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Loading‐related reorientation of bone proteoglycan in vivo. Strain memory in bone tissue?
Author(s) -
Skerry T. M.,
Bitensky L.,
Chayen J.,
Lanyon L. E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of orthopaedic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.041
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1554-527X
pISSN - 0736-0266
DOI - 10.1002/jor.1100060411
Subject(s) - proteoglycan , strain (injury) , stimulus (psychology) , in vivo , bone tissue , bone matrix , microbiology and biotechnology , materials science , biophysics , extracellular matrix , biology , anatomy , psychology , genetics , cartilage , psychotherapist
The load‐carrying capacity of the skeleton is achieved and maintained as the result of a continued functional stimulus to the cell populations responsible for bone remodeling. Although some bone cells have been assumed to be influenced by the load‐induced changes in strain throughout the matrix, no evidence is available to indicate which cells are susceptible to such strain change or how such transient events provide a sustained influence on cell behaviour. In the present study, we showed that a short period of dynamic loading in vivo affects the orientation of proteoglycan within bone tissue. This reorientation declines only slowly, thus providing a persistent record of the tissue's recent strain history. Such a record has the ability not only to “capture” strain transients but also to “update” and “average” them. In this way, the bone cells could be presented with a sustained and coherent stimulus directly related to dynamic strain transients. These transients are the tissue's principal function variable.