A Novel Ex Vivo Bone Culture Model for Regulation of Collagen/Apatite Preferential Orientation by Mechanical Loading

Watanabe, Ryota; Matsugaki, Aira; Ishimoto, Takuya; Ozasa, Ryosuke; Matsumoto, Takuya; Nakano, Takayoshi

doi:10.3390/ijms23137423

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“…Ex vivo cultured fetal metatarsal bones are a well-established model for studying longitudinal bone growth and responsiveness to different growth-regulating factors, including insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-1), glucocorticoids and radial shock waves [ 9 , 10 ]. Additionally, the fetal femur bone has a high density of growth plate chondrocytes, as visualized by histological staining, thus providing great potential for ex vivo studies of longitudinal bone growth [ 11 ].…”

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Micromechanical Loading Studies in Ex Vivo Cultured Embryonic Rat Bones Enabled by a Newly Developed Portable Loading Device

Zhang,

Zaman,

Nava

et al. 2023

Ann Biomed Eng

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Mechanical loading has been described as having the potential to affect bone growth. In order to experimentally study the potential clinical applications of mechanical loading as a novel treatment to locally modulate bone growth, there is a need to develop a portable mechanical loading device enabling studies in small bones. Existing devices are bulky and challenging to transfer within and between laboratories and animal facilities, and they do not offer user-friendly mechanical testing across both ex vivo cultured small bones and in vivo animal models. To address this, we developed a portable loading device comprised of a linear actuator fixed within a stainless-steel frame equipped with suitable structures and interfaces. The actuator, along with the supplied control system, can achieve high-precision force control within the desired force and frequency range, allowing various load application scenarios. To validate the functionality of this new device, proof-of-concept studies were performed in ex vivo cultured rat bones of varying sizes. First, very small fetal metatarsal bones were microdissected and exposed to 0.4 N loading applied at 0.77 Hz for 30 s. When bone lengths were measured after 5 days in culture, loaded bones had grown less than unloaded controls (p < 0.05). Next, fetal rat femur bones were periodically exposed to 0.4 N loading at 0.77 Hz while being cultured ex vivo for 12 days. Interestingly, this loading regimen had the opposite effect on bone growth, i.e., loaded femur bones grew significantly more than unloaded controls (p < 0.001). These findings suggest that complex relationships between longitudinal bone growth and mechanical loading can be determined using this device. We conclude that our new portable mechanical loading device allows experimental studies in small bones of varying sizes, which may facilitate further preclinical studies exploring the potential clinical applications of mechanical loading.

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