of breast cancer patients. Depending on the assays, KRT19 has been shown to be both a specific and a non-specific marker.

False positivity in CYFRA 21-1 / KRT19 RT-PCR studies include:

Moreover, Ck-19 is widely applied as post-operative diagnostic marker of papillary thyroid carcinoma. [10]

Keratin-19 is often used together with keratin 8 and keratin 18 to differentiate cells of epithelial origin from hematopoietic cells in tests that enumerate circulating tumor cells in blood. [11]

Interactions

Keratin-19 has been shown to interact with Pinin. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000171345 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000020911 Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Schweizer J, Bowden PE, Coulombe PA, Langbein L, Lane EB, Magin TM, Maltais L, Omary MB, Parry DA, Rogers MA, Wright MW (July 2006). "New consensus nomenclature for mammalian keratins". The Journal of Cell Biology. 174 (2): 169–74. doi:10.1083/jcb.200603161. PMC   2064177 . PMID   16831889.
  6. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: KRT19 keratin 19".
  7. 1 2 3 Minamibata A, Kono Y, Arimoto T, Marunaka Y, Takayama K (2023). "Variability of serum CYFRA 21 − 1 and its susceptibility to clinical characteristics in individuals without cancer: a 4-year retrospective analysis". BMC Pulm Med. 23 (1): 344. doi: 10.1186/s12890-023-02650-x . PMC   10500899 . PMID   37705035.
  8. Nakata B, Takashima T, Ogawa Y, Ishikawa T, Hirakawa K (2004). "Serum CYFRA 21-1 (cytokeratin-19 fragments) is a useful tumour marker for detecting disease relapse and assessing treatment efficacy in breast cancer". Br J Cancer. 91 (5): 873–8. doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602074. PMC   2409884 . PMID   15280913.
  9. Lacroix M (December 2006). "Significance, detection and markers of disseminated breast cancer cells" (PDF). Endocrine-Related Cancer. 13 (4): 1033–67. doi:10.1677/ERC-06-0001. PMID   17158753. S2CID   10708900.
  10. Dinets A, Pernemalm M, Kjellin H, Sviatoha V, Sofiadis A, Juhlin CC, Zedenius J, Larsson C, Lehtiö J, Höög A (May 2015). "Differential protein expression profiles of cyst fluid from papillary thyroid carcinoma and benign thyroid lesions". PLOS ONE. 10 (5): e0126472. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1026472D. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126472 . PMC   4433121 . PMID   25978681.
  11. Allard WJ, Matera J, Miller MC, Repollet M, Connelly MC, Rao C, Tibbe AG, Uhr JW, Terstappen LW (October 2004). "Tumor cells circulate in the peripheral blood of all major carcinomas but not in healthy subjects or patients with nonmalignant diseases" (PDF). Clinical Cancer Research. 10 (20): 6897–904. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-04-0378 . PMID   15501967.
  12. Shi J, Sugrue SP (May 2000). "Dissection of protein linkage between keratins and pinin, a protein with dual location at desmosome-intermediate filament complex and in the nucleus". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275 (20): 14910–5. doi: 10.1074/jbc.275.20.14910 . PMID   10809736.

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