Unveiling the Mechanical Role of Radial Fibers in Meniscal Tissue: Toward Structural Biomimetics

仿生学 材料科学 仿生材料 纳米技术 生物医学工程 工程类
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Adi Aharonov,Shachar Sofer,Heike Bruck,Udi Sarig,Mirit Sharabi
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期刊:Acta Biomaterialia [Elsevier]
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DOI:10.1016/j.actbio.2024.08.024
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The meniscus tissue is crucial for knee joint biomechanics and is frequently susceptible to injuries resulting in early-onset osteoarthritis. Consequently, the need for meniscal substitutes spurs ongoing development. The meniscus is a composite tissue reinforced with circumferential and radial collagenous fibers; the mechanical role of the latter has yet to be fully unveiled. Here, we investigated the role of radial fibers using a synergistic methodology combining meniscal tissue structure imaging, a computational knee joint model, and the fabrication of simple biomimetic composite laminates. These laminates mimic the basic structural units of the meniscus, utilizing longitudinal and transverse fibers equivalent to the circumferential and radial fibers in meniscal tissue. In the computational model, the absence of radial fibers resulted in stress concentration within the meniscus matrix and up to 800% greater area at the same stress level. Furthermore, the contact pressure on the tibial cartilage increased drastically, affecting up to 322% larger areas. Conversely, in models with radial fibers, we observed up to 25% lower peak contact pressures and width changes of less than 0.1%. Correspondingly, biomimetic composite laminates containing transverse fibers exhibited minor transverse deformations and smaller Poisson's ratios. They demonstrated structural shielding ability, maintaining their mechanical performance with the reduced amount of fibers in the loading direction, similar to the ability of the torn meniscus to carry and transfer loads to some extent. These results indicate that radial fibers are essential to distribute contact pressure and tensile stresses and prevent excessive deformations, suggesting the importance of incorporating them in novel designs of meniscal substitutes. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: The organization of the collagen fibers in the meniscus tissue is crucial to its biomechanical function. Radially oriented fibers are an important structural element of the meniscus and greatly affect its mechanical behavior. However, despite their importance to the meniscus mechanical function, radially oriented fibers receive minor attention in meniscal substitute designs. Here, we used a synergistic methodology that combines imaging of the meniscal tissue structure, a structural computational model of the knee joint, and the fabrication of simplistic biomimetic composite laminates that mimic the basic structural units of the meniscus. Our findings highlight the importance of the radially oriented fibers, their mechanical role in the meniscus tissue, and their importance as a crucial element in engineering novel meniscal substitutes.
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