The cast imaging of the osteon lacunar-canalicular system and the implications with functional models of intracanalicular flow

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-202

  Pazzaglia, Ugo E ^a   Congiu, Terenzio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interstitial fluid flow; Lacunar canalicular system; Osteocyte; Osteon

Indexed keywords

METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; RESIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE BLOOD FLOW; CAST APPLICATION; CORTICAL BONE; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEON LACUNAR CANALICULAR SYSTEM; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANIMALS; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OSTEOCYTES; RABBITS; REPLICA TECHNIQUES; TIBIA;

LACUNA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84872650712     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12004     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Cooper RR, Milgram JW, Robinson RA (1966) Morphology of the osteon. An electron microscopy study. J Bone Joint Surg 48A, 1239-1271.
2. Doty SB (1981) Morphological evidence of gap junctions between bone cells. Calcif Tissue Int 33, 509-512.
3. Ejiri S, Ozawa H (1982) Scanning electron microscopic observations of rat tibia using HCl-collagenase method. Arch Histol Jap 45, 399-404.
4. Ennos AR (1999) The aerodynamics and hydrodynamics of plants. J Exp Biol 202, 3281-3284.
5. Feng JQ, Ward LM, Liu S, et al. (2006) Loss of DMP1 causes rickets and osteomalacia and identifies a role for osteocytes in mineral metabolism. Nat Genet 38, 1310-1315.
6. Gorustovich AA (2010) Imaging resin-cast osteocyte lacuna-canalicular system at bone-bioactive glass interface by scanning electron microscopy. Microsc Microanal 16, 132-136.
7. Guoping L, Bronk JT, An K-N, et al. (1987) Permeability of the cortical bone of canine tibias. Microvasc Res 34, 302-310.
8. Ham AW (1952) Some histophysiological problems peculiar to calcified tissues. J Bone Joint Surg 34A, 701-728.
9. Ham AW (1957) Histology. pp. 271-338. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott Co.
10. Hirose S, Li M, Kojima T, et al. (2007) A histological assessment of the distribution of the osteocytic lacunar canalicular system using silver staining. J Bone Miner Metab 25, 374-382.
11. Kamioka H, Honjo T, Takano-Yamamoto T (2001) A three-dimensional distribution of osteocyte processes revealed by the combination of confocal laser scanning microscopy and differential interference contrast microscopy. Bone 28, 145-149.
12. Kubek DJ, Gattone VH, Allen MR (2010) Methodological assessment of acid-etching for visualizing the osteocyte lacunar-canalicular network using scanning electron microscopy. Microsc Res Tech 73, 182-186.
13. Kusuzaki K, Kageyama N, Shinjo H, et al. (2000) Development of bone canaliculi during bone repair. Bone 27, 655-659.
14. Larsen WJ (1983) Biological implications of gap junction structure, distribution and composition: a review. Tissue Cell 15, 645-671.
15. Lu Y, Xie Y, Zhang S, et al. (2007) DMP1-targeted Cre expression in odontoblasts and osteocytes. J Dent Res 86, 320-325.
16. Marotti G (1990) Ultrastructure of Skeletal Tissue. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publisher.
17. Marotti G (1996) The structure of bone tissues and the cellular control of their deposition. Ital J Anat Embryol 101, 25-79.
18. Marotti G, Delrio N, Marotti F, et al. (1979) Quantitative analysis of the bone destroying activity of osteocytes and osteoclasts in experimental disuse osteoporosis. Ital J Orthop Traumatol 5, 255-240.
19. Marotti G, Remaggi F, Zaffe D (1985) Quantitative investigation on osteocyte canaliculi in human compact and spongy bone. Bone 6, 335-337.
20. Mishra S, Knothe Tate ML (2003) Effect of lacunar-canalicular architecture on hydraulic conductance in bone tissue: implications for bone health and evolution. Anat Rec 273A, 752-762.
21. Okada S, Yoshida S, Ashrafi SH, et al. (2002) The canalicular structure of compact bone in the rat at different ages. Microsc Microanal 8, 104-115.
22. Palumbo C, Palazzini S, Marotti G (1990a) Morphological study of intercellular junctions during osteocyte differentiation. Bone 11, 401-406.
23. Palumbo C, Palazzini S, Zaffe D, et al. (1990b) Osteocyte differentiation in the tibia of newborn rabbit: an ultrastructural study of the formation of cytoplasmic processes. Acta Anat 137, 350-358.
24. Pawlicki R (1975) Bone canaliculus endings in the area of the osteocyte lacuna. Electron-microscopic studies. Acta Anat 91, 292-304.
25. Pazzaglia UE, Bonaspetti G, Ranchetti F, et al. (2008) A model of the intracortical vascular system of long bones and its organization: an experimental study in rabbit femur and tibia. J Anat 213, 183-193.
26. Pazzaglia UE, Congiu T, Marchese M, et al. (2010) The shape modulation of osteoblast-osteocyte transformation and its correlation with the fibrillar organization in secondary osteons. A SEM study employing the graded osmic maceration technique. Cell Tissue Res 340, 533-540.
27. Pazzaglia UE, Congiu T, Franzetti E, et al. (2012a) A model of osteoblast-osteocyte kinetics in the development of secondary osteons in rabbits. J Anat 220, 372-383.
28. Pazzaglia UE, Congiu T, Zarattini G, et al. (2012b) The canalicular system and the osteoblast domain in human secondary osteons. Anat Histol Embryol, doi:10.1111/j.1439-0264.20120115x.
29. 4 etching and polarized light microscopy. Anat Rec 295, 1421-1429.
30. Petrov N, Pollack SR (2003) Comparative analysis of diffusive and stress induced nutrient transport efficiency in the lacunar-canalicular system of osteons. Biorheology 40, 347-353.
31. Piekarski K, Munro M (1977) Transport mechanism operating between blood supply and osteocytes in long bones. Nature 269, 80-82.
32. Pritchard JJ (1956) General anatomy and histology of bone. In: The Biochemistry and Physiology of Bone. (ed. Bourne GH), pp. 1-26. New York: Academy Press.
33. Schenk R, Willenegger H (1967) Morphological findings in primary fracture healing. Symp Biol Hungaricae 7, 75-86.
34. Schneider P, Meier M, Wepf R, et al. (2011) Serial FIB/SEM for quantitative 3D assessment of the osteocyte lacuna-canalicular network. Bone 49, 304-311.
35. Shapiro F (1988) Cortical bone repair. The relationship of the lacunar-canalicular system and intercellular gap junction to the repair process. J Bone Joint Surg 70A, 1067-1081.
36. Stanka P (1975) Occurrence of cell junctions and microfilaments in osteoblasts. Cell Tissue Res 159, 413-422.
37. Steflik DE, Sisk AL, Parr GR, et al. (1994) Transmission electron and high-voltage electron microscopy of osteocyte cellular processes extending to the dental implant surface. J Biomed Mater Res 28, 1095-1107.
38. Sugawara Y, Kamioka H, Honjo T, et al. (2005) Three-dimensional reconstruction of chick calvarian osteocytes and their cell processes using confocal microscopy. Bone 36, 877-883.
39. Tyree MT, Ewers FW (1991) The hydraulic architecture of trees and other woody plants. New Phytol 119, 345-360.
40. Weiniger JM, Holtrop ME (1974) An ultrastructural study of bone cells: the occurrence of microtubules, filaments and tight junctions. Calcif Tissue Res 14, 15-19.
41. Yang S, Tyree MT (1994) Hydraulic architecture of Acer saccharin and A. rubrum: comparison of branches to the whole trees and the contribution of leaves to hydraulic resistance. J Exp Bot 45, 179-186.
42. You L-D, Weinbaum S, Cowin SC, et al. (2004) Ultrastructure of the osteocyte process and its pericellular matrix. Anat Rec 278A, 505-513.