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2017 ; 13
(3
): e1005433
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Fragility of foot process morphology in kidney podocytes arises from chaotic
spatial propagation of cytoskeletal instability
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Falkenberg CV
; Azeloglu EU
; Stothers M
; Deerinck TJ
; Chen Y
; He JC
; Ellisman MH
; Hone JC
; Iyengar R
; Loew LM
PLoS Comput Biol
2017[Mar]; 13
(3
): e1005433
PMID28301477
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Kidney podocytes' function depends on fingerlike projections (foot processes)
that interdigitate with those from neighboring cells to form the glomerular
filtration barrier. The integrity of the barrier depends on spatial control of
dynamics of actin cytoskeleton in the foot processes. We determined how
imbalances in regulation of actin cytoskeletal dynamics could result in
pathological morphology. We obtained 3-D electron microscopy images of podocytes
and used quantitative features to build dynamical models to investigate how
regulation of actin dynamics within foot processes controls local morphology. We
find that imbalances in regulation of actin bundling lead to chaotic spatial
patterns that could impair the foot process morphology. Simulation results are
consistent with experimental observations for cytoskeletal reconfiguration
through dysregulated RhoA or Rac1, and they predict compensatory mechanisms for
biochemical stability. We conclude that podocyte morphology, optimized for
filtration, is intrinsically fragile, whereby local transient biochemical
imbalances may lead to permanent morphological changes associated with
pathophysiology.