Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.
J Clin Invest. 2011 Jun;121(6):2142-5. doi: 10.1172/JCI57935. Epub 2011 May 23.
The podocyte plays a key role both in maintenance of the glomerular filtration barrier and in glomerular structural integrity. Podocyte injury and loss contribute to proteinuria and progressive sclerosis. Inhibitors of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) have variably decreased or caused proteinuria and sclerosis in human disease and experimental settings. In this issue of the JCI, two interesting studies of podocyte-specific manipulation of the mTOR system shed light on the complexity of this pathway in the podocyte.
足细胞在维持肾小球滤过屏障和肾小球结构完整性方面发挥着关键作用。足细胞损伤和丢失导致蛋白尿和进行性硬化。哺乳动物雷帕霉素靶蛋白(mTOR)抑制剂在人类疾病和实验环境中不同程度地减少或导致蛋白尿和硬化。在本期 JCI 中,两项关于足细胞特异性 mTOR 系统操作的有趣研究揭示了该途径在足细胞中的复杂性。