AFM-Based Method for Measurement of Normal and Osteoarthritic Human Articular Cartilage Surface Roughness

In osteoarthrosis, pathological features of articular cartilage are associated with degeneration and nanomechanical changes. The aim of this paper is to show that indentation-atomic force microscopy can monitor wear-related biomechanical changes in the hip joint of patients with osteoarthritis. Fift...

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Veröffentlicht in:Materials 2020-05, Vol.13 (10), p.2302
Hauptverfasser: Ihnatouski, Mikhail, Pauk, Jolanta, Karev, Dmitrij, Karev, Boris
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Zusammenfassung:In osteoarthrosis, pathological features of articular cartilage are associated with degeneration and nanomechanical changes. The aim of this paper is to show that indentation-atomic force microscopy can monitor wear-related biomechanical changes in the hip joint of patients with osteoarthritis. Fifty patients (N = 50), aged 40 to 65, were included in the study. The mechanical properties and the submicron surface morphology of hyaline cartilage were investigated using atomic force microscopy. Measurements of the roughness parameters of cartilage surfaces were performed, including the arithmetic average of absolute values ( ), the maximum peak height ( ), and the mean spacing between local peaks ( ). The arithmetic mean of the absolute values of the height of healthy cartilage was 86 nm, while wear began at = 73 nm. The maximum changes of values of the roughness parameters differed from the healthy ones by 71%, 80%, and 51% for , , and , respectively. Young's modulus for healthy cartilage surfaces ranged from 1.7 to 0.5 MPa. For the three stages of cartilage wear, Young's modulus increased, and then it approached the maximum value and decreased. AFM seems to be a powerful tool for surface analysis of biological samples as it enables indentation measurements in addition to imaging.
ISSN:1996-1944
1996-1944
DOI:10.3390/ma13102302