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Vera MC, Ferretti JL, Cointry GR, Abdala V. Hind limb muscles influence the architectural properties of long bones in frogs. J Anat 2022; 241:702-715. [PMID: 35834300 PMCID: PMC9358750 DOI: 10.1111/joa.13710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The Mechanostat Theory states that osteocytes sense both the intensity and directionality of the strains induced by mechanical usage and modulate the bone design accordingly. In long bones, this process may adapt anterior-posterior and lateral-medial strength to their mechanical environment showing regional specificity. Anuran species are ideal for analyzing the muscle-bone relationships related to the different mechanical stresses induced by their many locomotor modes and habitat uses. This work aimed to explore the relationships between indicators of the force of the most relevant muscles to locomotion and the mechanical properties of femur and tibia fibula in preserved samples of three anuran species with different habitat use (aquatic, arboreal) and locomotion modes (swimmer, jumper, walker/climber). For that purpose, we measured the anatomical cross-sectional area of each dissected muscle and correlated it with the moments of inertia and bone strength indices. Significant, species-specific covariations between muscle and bone parameters were observed. Pseudis platensis, the aquatic swimmer, showed the largest muscles, followed by Boana faber, the jumper and Phyllomedusa sauvagii, the walker/climber. As we expected, bigger muscles correlate with bone parameters in all the species. Nevertheless, smaller muscles also play an important role in bone design. In aquatic species, muscle interaction enhances mostly lateral bending strength throughout the femur and lateral and antero-posterior bending strength in the tibia fibula. In the jumper species, muscles affected the femur and tibia fibula mostly in anterior-posterior bending. In the walker/climber species, responses involving both antero-posterior and lateral bending strengths were observed in the femur and tibia fibula. These results show that bones will be more or less resistant to lateral and antero-posterior bending according to the different mechanical challenges of locomotion in aquatic vs. arboreal habitats. This study provides new evidence of the muscle-bone relationships in three frog species associated with their different locomotion and habitat uses, highlighting the crucial role of muscle in determining the architectural properties of bones.
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- Miriam Corina Vera
- Laboratorio de Genética EvolutivaInstituto de Biología Subtropical, Universidad Nacional de Misiones‐CONICETMisionesArgentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias MédicasCentro de Estudios de Metabolismo Fosfocálcico, Universidad Nacional de Rosario‐CONICETSanta FeArgentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias MédicasCentro de Estudios de Metabolismo Fosfocálcico, Universidad Nacional de Rosario‐CONICETSanta FeArgentina
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- Instituto de Biodiversidad Neotropical, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán‐CONICETTucumánArgentina
- Cátedra de Biología General, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IMLUniversidad Nacional de TucumánTucumánArgentina
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Faltings L, Young MW, Ross CF, Granatosky MC. Got rhythm? Rhythmicity differences reflect different optimality criteria in feeding and locomotor systems. Evolution 2022; 76:2181-2190. [PMID: 35862552 DOI: 10.1111/evo.14569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Evolutionary analyses of joint kinematics and muscle mechanics suggest that, during cyclic behaviors, tetrapod feeding systems are optimized for precise application of forces over small displacements during chewing, whereas locomotor systems are more optimized for large and rapid joint excursions during walking and running. If this hypothesis is correct, then it stands to reason that other biomechanical variables in the feeding and locomotor systems should also reflect these divergent functions. We compared rhythmicity of cyclic jaw and limb movements in feeding and locomotor systems in 261 tetrapod species in a phylogenetic context. Accounting for potential confounding variables, our analyses reveal higher rhythmicity of cyclic movements of the limbs than of the jaw. Higher rhythmicity in the locomotor system corroborates a hypothesis of stronger optimization for energetic efficiency: deviation from the limbs' natural frequency results in greater variability of center of mass movements and limb inertial changes, and therefore more work by limb muscles. Relatively lower rhythmicity in the feeding system may be a consequence of the necessity to prevent tooth breakage and wear, the greater complexity of coordination with tongue movements, and/or a greater emphasis on energy storage in elastic elements rather than the kinetics of limb movement.
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- Lukas Faltings
- College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, 11568, USA
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- College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, 11568, USA
- Department of Anatomy, Center for Biomedical Innovation, College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, 11568, USA
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- Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA
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- College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, 11568, USA
- Department of Anatomy, Center for Biomedical Innovation, College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, 11568, USA
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Kast S, Shojaa M, Kohl M, von Stengel S, Gosch M, Jakob F, Kerschan-Schindl K, Kladny B, Klöckner N, Lange U, Middeldorf S, Peters S, Schoene D, Sieber C, Thomasius F, Uder M, Kemmler W. Effects of different exercise intensity on bone mineral density in adults: a comparative systematic review and meta-analysis. Osteoporos Int 2022; 33:1643-1657. [PMID: 35304613 PMCID: PMC9499891 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-022-06329-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE The primary objective of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the effect of differing exercise intensity on (areal) bone mineral density (BMD) at lumbar spine and hip in adults by a comparative meta-analysis. METHODS A systematic review of the literature according to the PRISMA statement included: (a) exercise trials, (b) with ≥two study arms that compared different exercise intensities, (c) intervention ≥6 months, (d) BMD assessments at lumbar spine (LS) or hip. Five electronic databases were scanned without language restrictions up to July 2021. The present analysis of exercise intensity was conducted as a mixed-effect meta-analysis and applied "type of exercise" and "study duration" as moderator in subgroup analyses. Outcome measures were standardized mean differences (SMD) for BMD changes at the LS, and hip. RESULTS Eleven exercise studies with 26 study arms were included. Although the effect of high-intensity exercise was more pronounced on LS-BMD (SMD: 0.19, 95%-CI: 0.61 to -0.23) and hip-ROI (0.17, 0.38 to -0.04), we did not observe significant differences between the groups (LS-BMD: p=0.373 and hip-BMD: p=0.109). We observed a substantial level of heterogeneity between the trials for LS- but not for hip-BMD. Applying "type of exercise" and "study duration" as moderators did not significantly modify the differences between low and high exercise intensity on BMD at LS or hip. CONCLUSION There is insufficient evidence for a superior effect of high-intensity exercise on areal BMD at lumbar spine and hip in people aged 50 years and older. Varying exercise intensity with periods of lower exercise intensity intermitted by higher intensity might be a promising option to address the issue of exercise intensities in intervention studies.
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- S Kast
- Institute of Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
- Institute of Health Science, Department Population-Based Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
- Department of Med. and Life Sciences, University of Furtwangen, Schwenningen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
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- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
- Paracelsus Medical University Nürnberg and General Hospital Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
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- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
- Bernhard Heine Zentrum für Bewegungsforschung, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
- Austrian Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
- German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma, Berlin, Germany
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- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
- Deutsche Rheuma-Liga Bundesverband e.V., Bonn, Germany
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- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
- German Society for Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine, Dresden, Germany
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- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
- International Musculoskeletal Pain Society, Berlin, Germany
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- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
- German Association for Health-Related Fitness and Exercise Therapy, Hürth-Efferen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
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- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
- European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS), Institute for Biomedicine of Aging, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
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- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
- Osteology Umbrella Association Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany
- Institute of Radiology, FAU-Erlangen-Nürnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
- Research and Writing Group on Austria/Germany/Suisse S3 Guideline "Exercise and Fracture Prevention", Bonn, Germany.
- Institute of Radiology, FAU-Erlangen-Nürnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
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Anderson PSL, Kawano SM. Different traits at different rates: The effects of dynamic strain rate on structural traits in biology. Integr Comp Biol 2022; 62:icac066. [PMID: 35640914 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icac066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Phenotypic diversity is influenced by physical laws that govern how an organism's morphology relates to functional performance. To study comparative organismal biology, we need to quantify this diversity using biological traits (definable aspects of the morphology, behavior, and/or life history of an organism). Traits are often assumed to be immutable properties that need only be measured a single time in each adult. However, organisms often experience changes in their biotic and abiotic environments that can alter trait function. In particular, structural traits represent the physical capabilities of an organism and may be heavily influenced by the rate at which they are exposed to physical demands ('loads'). For instance, materials tend to become more brittle when loaded at faster rates which could negatively affect structures trying to resist those loads (e.g., brittle materials are more likely to fracture). In the following perspective piece, we address the dynamic properties of structural traits and present case studies that demonstrate how dynamic strain rates affect the function of these traits in diverse groups of organisms. First, we review how strain rate affects deformation and fracture in biomaterials and demonstrate how these effects alter puncture mechanics in systems such as snake strikes. Second, we discuss how different rates of bone loading affect the locomotor biomechanics of vertebrates and their ecology. Through these examinations of diverse taxa and ecological functions, we aim to highlight how rate-dependent properties of structural traits can generate dynamic form-function relationships in response to changing environmental conditions. Findings from these studies serve as a foundation to develop more nuanced ecomechanical models that can predict how complex traits emerge and, thereby, advance progress on outlining the Rules of Life.
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- Philip S L Anderson
- Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, U.S.A
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, U.S.A
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Kawano SM, Blob RW. Terrestrial force production by the limbs of a semi-aquatic salamander provides insight into the evolution of terrestrial locomotor mechanics. J Exp Biol 2022; 225:274955. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.242795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Amphibious fishes and salamanders are valuable functional analogs for vertebrates that spanned the water-to-land transition. However, investigations of walking mechanics have focused on terrestrial salamanders and, thus, may better reflect the capabilities of stem tetrapods that were already terrestrial. The earliest tetrapods were likely aquatic, so salamanders that are not primarily terrestrial may yield more appropriate data for modelling the incipient stages of terrestrial locomotion. In the present study, locomotor biomechanics were quantified from semi-aquatic Pleurodeles waltl, a salamander that spends most of its adult life in water, and then compared to a primarily terrestrial salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) and semi-aquatic fish (Periophthalmus barbarus) to evaluate whether terrestrial locomotion was more comparable between species with ecological versus phylogenetic similarities. Ground reaction forces (GRFs) from individual limbs or fins indicated that the pectoral appendages of each taxon had distinct patterns of force production, but GRFs from the hind limbs were comparable between the salamander species. The rate that force is produced can affect musculoskeletal function, so we also calculated ‘yank’ (first time derivative of force) to quantify the dynamics of GRF production. Yank was sometimes slower in P. waltl but there were some similarities between the three species. Finally, the semi-aquatic taxa (P. waltl and P. barbarus) had a more medial inclination of the GRF compared to terrestrial salamanders, potentially elevating bone stresses among more aquatic taxa and limiting their excursions onto land.
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- Sandy M. Kawano
- Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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Daegling DJ, Bhramdat HD, Toro-Ibacache V. Efficacy of shear strain gradients as an osteogenic stimulus. J Theor Biol 2021; 524:110730. [PMID: 33894230 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 02/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The question of which mechanical variables are responsible for inducing osteogenic activity is unresolved despite extensive experimental and theoretical investigation. Candidate variables include strain magnitude, loading frequency, the interaction of magnitude and frequency (strain rate), and strain gradients. An additional challenge is discerning the coordination of periosteal and endosteal expansion during growth, and whether this coordination (or lack thereof) is fully dependent or partially independent of the local mechanical environment. In this study, under the assumption that calculated stresses correspond to relative strain magnitudes, we specify alternative growth algorithms of bone cross-sectional size and geometry to explore skeletal growth under alternative scenarios of osteogenic activity that are tracking 1) an attractor stress, 2) local stress magnitude or 3) steepness of stress gradients. These developmental simulations are initiated from two initial geometries (symmetrical and asymmetrical ellipses) under a time-varying torsional load whose magnitude is proportional to body size growth in a model primate. In addition, we model endosteal expansion under three conditions hypothesized in the literature, in which endosteal expansion is 1) independent of the mechanical milieu, 2) completely dependent on the mechanical milieu, and 3) a "hybrid" model in which intrinsic biological (independent) growth is operative early but gives way to mechanically-sensitive (dependent) growth at later ages. Three variables were recorded over each growth simulation: the safety factor (ratio of yield stress to actual stress), an efficiency ratio (invested bone area per unit of stress), and proximity to an isostress condition (an optimal design criterion in which stress is invariant throughout the structure). The attractor stress algorithm produces the most "adapted" bones in terms of mechanical competence and economy of material. Localized osteogenic activity that is guided in direct proportion to stress magnitude produces competent bones but with variable adult geometries depending on conditions of endosteal expansion. Stress gradients also produce functional but relatively inefficient bones, with widely variable safety factors during growth and heterogeneous stress fields. If, in fact, the osteocyte network monitors strain gradients to generate osteogenic signals, the resulting morphology is competent but falls well short of an optimal mechanical solution.
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- David J Daegling
- Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7305, USA.
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7305, USA
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- Craniofacial Translational Research Lab|Center of Quantitative Analysis in Dental Anthropology, Facultad de Odontología Universidad de Chile, Olivos 943, Independencia, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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Du TY, Standen EM. Terrestrial acclimation and exercise lead to bone functional response in Polypterus senegalus pectoral fins. J Exp Biol 2020; 223:jeb217554. [PMID: 32414872 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.217554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The ability of bones to sense and respond to mechanical loading is a central feature of vertebrate skeletons. However, the functional demands imposed on terrestrial and aquatic animals differ vastly. The pectoral girdle of the basal actinopterygian fish Polypterus senegalus was previously shown to exhibit plasticity following terrestrial acclimation, but the pectoral fin itself has yet to be examined. We investigated skeletal plasticity in the pectoral fins of P. senegalus after exposure to terrestrial loading. Juvenile fish were divided into three groups: a control group was kept under aquatic conditions without intervention, an exercised group was also kept in water but received daily exercise on land, and a terrestrial group was kept in a chronic semi-terrestrial condition. After 5 weeks, the pectoral fins were cleared and stained with Alcian Blue and Alizarin Red to visualize cartilage and bone, allowing measurements of bone length, bone width, ossification and curvature to be taken for the endochondral radial bones. Polypterus senegalus fin bones responded most strongly to chronic loading in the terrestrial condition. Fish that were reared in a terrestrial environment had significantly longer bones compared with those of aquatic controls, wider propterygia and metapterygia, and more ossified metapterygia and medial radials, and they showed changes in propterygial curvature. Exercised fish also had longer and more ossified medial radials compared with those of controls. Polypterus senegalus fin bones exhibit plasticity in response to novel terrestrial loading. Such plasticity could be relevant for transitions between water and land on evolutionary scales, but key differences between fish and tetrapod bone make direct comparisons challenging.
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- Trina Y Du
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Gendron Hall, 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Gendron Hall, 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 6N5
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Skedros JG, Su SC, Knight AN, Bloebaum RD, Bachus KN. Advancing the deer calcaneus model for bone adaptation studies: ex vivo strains obtained after transecting the tension members suggest an unrecognized important role for shear strains. J Anat 2018; 234:66-82. [PMID: 30411344 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Sheep and deer calcanei are finding increased use as models for studies of bone adaptation, including advancing understanding of how the strain (deformation) environment influences the ontogenetic emergence of biomechanically relevant structural and material variations in cortical and trabecular bone. These artiodactyl calcanei seem ideal for these analyses because they function like simply loaded short-cantilevered beams with net compression and tension strains on the dorsal and plantar cortices, respectively. However, this habitual strain distribution requires more rigorous validation because it has been shown by limited in vivo and ex vivo strain measurements obtained during controlled ambulation (typically walking and trotting). The conception that these calcanei are relatively simply and habitually loaded 'tension/compression bones' could be invalid if infrequent, though biologically relevant, loads substantially change the location of the neutral axis (NA) that separates 'compression' and 'tension' regions. The effect on calcaneus strains of the tension members (plantar ligament and flexor tendon) is also not well understood and measuring strains after transecting them could reveal that they significantly modulate the strain distribution. We tested the hypothesis that the NA location previously described during simulated on-axis loads of deer calcanei would exhibit limited variations even when load perturbations are unusual (e.g. off-axis loads) or extreme (e.g. after transection of the tension members). We also examined regional differences in the predominance of the three strain modes (tension, compression, and shear) in these various load conditions in dorsal, plantar, medial, and lateral cortices. In addition to considering principal strains (tension and compression) and maximum shear strains, we also considered material-axis (M-A) shear strains. M-A shear strains are those that are aligned along the long axis of the bone and are considered to have greater biomechanical relevance than maximum shear strains because failure theories of composite materials and bone are often based on stresses or strains in the principal material directions. We used the same load apparatus from our prior study of mule deer calcanei. Results showed that although the NA rotated up to 8° medially and 15° laterally during these off-axis loads, it did not shift dramatically until after transection of all tension members. When comparing results based on maximum shear strain data vs. M-A shear strain data, the dominant strain mode changed only in the plantar cortex - as expected (in accordance with our a priori view) it was tension when M-A shear strains were considered (shear : tension = 0.2) but changed to dominant shear when maximum shear strain data were considered (shear : tension = 1.3). This difference leads to different conclusions and speculations regarding which specific strain modes and magnitudes most strongly influence the emergence of the marked mineralization and histomorphological differences in the dorsal vs. plantar cortices. Consequently, our prior simplification of the deer calcaneus model as a simply loaded 'tension/compression bone' (i.e. plantar/dorsal) might be incorrect. In vivo and in finite element analyses are needed to determine whether describing it as a 'shear-tension/compression' bone is more accurate. Addressing this question will help to advance the artiodactyl calcaneus as an experimental model for bone adaptation studies.
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- John G Skedros
- Department of Orthopedics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.,Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.,Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, VA Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Orthopedics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.,Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Turko AJ, Kültz D, Fudge D, Croll RP, Smith FM, Stoyek MR, Wright PA. Skeletal stiffening in an amphibious fish out of water is a response to increased body weight. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 220:3621-3631. [PMID: 29046415 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.161638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Terrestrial animals must support their bodies against gravity, while aquatic animals are effectively weightless because of buoyant support from water. Given this evolutionary history of minimal gravitational loading of fishes in water, it has been hypothesized that weight-responsive musculoskeletal systems evolved during the tetrapod invasion of land and are thus absent in fishes. Amphibious fishes, however, experience increased effective weight when out of water - are these fishes responsive to gravitational loading? Contrary to the tetrapod-origin hypothesis, we found that terrestrial acclimation reversibly increased gill arch stiffness (∼60% increase) in the amphibious fish Kryptolebias marmoratus when loaded normally by gravity, but not under simulated microgravity. Quantitative proteomics analysis revealed that this change in mechanical properties occurred via increased abundance of proteins responsible for bone mineralization in other fishes as well as in tetrapods. Type X collagen, associated with endochondral bone growth, increased in abundance almost ninefold after terrestrial acclimation. Collagen isoforms known to promote extracellular matrix cross-linking and cause tissue stiffening, such as types IX and XII collagen, also increased in abundance. Finally, more densely packed collagen fibrils in both gill arches and filaments were observed microscopically in terrestrially acclimated fish. Our results demonstrate that the mechanical properties of the fish musculoskeletal system can be fine-tuned in response to changes in effective body weight using biochemical pathways similar to those in mammals, suggesting that weight sensing is an ancestral vertebrate trait rather than a tetrapod innovation.
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- Andy J Turko
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave., Meyer Hall, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1.,Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, 1 University Dr., Orange, CA 92866, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, 5850 College Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
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- Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, 5850 College Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, 5850 College Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2.,Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, 5850 College Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1
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Perry JMG, Prufrock KA. Muscle Functional Morphology in Paleobiology: The Past, Present, and Future of “Paleomyology”. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2018; 301:538-555. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.23772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Jonathan M. G. Perry
- Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution; The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore Maryland
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- Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution; The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Baltimore Maryland
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Eleazer CD, Jankauskas R. Mechanical and metabolic interactions in cortical bone development. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2016; 160:317-33. [PMID: 26919438 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2015] [Revised: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Anthropological studies of cortical bone often aim to reconstruct either habitual activities or health of past populations. During development, mechanical loading and metabolism simultaneously shape cortical bone structure; yet, few studies have investigated how these factors interact. Understanding their relative morphological effects is essential for assessing human behavior from skeletal samples, as previous studies have suggested that interaction effects may influence the interpretation from cortical structure of physical activity or metabolic status. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study assesses cross-sectional geometric and histomorphometric features in bones under different loading regimes (femur, humerus, rib) and compares these properties among individuals under different degrees of metabolic stress. The study sample consists of immature humans from a late medieval Lithuanian cemetery (Alytus, 14th-18th centuries AD). Analyses are based on the hypothesis that metabolic bone loss is distributed within the skeleton in a way that optimizes mechanical competency. RESULTS Results suggest mechanical compensation for metabolic bone loss in the cross-sectional properties of all three bones (especially ribs), suggesting a mechanism for conserving adequate bone strength for different loads across the skeleton. Microscopic bone loss is restricted to stronger bones under high loads, which may mitigate fracture risk in areas of the skeleton that are more resistive to loading, although alternative explanations are examined. DISCUSSION Distributions of metabolic bone loss and subsequent structural adjustments appear to preserve strength. Nevertheless, both mechanics and metabolism have a detectable influence on morphology, and potential implications for behavioral interpretations in bioculturally stressed samples due to this interaction are explored. Am J Phys Anthropol 160:317-333, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Affiliation(s)
- Courtney D Eleazer
- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL, 33199
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- Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, 21/27 M. K. Čiurlionio, Vilnius, LT-03101, Lithuania
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