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Schamberger B, Ehrig S, Dechat T, Spitzer S, Bidan CM, Fratzl P, Dunlop JWC, Roschger A. Twisted-plywood-like tissue formation in vitro. Does curvature do the twist? PNAS Nexus 2024; 3:pgae121. [PMID: 38590971 PMCID: PMC10999733 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
Abstract
Little is known about the contribution of 3D surface geometry to the development of multilayered tissues containing fibrous extracellular matrix components, such as those found in bone. In this study, we elucidate the role of curvature in the formation of chiral, twisted-plywood-like structures. Tissues consisting of murine preosteoblast cells (MC3T3-E1) were grown on 3D scaffolds with constant-mean curvature and negative Gaussian curvature for up to 32 days. Using 3D fluorescence microscopy, the influence of surface curvature on actin stress-fiber alignment and chirality was investigated. To gain mechanistic insights, we did experiments with MC3T3-E1 cells deficient in nuclear A-type lamins or treated with drugs targeting cytoskeleton proteins. We find that wild-type cells form a thick tissue with fibers predominantly aligned along directions of negative curvature, but exhibiting a twist in orientation with respect to older tissues. Fiber orientation is conserved below the tissue surface, thus creating a twisted-plywood-like material. We further show that this alignment pattern strongly depends on the structural components of the cells (A-type lamins, actin, and myosin), showing a role of mechanosensing on tissue organization. Our data indicate the importance of substrate curvature in the formation of 3D tissues and provide insights into the emergence of chirality.
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- Barbara Schamberger
- Department of the Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Laboratory of Systems Biology of Gene Regulatory Elements, Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Hannoversche Str. 28, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, 1140 Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, 1140 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of the Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of the Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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Robin M, Djediat C, Bardouil A, Baccile N, Chareyron C, Zizak I, Fratzl P, Selmane M, Haye B, Genois I, Krafft J, Costentin G, Azaïs T, Artzner F, Giraud‐Guille M, Zaslansky P, Nassif N. Acidic Osteoid Templates the Plywood Structure of Bone Tissue. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2024; 11:e2304454. [PMID: 38115757 PMCID: PMC10916609 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Bone is created by osteoblasts that secrete osteoid after which an ordered texture emerges, followed by mineralization. Plywood geometries are a hallmark of many trabecular and cortical bones, yet the origin of this texturing in vivo has never been shown. Nevertheless, extensive in vitro work revealed how plywood textures of fibrils can emerge from acidic molecular cholesteric collagen mesophases. This study demonstrates in sheep, which is the preferred model for skeletal orthopaedic research, that the deeper non-fibrillar osteoid is organized in a liquid-crystal cholesteric geometry. This basophilic domain, rich in acidic glycosaminoglycans, exhibits low pH which presumably fosters mesoscale collagen molecule ordering in vivo. The results suggest that the collagen fibril motif of twisted plywood matures slowly through self-assembly thermodynamically driven processes as proposed by the Bouligand theory of biological analogues of liquid crystals. Understanding the steps of collagen patterning in osteoid-maturation processes may shed new light on bone pathologies that emerge from collagen physico-chemical maturation imbalances.
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- Marc Robin
- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Collège de FranceLaboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP)ParisF‐75005France
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- Muséum National d'Histoire NaturelleUMR CNRS 7245, Bâtiment 39, CP 39, 57 rue CuvierParis75231France
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- Université de Rennes, CNRSInstitut de Physique de Rennes (IPR)RennesF‐35000France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Collège de FranceLaboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP)ParisF‐75005France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Collège de FranceLaboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP)ParisF‐75005France
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- Helmholtz‐Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie – Speicherring BESSY IIAlbert‐Einstein Str. 15D‐12349BerlinGermany
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- Department of BiomaterialsMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfacesam Mühlenberg 114476PotsdamGermany
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- Institut des Matériaux de Paris CentreSorbonne UniversitéParisF‐75005France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Collège de FranceLaboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP)ParisF‐75005France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Collège de FranceLaboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP)ParisF‐75005France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRSLaboratoire Réactivité de Surface (LRS)ParisF‐75005France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRSLaboratoire Réactivité de Surface (LRS)ParisF‐75005France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Collège de FranceLaboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP)ParisF‐75005France
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- Université de Rennes, CNRSInstitut de Physique de Rennes (IPR)RennesF‐35000France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Collège de FranceLaboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP)ParisF‐75005France
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- Department for OperativePreventive and Pediatric DentistryCharité – Universitätsmedizin BerlinAßmannshauser Str. 4–614197BerlinGermany
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Collège de FranceLaboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP)ParisF‐75005France
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Schmidt CA, Tambutté E, Venn AA, Zou Z, Castillo Alvarez C, Devriendt LS, Bechtel HA, Stifler CA, Anglemyer S, Breit CP, Foust CL, Hopanchuk A, Klaus CN, Kohler IJ, LeCloux IM, Mezera J, Patton MR, Purisch A, Quach V, Sengkhammee JS, Sristy T, Vattem S, Walch EJ, Albéric M, Politi Y, Fratzl P, Tambutté S, Gilbert PUPA. Myriad Mapping of nanoscale minerals reveals calcium carbonate hemihydrate in forming nacre and coral biominerals. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1812. [PMID: 38418834 PMCID: PMC10901822 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46117-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) is abundant on Earth, is a major component of marine biominerals and thus of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and it plays a major role in the global carbon cycle by storing atmospheric CO2 into solid biominerals. Six crystalline polymorphs of CaCO3 are known-3 anhydrous: calcite, aragonite, vaterite, and 3 hydrated: ikaite (CaCO3·6H2O), monohydrocalcite (CaCO3·1H2O, MHC), and calcium carbonate hemihydrate (CaCO3·½H2O, CCHH). CCHH was recently discovered and characterized, but exclusively as a synthetic material, not as a naturally occurring mineral. Here, analyzing 200 million spectra with Myriad Mapping (MM) of nanoscale mineral phases, we find CCHH and MHC, along with amorphous precursors, on freshly deposited coral skeleton and nacre surfaces, but not on sea urchin spines. Thus, biomineralization pathways are more complex and diverse than previously understood, opening new questions on isotopes and climate. Crystalline precursors are more accessible than amorphous ones to other spectroscopies and diffraction, in natural and bio-inspired materials.
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- Connor A Schmidt
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Marine Biology, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, 98000, Monaco, Principality of Monaco
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- Department of Marine Biology, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, 98000, Monaco, Principality of Monaco
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Sorbonne Université/CNRS, Laboratoire de chimie de la matière condensée, 75005, Paris, France
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Marine Biology, Centre Scientifique de Monaco, 98000, Monaco, Principality of Monaco
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Departments of Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, and Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
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Raimann A, Misof BM, Fratzl P, Fratzl-Zelman N. Bone Material Properties in Bone Diseases Affecting Children. Curr Osteoporos Rep 2023; 21:787-805. [PMID: 37897675 DOI: 10.1007/s11914-023-00822-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Metabolic and genetic bone disorders affect not only bone mass but often also the bone material, including degree of mineralization, matrix organization, and lacunar porosity. The quality of juvenile bone is moreover highly influenced by skeletal growth. This review aims to provide a compact summary of the present knowledge on the complex interplay between bone modeling and remodeling during skeletal growth and to alert the reader to the complexity of bone tissue characteristics in children with bone disorders. RECENT FINDINGS We describe cellular events together with the characteristics of the different tissues and organic matrix organization (cartilage, woven and lamellar bone) occurring during linear growth. Subsequently, we present typical alterations thereof in disorders leading to over-mineralized bone matrix compared to those associated with low or normal mineral content based on bone biopsy studies. Growth spurts or growth retardation might amplify or mask disease-related alterations in bone material, which makes the interpretation of bone tissue findings in children complex and challenging.
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- Adalbert Raimann
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergology and Endocrinology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Vienna Bone and Growth Center, Vienna, Austria
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- Vienna Bone and Growth Center, Vienna, Austria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Center Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Research Campus Golm, Potsdam, Germany
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- Vienna Bone and Growth Center, Vienna, Austria.
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Center Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
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Koch SM, Goldhahn C, Müller FJ, Yan W, Pilz-Allen C, Bidan CM, Ciabattoni B, Stricker L, Fratzl P, Keplinger T, Burgert I. Anisotropic wood-hydrogel composites: Extending mechanical properties of wood towards soft materials' applications. Mater Today Bio 2023; 22:100772. [PMID: 37674781 PMCID: PMC10477686 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Delignified wood (DW) offers a versatile platform for the manufacturing of composites, with material properties ranging from stiff to soft and flexible by preserving the preferential fiber directionality of natural wood through a structure-retaining production process. This study presents a facile method for fabricating anisotropic and mechanically tunable DW-hydrogel composites. These composites were produced by infiltrating delignified spruce wood with an aqueous gelatin solution followed by chemical crosslinking. The mechanical properties could be modulated across a broad strength and stiffness range (1.2-18.3 MPa and 170-1455 MPa, respectively) by varying the crosslinking time. The diffusion-led crosslinking further allowed to manufacture mechanically graded structures. The resulting uniaxial, tubular structure of the anisotropic DW-hydrogel composite enabled the alignment of murine fibroblasts in vitro, which could be utilized in future studies on potential applications in tissue engineering.
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- Sophie Marie Koch
- Wood Materials Science, Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- WoodTec Group, Cellulose & Wood Materials, Empa, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland
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- Wood Materials Science, Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Soft Materials Group, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Wood Materials Science, Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- WoodTec Group, Cellulose & Wood Materials, Empa, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Wood Materials Science, Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Wood Materials Science, Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Wood Materials Science, Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Wood Materials Science, Institute for Building Materials, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
- WoodTec Group, Cellulose & Wood Materials, Empa, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland
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Amini S, Zhu T, Biswas A, Charsooghi MA, Kim K, Reber S, Dauphin Y, Fratzl P. Calcitic Prisms of The Giant Seashell Pinna Nobilis Form Light Guide Arrays. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2304166. [PMID: 37450944 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202304166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2023] [Revised: 07/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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The shells of the Pinnidae family are based on a double layer of single-crystal-like calcitic prisms and inner aragonitic nacre, a structure known for its outstanding mechanical performance. However, on the posterior side, shells are missing the nacreous layer, which raises the question of whether there can be any functional role in giving up this mechanical performance. Here, it is demonstrated that the prismatic part of the Pinna nobilis shell exhibits unusual optical properties, whereby each prism acts as an individual optical fiber guiding the ambient light to the inner shell cavity by total internal reflection. This pixelated light channeling enhances both spatial resolution and contrast while reducing angular blurring, an apt combination for acute tracking of a moving object. These findings offer insights into the evolutionary aspects of light-sensing and imaging and demonstrate how an architectured optical system for efficient light-tracking can be based on birefringent ceramics.
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- Shahrouz Amini
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, 10117, Berlin, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- UMR 7205 ISYEB, Museum National d'histoire Naturelle, CNRS UPMC EPHE, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, 75005, France
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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Gonthier J, Rilling T, Scoppola E, Zemke F, Gurlo A, Fratzl P, Wagermaier W. Quantitative Imaging using an Automated in-operando micro-CT Workflow: Tracking the Drying and Related Shape-changes of Silica Aerogels. Microsc Microanal 2023; 29:211-212. [PMID: 37613091 DOI: 10.1093/micmic/ozad067.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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- Julien Gonthier
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Postdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Postdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Postdam, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Berlin, Germany
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- Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Postdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Postdam, Germany
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Raguin E, Weinkamer R, Schmitt C, Curcuraci L, Fratzl P. Logistics of Bone Mineralization in the Chick Embryo Studied by 3D Cryo FIB-SEM Imaging. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023:e2301231. [PMID: 37208797 PMCID: PMC10401108 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202301231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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During skeletal development, bone growth and mineralization require transport of substantial amounts of calcium, while maintaining very low concentration. How an organism overcomes this major logistical challenge remains mostly unexplained. To shed some light on the dynamics of this process, cryogenic focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy (cryo-FIB/SEM) is used to image forming bone tissue at day 13 of a chick embryo femur. Both cells and matrix in 3D are visualized and observed as calcium-rich intracellular vesicular structures. Counting the number of these vesicles per unit volume and measuring their calcium content based on the electron back-scattering signal, the intracellular velocity at which these vesicles need to travel to transport all the calcium required for the mineral deposited in one day within the collagenous tissue can be estimated. This velocity at 0.27 µm s-1 is estimated, which is too large for a diffusion process and rather suggests active transport through the cellular network. It is concluded that calcium logistics is hierarchical and based on several transport mechanisms: first through the vasculature using calcium-binding proteins and the blood flow, then active transport over tens of micrometers through the network of osteoblasts and osteocytes, and finally diffusive transport over the last one or two microns.
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- Emeline Raguin
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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Fratzl P. Introduction: Sustainable Materials. Chem Rev 2023; 123:1841-1842. [PMID: 36883306 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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Schamberger B, Ziege R, Anselme K, Ben Amar M, Bykowski M, Castro APG, Cipitria A, Coles RA, Dimova R, Eder M, Ehrig S, Escudero LM, Evans ME, Fernandes PR, Fratzl P, Geris L, Gierlinger N, Hannezo E, Iglič A, Kirkensgaard JJK, Kollmannsberger P, Kowalewska Ł, Kurniawan NA, Papantoniou I, Pieuchot L, Pires THV, Renner LD, Sageman-Furnas AO, Schröder-Turk GE, Sengupta A, Sharma VR, Tagua A, Tomba C, Trepat X, Waters SL, Yeo EF, Roschger A, Bidan CM, Dunlop JWC. Curvature in Biological Systems: Its Quantification, Emergence, and Implications across the Scales. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2206110. [PMID: 36461812 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202206110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Surface curvature both emerges from, and influences the behavior of, living objects at length scales ranging from cell membranes to single cells to tissues and organs. The relevance of surface curvature in biology is supported by numerous experimental and theoretical investigations in recent years. In this review, first, a brief introduction to the key ideas of surface curvature in the context of biological systems is given and the challenges that arise when measuring surface curvature are discussed. Giving an overview of the emergence of curvature in biological systems, its significance at different length scales becomes apparent. On the other hand, summarizing current findings also shows that both single cells and entire cell sheets, tissues or organisms respond to curvature by modulating their shape and their migration behavior. Finally, the interplay between the distribution of morphogens or micro-organisms and the emergence of curvature across length scales is addressed with examples demonstrating these key mechanistic principles of morphogenesis. Overall, this review highlights that curved interfaces are not merely a passive by-product of the chemical, biological, and mechanical processes but that curvature acts also as a signal that co-determines these processes.
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- Barbara Schamberger
- Department of the Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- IS2M (CNRS - UMR 7361), Université de Haute-Alsace, F-68100, Mulhouse, France
- Université de Strasbourg, F-67081, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Physics, Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005, Paris, France
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- Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland
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- IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal
- ESTS, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, 2914-761, Setúbal, Portugal
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- IS2M (CNRS - UMR 7361), Université de Haute-Alsace, F-68100, Mulhouse, France
- Group of Bioengineering in Regeneration and Cancer, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, 20014, San Sebastian, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48009, Bilbao, Spain
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- Cluster of Excellence, Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10178, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Theory and Bio-Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, 13125, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla and Departamento de Biología Celular, Universidad de Sevilla, 41013, Seville, Spain
- Biomedical Network Research Centre on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), 28031, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute for Mathematics, University of Potsdam, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Biomechanics Research Unit, GIGA In Silico Medicine, University of Liège, 4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Institute of Biophysics, Department of Nanobiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (Boku), 1190, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Laboratory of Physics, Faculty of Electrical engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška 25, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Condensed Matter Physics, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, København Ø, Denmark
- Ingredients and Dairy Technology, Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 26, 1958, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Center for Computational and Theoretical Biology, University of Würzburg, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Plant Anatomy and Cytology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-096, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Prometheus Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, KU Leuven, O&N1, Herestraat 49, PB 813, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
- Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, O&N1, Herestraat 49, PB 813, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
- Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH), Stadiou Str., 26504, Patras, Greece
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- IS2M (CNRS - UMR 7361), Université de Haute-Alsace, F-68100, Mulhouse, France
- Université de Strasbourg, F-67081, Strasbourg, France
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- IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research and the Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, 01069, Dresden, Germany
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- School of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, Murdoch University, 90 South St, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia
- Department of Materials Physics, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, Australia
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- Physics of Living Matter, Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, L-1511, Luxembourg City, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
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- Department of the Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla and Departamento de Biología Celular, Universidad de Sevilla, 41013, Seville, Spain
- Biomedical Network Research Centre on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), 28031, Madrid, Spain
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- Univ Lyon, CNRS, INSA Lyon, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, INL, UMR5270, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- ICREA at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, OX2 6GG, Oxford, UK
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- Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, OX2 6GG, Oxford, UK
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- Department of the Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of the Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg, 5020, Salzburg, Austria
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Tang T, Landis W, Blouin S, Bertinetti L, Hartmann MA, Berzlanovich A, Weinkamer R, Wagermaier W, Fratzl P. Subcanalicular Nanochannel Volume Is Inversely Correlated With Calcium Content in Human Cortical Bone. J Bone Miner Res 2023; 38:313-325. [PMID: 36433915 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.4753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The spatial distribution of mineralization density is an important signature of bone growth and remodeling processes, and its alterations are often related to disease. The extracellular matrix of some vertebrate mineralized tissues is known to be perfused by a lacunocanalicular network (LCN), a fluid-filled unmineralized structure that harbors osteocytes and their fine processes and transports extracellular fluid and its constituents. The current report provides evidence for structural and compositional heterogeneity at an even smaller, subcanalicular scale. The work reveals an extensive unmineralized three-dimensional (3D) network of nanochannels (~30 nm in diameter) penetrating the mineralized extracellular matrix of human femoral cortical bone and encompassing a greater volume fraction and surface area than these same parameters of the canaliculi comprising the LCN. The present study combines high-resolution focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) to investigate bone ultrastructure in 3D with quantitative backscattered electron imaging (qBEI) to estimate local bone mineral content. The presence of nanochannels has been found to impact qBEI measurements fundamentally, such that volume percentage (vol%) of nanochannels correlates inversely with weight percentage (wt%) of calcium. This mathematical relationship between nanochannel vol% and calcium wt% suggests that the nanochannels could potentially provide space for ion and small molecule transport throughout the bone matrix. Collectively, these data propose a reinterpretation of qBEI measurements, accounting for nanochannel presence in human bone tissue in addition to collagen and mineral. Further, the results yield insight into bone mineralization processes at the nanometer scale and present the possibility for a potential role of the nanochannel system in permitting ion and small molecule diffusion throughout the extracellular matrix. Such a possible function could thereby lead to the sequestration or occlusion of the ions and small molecules within the extracellular matrix. © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).
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- Tengteng Tang
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Med. Department Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Molecular Bioengineering, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Med. Department Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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Fratzl P, Fischer FD, Zickler GA, Dunlop JWC. On shape forming by contractile filaments in the surface of growing tissues. PNAS Nexus 2023; 2:pgac292. [PMID: 36712928 PMCID: PMC9832972 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Growing tissues are highly dynamic, and flow on sufficiently long timescales due to cell proliferation, migration, and tissue remodeling. As a consequence, growing tissues can often be approximated as viscous fluids. This means that the shape of microtissues growing in vitro is governed by their surface stress state, as in fluid droplets. Recent work showed that cells in the near-surface region of fibroblastic or osteoblastic microtissues contract with highly oriented actin filaments, thus making the surface properties highly anisotropic, in contrast to what is expected for an isotropic fluid. Here, we develop a model that includes mechanical anisotropy of the surface generated by contractile fibers and we show that mechanical equilibrium requires contractile filaments to follow geodesic lines on the surface. Constant pressure in the fluid forces these contractile filaments to be along geodesics with a constant normal curvature. We then take this into account to determine equilibrium shapes of rotationally symmetric bodies subjected to anisotropic surface stress states and derive a family of surfaces of revolution. A comparison with recently published shapes of microtissues shows that this theory accurately predicts both the surface shape and the direction of the actin filaments on the surface.
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- Peter Fratzl
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam Science Park, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Institute of Mechanics, Montanuniversität Leoben, 8700 Leoben, Austria
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- Institute of Mechanics, Montanuniversität Leoben, 8700 Leoben, Austria
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- Morphophysics Group, Department of the Chemistry and Physics of Materials, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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Renner-Rao M, Jehle F, Priemel T, Duthoo E, Fratzl P, Bertinetti L, Harrington MJ. Mussels Fabricate Porous Glues via Multiphase Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation of Multiprotein Condensates. ACS Nano 2022; 16:20877-20890. [PMID: 36413745 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c08410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Mussels (Mytilus edulis) adhere to hard surfaces in intertidal marine habitats with a porous underwater glue called the byssus plaque. The plaque is an established role model for bioinspired underwater glues and comprises at least six proteins, most of which are highly cationic and enriched in the post-translationally modified amino acid 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA). While much is known about the chemistry of plaque adhesion, less is understood about the natural plaque formation process. Here, we investigated plaque structure and formation using 3D electron microscopic imaging, revealing that micro- and nanopores form spontaneously during secretion of protein-filled secretory vesicles. To better understand this process, we developed a method to purify intact secretory vesicles for in vitro assembly studies. We discovered that each vesicle contains a sulfate-associated fluid condensate consisting of ∼9 histidine- and/or DOPA-rich proteins, which are presumably the required ingredients for building a plaque. Rupturing vesicles under specific buffering conditions relevant for natural assembly led to controlled multiphase liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of different proteins, resulting in formation of a continuous phase with coexisting droplets. Rapid coarsening of the droplet phase was arrested through pH-dependent cross-linking of the continuous phase, producing native-like solid porous "microplaques" with droplet proteins remaining as fluid condensates within the pores. Results indicate that histidine deprotonation and sulfates figure prominently in condensate cross-linking. Distilled concepts suggest that combining phase separation with tunable cross-linking kinetics could be effective for microfabricating hierarchically porous materials via self-assembly.
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- Max Renner-Rao
- Dept. of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H4A 0B8, Canada
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- Dept. of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H4A 0B8, Canada
- Dept. of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam 14476, Germany
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- Dept. of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H4A 0B8, Canada
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- Dept. of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H4A 0B8, Canada
- Biology of Marine Organisms and Biomimetics Unit, Research Institute for Biosciences, Mons 7000, Belgium
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- Dept. of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam 14476, Germany
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- Dept. of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam 14476, Germany
- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany
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Ghobara M, Oschatz C, Fratzl P, Reissig L. Numerical Analysis of the Light Modulation by the Frustule of Gomphonema parvulum: The Role of Integrated Optical Components. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2022; 13:nano13010113. [PMID: 36616023 PMCID: PMC9823621 DOI: 10.3390/nano13010113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Siliceous diatom frustules present a huge variety of shapes and nanometric pore patterns. A better understanding of the light modulation by these frustules is required to determine whether or not they might have photobiological roles besides their possible utilization as building blocks in photonic applications. In this study, we propose a novel approach for analyzing the near-field light modulation by small pennate diatom frustules, utilizing the frustule of Gomphonema parvulum as a model. Numerical analysis was carried out for the wave propagation across selected 2D cross-sections in a statistically representative 3D model for the valve based on the finite element frequency domain method. The influences of light wavelength (vacuum wavelengths from 300 to 800 nm) and refractive index changes, as well as structural parameters, on the light modulation were investigated and compared to theoretical predictions when possible. The results showed complex interference patterns resulting from the overlay of different optical phenomena, which can be explained by the presence of a few integrated optical components in the valve. Moreover, studies on the complete frustule in an aqueous medium allow the discussion of its possible photobiological relevance. Furthermore, our results may enable the simple screening of unstudied pennate frustules for photonic applications.
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- Mohamed Ghobara
- Institute of Experimental Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Research Campus Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Research Campus Golm, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Zhang W, Bertinetti L, Yavuzsoy EC, Gao C, Schneck E, Fratzl P. Submicron-Sized In Situ Osmotic Pressure Sensors for In Vitro Applications in Biology. Adv Healthc Mater 2022; 12:e2202373. [PMID: 36541931 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202202373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Physical forces are important cues in determining the development and the normal function of biological tissues. While forces generated by molecular motors have been widely studied, forces resulting from osmotic gradients have been less considered in this context. A possible reason is the lack of direct in situ measurement methods that can be applied to cell and organ culture systems. Herein, novel kinds of resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based liposomal sensors are developed, so that their sensing range and sensitivity can be adjusted to satisfy physiological osmotic conditions. Several types of sensors are prepared, either based on polyethylene glycol- (PEG)ylated liposomes with steric stabilization and stealth property or on crosslinked liposomes capable of enduring relatively harsh environments for liposomes (e.g., in the presence of biosurfactants). The sensors are demonstrated to be effective in the measurement of osmotic pressures in pre-osteoblastic in vitro cell culture systems by means of FRET microscopy. This development paves the way toward the in situ sensing of osmotic pressures in biological culture systems.
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- Wenbo Zhang
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.,B CUBE Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.,Department of Physics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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Spaeker O, Taylor GJ, Wilts BD, Slabý T, Abdel‐Rahman MAK, Scoppola E, Schmitt CNZ, Sztucki M, Liu J, Bertinetti L, Wagermaier W, Scholtz G, Fratzl P, Politi Y. Gradients of Orientation, Composition, and Hydration of Proteins for Efficient Light Collection by the Cornea of the Horseshoe Crab. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2022; 9:e2203371. [PMID: 36251923 PMCID: PMC9685478 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202203371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Revised: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The lateral eyes of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, are the largest compound eyes within recent Arthropoda. The cornea of these eyes contains hundreds of inward projecting elongated cuticular cones and concentrate light onto proximal photoreceptor cells. Although this visual system has been extensively studied before, the precise mechanism allowing vision has remained controversial. Correlating high-resolution quantitative refractive index (RI) mapping and structural analysis, it is demonstrated how gradients of RI in the cornea stem from structural and compositional gradients in the cornea. In particular, these RI variations result from the chitin-protein fibers architecture, heterogeneity in protein composition, and bromine doping, as well as spatial variation in water content resulting from matrix cross-linking on the one hand and cuticle porosity on the other hand. Combining the realistic cornea structure and measured RI gradients with full-wave optical modeling and ray tracing, it is revealed that the light collection mechanism switches from refraction-based graded index (GRIN) optics at normal light incidence to combined GRIN and total internal reflection mechanism at high incident angles. The optical properties of the cornea are governed by different mechanisms at different hierarchical levels, demonstrating the remarkable versatility of arthropod cuticle.
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- Oliver Spaeker
- Department of BiomaterialsMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces14476PotsdamGermany
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- Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education (IGDORE)Ribeirão Preto14091‐310Brazil
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- Chemistry and Physics of MaterialsUniversity of SalzburgJakob‐Haringer‐Str. 2aSalzburg5020Austria
- Adolphe Merkle InstituteUniversity of FribourgChemin des Verdiers 4Fribourg1700Switzerland
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- TELIGHTLibušina třída 21Brno623 00Czech Republic
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- Department of BiomaterialsMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces14476PotsdamGermany
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- Department of BiomaterialsMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces14476PotsdamGermany
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)71 avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220Grenoble Cedex 938043France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)71 avenue des Martyrs, CS 40220Grenoble Cedex 938043France
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- B CUBE – Center for Molecular BioengineeringTechnische Universität Dresden01307DresdenGermany
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- Department of BiomaterialsMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces14476PotsdamGermany
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- Humboldt‐University BerlinInstitute of BiologyPhilippstraße 1310115BerlinGermany
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- Department of BiomaterialsMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces14476PotsdamGermany
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- B CUBE – Center for Molecular BioengineeringTechnische Universität Dresden01307DresdenGermany
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Badar W, Ali H, Brooker ON, Newham E, Snow T, Terrill NJ, Tozzi G, Fratzl P, Knight MM, Gupta HS. Collagen pre-strain discontinuity at the bone—Cartilage interface. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0273832. [PMID: 36108273 PMCID: PMC9477506 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The bone-cartilage unit (BCU) is a universal feature in diarthrodial joints, which is mechanically-graded and subjected to shear and compressive strains. Changes in the BCU have been linked to osteoarthritis (OA) progression. Here we report existence of a physiological internal strain gradient (pre-strain) across the BCU at the ultrastructural scale of the extracellular matrix (ECM) constituents, specifically the collagen fibril. We use X-ray scattering that probes changes in the axial periodicity of fibril-level D-stagger of tropocollagen molecules in the matrix fibrils, as a measure of microscopic pre-strain. We find that mineralized collagen nanofibrils in the calcified plate are in tensile pre-strain relative to the underlying trabecular bone. This behaviour contrasts with the previously accepted notion that fibrillar pre-strain (or D-stagger) in collagenous tissues always reduces with mineralization, via reduced hydration and associated swelling pressure. Within the calcified part of the BCU, a finer-scale gradient in pre-strain (0.6% increase over ~50μm) is observed. The increased fibrillar pre-strain is linked to prior research reporting large tissue-level residual strains under compression. The findings may have biomechanical adaptative significance: higher in-built molecular level resilience/damage resistance to physiological compression, and disruption of the molecular-level pre-strains during remodelling of the bone-cartilage interface may be potential factors in osteoarthritis-based degeneration.
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- Waqas Badar
- Institute of Bioengineering and School of Engineering and Material Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Bioengineering and School of Engineering and Material Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Bioengineering and School of Engineering and Material Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Bioengineering and School of Engineering and Material Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Diamond Light Source, Harwell, Didcot, United Kingdom
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- Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Diamond Light Source, Harwell, Didcot, United Kingdom
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- School of Engineering, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime ME4 4TB, UK
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam Wissenschaftspark, Golm, Germany
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- Institute of Bioengineering and School of Engineering and Material Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Bioengineering and School of Engineering and Material Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Hedjazi G, Guterman-Ram G, Blouin S, Schemenz V, Wagermaier W, Fratzl P, Hartmann MA, Zwerina J, Fratzl-Zelman N, Marini JC. Alterations of bone material properties in growing Ifitm5/BRIL p.S42 knock-in mice, a new model for atypical type VI osteogenesis imperfecta. Bone 2022; 162:116451. [PMID: 35654352 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2022.116451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a heterogenous group of heritable connective tissue disorders characterized by high bone fragility due to low bone mass and impaired bone material properties. Atypical type VI OI is an extremely rare and severe form of bone dysplasia resulting from a loss-of-function mutation (p.S40L) in IFITM5/BRIL,the causative gene of OI type V and decreased osteoblast secretion of pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), as in OI type VI. It is not yet known which alterations at the material level might lead to such a severe phenotype. We therefore characterized bone tissue at the micrometer level in a novel heterozygous Ifitm5/BRIL p.S42L knock-in murine model at 4 and 8 weeks of age. METHODS We evaluated in female mice, total body size, femoral and lumbar bone mineral density (BMD) by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. In the femoral bone we examined osteoid deposition by light microscopy, assessed bone histomorphometry and mineralization density distribution by quantitative backscattered electron imaging (qBEI). Osteocyte lacunae were examined by qBEI and the osteocyte lacuno-canalicular network by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Vasculature was examined indirectly by qBEI as 2D porosity in cortex, and as 3D porosity by micro-CT in third trochanter. Collagen orientation was examined by second harmonic generation microscopy. Two-way ANOVA was used to discriminate the effect of age and genotype. RESULTS Ifitm5/BRIL p.S42L female mice are viable, do not differ in body size, fat and lean mass from wild type (WT) littermates but have lower whole-body, lumbar and femoral BMD and multiple fractures. The average and most frequent calcium concentration, CaMean and CaPeak, increased with age in metaphyseal and cortical bone in both genotypes and were always higher in Ifitm5/BRIL p.S42L than in WT, except CaMean in metaphysis at 4 weeks of age. The fraction of highly mineralized bone area, CaHigh, was also increased in Ifitm5/BRIL p.S42L metaphyseal bone at 8 weeks of age and at both ages in cortical bone. The fraction of lowly mineralized bone area, CaLow, decreased with age and was not higher in Ifitm5/BRIL p.S42L, consistent with lack of hyperosteoidosis on histological sections by visual exam. Osteocyte lacunae density was higher in Ifitm5/BRIL p.S42L than WT, whereas canalicular density was decreased. Indirect measurements of vascularity revealed a higher pore density at 4 weeks in cortical bone of Ifitm5/BRIL p.S42L than in WT and at both ages in the third trochanter. Importantly, the proportion of bone area with disordered collagen fibrils was highly increased in Ifitm5/BRIL p.S42L at both ages. CONCLUSIONS Despite normal skeletal growth and the lack of a collagen gene mutation, the Ifitm5/BRIL p.S42L mouse shows major OI-related bone tissue alterations such as hypermineralization of the matrix and elevated osteocyte porosity. Together with the disordered lacuno-canalicular network and the disordered collagen fibril orientation, these abnormalities likely contribute to overall bone fragility.
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- Ghazal Hedjazi
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Strasse 30, 1140 Vienna, Austria
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- Section on Heritable Disorders of Bone and Extracellular Matrix, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, USA
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Strasse 30, 1140 Vienna, Austria; Vienna Bone and Growth Center, Vienna, Austria
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Strasse 30, 1140 Vienna, Austria; Vienna Bone and Growth Center, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Strasse 30, 1140 Vienna, Austria; Vienna Bone and Growth Center, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Strasse 30, 1140 Vienna, Austria; Vienna Bone and Growth Center, Vienna, Austria
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- Section on Heritable Disorders of Bone and Extracellular Matrix, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, USA.
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Spies PA, Keplinger T, Horbelt N, Reppe F, Scoppola E, Eder M, Fratzl P, Burgert I, Rüggeberg M. Cellulose lattice strains and stress transfer in native and delignified wood. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 296:119922. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fratzl P, Sauer C, Razghandi K. Special issue: bioinspired architectural and architected materials. Bioinspir Biomim 2022; 17:040401. [PMID: 35405663 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ac6646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Peter Fratzl
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam Science Park, Germany
- Excellence Cluster Matters of Activity, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
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- Excellence Cluster Matters of Activity, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
- Weißensee School of Art and Design, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam Science Park, Germany
- Excellence Cluster Matters of Activity, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
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Guiducci L, Kycia A, Sauer C, Fratzl P. Self-organized rod undulations on pre-stretched textiles. Bioinspir Biomim 2022; 17:036007. [PMID: 35259737 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ac5b85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Textile technology is a traditional approach to additive manufacturing based on one-dimensional yarn. Printing solid rods onto pre-stretched textiles creates internal stresses upon relaxation of the pre-stretch, which leads to buckling-induced out-of-plane deformation of the textile. Similar behaviours are well known to occur also in biological systems where differential growth leads to internal stresses that are responsible for the folding or wrinkling of leaves, for example. Our goal was to get a quantitative understanding of this wrinkling by a systematic experimental and numerical investigation of parallel rods printed onto a pre-stretched textile. We vary rod thickness and spacing to obtain wavelength and phase coherence of the wrinkles as a function of these parameters. We also derive a simple analytical description to rationalize these observations. The result is a simple analytical estimate for the phase diagram of behaviours that may be used for design purposes or to describe wrinkling phenomena in biological or bioinspired systems.
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- Lorenzo Guiducci
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Cluster of Excellence 'Matters of Activity. Image Space Material', Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam 14476, Germany
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- Department of Textile and Surface Design, Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, Germany, Bühringstraße 20, Berlin 13086, Germany
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Cluster of Excellence 'Matters of Activity. Image Space Material', Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Textile and Surface Design, Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, Germany, Bühringstraße 20, Berlin 13086, Germany
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Cluster of Excellence 'Matters of Activity. Image Space Material', Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam 14476, Germany
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Schemenz V, Rummler M, Hartmann MA, Blouin S, Fratzl P, Willie BM, Wagermaier W, Weinkamer R. Spatial correlations between the local architecture of the lacunocanalicular network and the surrounding mineralized matrix in mouse tibiae. Bone Rep 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bonr.2022.101335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Tang T, Landis W, Raguin E, Werner P, Bertinetti L, Dean M, Wagermaier W, Fratzl P. A 3D Network of Nanochannels for Possible Ion and Molecule Transit in Mineralizing Bone and Cartilage. Advanced NanoBiomed Research 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/anbr.202100162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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- Tengteng Tang
- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Am Mühlenberg 1 14476 Potsdam Germany
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- Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences University of California at San Francisco 707 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco CA 94143 USA
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- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Am Mühlenberg 1 14476 Potsdam Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Am Mühlenberg 1 14476 Potsdam Germany
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- Center for Molecular Bioengineering TU Dresden Tatzberg 41 01307 Dresden Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health City University of Hong Kong 31 To Yuen Street, Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon Hong Kong
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- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Am Mühlenberg 1 14476 Potsdam Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Am Mühlenberg 1 14476 Potsdam Germany
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Ping H, Wagermaier W, Horbelt N, Scoppola E, Li C, Werner P, Fu Z, Fratzl P. Mineralization generates megapascal contractile stresses in collagen fibrils. Science 2022; 376:188-192. [PMID: 35389802 DOI: 10.1126/science.abm2664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
During bone formation, collagen fibrils mineralize with carbonated hydroxyapatite, leading to a hybrid material with excellent properties. Other minerals are also known to nucleate within collagen in vitro. For a series of strontium- and calcium-based minerals, we observed that their precipitation leads to a contraction of collagen fibrils, reaching stresses as large as several megapascals. The magnitude of the stress depends on the type and amount of mineral. Using in-operando synchrotron x-ray scattering, we analyzed the kinetics of mineral deposition. Whereas no contraction occurs when the mineral deposits outside fibrils only, intrafibrillar mineralization generates fibril contraction. This chemomechanical effect occurs with collagen fully immersed in water and generates a mineral-collagen composite with tensile fibers, reminiscent of the principle of reinforced concrete.
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- Hang Ping
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road No. 122, Wuhan 430070, China.,Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road No. 122, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Horbelt N, Fratzl P, Harrington MJ. Mistletoe viscin: a hygro- and mechano-responsive cellulose-based adhesive for diverse material applications. PNAS Nexus 2022; 1:pgac026. [PMID: 36712808 PMCID: PMC9802232 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 04/23/2023]
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Mistletoe viscin is a natural cellulosic adhesive consisting of hierarchically organized cellulose microfibrils (CMFs) surrounded by a humidity-responsive matrix that enables mechanical drawing into stiff and sticky fibers. Here, we explored the processability and adhesive capacity of viscin and demonstrated its potential as a source material for various material applications, as well as a source for bioinspired design. Specifically, we revealed that viscin fibers exhibit humidity-activated self-adhesive properties that enable "contact welding" into complex 2D and 3D architectures under ambient conditions. We additionally discovered that viscin can be processed into stiff and transparent free-standing films via biaxial stretching in the hydrated state, followed by drying, whereby CMFs align along local stress fields. Furthermore, we determined that viscin adheres strongly to both synthetic materials (metals, plastics, and glass) and biological tissues, such as skin and cartilage. In particular, skin adhesion makes viscin a compelling candidate as a wound sealant, as we further demonstrate. These findings highlight the enormous potential of this hygro- and mechano-responsive fiber-reinforced adhesive for bioinspired and biomedical applications.
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- Nils Horbelt
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam 14424, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam 14424, Germany
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada.
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Ziege R, Tsirigoni AM, Large B, Serra DO, Blank KG, Hengge R, Fratzl P, Bidan CM. Adaptation of Escherichia coli Biofilm Growth, Morphology, and Mechanical Properties to Substrate Water Content. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2021; 7:5315-5325. [PMID: 34672512 PMCID: PMC8579398 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Biofilms are complex
living materials that form as bacteria become
embedded in a matrix of self-produced protein and polysaccharide fibers.
In addition to their traditional association with chronic infections
or clogging of pipelines, biofilms currently gain interest as a potential
source of functional material. On nutritive hydrogels, micron-sized Escherichia coli cells can build centimeter-large biofilms.
During this process, bacterial proliferation, matrix production, and
water uptake introduce mechanical stresses in the biofilm that are
released through the formation of macroscopic delaminated buckles
in the third dimension. To clarify how substrate water content could
be used to tune biofilm material properties, we quantified E. coli biofilm growth, delamination dynamics, and rigidity
as a function of water content of the nutritive substrates. Time-lapse
microscopy and computational image analysis revealed that softer substrates
with high water content promote biofilm spreading kinetics, while
stiffer substrates with low water content promote biofilm delamination.
The delaminated buckles observed on biofilm cross sections appeared
more bent on substrates with high water content, while they tended
to be more vertical on substrates with low water content. Both wet
and dry biomass, accumulated over 4 days of culture, were larger in
biofilms cultured on substrates with high water content, despite extra
porosity within the matrix layer. Finally, microindentation analysis
revealed that substrates with low water content supported the formation
of stiffer biofilms. This study shows that E. coli biofilms respond to substrate water content, which might be used
for tuning their material properties in view of further applications.
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- Ricardo Ziege
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie/Mikrobiologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany.,Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institut für Biologie/Mikrobiologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Politi Y, Bertinetti L, Fratzl P, Barth FG. The spider cuticle: a remarkable material toolbox for functional diversity. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2021; 379:20200332. [PMID: 34334021 PMCID: PMC8326826 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Engineered systems are typically based on a large variety of materials differing in composition and processing to provide the desired functionality. Nature, however, has evolved materials that are used for a wide range of functional challenges with minimal compositional changes. The exoskeletal cuticle of spiders, as well as of other arthropods such as insects and crustaceans, is based on a combination of chitin, protein, water and small amounts of organic cross-linkers or minerals. Spiders use it to obtain mechanical support structures and lever systems for locomotion, protection from adverse environmental influences, tools for piercing, cutting and interlocking, auxiliary structures for the transmission and filtering of sensory information, structural colours, transparent lenses for light manipulation and more. This paper illustrates the 'design space' of a single type of composite with varying internal architecture and its remarkable capability to serve a diversity of functions. This article is part of the theme issue 'Bio-derived and bioinspired sustainable advanced materials for emerging technologies (part 1)'.
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- Yael Politi
- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Neurosciences and Developmental Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Wenig C, Dunlop JWC, Hehemeyer-Cürten J, Reppe FJ, Horbelt N, Krauthausen K, Fratzl P, Eder M. Advanced materials design based on waste wood and bark. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2021; 379:20200345. [PMID: 34334027 PMCID: PMC8330000 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Trees belong to the largest living organisms on Earth and plants in general are one of our main renewable resources. Wood as a material has been used since the beginning of humankind. Today, forestry still provides raw materials for a variety of applications, for example in the building industry, in paper manufacturing and for various wood products. However, many parts of the tree, such as reaction wood, branches and bark are often discarded as forestry residues and waste wood, used as additives in composite materials or burned for energy production. More advanced uses of bark include the extraction of chemical substances for glues, food additives or healthcare, as well as the transformation to advanced carbon materials. Here, we argue that a proper understanding of the internal fibrous structure and the resulting mechanical behaviour of these forest residues allows for the design of materials with greatly varying properties and applications. We show that simple and cheap treatments can give tree bark a leather-like appearance that can be used for the construction of shelters and even the fabrication of woven textiles. This article is part of the theme issue 'Bio-derived and bioinspired sustainable advanced materials for emerging technologies (part 1)'.
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- Charlett Wenig
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of the Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Morphophysics Group, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Cluster of Excellence ‘Matters of Activity. Image Space Material’ at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Akabane C, Pabisch S, Wagermaier W, Roschger A, Tobori N, Okano T, Murakami S, Fratzl P, Weinkamer R. The effect of aging on the nanostructure of murine alveolar bone and dentin. J Bone Miner Metab 2021; 39:757-768. [PMID: 33839951 DOI: 10.1007/s00774-021-01227-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Alveolar bone, dentin, and cementum provide a striking example of structurally different collagen-based mineralized tissues separated only by periodontal ligament. While alveolar bone is strongly remodeled, this does not hold for dentin and cementum. However, additional dentin can be deposited on the inner surface of the pulp chamber also in older age. By investigating alveolar bone and molar of mice, the aim of our study is to detect changes in the mineral nanostructure with aging. MATERIALS AND METHODS Buccal-lingual sections of the mandible and first molar from C57BL/6 mice of three different age groups (young 5 weeks, adult 22 weeks and old 23 months) were characterized using synchrotron small and wide-angle X-ray scattering. Local average thickness and length of the apatite particles were mapped with several line scans covering the alveolar bone and the tooth. RESULTS In alveolar bone, a spatial gradient was seen to develop with age with the thickest and longest particles in the distal part of the bone. The mineral particles in dentin were found to be become thicker, but then decrease of average length from adult to old animals. The mineral particle characteristics of dentin close to the pulp chamber were not only different to the rest of the tooth, but also when comparing the different age groups and even between individual animals in the same age group. CONCLUSIONS These results indicated that mineral particle characteristics were found to evolve differently between molar and alveolar bone as a function of age.
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- Chika Akabane
- Research & Development Headquarters, Lion Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany.
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Research & Development Headquarters, Lion Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Research & Development Headquarters, Lion Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Periodontology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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Hartmann MA, Blouin S, Misof BM, Fratzl-Zelman N, Roschger P, Berzlanovich A, Gruber GM, Brugger PC, Zwerina J, Fratzl P. Quantitative Backscattered Electron Imaging of Bone Using a Thermionic or a Field Emission Electron Source. Calcif Tissue Int 2021; 109:190-202. [PMID: 33837801 PMCID: PMC8273060 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-021-00832-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Quantitative backscattered electron imaging is an established method to map mineral content distributions in bone and to determine the bone mineralization density distribution (BMDD). The method we applied was initially validated for a scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with a tungsten hairpin cathode (thermionic electron emission) under strongly defined settings of SEM parameters. For several reasons, it would be interesting to migrate the technique to a SEM with a field emission electron source (FE-SEM), which, however, would require to work with different SEM parameter settings as have been validated for DSM 962. The FE-SEM has a much better spatial resolution based on an electron source size in the order of several 100 nanometers, corresponding to an about [Formula: see text] to [Formula: see text] times smaller source area compared to thermionic sources. In the present work, we compare BMDD between these two types of instruments in order to further validate the methodology. We show that a transition to higher pixel resolution (1.76, 0.88, and 0.57 μm) results in shifts of the BMDD peak and BMDD width to higher values. Further the inter-device reproducibility of the mean calcium content shows a difference of up to 1 wt% Ca, while the technical variance of each device can be reduced to [Formula: see text] wt% Ca. Bearing in mind that shifts in calcium levels due to diseases, e.g., high turnover osteoporosis, are often in the range of 1 wt% Ca, both the bone samples of the patients as well as the control samples have to be measured on the same SEM device. Therefore, we also constructed new reference BMDD curves for adults to be used for FE-SEM data comparison.
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- Markus A. Hartmann
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Strasse 30, 1140 Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Strasse 30, 1140 Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Strasse 30, 1140 Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Strasse 30, 1140 Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Strasse 30, 1140 Vienna, Austria
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- Unit of Forensic Gerontology, Center of Forensic Science, Medical University of Vienna, Sensengasse 2, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Anatomy and Biomechanics, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30, 3500 Krems, Austria
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- Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy, Medical University of Vienna, Währingerstrasse 13, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Strasse 30, 1140 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Abstract
Wood is a prototypical biological material, which adapts to mechanical requirements. The microarchitecture of cellulose fibrils determines the mechanical properties of woody materials, as well as their actuation properties, based on absorption and desorption of water. Herein it is argued that cellulose fiber orientation corresponds to an analog code that determines the response of wood to humidity as an active material. Examples for the harvesting of wood activity, as well as bioinspiration, are given.
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- Michaela Eder
- Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam, 14476, Germany
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- Institute of Cultural History and Theory, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, 10117, Germany
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- ETH Zürich, Wood Materials Science, Zürich, 8093, Switzerland
- Empa, Cellulose & Wood Materials Laboratory, Dübendorf, 8600, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam, 14476, Germany
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Ayoubi M, Tol AF, Weinkamer R, Roschger P, Brugger PC, Berzlanovich A, Bertinetti L, Roschger A, Fratzl P. 3D Interrelationship between Osteocyte Network and Forming Mineral during Human Bone Remodeling. Adv Healthc Mater 2021; 10:e2100113. [PMID: 33963821 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202100113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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During bone remodeling, osteoblasts are known to deposit unmineralized collagenous tissue (osteoid), which mineralizes after some time lag. Some of the osteoblasts differentiate into osteocytes, forming a cell network within the lacunocanalicular network (LCN) of bone. To get more insight into the potential role of osteocytes in the mineralization process of osteoid, sites of bone formation are three-dimensionally imaged in nine forming human osteons using focused ion beam-scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM). In agreement with previous observations, the mineral concentration is found to gradually increase from the central Haversian canal toward pre-existing mineralized bone. Most interestingly, a similar feature is discovered on a length scale more than 100-times smaller, whereby mineral concentration increases from the LCN, leaving around the canaliculi a zone virtually free of mineral, the size of which decreases with progressing mineralization. This suggests that the LCN controls mineral formation but not just by diffusion of mineralization precursors, which would lead to a continuous decrease of mineral concentration from the LCN. The observation is, however, compatible with the codiffusion and reaction of precursors and inhibitors from the LCN into the bone matrix.
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- Mahdi Ayoubi
- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Potsdam 14476 Germany
- Berlin‐Brandenburg School of Regenerative Therapies (BSRT) Charité Campus Virchow‐Klinikum Berlin D‐13353 Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Potsdam 14476 Germany
- Berlin‐Brandenburg School of Regenerative Therapies (BSRT) Charité Campus Virchow‐Klinikum Berlin D‐13353 Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Potsdam 14476 Germany
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Vienna A‐1140 Austria
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- Department of Anatomy Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology Medical University of Vienna Vienna A‐1090 Austria
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- Center of Forensic Science Medical University of Vienna Sensengasse 2 Vienna A‐1090 Austria
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- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Potsdam 14476 Germany
- B CUBE—Center for Molecular Bioengineering Technische Universität Dresden Dresden 01307 Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Potsdam 14476 Germany
- Department for Chemistry and Physics of Materials Paris Lodron University of Salzburg Salzburg 5020 Austria
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- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Potsdam 14476 Germany
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Tritschler U, Zlotnikov I, Fratzl P, Schlaad H, Grüner S, Cölfen H. Corrigendum: Gas barrier properties of bio-inspired laponite-LC polymer hybrid films (2016 Bioinsp. Biomim.11 035005). Bioinspir Biomim 2021; 16:049502. [PMID: 34011697 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/abf3b2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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- Ulrich Tritschler
- University of Konstanz, Physical Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 10, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Research Campus Golm, D-14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Research Campus Golm, D-14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- University of Potsdam, Institute of Chemistry, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Material Physics, BASF SE, GMC/R - B001, 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- University of Konstanz, Physical Chemistry, Universitätsstraße 10, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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Fang W, Ping H, Wagermaier W, Jin S, Amini S, Fratzl P, Sha G, Xia F, Wu J, Xie H, Zhai P, Wang W, Fu Z. Rapid collagen-directed mineralization of calcium fluoride nanocrystals with periodically patterned nanostructures. Nanoscale 2021; 13:8293-8303. [PMID: 33890949 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr00789k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Collagen fibrils present periodic structures, which provide space for intrafibrillar growth of oriented hydroxyapatite nanocrystals in bone and contribute to the good mechanical properties of bone. However, there are not many reports focused on bioprocess-inspired synthesis of non-native inorganic materials inside collagen fibrils and detailed forming processes of crystals inside collagen fibrils remain poorly understood. Herein, the rapid intrafibrillar mineralization of calcium fluoride nanocrystals with a periodically patterned nanostructure is demonstrated. The negatively charged calcium fluoride precursor phase infiltrates collagen fibrils through the gap zones creating an intricate periodic mineralization pattern. Later, the nanocrystals initially filling the gap zones only expand gradually into the remaining space within the collagen fibrils. Mineralized tendons with organized calcium fluoride nanocrystals acquire mechanical properties (indentation elastic modulus ∼25.1 GPa and hardness ∼1.5 GPa) comparable or even superior to those of native human dentin and lamellar bone. Understanding the mineral growth processes in collagen may facilitate the development of tissue engineering and repairing.
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- Weijian Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road No. 122, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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Jehle F, Priemel T, Strauss M, Fratzl P, Bertinetti L, Harrington MJ. Collagen Pentablock Copolymers Form Smectic Liquid Crystals as Precursors for Mussel Byssus Fabrication. ACS Nano 2021; 15:6829-6838. [PMID: 33793207 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c10457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Protein-based biological materials are important role models for the design and fabrication of next generation advanced polymers. Marine mussels (Mytilus spp.) fabricate hierarchically structured collagenous fibers known as byssal threads via bottom-up supramolecular assembly of fluid protein precursors. The high degree of structural organization in byssal threads is intimately linked to their exceptional toughness and self-healing capacity. Here, we investigated the hypothesis that multidomain collagen precursor proteins, known as preCols, are stored in secretory vesicles as a colloidal liquid crystal (LC) phase prior to thread self-assembly. Using advanced electron microscopy methods, including scanning TEM and FIB-SEM, we visualized the detailed smectic preCol LC nanostructure in 3D, including various LC defects, confirming this hypothesis and providing quantitative insights into the mesophase structure. In light of these findings, we performed an in-depth comparative analysis of preCol protein sequences from multiple Mytilid species revealing that the smectic organization arises from an evolutionarily conserved ABCBA pentablock copolymer-like primary structure based on demarcations in hydropathy and charge distribution as well as terminal pH-responsive domains that trigger fiber formation. These distilled supramolecular assembly principles provide inspiration and strategies for sustainable assembly of nanostructured polymeric materials for potential applications in engineering and biomedical applications.
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- Franziska Jehle
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, 3640 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C7, Canada
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- BCUBE Center for Molecular Bioengineering, TU Dresden, Tatzberg 41, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0B8, Canada
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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De Falco P, Weinkamer R, Wagermaier W, Li C, Snow T, Terrill NJ, Gupta HS, Goyal P, Stoll M, Benner P, Fratzl P. Tomographic X-ray scattering based on invariant reconstruction: analysis of the 3D nanostructure of bovine bone. J Appl Crystallogr 2021; 54:486-497. [PMID: 33953654 PMCID: PMC8056764 DOI: 10.1107/s1600576721000881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A new tomographic approach using X-ray scattering is presented, allowing the characterization of the 3D nanostructure of hybrid materials. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is an effective characterization technique for multi-phase nanocomposites. The structural complexity and heterogeneity of biological materials require the development of new techniques for the 3D characterization of their hierarchical structures. Emerging SAXS tomographic methods allow reconstruction of the 3D scattering pattern in each voxel but are costly in terms of synchrotron measurement time and computer time. To address this problem, an approach has been developed based on the reconstruction of SAXS invariants to allow for fast 3D characterization of nanostructured inhomogeneous materials. SAXS invariants are scalars replacing the 3D scattering patterns in each voxel, thus simplifying the 6D reconstruction problem to several 3D ones. Standard procedures for tomographic reconstruction can be directly adapted for this problem. The procedure is demonstrated by determining the distribution of the nanometric bone mineral particle thickness (T parameter) throughout a macroscopic 3D volume of bovine cortical bone. The T parameter maps display spatial patterns of particle thickness in fibrolamellar bone units. Spatial correlation between the mineral nanostructure and microscopic features reveals that the mineral particles are particularly thin in the vicinity of vascular channels.
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- Paolino De Falco
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd, Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, United Kingdom
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- School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Sandtorstrasse 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Sandtorstrasse 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany.,Department of Mathematics, TU Chemnitz, Reichenhainer Strasse 41, 09126 Chemnitz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Sandtorstrasse 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Gamsjaeger S, Fratzl P, Paschalis EP. Interplay between mineral crystallinity and mineral accumulation in health and postmenopausal osteoporosis. Acta Biomater 2021; 124:374-381. [PMID: 33582361 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Osteoporosis is characterized by an imbalance between bone formation and resorption rates, resulting in bone loss. For ethical reasons, effects of antiosteoporosis drugs are compared against patients receiving vitamin D and calcium supplementation which is a mild antiresorptive regimen. Bone formation may be resolved into two phases: the initial formation of mineral crystals (primary nucleation) and the subsequent mineral accumulation (secondary nucleation and mineral growth) on them. In this study, we used Raman microspectroscopic analysis of iliac crest biopsies from healthy females (N = 108), postmenopausal osteoporosis patients receiving vitamin D and calcium supplementation (PMOP-S; N = 66), and treatment-naïve postmenopausal osteoporosis patients (PMOP-TN; N = 12) to test the hypothesis that at forming trabecular surfaces, mineral maturity / crystallinity of the youngest crystallites associates with the amount of subsequent mineral accumulation. The surfaces of analysis were chosen based on the presence of fluorescent double labels, defining three distinct tissue ages. The results indicated that when adjusted for age and tissue age, there were no differences in amount of mineral formed between healthy females and either PMOP-S or PMOP-TN, while both PMOP-S and PMOP-TN had larger crystallites compared to healthy females. Moreover, significant differences existed between PMOP-S and PMOP-TN in size of initial crystals formed as well as rate of mineral accumulation and maturation. These findings suggest an additional mechanism that may contribute to the decreased mineral content evident in PMOP, and provide a potential target for the development of new interventions. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: We used Raman microspectroscopic analysis of iliac crest biopsies from healthy females and postmenopausal osteoporosis patients (PMOP) receiving placebo to test the hypothesis that at forming trabecular surfaces, mineral maturity / crystallinity (MMC) of the youngest crystallites associates with the amount of subsequent mineral accumulation. This can affect bone mechanical properties as larger crystallites have been shown to result in compromised mechanical attributes; and larger crystallites grow slower compared to smaller ones. The results of the present analysis indicate that increased MMC of the youngest formed mineral may contribute to the bone mineral loss evident in PMOP and the accompanying increased fracture risk independently of bone turnover rate.
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- S Gamsjaeger
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Str. 30, Vienna A-1140, Austria
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam 14476, Germany
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Heinrich Collin Str. 30, Vienna A-1140, Austria.
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Zhang W, Bertinetti L, Blank KG, Dimova R, Gao C, Schneck E, Fratzl P. Spatiotemporal Measurement of Osmotic Pressures by FRET Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:6488-6495. [PMID: 33188706 PMCID: PMC7986915 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Osmotic pressures (OPs) play essential roles in biological processes and numerous technological applications. However, the measurement of OP in situ with spatiotemporal resolution has not been achieved so far. Herein, we introduce a novel kind of OP sensor based on liposomes loaded with water-soluble fluorescent dyes exhibiting resonance energy transfer (FRET). The liposomes experience volume changes in response to OP due to water outflux. The FRET efficiency depends on the average distance between the entrapped dyes and thus provides a direct measure of the OP surrounding each liposome. The sensors exhibit high sensitivity to OP in the biologically relevant range of 0-0.3 MPa in aqueous solutions of salt, small organic molecules, and macromolecules. With the help of FRET microscopy, we demonstrate the feasibility of spatiotemporal OP imaging, which can be a promising new tool to investigate phenomena involving OPs and their dynamics in biology and technology.
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- Wenbo Zhang
- Department of BiomaterialsMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces14476PotsdamGermany
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- Department of BiomaterialsMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces14476PotsdamGermany
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- Mechano(bio)chemistryMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces14476PotsdamGermany
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- Department of Theory & Bio-SystemsMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces14476PotsdamGermany
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and FunctionalizationDepartment of Polymer Science and EngineeringZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027China
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- Department of BiomaterialsMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces14476PotsdamGermany
- Department of PhysicsTechnische Universität Darmstadt64289DarmstadtGermany
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- Department of BiomaterialsMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces14476PotsdamGermany
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Zhang W, Bertinetti L, Blank KG, Dimova R, Gao C, Schneck E, Fratzl P. Spatiotemporal Measurement of Osmotic Pressures by FRET Imaging. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202011983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Wenbo Zhang
- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces 14476 Potsdam Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces 14476 Potsdam Germany
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- Mechano(bio)chemistry Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces 14476 Potsdam Germany
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- Department of Theory & Bio-Systems Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces 14476 Potsdam Germany
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
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- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces 14476 Potsdam Germany
- Department of Physics Technische Universität Darmstadt 64289 Darmstadt Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces 14476 Potsdam Germany
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Chiou AE, Liu C, Moreno-Jiménez I, Tang T, Wagermaier W, Dean MN, Fischbach C, Fratzl P. Breast cancer-secreted factors perturb murine bone growth in regions prone to metastasis. Sci Adv 2021; 7:7/12/eabf2283. [PMID: 33731354 PMCID: PMC7968847 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf2283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Breast cancer frequently metastasizes to bone, causing osteolytic lesions. However, how factors secreted by primary tumors affect the bone microenvironment before the osteolytic phase of metastatic tumor growth remains unclear. Understanding these changes is critical as they may regulate metastatic dissemination and progression. To mimic premetastatic bone adaptation, immunocompromised mice were injected with MDA-MB-231-conditioned medium [tumor-conditioned media (TCM)]. Subsequently, the bones of these mice were subjected to multiscale, correlative analysis including RNA sequencing, histology, micro-computed tomography, x-ray scattering analysis, and Raman imaging. In contrast to overt metastasis causing osteolysis, TCM treatment induced new bone formation that was characterized by increased mineral apposition rate relative to control bones, altered bone quality with less matrix and more carbonate substitution, and the deposition of disoriented mineral near the growth plate. Our study suggests that breast cancer-secreted factors may promote perturbed bone growth before metastasis, which could affect initial seeding of tumor cells.
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- Aaron E Chiou
- Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
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- Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
- Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany.
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Beygelzimer Y, Kulagin R, Fratzl P, Estrin Y. The Earth's Lithosphere Inspires Materials Design. Adv Mater 2021; 33:e2005473. [PMID: 33300235 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202005473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Revised: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Structural patterns found in living organisms have long been inspiring biomimetic materials design. Here, it is suggested that a rich palette of patterns occurring in inanimate Nature, and especially in the Earth's lithosphere, could be not less inspirational for design of novel architectured materials. This materials design paradigm is referred to as lithomimetics and it is demonstrated that some of the patterns found in the lithosphere can be emulated by established processes of severe plastic deformation. This opens up interesting avenues for materials design in which potentially promising structural patterns are borrowed from the lithosphere's repository. The key aim here is to promulgate the "lithomimetics" paradigm as a promising approach to developing novel architectured materials.
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- Yan Beygelzimer
- Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering named after A.A. Galkin, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Nauki Avenue, 46, Kyiv, 03028, Ukraine
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, OT Golm, Potsdam, 14476, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University, 22 Alliance Lane, Clayton, 3800, Australia
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, 6009, Australia
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Schemenz V, Gjardy A, Chamasemani FF, Roschger A, Roschger P, Zaslansky P, Helfen L, Burghammer M, Fratzl P, Weinkamer R, Brunner R, Willie BM, Wagermaier W. Heterogeneity of the osteocyte lacuno-canalicular network architecture and material characteristics across different tissue types in healing bone. J Struct Biol 2020; 212:107616. [PMID: 32920138 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Various tissue types, including fibrous connective tissue, bone marrow, cartilage, woven and lamellar bone, coexist in healing bone. Similar to most bone tissue type, healing bone contains a lacuno-canalicular network (LCN) housing osteocytes. These cells are known to orchestrate bone remodeling in healthy bone by sensing mechanical strains and translating them into biochemical signals. The structure of the LCN is hypothesized to influence mineralization processes. Hence, the aim of the present study was to visualize and match spatial variations in the LCN topology with mineral characteristics, within and at the interfaces of the different tissue types that comprise healing bone. We applied a correlative multi-method approach to visualize the LCN architecture and quantify mineral particle size and orientation within healing femoral bone in a mouse osteotomy model (26 weeks old C57BL/6 mice). This approach revealed structural differences across several length scales during endochondral ossification within the following regions: calcified cartilage, bony callus, cortical bone and a transition zone between the cortical and callus region analyzed 21 days after the osteotomy. In this transition zone, we observed a continuous convergence of mineral characteristics and osteocyte lacunae shape as well as discontinuities in the lacunae volume and LCN connectivity. The bony callus exhibits a 34% higher lacunae number density and 40% larger lacunar volume compared to cortical bone. The presented correlations between LCN architecture and mineral characteristics improves our understanding of how bone develops during healing and may indicate a contribution of osteocytes to bone (re)modeling.
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- Victoria Schemenz
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Department of Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Salzburg, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of ÖGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Restorative and Preventive Dentistry, Charité-Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Berlin 14197, Germany
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- Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany; Institut Laue-Langevin, CS 20156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, 8700 Leoben, Austria
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- Research Centre, Shriners Hospitals for Children-Canada, Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, 1003 Decarie Blvd, Montreal, Quebec H4A 0A9, Canada
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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Wang Q, Tang T, Cooper D, Eltit F, Fratzl P, Guy P, Wang R. Globular structure of the hypermineralized tissue in human femoral neck. J Struct Biol 2020; 212:107606. [PMID: 32905849 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 08/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
Bone becomes more fragile with ageing. Among many structural changes, a thin layer of highly mineralized and brittle tissue covers part of the external surface of the thin femoral neck cortex in older people and has been proposed to increase hip fragility. However, there have been very limited reports on this hypermineralized tissue in the femoral neck, especially on its ultrastructure. Such information is critical to understanding both the mineralization process and its contributions to hip fracture. Here, we use multiple advanced techniques to characterize the ultrastructure of the hypermineralized tissue in the neck across various length scales. Synchrotron radiation micro-CT found larger but less densely distributed cellular lacunae in hypermineralized tissue than in lamellar bone. When examined under FIB-SEM, the hypermineralized tissue was mainly composed of mineral globules with sizes varying from submicron to a few microns. Nano-sized channels were present within the mineral globules and oriented with the surrounding organic matrix. Transmission electron microscopy showed the apatite inside globules were poorly crystalline, while those at the boundaries between the globules had well-defined lattice structure with crystallinity similar to the apatite mineral in lamellar bone. No preferred mineral orientation was observed both inside each globule and at the boundaries. Collectively, we conclude based on these new observations that the hypermineralized tissue is non-lamellar and has less organized mineral, which may contribute to the high brittleness of the tissue.
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- Qiong Wang
- Department of Materials Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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- Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Materials Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, Vancouver, BC, Canada; School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Silvestri A, Pätzold J, Fratzl P, Scheffel A, Faivre D. Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Microspectroscopy Enables the Direct Characterization of Biomineral-Associated Organic Material on Single Calcareous Microskeletons. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:8623-8629. [PMID: 32960608 PMCID: PMC7584362 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Biominerals are composite materials with inorganic and organic components. The latter provide insights into how organisms control mineralization and, if derived from micro/nannofossils, into past climates. Many calcifying organisms cannot be cultured or are extinct; the only materials available for their study are therefore complex environmental samples in which the organism of interest may only be a minor component. There is currently no method for characterizing the biomineral-associated organic material from single particles within such assemblages, so its compositional diversity is unknown. Focusing on coccoliths, we demonstrate that surface-enhanced Raman scattering microspectroscopy can be used to determine the origin and composition of fossil organic matter at the single-particle level in a heterogeneous micro/nannofossil assemblage. This approach may find applications in the study of micro/nannofossil assemblages and uncultivated species, providing evolutionary insights into the macromolecular repertoire involved in biomineralization.
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- Alessandro Silvestri
- Max
Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- Max
Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- University
of Bremen, MARUM-Center for
Marine Environmental Sciences, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max
Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- Aix-Marseille
Université, CEA, CNRS, BIAM, 13108 Saint Paul lez Durance, France
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Moreno-Jiménez I, Cipitria A, Sánchez-Herrero A, van Tol AF, Roschger A, Lahr CA, McGovern JA, Hutmacher DW, Fratzl P. Human and mouse bones physiologically integrate in a humanized mouse model while maintaining species-specific ultrastructure. Sci Adv 2020; 6:6/44/eabb9265. [PMID: 33115741 PMCID: PMC7608795 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abb9265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Humanized mouse models are increasingly studied to recapitulate human-like bone physiology. While human and mouse bone architectures differ in multiple scales, the extent to which chimeric human-mouse bone physiologically interacts and structurally integrates remains unknown. Here, we identify that humanized bone is formed by a mosaic of human and mouse collagen, structurally integrated within the same bone organ, as shown by immunohistochemistry. Combining this with materials science techniques, we investigate the extracellular matrix of specific human and mouse collagen regions. We show that human-like osteocyte lacunar-canalicular network is retained within human collagen regions and is distinct to that of mouse tissue. This multiscale analysis shows that human and mouse tissues physiologically integrate into a single, functional bone tissue while maintaining their species-specific ultrastructural differences. These results offer an original method to validate and advance tissue-engineered human-like bone in chimeric animal models, which grow to be eloquent tools in biomedical research.
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- I Moreno-Jiménez
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Potsdam, Germany
- Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Potsdam, Germany.
- Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Potsdam, Germany.
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Hedjazi G, Guterman-Ram G, Blouin S, Roschger P, Schemenz V, Wagermaier W, Fratzl P, Zwerina J, Fratzl-Zelman N, Marini JC. Bone tissue in murine atypical type VI osteogenesis imperfecta has changes in vascular pores and matrix organization, plus classic OI hypermineralization. Bone Rep 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bonr.2020.100335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Fratzl-Zelman N, Gamsjaeger S, Blouin S, Kocijan R, Plasenzotti P, Rokidi S, Nawrot-Wawrzyniak K, Roetzer K, Uyanik G, Haeusler G, Shane E, Cohen A, Klaushofer K, Paschalis EP, Roschger P, Fratzl P, Zwerina J, Zwettler E. Alterations of bone material properties in adult patients with X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH). J Struct Biol 2020; 211:107556. [PMID: 32619592 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) caused by PHEX mutations results in elevated serum FGF23 levels, renal phosphate wasting and low 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. The glycophosphoprotein osteopontin, a potent inhibitor of mineralization normally degraded by PHEX, accumulates within the bone matrix. Conventional therapy consisting of supplementation with phosphate and vitamin D analogs is burdensome and the effects on bone material poorly characterized. We analyzed transiliac bone biopsies from four adult patients, two of them severely affected due to no diagnosis and no treatment until adulthood. We used light microscopy, qBEI and FTIRI to study histology, histomorphometry, bone mineralization density distribution, properties of the organic matrix and size of hypomineralized periosteocytic lesions. Non-treatment resulted in severe osteomalacia, twice the amount of mineralized trabecular volume, multiple osteon-like perforations, continuity of lamellae from mineralized to unmineralized areas and distinctive patches of woven bone. Periosteocytic lesions were larger than in treated patients. The latter had nearly normal osteoid thicknesses, although surface was still elevated. The median calcium content of the matrix was always within normal range, although the percentage of lowly mineralized bone areas was highly increased in non-treated patients, resulting in a marked heterogeneity in mineralization. Divalent collagen cross-links were evident independently of the mineral content of the matrix. Broad osteoid seams lacked measurable pyridinoline, a mature trivalent cross-link and exhibited considerable acidic lipid content, typically found in matrix vesicles. Based on our results, we propose a model that possibly integrates the relationship between the observed mineralization disturbances, FGF23 secretion and the known osteopontin accumulation in XLH.
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- Nadja Fratzl-Zelman
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria; 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria; Medical School, Sigmund Freud Private University, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria; Medical School, Sigmund Freud Private University, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Endocrinology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Potsdam, Germany
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria; 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at Hanusch Hospital of OEGK and AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Department Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria; Medical Directorate, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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Sviben S, Spaeker O, Bennet M, Albéric M, Dirks JH, Moussian B, Fratzl P, Bertinetti L, Politi Y. Epidermal Cell Surface Structure and Chitin-Protein Co-assembly Determine Fiber Architecture in the Locust Cuticle. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:25581-25590. [PMID: 32343541 PMCID: PMC7304823 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c04572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
Abstract
The geometrical similarity of helicoidal fiber arrangement in many biological fibrous extracellular matrices, such as bone, plant cell wall, or arthropod cuticle, to that of cholesteric liquid mesophases has led to the hypothesis that they may form passively through a mesophase precursor rather than by direct cellular control. In search of direct evidence to support or refute this hypothesis, here, we studied the process of cuticle formation in the tibia of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria, where daily growth layers arise by the deposition of fiber arrangements alternating between unidirectional and helicoidal structures. Using focused ion beam/scanning electron microscopy (FIB/SEM) volume imaging and scanning X-ray scattering, we show that the epidermal cells determine an initial fiber orientation, from which the final architecture emerges by the self-organized co-assembly of chitin and proteins. Fiber orientation in the locust cuticle is therefore determined by both active and passive processes.
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- Sanja Sviben
- Department
of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of
Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department
of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of
Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department
of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of
Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department
of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of
Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
- Laboratoire
Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 7574, 75005 Paris, France
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- Max
Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Biomimetics-Innovation-Centre, Hochschule Bremen—City University of Applied
Sciences, 28199 Bremen, Germany
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- Institute
of Biology Valrose, Université Côte
d’Azur, CNRS, Inserm, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France
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- Department
of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of
Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department
of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of
Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department
of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of
Colloids and Interfaces, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Chaumel J, Schotte M, Bizzarro JJ, Zaslansky P, Fratzl P, Baum D, Dean MN. Co-aligned chondrocytes: Zonal morphological variation and structured arrangement of cell lacunae in tessellated cartilage. Bone 2020; 134:115264. [PMID: 32058019 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2020.115264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
In most vertebrates the embryonic cartilaginous skeleton is replaced by bone during development. During this process, cartilage cells (chondrocytes) mineralize the extracellular matrix and undergo apoptosis, giving way to bone cells (osteocytes). In contrast, sharks and rays (elasmobranchs) have cartilaginous skeletons throughout life, where only the surface mineralizes, forming a layer of tiles (tesserae). Elasmobranch chondrocytes, unlike those of other vertebrates, survive cartilage mineralization and are maintained alive in spaces (lacunae) within tesserae. However, the functions of the chondrocytes in the mineralized tissue remain unknown. Applying a custom analysis workflow to high-resolution synchrotron microCT scans of tesserae, we characterize the morphologies and arrangements of stingray chondrocyte lacunae, using lacunar morphology as a proxy for chondrocyte morphology. We show that the cell density is comparable in unmineralized and mineralized tissue and that cells maintain similar volume even when they have been incorporated into tesserae. Our findings support previous hypotheses that elasmobranch chondrocytes, unlike those of other taxa, do not proliferate, hypertrophy or undergo apoptosis during mineralization. Tessera lacunae show zonal variation in their shapes, being flatter further from and more spherical closer to the unmineralized cartilage matrix, and larger in the center of tesserae. The lacunae show pronounced organization into parallel layers and strong orientation toward neighboring tesserae. Tesserae also exhibit local variation in lacunar density, with the density considerably higher near pores passing through the tesseral layer, suggesting pores and cells interact, and that pores may contain a nutrient source. We propose that the different lacunar types reflect the stages of the tesserae formation process, while also representing local variation in tissue architecture and cell function. Lacunae are linked by small passages (canaliculi) in the matrix to form elongated series at the tesseral periphery and tight clusters in the center of tesserae, creating a rich connectivity among cells. The network arrangement and the shape variation of chondrocytes in tesserae indicate that cells may interact within and between tesserae and manage mineralization differently from chondrocytes in other vertebrates, perhaps performing analogous roles to osteocytes in bone.
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- Júlia Chaumel
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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- Visual Data Analysis Department, Zuse Institute Berlin, Takustrasse 7, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
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- Department for Operative and Preventive Dentistry, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Aßmannshauser Str. 4-6 14197 Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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- Visual Data Analysis Department, Zuse Institute Berlin, Takustrasse 7, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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Ping H, Poudel L, Xie H, Fang W, Zou Z, Zhai P, Wagermaier W, Fratzl P, Wang W, Wang H, O'Reilly P, Ching WY, Fu Z. Synthesis of monodisperse rod-shaped silica particles through biotemplating of surface-functionalized bacteria. Nanoscale 2020; 12:8732-8741. [PMID: 32307501 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr00669f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Mesoporous silica particles of controlled size and shape are potentially beneficial for many applications, but their usage may be limited by the complex procedure of fabrication. Biotemplating provides a facile approach to synthesize materials with desired shapes. Herein, a bioinspired design principle is adopted through displaying silaffin-derived 5R5 proteins on the surface of Escherichia coli by genetic manipulations. The genetically modified Escherichia coli provides a three-dimensional template to regulate the synthesis of rod-shaped silica. The silicification is initiated on the cell surface under the functionality of 5R5 proteins and subsequentially the inner space is gradually filled. Density functional theory simulation reveals the interfacial interactions between silica precursors and R5 peptides at the atomic scale. There is a large conformation change of this protein during biosilicification. Electrostatic interactions contribute to the high affinity between positively charged residues (Lys4, Arg16, Arg17) and negatively charged tetraethyl orthosilicate. Hydrogen bonds develop between Arg16 (OH), Arg17 (OH and NH), Leu19 (OH) residues and the forming silica agglomerates. In addition, the resulting rod-shaped silica copy of the bacteria can transform into mesoporous SiOx nanorods composed of carbon-coated nanoparticles after carbonization, which is shown to allow superior lithium storage performance.
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- Hang Ping
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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