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  • 标题:The mechanoresponse of bone is closely related to the osteocyte lacunocanalicular network architecture
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  • 作者:Alexander Franciscus van Tol ; Victoria Schemenz ; Wolfgang Wagermaier
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:2020
  • 卷号:117
  • 期号:51
  • 页码:32251-32259
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.2011504117
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:Organisms rely on mechanosensing mechanisms to adapt to changes in their mechanical environment. Fluid-filled network structures not only ensure efficient transport but can also be employed for mechanosensation. The lacunocanalicular network (LCN) is a fluid-filled network structure, which pervades our bones and accommodates a cell network of osteocytes. For the mechanism of mechanosensation, it was hypothesized that load-induced fluid flow results in forces that can be sensed by the cells. We use a controlled in vivo loading experiment on murine tibiae to test this hypothesis, whereby the mechanoresponse was quantified experimentally by in vivo micro-computed tomography (µCT) in terms of formed and resorbed bone volume. By imaging the LCN using confocal microscopy in bone volumes covering the entire cross-section of mouse tibiae and by calculating the fluid flow in the three-dimensional (3D) network, we could perform a direct comparison between predictions based on fluid flow velocity and the experimentally measured mechanoresponse. While local strain distributions estimated by finite-element analysis incorrectly predicts preferred bone formation on the periosteal surface, we demonstrate that additional consideration of the LCN architecture not only corrects this erroneous bias in the prediction but also explains observed differences in the mechanosensitivity between the three investigated mice. We also identified the presence of vascular channels as an important mechanism to locally reduce fluid flow. Flow velocities increased for a convergent network structure where all of the flow is channeled into fewer canaliculi. We conclude that, besides mechanical loading, LCN architecture should be considered as a key determinant of bone adaptation.
  • 关键词:bone adaptation ; mechanobiology ; fluid flow ; lacunocanalicular network ; in vivo µCT
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