Fibrillar organization in tendons: A pattern revealed by percolation characteristics of the respective geometric network
Since the tendon is composed by collagen fibrils of various sizes connected between them through molecular cross-links, it sounds logical to model it via a heterogeneous network of fibrils. Using cross sectional images, that network is operatively inferred from the respective Gabriel graph of the fi...
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| description | Since the tendon is composed by collagen fibrils of various sizes connected between them through molecular cross-links, it sounds logical to model it via a heterogeneous network of fibrils. Using cross sectional images, that network is operatively inferred from the respective Gabriel graph of the fibril mass centers. We focus on network percolation characteristics under an ordered activation of fibrils (progressive recruitment going from the smallest to the largest fibril). Analyses of percolation were carried out on a repository of images of digital flexor tendons obtained from samples of lizards and frogs. Observed percolation thresholds were compared against values derived from hypothetical scenarios of random activation of nodes. Strikingly, we found a significant delay for the occurrence of percolation in actual data. We interpret this finding as the consequence of some non-random packing of fibrillar units into a size-constrained geometric pattern. We erect an ideal geometric model of balanced interspersion of polymorphic units that accounts for the delayed percolating instance. We also address the circumstance of being percolation curves mirrored by the empirical curves of stress-strain obtained from the same studied tendons. By virtue of this isomorphism, we hypothesize that the inflection points of both curves are different quantitative manifestations of a common transitional process during mechanical load transference. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0521574296e546be83e9671a5174fd6c2022-12-21T20:40:33ZengInternational Academy of Ecology and Environmental SciencesNetwork Biology2220-88792220-88792014-06-01423146Fibrillar organization in tendons: A pattern revealed by percolation characteristics of the respective geometric networkDaniel Andres Dos Santos0Maria Laura Ponssa1Maria Jose Tulli, et al.2Instituto de Biodiversidad Neotropical, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman - CONICET. Horco Molle S/N, Yerba Buena, Tucuman, ArgentinaInstituto de Herpetologia, Fundacion Miguel Lillo-CONICET. Miguel Lillo 251, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, ArgentinaInstituto de Herpetologia, Fundacion Miguel Lillo-CONICET. Miguel Lillo 251, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, ArgentinaSince the tendon is composed by collagen fibrils of various sizes connected between them through molecular cross-links, it sounds logical to model it via a heterogeneous network of fibrils. Using cross sectional images, that network is operatively inferred from the respective Gabriel graph of the fibril mass centers. We focus on network percolation characteristics under an ordered activation of fibrils (progressive recruitment going from the smallest to the largest fibril). Analyses of percolation were carried out on a repository of images of digital flexor tendons obtained from samples of lizards and frogs. Observed percolation thresholds were compared against values derived from hypothetical scenarios of random activation of nodes. Strikingly, we found a significant delay for the occurrence of percolation in actual data. We interpret this finding as the consequence of some non-random packing of fibrillar units into a size-constrained geometric pattern. We erect an ideal geometric model of balanced interspersion of polymorphic units that accounts for the delayed percolating instance. We also address the circumstance of being percolation curves mirrored by the empirical curves of stress-strain obtained from the same studied tendons. By virtue of this isomorphism, we hypothesize that the inflection points of both curves are different quantitative manifestations of a common transitional process during mechanical load transference.http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/nb/articles/2014-4(2)/fibrillar-organization-in-tendons.pdfpercolationcollagenfibril networkinterspersionpattern recognition |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Andres Dos Santos Maria Laura Ponssa Maria Jose Tulli, et al. Fibrillar organization in tendons: A pattern revealed by percolation characteristics of the respective geometric network Network Biology percolation collagen fibril network interspersion pattern recognition |
| title | Fibrillar organization in tendons: A pattern revealed by percolation characteristics of the respective geometric network |
| title_full | Fibrillar organization in tendons: A pattern revealed by percolation characteristics of the respective geometric network |
| title_fullStr | Fibrillar organization in tendons: A pattern revealed by percolation characteristics of the respective geometric network |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fibrillar organization in tendons: A pattern revealed by percolation characteristics of the respective geometric network |
| title_short | Fibrillar organization in tendons: A pattern revealed by percolation characteristics of the respective geometric network |
| title_sort | fibrillar organization in tendons a pattern revealed by percolation characteristics of the respective geometric network |
| topic | percolation collagen fibril network interspersion pattern recognition |
| url | http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/nb/articles/2014-4(2)/fibrillar-organization-in-tendons.pdf |
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