Abstract:
:Tissues in the intervertebral disc have a large capacity to absorb water, partially due to the high glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content, which decreases linearly from the nucleus pulposus (NP) in the center to the outer annulus. Our recent work showed that fiber network and GAG distribution contributes to development of residual stresses and strains that were compressive in the inner annulus to tensile in the outer annulus. GAG loss in the inner annulus, as observed with early to moderate degeneration, reduced swelling capacity and circumferential-direction stress by over 50%. However, our previous model was not capable of evaluating interactions between the NP and annulus fibrosus (AF) during swelling. In this study, we evaluated the effect of degeneration (GAG content or swelling capacity) on residual stress development throughout the disc. Simulations of moderate to severe degeneration showed a 40% decrease in NP swelling capacity, with a 25% decrease in AF and cartilaginous endplate swelling. Together, these changes in tissue swelling resulted in a decrease in NP pressure (healthy = 0.21 MPa; severe degeneration = 0.03 MPa) that was comparable to observations in human discs. There was a 60% decrease in circumferential-direction residual deformations with early degeneration. Radial-direction stretch switched from compressive to tensile with degeneration, which may increase the risk for tears or delamination. Degeneration had a significant impact on residual stress/stretch and fiber stretch in the posterior AF, which is important for understanding herniation risk. In conclusion, degenerative changes in disc geometry and intradiscal deformations was recreated by only altering NP and AF GAG composition. Since most computational models simulate degeneration by altering material stiffness, this work highlights the importance of directly simulating biochemical composition and distribution to study disc biomechanics with degeneration. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Tissues in the intervertebral disc have a large swelling capacity, due to its high glycosaminoglycan content. Our recent work demonstrated the importance of fiber network and glycosaminoglycan distribution residual stresses and strains development. In this study, we evaluated the effect of swelling on intradiscal deformations between the nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus. We also investigated the effect of degenerative glycosaminoglycan loss on swelling-based intradiscal deformations of the intact disc and its subcomponents. Decreases in nucleus glycosaminoglycan content resulted in morphological changes observed with degenerated discs and may help to explain mechanisms behind the increases in annular tears and mechanical dysfunction with degeneration.
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2019-12-01 00:00:00pages
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