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A coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation of the role of mineral arrangement on the mechanical properties of mineralized collagen fibrils
Mineralized collagen fibrils (MCFs) comprise collagen molecules and hydroxyapatite (HAp) crystals and are considered universal building blocks of bone tissue, across different bone types and species. In this study, we developed a coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CGMD) framework to investigate the...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9874270/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36695019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0803 |
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author | Tavakol, Mahdi Vaughan, Ted J. |
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description | Mineralized collagen fibrils (MCFs) comprise collagen molecules and hydroxyapatite (HAp) crystals and are considered universal building blocks of bone tissue, across different bone types and species. In this study, we developed a coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CGMD) framework to investigate the role of mineral arrangement on the load-deformation behaviour of MCFs. Despite the common belief that the collagen molecules are responsible for flexibility and HAp minerals are responsible for stiffness, our results showed that the mineral phase was responsible for limiting collagen sliding in the large deformation regime, which helped the collagen molecules themselves undergo high tensile loading, providing a substantial contribution to the ultimate tensile strength of MCFs. This study also highlights different roles for the mineralized and non-mineralized protofibrils within the MCF, with the mineralized groups being primarily responsible for load carrying due to the presence of the mineral phase, while the non-mineralized groups are responsible for crack deflection. These results provide novel insight into the load-deformation behaviour of MCFs and highlight the intricate role that both collagen and mineral components have in dictating higher scale bone biomechanics. |
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spelling | pubmed-98742702023-01-27 A coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation of the role of mineral arrangement on the mechanical properties of mineralized collagen fibrils Tavakol, Mahdi Vaughan, Ted J. J R Soc Interface Life Sciences–Engineering interface Mineralized collagen fibrils (MCFs) comprise collagen molecules and hydroxyapatite (HAp) crystals and are considered universal building blocks of bone tissue, across different bone types and species. In this study, we developed a coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CGMD) framework to investigate the role of mineral arrangement on the load-deformation behaviour of MCFs. Despite the common belief that the collagen molecules are responsible for flexibility and HAp minerals are responsible for stiffness, our results showed that the mineral phase was responsible for limiting collagen sliding in the large deformation regime, which helped the collagen molecules themselves undergo high tensile loading, providing a substantial contribution to the ultimate tensile strength of MCFs. This study also highlights different roles for the mineralized and non-mineralized protofibrils within the MCF, with the mineralized groups being primarily responsible for load carrying due to the presence of the mineral phase, while the non-mineralized groups are responsible for crack deflection. These results provide novel insight into the load-deformation behaviour of MCFs and highlight the intricate role that both collagen and mineral components have in dictating higher scale bone biomechanics. The Royal Society 2023-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9874270/ /pubmed/36695019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0803 Text en © 2023 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Life Sciences–Engineering interface Tavakol, Mahdi Vaughan, Ted J. A coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation of the role of mineral arrangement on the mechanical properties of mineralized collagen fibrils |
title | A coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation of the role of mineral arrangement on the mechanical properties of mineralized collagen fibrils |
title_full | A coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation of the role of mineral arrangement on the mechanical properties of mineralized collagen fibrils |
title_fullStr | A coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation of the role of mineral arrangement on the mechanical properties of mineralized collagen fibrils |
title_full_unstemmed | A coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation of the role of mineral arrangement on the mechanical properties of mineralized collagen fibrils |
title_short | A coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation of the role of mineral arrangement on the mechanical properties of mineralized collagen fibrils |
title_sort | coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation of the role of mineral arrangement on the mechanical properties of mineralized collagen fibrils |
topic | Life Sciences–Engineering interface |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9874270/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36695019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2022.0803 |
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