Effects of long time exposure to simulated micro- and hypergravity on skeletal architecture
| Autor: | Daniele Panetta, Barbara Canciani, Piero Salvadori, Ranieri Cancedda, Katia Marozzi, Michele Cilli, Sara Tavella, Maria Tripodi, Yoshinobu Ohira, Alessandra Giuliani, Alessandra Ruggiu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Materials science Time Factors Biomedical Engineering Hindlimb Hypergravity Biomaterials Weight-Bearing Mice medicine Animals Femur Weightlessness Simulation Bone microarchitecture Hypergravity Mice Microgravity Biomaterials Biomedical Engineering Mechanics of Materials Cartilage Bone microarchitecture X-Ray Microtomography Skeleton (computer programming) Mice Inbred C57BL medicine.anatomical_structure Simulated microgravity Mechanics of Materials Microgravity Bone adaptation Bone volume Growth plate cartilage Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 51 |
| ISSN: | 1878-0180 |
| Popis: | This manuscript reports the structural alterations occurring in mice skeleton as a consequence of the longest-term exposition (90 days) to simulated microgravity (hindlimb unloading) and hypergravity (2 g ) ever tested. Bone microstructural features were investigated by means of standard Cone Beam X-ray micro-CT, Synchrotron Radiation micro-CT and histology. Morphometric analysis confirmed deleterious bone architectural changes in lack of mechanical loading with a decrease of bone volume and density, while bone structure alterations caused by hypergravity were less evident. In the femurs from hypergravity-exposed mice, the head/neck cortical thickness increment was the main finding. In addition, in these mice the rate of larger trabeculae (60–75 μm) was significantly increased. Interestingly, the metaphyseal plate presented a significant adaptation to gravity changes. Mineralization of cartilage and bone deposition was increased in the 2 g mice, whereas an enlargement of the growth plate cartilage was observed in the hindlimb unloaded group. Indeed, the presented data confirm and reinforce the detrimental effects on bone observed in real space microgravity and reveal region-specific effects on long bones. Finally these data could represent the starting point for further long-term experimentations that can deeply investigate the bone adaptation mechanisms to different mechanical force environments. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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