'Variances' and 'in-variances' in hierarchical porosity and composition, across femoral tissues from cow, horse, ostrich, emu, pig, rabbit, and frog
| Autor: | Luis Zelaya-Lainez, Christian Hellmich, Winfried Nischkauer, Hawraa Kariem, Andreas Limbeck |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Materials science
Swine Bioengineering 02 engineering and technology 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Osteocytes Bone and Bones Biomaterials Tissue engineering Extracellular fluid Bone cell Extracellular Animals Organic matter Horses Porosity Chemical composition Water content chemistry.chemical_classification Dromaiidae 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 0104 chemical sciences Durapatite chemistry Mechanics of Materials Biophysics Cattle Female Rabbits 0210 nano-technology |
| Zdroj: | Materials scienceengineering. C, Materials for biological applications. 117 |
| ISSN: | 1873-0191 |
| Popis: | It is very well known that bone is a hierarchically organized material produced by bone cells residing in the fluid environments filling (larger) vascular pores and (smaller) lacunar pores. The extracellular space consists of hydroxyapatite crystals, collagen type I molecules, and water with non-collageneous organics. It is less known to which extent the associated quantities (mineral, organic, and water concentrations; vascular, lacunar, and extracellular porosities) vary across species, organs, and ages. We here investigate the aforementioned quantities across femoral shaft tissues from cow, horse, emu, frog, ostrich, pig, and rabbit; by means of light microscopy and dehydration-demineralization tests; thereby revealing interesting invariances: The extracellular volume fractions of organic matter turn out to be similar across all tested non-amphibian tissues; as do the extracellular volume fractions of hydroxyapatite across all tested mammals. Hence, the chemical composition of the femoral extracellular bone matrix is remarkably “invariant” across differently aged mammals; while the water content shows significant variations, as does the partitions of water between the different pore spaces. The latter exhibit strikingly varying morphologies as well. This finding adds to the ample “universal patterns” in the sense of evolutionary developmental biology; and it provides interesting design requirements for the development of novel biomimetic tissue engineering solutions. |
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