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Mechanical loading affects the energy metabolism of intervertebral disc cells

✍ Scribed by Hanan N. Fernando; Jessica Czamanski; Tai-Yi Yuan; Weiyong Gu; Abdi Salahadin; Chun-Yuh Charles Huang

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
293 KB
Volume
29
Category
Article
ISSN
0736-0266

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Abstract

Research has shown that mechanical loading affects matrix biosynthesis of intervertebral disc (IVD) cells; however, the pathway(s) to this effect is currently unknown. Cellular matrix biosynthesis is an energy demanding process. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of static and dynamic compressive loading on energy metabolism of IVD cells. Porcine annulus fibrosus (AF) and nucleus pulposus (NP) cells seeded in 2% agarose were used in this experiment. Experimental groups included 15% static compression and 0.1 and 1 Hz dynamic compression at 15% strain magnitude for 4 h. ATP, lactate, glucose, and nitric oxide (NO) contents in culture media, and ATP content in cell–agarose construct were measured using biochemical assays. While the total ATP content of AF cells was promoted by static and dynamic loading, only 1 Hz dynamic loading increased total ATP content of NP cells. Increases in lactate production and glucose consumption of AF cells suggest that ATP production via glycolysis is promoted by dynamic compression. ATP release and NO production of AF and NP cells were significantly increased by dynamic loading. Thus, this study clearly illustrates that static and dynamic compressive loading affect IVD cell energy production while cellular responses to mechanical loading were both cell type and compression type dependent. Β© 2011 Orthopaedic Research Society Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 29:1634–1641, 2011

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