Jadidi Majid, Sherifova Selda, Sommer Gerhard, Kamenskiy Alexey, Holzapfel Gerhard A
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.
Institute of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16-II, Graz 8010, Austria.
Acta Biomater. 2021 Feb;121:461-474. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.11.046. Epub 2020 Dec 3.
Arterial mechanics plays an important role in vascular pathophysiology and repair, and advanced imaging can inform constitutive models of vascular behavior. We have measured the mechanical properties of 14 human superficial femoral arteries (SFAs) (age 12-70, mean 48±19 years) using planar biaxial extension, and determined the preferred collagen fiber direction and dispersion using multiphoton microscopy. The collagen fiber direction and dispersion were evaluated using second-harmonic generation imaging and modeled using bivariate von Mises distributions. The microstructures of elastin and collagen were assessed using two-photon fluorescence imaging and conventional bidirectional histology. The mechanical and structural data were used to describe the SFA mechanical behavior using two- and four-fiber family invariant-based constitutive models. Older SFAs were stiffer and mechanically more nonlinear than younger specimens. In the adventitia, collagen fibers were undulated and diagonally-oriented, while in the media, they were straight and circumferentially-oriented. The media was rich in collagen that surrounded the circumferentially-oriented smooth muscle cells, and the elastin was present primarily in the internal and external elastic laminae. Older SFAs had a more circumferential collagen fiber alignment, a decreased circumferential-radial fiber dispersion, but the same circumferential-longitudinal fiber dispersion as younger specimens. Both the two- and the four-fiber family constitutive models were able to capture the experimental data, and the fits were better for the four-fiber family formulation. Our data provide additional details on the SFA intramural structure and inform structurally-based constitutive models.
动脉力学在血管病理生理学和修复中起着重要作用,先进的成像技术可为血管行为的本构模型提供信息。我们使用平面双轴拉伸测量了14条人股浅动脉(SFA)(年龄12 - 70岁,平均48±19岁)的力学性能,并使用多光子显微镜确定了胶原纤维的优选方向和分散情况。使用二次谐波产生成像评估胶原纤维方向和分散情况,并使用双变量冯·米塞斯分布进行建模。使用双光子荧光成像和传统双向组织学评估弹性蛋白和胶原的微观结构。利用基于两纤维族和四纤维族不变量的本构模型,使用力学和结构数据来描述SFA的力学行为。较老的SFA比年轻标本更硬,力学上更非线性。在外膜中,胶原纤维呈波浪状且对角排列,而在中膜中,它们是直的且呈周向排列。中膜富含围绕周向排列的平滑肌细胞的胶原,弹性蛋白主要存在于内弹性膜和外弹性膜中。较老的SFA具有更周向的胶原纤维排列,周向 - 径向纤维分散减少,但与年轻标本的周向 - 纵向纤维分散相同。两纤维族和四纤维族本构模型都能够捕捉实验数据,并且四纤维族公式的拟合效果更好。我们的数据提供了关于SFA壁内结构的更多细节,并为基于结构的本构模型提供了信息。