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A preliminary study exploring the mechanical properties of normal and Mgp-deficient mouse femurs during early growth

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Matrix Gla protein (MGP) is mostly known to be a calcification inhibitor, as its absence leads to ectopic calcification of different tissues such as cartilage or arteries. MGP deficiency also leads to low bone mass and delayed bone growth. In the present contribution, we investigate the effect of MGP deficiency on the structural and material mechanical bone properties by focusing on the elastic response of femurs undergoing three-points bending. To this aim, biomechanical tests are performed on femurs issued from Mgp-deficient mice at 14, 21, 28, and 35 days of postnatal life and compared to healthy control femurs. µCT acquisitions enable to reconstruct bone geometries and are used to construct subject-specific finite element models avoiding some of the reported limitations concerning the use of beam-like assumptions for small bone samples. Our results indicate that MGP deficiency may be associated to differences in both structural and material properties of femurs during early stages of development. MGP deficiency appears to be related to a decrease in bone dimensions, compensated by higher material properties resulting in similar structural bone properties at P35. The search for a unique density-elasticity relationship based on calibrated bone mineral density (BMD) indicates that MGP deficiency may affect bone tissue in several ways, that may not be represented uniquely from the quantification of BMD. Despite of its limitation to elastic response, the present preliminary study reports for the very first time the mechanical skeletal properties of Mgp-deficient mice at early stages of development.
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hal-03987826 , version 1 (14-02-2023)

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Cédric P. Laurent, Alexandre Marano, Adrien Baldit, Maude Ferrari, Jean-Christophe Perrin, et al.. A preliminary study exploring the mechanical properties of normal and Mgp-deficient mouse femurs during early growth. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 2022, 236 (8), pp.1106-1117. ⟨10.1177/09544119221109019⟩. ⟨hal-03987826⟩
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