Mechanical force-induced midpalatal suture remodeling in mice
Mechanical force-induced midpalatal suture remodeling in mice
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bone.2007.01.019
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发表时间:
2007-06-01
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影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Olsen, Bjorn R.
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作者:
Hou, Bo;Fukai, Naomi;Olsen, Bjorn R.
Mechanical stress is an important epigenetic factor for regulating skeletal remodeling, and application of force can lead to remodeling of both bone and cartilage. Chondrocytes, osteoblasts and osteoclasts all participate and interact with each other in this remodeling process. To study cellular responses to mechanical stirnuli in a system that can be genetically manipulated, we used mouse midpalatal suture expansion in vivo. Six-week-old male C57BL/6 mice were subjected to palatal suture expansion by opening loops with an initial force of 0.56 N for the periods of 1, 3, 5, 7, 14 or 28 days. Periosteal cells in expanding sutures showed increased proliferation, with Ki67-positive cells representing 1.8 +/- 0.1% to 4.5 +/- 0.4% of total suture cells in control groups and 12.0 +/- 2.6% to 19.9 +/- 1.2% in experimental/expansion groups (P