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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 109, Issue 2 499-508, Copyright © 1996 by Company of Biologists
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MD Buschmann, EB Hunziker, YJ Kim and AJ Grodzinsky
M. E. Mueller Institute for Biomechanics, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Previous studies have shown that static equilibrium compression of cartilage tissue in vivo and in vitro decreases chondrocyte synthesis of aggrecan molecules. In order to identify mechanisms of cellular response to loading, we have investigated alterations in cell and nucleus structure and the accompanying changes in the synthesis of aggrecan in statically compressed cartilage explants. Using glutaraldehyde fixation and quantitative autoradiography of compressed and radiolabeled cartilage disks we spatially localized newly synthesized aggrecan. Using stereological tools to analyze these same specimens we estimated the cell and nucleus volume, surface area and directional radii. We found that aggrecan synthesis was reduced overall in compressed tissue disks. However, the compression induced a spatial (radial) inhomogeneity in aggrecan synthesis which was not present in uncompressed disks. This spatial inhomogeneity appeared to be directly related to mechanical boundary conditions and the manner in which the load was applied and, therefore, may represent a spatially specific functional adaptation to mechanical loading. Coincident with reduced aggrecan synthesis, we observed reductions in cell and nucleus volume and radii in the direction of compression which were in approximate proportion to the reduction in tissue thickness. Cell and nucleus dimensions perpendicular to the direction of compression did not change significantly. Therefore the observed deformation of the cell and nucleus in statically compressed cartilage approximately followed the dimensional changes imposed on external specimen surfaces. The strong correlation observed between local changes in aggrecan synthesis and alterations in cell and nucleus structure also lend support to certain hypotheses regarding the intracellular signal transduction pathways that may be important in the biosynthetic response of chondrocytes to mechanical loading.
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