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Chainani PH, Buzo Mena M, Yeritsyan D, Caro D, Momenzadeh K, Galloway JL, DeAngelis JP, Ramappa AJ, Nazarian A. Successive tendon injury in an in vivo rat overload model induces early damage and acute healing responses. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2024; 12:1327094. [PMID: 38515627 PMCID: PMC10955762 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1327094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Introduction: Tendinopathy is a degenerative condition resulting from tendons experiencing abnormal levels of multi-scale damage over time, impairing their ability to repair. However, the damage markers associated with the initiation of tendinopathy are poorly understood, as the disease is largely characterized by end-stage clinical phenotypes. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the acute tendon responses to successive fatigue bouts of tendon overload using an in vivo passive ankle dorsiflexion system. Methods: Sprague Dawley female rats underwent fatigue overloading to their Achilles tendons for 1, 2, or 3 loading bouts, with two days of rest in between each bout. Mechanical, structural, and biological assays were performed on tendon samples to evaluate the innate acute healing response to overload injuries. Results: Here, we show that fatigue overloading significantly reduces in vivo functional and mechanical properties, with reductions in hysteresis, peak stress, and loading and unloading moduli. Multi-scale structural damage on cellular, fibril, and fiber levels demonstrated accumulated micro-damage that may have induced a reparative response to successive loading bouts. The acute healing response resulted in alterations in matrix turnover and early inflammatory upregulations associated with matrix remodeling and acute responses to injuries. Discussion: This work demonstrates accumulated damage and acute changes to the tendon healing response caused by successive bouts of in vivo fatigue overloads. These results provide the avenue for future investigations of long-term evaluations of tendon overload in the context of tendinopathy.
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- Pooja H. Chainani
- Musculoskeletal Translational Innovation Initiative, Carl J. Shapiro Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Musculoskeletal Translational Innovation Initiative, Carl J. Shapiro Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Musculoskeletal Translational Innovation Initiative, Carl J. Shapiro Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Musculoskeletal Translational Innovation Initiative, Carl J. Shapiro Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Musculoskeletal Translational Innovation Initiative, Carl J. Shapiro Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Musculoskeletal Translational Innovation Initiative, Carl J. Shapiro Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Carl J. Shapiro Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Musculoskeletal Translational Innovation Initiative, Carl J. Shapiro Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Carl J. Shapiro Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Musculoskeletal Translational Innovation Initiative, Carl J. Shapiro Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
- Carl J. Shapiro Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yerevan State Medical University, Yerevan, Armenia
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Mechanical Properties of Animal Tendons: A Review and Comparative Study for the Identification of the Most Suitable Human Tendon Surrogates. Processes (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/pr10030485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The mechanical response of a tendon to load is strictly related to its complex and highly organized hierarchical structure, which ranges from the nano- to macroscale. In a broader context, the mechanical properties of tendons during tensile tests are affected by several distinct factors, due in part to tendon nature (anatomical site, age, training, injury, etc.) but also depending on the experimental setup and settings. This work aimed to present a systematic review of the mechanical properties of tendons reported in the scientific literature by considering different anatomical regions in humans and several animal species (horse, cow, swine, sheep, rabbit, dog, rat, mouse, and foal). This study was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method. The literature research was conducted via Google Scholar, PubMed, PicoPolito (Politecnico di Torino’s online catalogue), and Science Direct. Sixty studies were selected and analyzed. The structural and mechanical properties described in different animal species were reported and summarized in tables. Only the results from studies reporting the strain rate parameter were considered for the comparison with human tendons, as they were deemed more reliable. Our findings showed similarities between animal and human tendons that should be considered in biomechanical evaluation. An additional analysis of the effects of different strain rates showed the influence of this parameter.
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Wunderli SL, Blache U, Snedeker JG. Tendon explant models for physiologically relevant invitro study of tissue biology - a perspective. Connect Tissue Res 2020; 61:262-277. [PMID: 31931633 DOI: 10.1080/03008207.2019.1700962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Background: Tendon disorders increasingly afflict our aging society but we lack the scientific understanding to clinically address them. Clinically relevant models of tendon disease are urgently needed as established small animal models of tendinopathy fail to capture essential aspects of the disease. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional cell and tissue culture models are similarly limited, lacking many physiological extracellular matrix cues required to maintain tissue homeostasis or guide matrix remodeling. These cues reflect the biochemical and biomechanical status of the tissue, and encode information regarding the mechanical and metabolic competence of the tissue. Tendon explants overcome some of these limitations and have thus emerged as a valuable tool for the discovery and study of mechanisms associated with tendon homeostasis and pathophysiology. Tendon explants retain native cell-cell and cell-matrix connections, while allowing highly reproducible experimental control over extrinsic factors like mechanical loading and nutritional availability. In this sense tendon explant models can deliver insights that are otherwise impossible to obtain from in vivo animal or in vitro cell culture models. Purpose: In this review, we aimed to provide an overview of tissue explant models used in tendon research, with a specific focus on the value of explant culture systems for the controlled study of the tendon core tissue. We discuss their advantages, limitations and potential future utility. We include suggestions and technical recommendations for the successful use of tendon explant cultures and conclude with an outlook on how explant models may be leveraged with state-of-the-art biotechnologies to propel our understanding of tendon physiology and pathology.
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- Stefania L Wunderli
- University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Lu K, Li C, Wang HZ, Li YL, Zhu Y, Ouyang Y. Effect of gamma irradiation on carbon dot decorated polyethylene-gold@ hydroxyapatite biocomposite on titanium implanted repair for shoulder joint arthroplasty. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2019; 197:111504. [PMID: 31228687 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2019.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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High disappointment rate of the ligament to hard tissue mending after the medical procedure has dependably been a testing issue in rotator cuff repair. Considering the elasticity of carbon dot decorated polyethylene (f-CDs-PE) and osteogenic movement of gold substituted hydroxyapatite (Au@HA) bioceramic, f-CDs-PE-Au@HA biocomposite coatings were created by an electrophoretic deposition method (EPD), the in vivo and in vitro bioactivity and cytocompatibility were researched. The physico-chemical properties of f-CDs-PE-Au@HA biocomposite coatings were characterized using fourier transform infra-red (FTIR) and X-Ray diffractometery (XRD). The morphology of the fabricated biocomposites was analyses via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) methods. With a gamma-irradiation of f-CDs-PE-Au@HA biocomposite coating (BC2), the bond and multiplication of cells on biocomposite coating were improved. The specimen with a f-CDs-PE-Au@HA biocomposite (BC2) demonstrated a most noteworthy alkaline phosphatase activity articulation. The animal model consequences additionally show that the f-CDs-PE-Au@HA biocomposite (BC2) had great bioactive and cytocompatibility, which could develop the association of collagen and the arrangement of ligament and hard tissue. Expansion of the gamma-ray irradiation with f-CDs-PE-Au@HA biocomposite coating (BC2) at the tendon- hard tissue crossing point was exhibited to reinforce the mending entheses, increment hard tissue and tendon development and progress collagen association contrasted and control. The above outcomes have recommended that the progressive, implantable and solid stringy platforms built utilizing EPD extraordinary potential for enlargement of rotator cuff tears-recuperating.
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- Ke Lu
- Department of Joint Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215300, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, the First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215300, China
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- Department of Joint Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215300, China
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- Department of Urology Surgery, the First People's Hospital of Kunshan, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215300, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China.
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- Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital East Campus, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health, Shanghai 201306, China
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Wunderli SL, Widmer J, Amrein N, Foolen J, Silvan U, Leupin O, Snedeker JG. Minimal mechanical load and tissue culture conditions preserve native cell phenotype and morphology in tendon-a novel ex vivo mouse explant model. J Orthop Res 2018; 36:1383-1390. [PMID: 28980724 DOI: 10.1002/jor.23769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Appropriate mechanical load is essential for tendon homeostasis and optimal tissue function. Due to technical challenges in achieving physiological mechanical loads in experimental tendon model systems, the research community still lacks well-characterized models of tissue homeostasis and physiological relevance. Toward this urgent goal, we present and characterize a novel ex vivo murine tail tendon explant model. Mouse tail tendon fascicles were extracted and cultured for 6 days in a load-deprived environment or in a custom-designed bioreactor applying low magnitude mechanical load (intermittent cycles to 1% strain, at 1 Hz) in serum-free tissue culture. Cells remained viable, as did collagen structure and mechanical properties in all tested conditions. Cell morphology in mechanically loaded tendon explants approximated native tendon, whereas load-deprived tendons lost their native cell morphology. These losses were reflected in altered gene expression, with mechanical loading tending to maintain tendon specific and matrix remodeling genes phenotypic of native tissue. We conclude from this study that ex vivo load deprivation of murine tendon in minimal culture medium results in a degenerative-like phenotype. We further conclude that onset of tissue degeneration can be suppressed by low-magnitude mechanical loading. Thus a minimal explant culture model featuring serum-free medium with low mechanical loads seems to provide a useful foundation for further investigations. © 2017 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 36:1383-1390, 2018.
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- Stefania L Wunderli
- University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Balgrist Campus, Lengghalde 5, Zürich, CH-8008, Switzerland.,Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Balgrist Campus, Lengghalde 5, Zürich, CH-8008, Switzerland.,Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Balgrist Campus, Lengghalde 5, Zürich, CH-8008, Switzerland.,Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Balgrist Campus, Lengghalde 5, Zürich, CH-8008, Switzerland.,Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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- University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Balgrist Campus, Lengghalde 5, Zürich, CH-8008, Switzerland.,Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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- Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR), Basel, Switzerland
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- University Hospital Balgrist, University of Zurich, Balgrist Campus, Lengghalde 5, Zürich, CH-8008, Switzerland.,Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Abdala V, Ponssa ML, Tulli MJ, Fabre AC, Herrel A. Frog tendon structure and its relationship with locomotor modes. J Morphol 2018; 279:895-903. [PMID: 29570838 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Revised: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Tendon collagen fibrils are the basic force-transmitting units of the tendon. Yet, surprisingly little is known about the diversity in tendon anatomy and ultrastructure, and the possible relationships between this diversity and locomotor modes utilized. Our main objectives were to investigate: (a) the ultra-structural anatomy of the tendons in the digits of frogs; (b) the diversity of collagen fibril diameters across frogs with different locomotor modes; (c) the relationship between morphology, as expressed by the morphology of collagen fibrils and tendons, and locomotor modes. To assess the relationship between morphology and the locomotor modes of the sampled taxa we performed a principal component analysis considering body length, fibrillar cross sectional area (CSA) and tendon CSA. A MANOVA showed that differences between species with different locomotor modes were significant with collagen fibril diameter being the discriminating factor. Overall, our data related the greatest collagen fibril diameter to the most demanding locomotor modes, conversely, the smallest collagen fibril CSA and the highest tendon CSA were observed in animals showing a hopping locomotion requiring likely little absorption of landing forces given the short jump distances.
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- Virginia Abdala
- Instituto de Biodiversidad Neotropical UNT-CONICET, Cátedra de Biología General. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
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- Unidad Ejecutora Lillo, Fundación Miguel Lillo-CONICET, Tucumán, Argentina
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- Unidad Ejecutora Lillo, Fundación Miguel Lillo-CONICET, Tucumán, Argentina
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité, 55 rue Buffon, Bat Anatomie Comparee, CP 55, Paris Cedex 5, 75005, France
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- Département d'Ecologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité, 55 rue Buffon, Bat Anatomie Comparee, CP 55, Paris Cedex 5, 75005, France
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Snedeker JG, Foolen J. Tendon injury and repair - A perspective on the basic mechanisms of tendon disease and future clinical therapy. Acta Biomater 2017; 63:18-36. [PMID: 28867648 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Revised: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Tendon is an intricately organized connective tissue that efficiently transfers muscle force to the bony skeleton. Its structure, function, and physiology reflect the extreme, repetitive mechanical stresses that tendon tissues bear. These mechanical demands also lie beneath high clinical rates of tendon disorders, and present daunting challenges for clinical treatment of these ailments. This article aims to provide perspective on the most urgent frontiers of tendon research and therapeutic development. We start by broadly introducing essential elements of current understanding about tendon structure, function, physiology, damage, and repair. We then introduce and describe a novel paradigm explaining tendon disease progression from initial accumulation of damage in the tendon core to eventual vascular recruitment from the surrounding synovial tissues. We conclude with a perspective on the important role that biomaterials will play in translating research discoveries to the patient. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Tendon and ligament problems represent the most frequent musculoskeletal complaints for which patients seek medical attention. Current therapeutic options for addressing tendon disorders are often ineffective, and the need for improved understanding of tendon physiology is urgent. This perspective article summarizes essential elements of our current knowledge on tendon structure, function, physiology, damage, and repair. It also describes a novel framework to understand tendon physiology and pathophysiology that may be useful in pushing the field forward.
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Bircher K, Ehret AE, Mazza E. Microstructure based prediction of the deformation behavior of soft collagenous membranes. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:5107-5116. [PMID: 28492654 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm00101k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The response of human amnion (HA) and bovine Glisson's capsule (GC) to uniaxial and biaxial tensile loading is analyzed on tissue (∼mm) and collagen fiber (∼μm) length scales. The mechanical behavior of the membranes is rationalized based on a discrete fiber network model that relates model parameters with microstructural features of the tissues. Parameters were first determined for GC based on the quantity and organization of collagen fibers in the tissue. Next, parameters for HA were defined by comparing the microstructures of the two membranes, which differ in fiber organization in that collagen forms μm-thick fiber bundles in GC while 50 nm-thin fibrils constitute the network in HA. The flexural behavior of these structures is phenomenologically represented in the model, indicating that shear forces are transmitted through fibrils within GC bundles, but to a much lesser extent than in a corresponding solid cross section. The model provides excellent predictions of the uniaxial and biaxial mechanical response, as well as of the progressive reorientation of fibers associated with uniaxial loading. The results are particularly relevant since model parameters were not obtained through a fitting procedure of the tissue's tension-stretch curve. Furthermore, simulations of representative in vivo deformation states indicated that a large part of the fibers are expected to be un-crimped under physiological loading conditions. Thus, the crimped shape of collagen fibers in the initial test configuration, and typically observed in histological analyses, might be a consequence of the contraction occurring when membranes are extracted from their environment in the body.
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- Kevin Bircher
- Institute for Mechanical Systems, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Wan C, Hao Z, Tong L, Lin J, Li Z, Wen S. An update on the constitutive relation of ligament tissues with the effects of collagen types. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2015; 50:255-67. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2015] [Revised: 06/01/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Grytz R, Siegwart JT. Changing material properties of the tree shrew sclera during minus lens compensation and recovery. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2015; 56:2065-78. [PMID: 25736788 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To estimate two collagen-specific material properties (crimp angle and elastic modulus of collagen fibrils) of the remodeling tree shrew sclera during monocular -5 diopter (D) lens wear and recovery. METHODS Tensile tests were performed on scleral strips obtained from juvenile tree shrews exposed to three different visual conditions: normal, monocular -5 D lens wear to induce myopia, and recovery. Collagen fibrils are crimped in the unloaded sclera and uncrimp as the tissue stiffens under load. Inverse numerical analyses were performed to estimate the (unloaded) crimp angle and elastic modulus of collagen fibrils using a microstructure-based constitutive model. RESULTS Compared with the control eye, the crimp angle was significantly higher in the treated eye after 2 days and remained significantly higher until 21 days of lens wear (P < 0.05). The difference between the crimp angle of the treated and control eye rapidly vanished during recovery in concert with the changes in axial elongation rate. A rapid and extensive increase in the elastic modulus was seen in both eyes after starting and stopping the lens wear. CONCLUSIONS The estimated change in the crimp of scleral collagen fibrils is temporally associated with the change in axial elongation rate during myopia development and recovery. This finding suggests that axial elongation may be controlled by a remodeling mechanism that modulates the collagen fibril crimp. The observed binocular changes in scleral stiffness are not temporally associated with the axial elongation rate, indicating that scleral stiffening may not be causally related to myopia.
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- Rafael Grytz
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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- Department of Vision Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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Boivin GP, Elenes EY, Schultze AK, Chodavarapu H, Hunter SA, Elased KM. Biomechanical properties and histology of db/db diabetic mouse Achilles tendon. Muscles Ligaments Tendons J 2014. [PMID: 25489543 DOI: 10.11138/mltj/2014.4.3.280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Foot ulcers are a severe complication of diabetic patients resulting from nerve and tendon pathologic alterations. In diabetic patients the tendons are thicker, shorter and have increased stiffness. We examined C57BL/KsJ (BKS.Cg-Dock7(m) +/+ Lepr (db) /J) (db/db) mice tendons to determine whether they are an animal model for human diabetic tendon changes. We hypothesized that the Achilles tendons of db/db diabetic mice would be thicker, stiffer, fail at lower loads and stresses, and have degenerative changes compared to control mice. Biomechanical and histologic analyses of the Achilles tendons of 16 week old db/db and control male mice were performed. There was a significant increase in tendon diameter and significant decreases in maximum load, tensile stress, stiffness and elastic modulus in tendons from diabetic mice compared to controls. Mild degenerative and neutrophil infiltration was observed near the tendon insertions on the calcaneous in 25% of db/db mice. In summary, hyper-glycemia and obesity lead to severe changes in db/db mice will be a useful model to examine mechanisms for tendon alterations.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH USA
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A quantitative study of the relationship between the distribution of different types of collagen and the mechanical behavior of rabbit medial collateral ligaments. PLoS One 2014; 9:e103363. [PMID: 25062068 PMCID: PMC4111560 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2014] [Accepted: 06/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The mechanical properties of ligaments are key contributors to the stability and function of musculoskeletal joints. Ligaments are generally composed of ground substance, collagen (mainly type I and III collagen), and minimal elastin fibers. However, no consensus has been reached about whether the distribution of different types of collagen correlates with the mechanical behaviors of ligaments. The main objective of this study was to determine whether the collagen type distribution is correlated with the mechanical properties of ligaments. Using axial tensile tests and picrosirius red staining-polarization observations, the mechanical behaviors and the ratios of the various types of collagen were investigated for twenty-four rabbit medial collateral ligaments from twenty-four rabbits of different ages, respectively. One-way analysis of variance was used in the comparison of the Young's modulus in the linear region of the stress-strain curves and the ratios of type I and III collagen for the specimens (the mid-substance specimens of the ligaments) with different ages. A multiple linear regression was performed using the collagen contents (the ratios of type I and III collagen) and the Young's modulus of the specimens. During the maturation of the ligaments, the type I collagen content increased, and the type III collagen content decreased. A significant and strong correlation () was identified by multiple linear regression between the collagen contents (i.e., the ratios of type I and type III collagen) and the mechanical properties of the specimens. The collagen content of ligaments might provide a new perspective for evaluating the linear modulus of global stress-strain curves for ligaments and open a new door for studying the mechanical behaviors and functions of connective tissues.
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Boivin GP, Elenes EY, Schultze AK, Chodavarapu H, Hunter SA, Elased KM. Biomechanical properties and histology of db/db diabetic mouse Achilles tendon. Muscles Ligaments Tendons J 2014; 4:280-4. [PMID: 25489543 PMCID: PMC4241416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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Foot ulcers are a severe complication of diabetic patients resulting from nerve and tendon pathologic alterations. In diabetic patients the tendons are thicker, shorter and have increased stiffness. We examined C57BL/KsJ (BKS.Cg-Dock7(m) +/+ Lepr (db) /J) (db/db) mice tendons to determine whether they are an animal model for human diabetic tendon changes. We hypothesized that the Achilles tendons of db/db diabetic mice would be thicker, stiffer, fail at lower loads and stresses, and have degenerative changes compared to control mice. Biomechanical and histologic analyses of the Achilles tendons of 16 week old db/db and control male mice were performed. There was a significant increase in tendon diameter and significant decreases in maximum load, tensile stress, stiffness and elastic modulus in tendons from diabetic mice compared to controls. Mild degenerative and neutrophil infiltration was observed near the tendon insertions on the calcaneous in 25% of db/db mice. In summary, hyper-glycemia and obesity lead to severe changes in db/db mice will be a useful model to examine mechanisms for tendon alterations.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH USA
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Snedeker JG, Gautieri A. The role of collagen crosslinks in ageing and diabetes - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Muscles Ligaments Tendons J 2014; 4:303-308. [PMID: 25489547 PMCID: PMC4241420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The non-enzymatic reaction of proteins with glucose (glycation) is a topic of rapidly growing importance in human health and medicine. There is increasing evidence that this reaction plays a central role in ageing and disease of connective tissues. Of particular interest are changes in type-I collagens, long-lived proteins that form the mechanical backbone of connective tissues in nearly every human organ. Despite considerable correlative evidence relating extracellular matrix (ECM) glycation to disease, little is known of how ECM modification by glucose impacts matrix mechanics and damage, cell-matrix interactions, and matrix turnover during aging. More daunting is to understand how these factors interact to cumulatively affect local repair of matrix damage, progression of tissue disease, or systemic health and longevity. This focused review will summarize what is currently known regarding collagen glycation as a potential driver of connective tissue disease. We concentrate attention on tendon as an affected connective tissue with large clinical relevance, and as a tissue that can serve as a useful model tissue for investigation into glycation as a potentially critical player in tissue fibrosis related to ageing and diabetes.
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Wan C, Hao Z, Wen S. A quantitative comparison of morphological and histological characteristics of collagen in the rabbit medial collateral ligament. Ann Anat 2013; 195:562-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2013.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Revised: 07/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Breidenbach AP, Gilday SD, Lalley AL, Dyment NA, Gooch C, Shearn JT, Butler DL. Functional tissue engineering of tendon: Establishing biological success criteria for improving tendon repair. J Biomech 2013; 47:1941-8. [PMID: 24200342 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2013] [Accepted: 10/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Improving tendon repair using Functional Tissue Engineering (FTE) principles has been the focus of our laboratory over the last decade. Although our primary goals were initially focused only on mechanical outcomes, we are now carefully assessing the biological properties of our tissue-engineered tendon repairs so as to link biological influences with mechanics. However, given the complexities of tendon development and healing, it remains challenging to determine which aspects of tendon biology are the most important to focus on in the context of tissue engineering. To address this problem, we have formalized a strategy to identify, prioritize, and evaluate potential biological success criteria for tendon repair. We have defined numerous biological properties of normal tendon relative to cellular phenotype, extracellular matrix and tissue ultra-structure that we would like to reproduce in our tissue-engineered repairs and prioritized these biological criteria by examining their relative importance during both normal development and natural tendon healing. Here, we propose three specific biological criteria which we believe are essential for normal tendon function: (1) scleraxis-expressing cells; (2) well-organized and axially-aligned collagen fibrils having bimodal diameter distribution; and (3) a specialized tendon-to-bone insertion site. Moving forward, these biological success criteria will be used in conjunction with our already established mechanical success criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of our tissue-engineered tendon repairs.
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- Andrew P Breidenbach
- Biomedical Engineering Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, 601 Engineering Research Center, ML 0048, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0048, United States.
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- Biomedical Engineering Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, 601 Engineering Research Center, ML 0048, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0048, United States; Medical Scientist Training Program, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Biomedical Engineering Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, 601 Engineering Research Center, ML 0048, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0048, United States
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- Department of Reconstructive Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, United States
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- Biomedical Engineering Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, 601 Engineering Research Center, ML 0048, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0048, United States
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- Biomedical Engineering Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, 601 Engineering Research Center, ML 0048, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0048, United States
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- Biomedical Engineering Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, 601 Engineering Research Center, ML 0048, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0048, United States
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LaCroix AS, Duenwald-Kuehl SE, Lakes RS, Vanderby R. Relationship between tendon stiffness and failure: a metaanalysis. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2013; 115:43-51. [PMID: 23599401 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01449.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Tendon is a highly specialized, hierarchical tissue designed to transfer forces from muscle to bone; complex viscoelastic and anisotropic behaviors have been extensively characterized for specific subsets of tendons. Reported mechanical data consistently show a pseudoelastic, stress-vs.-strain behavior with a linear slope after an initial toe region. Many studies report a linear, elastic modulus, or Young's modulus (hereafter called elastic modulus) and ultimate stress for their tendon specimens. Individually, these studies are unable to provide a broader, interstudy understanding of tendon mechanical behavior. Herein we present a metaanalysis of pooled mechanical data from a representative sample of tendons from different species. These data include healthy tendons and those altered by injury and healing, genetic modification, allograft preparation, mechanical environment, and age. Fifty studies were selected and analyzed. Despite a wide range of mechanical properties between and within species, elastic modulus and ultimate stress are highly correlated (R(2) = 0.785), suggesting that tendon failure is highly strain-dependent. Furthermore, this relationship was observed to be predictable over controlled ranges of elastic moduli, as would be typical of any individual species. With the knowledge gained through this metaanalysis, noninvasive tools could measure elastic modulus in vivo and reasonably predict ultimate stress (or structural compromise) for diseased or injured tendon.
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- Andrew S LaCroix
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Li Y, Fessel G, Georgiadis M, Snedeker JG. Advanced glycation end-products diminish tendon collagen fiber sliding. Matrix Biol 2013; 32:169-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2013.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Revised: 01/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Rigozzi S, Müller R, Stemmer A, Snedeker J. Tendon glycosaminoglycan proteoglycan sidechains promote collagen fibril sliding—AFM observations at the nanoscale. J Biomech 2013; 46:813-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2012] [Revised: 11/02/2012] [Accepted: 11/03/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Connizzo BK, Yannascoli SM, Soslowsky LJ. Structure-function relationships of postnatal tendon development: a parallel to healing. Matrix Biol 2013; 32:106-16. [PMID: 23357642 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2013.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2012] [Revised: 01/02/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This review highlights recent research on structure-function relationships in tendon and comments on the parallels between development and healing. The processes of tendon development and collagen fibrillogenesis are reviewed, but due to the abundance of information in this field, this work focuses primarily on characterizing the mechanical behavior of mature and developing tendon, and how the latter parallels healing tendon. The role that extracellular matrix components, mainly collagen, proteoglycans, and collagen cross-links, play in determining the mechanical behavior of tendon will be examined in this review. Specifically, collagen fiber re-alignment and collagen fibril uncrimping relate mechanical behavior to structural alterations during development and during healing. Finally, attention is paid to a number of recent efforts to augment injured tendon and how future efforts could focus on recreating the important structure-function relationships reviewed here.
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- Brianne K Connizzo
- McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Pelled G, Snedeker JG, Ben-Arav A, Rigozzi S, Zilberman Y, Kimelman-Bleich N, Gazit Z, Müller R, Gazit D. Smad8/BMP2-engineered mesenchymal stem cells induce accelerated recovery of the biomechanical properties of the Achilles tendon. J Orthop Res 2012; 30:1932-9. [PMID: 22696396 PMCID: PMC3479351 DOI: 10.1002/jor.22167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2011] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Tendon tissue regeneration is an important goal for orthopedic medicine. We hypothesized that implantation of Smad8/BMP2-engineered MSCs in a full-thickness defect of the Achilles tendon (AT) would induce regeneration of tissue with improved biomechanical properties. A 2 mm defect was created in the distal region of murine ATs. The injured tendons were then sutured together or given implants of genetically engineered MSCs (GE group), non-engineered MSCs (CH3 group), or fibrin gel containing no cells (FG group). Three weeks later the mice were killed, and their healing tendons were excised and processed for histological or biomechanical analysis. A biomechanical analysis showed that tendons that received implants of genetically engineered MSCs had the highest effective stiffness (>70% greater than natural healing, p < 0.001) and elastic modulus. There were no significant differences in either ultimate load or maximum stress among the treatment groups. Histological analysis revealed a tendon-like structure with elongated cells mainly in the GE group. ATs that had been implanted with Smad8/BMP2-engineered stem cells displayed a better material distribution and functional recovery than control groups. While additional study is required to determine long-term effects of GE MSCs on tendon healing, we conclude that genetically engineered MSCs may be a promising therapeutic tool for accelerating short-term functional recovery in the treatment of tendon injuries.
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- Gadi Pelled
- Skeletal Biotech Lab, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel,Skeletal Regeneration and Stem Cell Therapy Laboratory, Department of Surgery and Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Laboratory for Orthopedic Research, Department of Orthopedics, University of Zurich, Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland,Institute for Biomechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland
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- Skeletal Biotech Lab, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute for Biomechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland
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- Skeletal Biotech Lab, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Skeletal Biotech Lab, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Skeletal Biotech Lab, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel,Skeletal Regeneration and Stem Cell Therapy Laboratory, Department of Surgery and Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Institute for Biomechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland
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- Skeletal Biotech Lab, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel,Skeletal Regeneration and Stem Cell Therapy Laboratory, Department of Surgery and Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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Martufi G, Gasser TC. Turnover of fibrillar collagen in soft biological tissue with application to the expansion of abdominal aortic aneurysms. J R Soc Interface 2012; 9:3366-77. [PMID: 22896562 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A better understanding of the inherent properties of vascular tissue to adapt to its mechanical environment is crucial to improve the predictability of biomechanical simulations. Fibrillar collagen in the vascular wall plays a central role in tissue adaptation owing to its relatively short lifetime. Pathological alterations of collagen turnover may fail to result in homeostasis and could be responsible for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) growth at later stages of the disease. For this reason our previously reported multiscale constitutive framework (Martufi, G. & Gasser, T. C. 2011 J. Biomech. 44, 2544-2550 (doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.07.015)) has been enriched by a collagen turnover model. Specifically, the framework's collagen fibril level allowed a sound integration of vascular wall biology, and the impact of collagen turnover on the macroscopic properties of AAAs was studied. To this end, model parameters were taken from the literature and/or estimated from clinical follow-up data of AAAs (on average 50.7 mm-large). Likewise, the in vivo stretch of the AAA wall was set, such that 10 per cent of collagen fibres were engaged. Results showed that the stretch spectrum, at which collagen fibrils are deposed, is the most influential parameter, i.e. it determines whether the vascular geometry grows, shrinks or remains stable over time. Most importantly, collagen turnover also had a remarkable impact on the macroscopic stress field. It avoided high stress gradients across the vessel wall, thus predicted a physiologically reasonable stress field. Although the constitutive model could be successfully calibrated to match the growth of small AAAs, a rigorous validation against experimental data is crucial to further explore the model's descriptive and predictive capabilities.
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- Giampaolo Martufi
- Department of Solid Mechanics, School of Engineering Sciences, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Osquars Backe 1, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Ansorge HL, Hsu JE, Edelstein L, Adams S, Birk DE, Soslowsky LJ. Recapitulation of the Achilles tendon mechanical properties during neonatal development: a study of differential healing during two stages of development in a mouse model. J Orthop Res 2012; 30:448-56. [PMID: 22267191 PMCID: PMC3265027 DOI: 10.1002/jor.21542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2011] [Accepted: 08/09/2011] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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During neonatal development, tendons undergo a well-orchestrated process whereby extensive structural and compositional changes occur in synchrony to produce a normal tissue. Conversely, during the repair response to injury, structural and compositional changes occur, but a mechanically inferior tendon is produced. As a result, developmental processes have been postulated as a potential paradigm through which improved adult tissue healing may occur. By examining injury at distinctly different stages of development, vital information can be obtained into the structure-function relationships in tendon. The mouse is an intriguing developmental model due to the availability of assays and genetically altered animals. However, it has not previously been used for mechanical analysis of healing tendon due to the small size and fragile nature of neonatal tendons. The objective of this study was to evaluate the differential healing response in tendon at two distinct stages of development through mechanical, compositional, and structural properties. To accomplish this, a new in vivo surgical model and mechanical analysis method for the neonatal mouse Achilles tendons were developed. We demonstrated that injury during early development has an accelerated healing response when compared to injury during late development. This accelerated healing model can be used in future mechanistic studies to elucidate the method for improved adult tendon healing.
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- Heather L Ansorge
- McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104-6081
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- McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104-6081
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- McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104-6081
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612
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- McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104-6081
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Fessel G, Gerber C, Snedeker JG. Potential of collagen cross-linking therapies to mediate tendon mechanical properties. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2012; 21:209-17. [PMID: 22244064 DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2011.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2011] [Accepted: 10/14/2011] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Collagen cross-links are fundamental to the mechanical integrity of tendon, with orderly and progressive enzymatic cross-linking being central to healthy development and injury repair. However, the nonenzymatic cross-links that form as we age are associated with increased tendon brittleness, diminished mechanical resistance to injury, and impaired matrix remodeling. Collagen cross-linking thus sits at the center of tendon structure and function, with important implications to age, disease, injury, and therapy. The current review touches on these aspects from the perspective of their potential relevance to the shoulder surgeon. We first introduce the most well-characterized endogenous collagen cross-linkers that enable fibrillogenesis in development and healing. We also discuss the glycation-mediated cross-links that are implicated in age- and diabetes-related tendon frailty and summarize work toward therapies against these disadvantageous cross-links. Conversely, we discuss the introduction of exogenous collagen cross-links to augment the mechanical properties of collagen-based implants or native tendon tissue. We conclude with a summary of our early results using exogenous collagen cross-linkers to prevent tendon tear enlargement and eventual failure in an in vitro model of partial tendon tear.
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- Gion Fessel
- Department of Orthopedics, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Rigozzi S, Stemmer A, Müller R, Snedeker J. Mechanical response of individual collagen fibrils in loaded tendon as measured by atomic force microscopy. J Struct Biol 2011; 176:9-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2011.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2011] [Revised: 07/04/2011] [Accepted: 07/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Doughty MJ. Assessment of collagen fibril spacing in relation to selected region of interest (ROI) on electron micrographs--application to the mammalian corneal stroma. Microsc Res Tech 2011; 75:474-83. [PMID: 21919128 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.21080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2011] [Accepted: 07/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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AIMS To evaluate measurements of collagen fibril spacing using different shaped regions of interest (ROI) on transmission electron micrograph (TEM) images of rabbit corneal stroma. METHODS Following glutaraldehyde fixation and phosphotungstic acid staining, TEM images of collagen fibrils in cross section were projected at a final magnification close to 250,000 × to obtain overlays. Interfibril distances (IFDs; center-to-center spacing) were measured within different ROIs of the same nominal area (0.25 μm(2) ) but different shape (with the length to width, L:W, ratio from 1:1 to 6:1). The IFD distribution was analyzed, and the 2D organization assessed using a radial distribution analysis. RESULTS The fibrils had an average diameter of 35.3 ± 3.8 (SD) nm, packing density of 393 ± 4 fibrils / μm(2) and a fibril volume fraction of 0.39 ± 0.02. IFDs ranged from 29 to 1400 nm depending on the shape of the ROI, with average values ranging from 263 to 443 nm. By artificially selecting IFD data only to a radial distance of 250 nm, the average IFDs were just 145-157 nm. The radial distributions, to 250 nm, all showed a nearest neighbors first peak which shifted slightly from predominantly at 45-54 nm with more rectangular ROIs. The radial distribution profiles could be shown to be statistically different if the ROI L:W ratio was 2:1 or greater. CONCLUSION Selection of an ROI for assessment of packing density and interfibril distances should be standardized for comparative assessments of TEMs of collagen fibrils.
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- Michael J Doughty
- Glasgow-Caledonian University, Department of Vision Sciences, Glasgow G4 OBA, Scotland, UK.
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Adam C. Endogenous musculoskeletal tissue engineering - a focused perspective. Cell Tissue Res 2011; 347:489-99. [DOI: 10.1007/s00441-011-1234-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2011] [Accepted: 08/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mechanical, compositional, and structural properties of the post-natal mouse Achilles tendon. Ann Biomed Eng 2011; 39:1904-13. [PMID: 21431455 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0299-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2011] [Accepted: 03/13/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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During post-natal development, tendons undergo a well orchestrated process whereby extensive structural and compositional changes occur in synchrony to produce a normal tissue. Conversely, during the repair response to injury, structural and compositional changes occur, but in this case, a mechanically inferior tendon is produced. As a result, the process of development has been postulated as a potential paradigm through which improved adult tissue healing may occur. In this study we measured the mechanical, compositional, and structural properties in the post-natal mouse Achilles tendon at 4, 7, 10, 14, 21, and 28 days old. Throughout post-natal development, the mechanical properties, collagen content, fibril diameter mean, and fibril diameter standard deviation increased. Biglycan expression decreased and decorin expression and fiber organization were unchanged. This study provides a new mouse model that can be used to quantitatively examine mechanical development, as well as compositional and structural changes and biological mechanisms, during post-natal tendon development. This model is advantageous due to the large number of genetically modified mice and commercially available assays that are not available in other animal models. A mouse model therefore allows future mechanistic studies to build on this work.
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