Angiopoietin-like protein 3 induces podocytes actin rearrangement via integrin beta 3

Objective To explore whether Angiopoietin-like protein 3 (ANGPTL3) is involved in podocyte actin rearrangement, and to analyze whether integrin β3 signal pathway is a key in ANGPTL3 inducing actin rearrangement. Methods The cultured podocytes were divided into six groups: wild type, ADR treated, ADR+Dex, MOCK, ANGPTL3- cDNA, miRNA, and AD +miRNA group. (1) We observed actin cytoskeleton using Invitrogen reagents with confocal microscopy; (2) Actin cytoskeleton after blocking β3 on podocytes was; (3) The expression of total FAK and p-FAK was through Western blotting. Results (1) The wild type podocyte's cytoskeleton is arranged orderly. After ADR treatment, podocyte's actin are rearranged and weaken (P﹤0.05). There was no significant difference in actin arrangement between knock-down and MOCK group. In ANGPTL3-cDNA group the podocyte actin was also significantly rearranged; on the contrary, in miRNA+ADR group, the actin rearrangement never obviously happened (P﹤0.05). (2) Over-expression of ANGPTL3 podocytes blocked integrin β3 did not happen actin rearrangement. (3) The expression of p-FAK significantly increased in over-expression ANGPTL3 podocytes. Conclusion ANGPTL3 is a key in inducing actin rearrangement. Intergrin β3 maybe a central pathway in ANGPTL3's role with podocytes.