Keratin 8

KRT8
Identifiers
Aliases	KRT8, CARD2, CK-8, CK8, CYK8, K2C8, K8, KO, keratin 8
External IDs	OMIM: 148060; MGI: 96705; HomoloGene: 55643; GeneCards: KRT8; OMA:KRT8 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 12 (human) Band 12q13.13 Start 52,897,187 bp End 52,949,954 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 15 (mouse) Band 15 F2|15 57.2 cM Start 101,905,133 bp End 101,912,917 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in mucosa of transverse colon duodenum rectum placenta islet of Langerhans olfactory zone of nasal mucosa body of pancreas gallbladder epithelium of bronchus left lobe of thyroid gland Top expressed in ileum jejunum colon duodenum placenta stomach urinary bladder middle ear islet of Langerhans yolk sac More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function protein-containing complex binding scaffold protein binding structural molecule activity protein binding Cellular component cytoplasm cell-cell junction nuclear matrix dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex keratin filament nucleoplasm Z discdkac sarcolemma costamere extracellular exosome intermediate filament nucleus cell periphery cytosol apicolateral plasma membrane intermediate filament cytoskeleton Biological process extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway response to hydrostatic pressure tumor necrosis factor-mediated signaling pathway response to other organism viral process cell differentiation involved in embryonic placenta development sarcomere organization hepatocyte apoptotic process keratinization cornification Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 3856 16691 Ensembl ENSG00000170421 ENSMUSG00000049382 UniProt P05787 P11679 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001256282 NM_001256293 NM_002273 NM_031170 RefSeq (protein) NP_001243211 NP_001243222 NP_002264 NP_112447 Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 52.9 – 52.95 Mb Chr 15: 101.91 – 101.91 Mb PubMed search
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Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 8 also known as cytokeratin-8 (CK-8) or keratin-8 (K8) is a keratin protein that is encoded in humans by the KRT8 gene. It is often paired with keratin 18.

Utility as an immunohistochemical stain

Antibodies to CK8 (e.g. CAM 5.2) can be used to differentiate lobular carcinoma of the breast from ductal carcinoma of the breast. CAM 5.2, an antibody that reacts with an epitope found on both CK8 and CK18, is used in immunohistochemistry to demonstrate certain forms of cancer. In normal tissue, it reacts mainly with secretory epithelia, but not with squamous epithelium, such as that found in the skin, cervix, and esophagus. However, it also reacts with a range of malignant cells, including those derived from secretory epithelia, but also some squamous carcinomata, such as spindle cell carcinoma. It is considered useful in identifying microscopic metastases of breast carcinoma in lymph nodes, and in distinguishing Paget's disease from malignant melanoma. It also reacts with neuroendocrine tumors.

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

Interactions

Keratin 8 has been shown to interact with MAPK14, Pinin and PPL.

Cytokeratin 8 staining in the human breast cancer cell line MCF-7

See also

• Immunohistochemistry

Further reading

• Moll R, Franke WW, Schiller DL, et al. (1983). "The catalog of human cytokeratins: patterns of expression in normal epithelia, tumors and cultured cells". Cell. 31 (1): 11–24. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(82)90400-7. PMID 6186379. S2CID 33701361.
• Ljubimov AV, Bartek J, Couchman JR, et al. (1992). "Distribution of individual components of basement membrane in human colon polyps and adenocarcinomas as revealed by monoclonal antibodies". Int. J. Cancer. 50 (4): 562–6. doi:10.1002/ijc.2910500412. PMID 1371500. S2CID 40459741.
• Smedts F, Ramaekers F, Robben H, et al. (1990). "Changing patterns of keratin expression during progression of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia". Am. J. Pathol. 136 (3): 657–68. PMC 1877502. PMID 1690513.
• Krauss S, Franke WW (1990). "Organization and sequence of the human gene encoding cytokeratin 8". Gene. 86 (2): 241–9. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(90)90285-Y. PMID 1691124.
• Yamamoto R, Kao LC, McKnight CE, Strauss JF (1990). "Cloning and sequence of cDNA for human placental cytokeratin 8. Regulation of the mRNA in trophoblastic cells by cAMP". Mol. Endocrinol. 4 (3): 370–4. doi:10.1210/mend-4-3-370. PMID 1692965.
• Waseem A, Alexander CM, Steel JB, Lane EB (1991). "Embryonic simple epithelial keratins 8 and 18: chromosomal location emphasizes difference from other keratin pairs". New Biol. 2 (5): 464–78. PMID 1705144.
• Tsubura A, Okada H, Sasaki M, et al. (1991). "Immunohistochemical demonstration of keratins 8 and 14 in benign tumours of the skin appendage". Virchows Archiv A. 418 (6): 503–7. doi:10.1007/BF01606500. PMID 1711732. S2CID 12052324.
• Leube RE, Bosch FX, Romano V, et al. (1987). "Cytokeratin expression in simple epithelia. III. Detection of mRNAs encoding human cytokeratins nos. 8 and 18 in normal and tumor cells by hybridization with cDNA sequences in vitro and in situ". Differentiation. 33 (1): 69–85. doi:10.1111/j.1432-0436.1986.tb00412.x. PMID 2434381.
• Guelstein VI, Tchypysheva TA, Ermilova VD, et al. (1988). "Monoclonal antibody mapping of keratins 8 and 17 and of vimentin in normal human mammary gland, benign tumors, dysplasias and breast cancer". Int. J. Cancer. 42 (2): 147–53. doi:10.1002/ijc.2910420202. PMID 2456993. S2CID 30650956.
• Osborn M, Mazzoleni G, Santini D, et al. (1988). "Villin, intestinal brush border hydrolases and keratin polypeptides in intestinal metaplasia and gastric cancer; an immunohistologic study emphasizing the different degrees of intestinal and gastric differentiation in signet ring cell carcinomas". Virchows Archiv A. 413 (4): 303–12. doi:10.1007/BF00783022. PMID 2459839. S2CID 23830197.
• Fisher HP, Doppl W, Osborn M, Altmannsberger M (1989). "Evidence for a hepatocellular lineage in a combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma of transitional type". Virchows Archiv B. 56 (2): 71–6. doi:10.1007/bf02890004. PMID 2467436. S2CID 24713975.
• Kulesh DA, Ceceña G, Darmon YM, et al. (1989). "Posttranslational regulation of keratins: degradation of mouse and human keratins 18 and 8". Mol. Cell. Biol. 9 (4): 1553–65. doi:10.1128/mcb.9.4.1553. PMC 362572. PMID 2471065.
• Gel'shteĭn VI, Chipysheva TA, Ermilova VD, Bannikov GA (1990). "[The expression of keratins Nos. 8, 17 and vimentin in pleomorphic adenoma of the salivary glands]". Arkh. Patol. 51 (10): 28–35. PMID 2482017.
• Eichbaum QG, Beatty DW, Parker MI (1994). "Identification of cardiac autoantigens in human heart cDNA libraries using acute rheumatic fever sera". J. Autoimmun. 7 (2): 243–61. doi:10.1006/jaut.1994.1019. PMID 8037842.
• Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298.
• Ku NO, Omary MB (1997). "Phosphorylation of human keratin 8 in vivo at conserved head domain serine 23 and at epidermal growth factor-stimulated tail domain serine 431". J. Biol. Chem. 272 (11): 7556–64. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.11.7556. PMID 9054461.
• Ji H, Reid GE, Moritz RL, et al. (1997). "A two-dimensional gel database of human colon carcinoma proteins". Electrophoresis. 18 (3–4): 605–13. doi:10.1002/elps.1150180344. PMID 9150948. S2CID 25454450.
• Liao J, Ku NO, Omary MB (1997). "Stress, apoptosis, and mitosis induce phosphorylation of human keratin 8 at Ser-73 in tissues and cultured cells". J. Biol. Chem. 272 (28): 17565–73. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.28.17565. PMID 9211903.
• Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, et al. (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.

External links

• Keratin-8 at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)