1. 3D Microstructural Architecture of Muscle Attachments in Extant and Fossil Vertebrates Revealed by Synchrotron Microtomography
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Françoise Peyrin, Kate Trinajstic, Vincent Dupret, Louise Zylberberg, Sophie Sanchez, Paul Tafforeau, Per E. Ahlberg, Lovisa Wretman, Bettina Ryll, Pierre-Jean Gouttenoire, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Department of Chemistry, Curtin University [Perth], Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC)-Planning and Transport Research Centre (PATREC), Imagerie Tomographique et Radiothérapie, Centre de Recherche en Acquisition et Traitement de l'Image pour la Santé (CREATIS), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (iSTeP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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0106 biological sciences ,Anatomy and Physiology ,Histology ,Thin section ,[SDV.IB.IMA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering/Imaging ,Vertebrate Paleontology ,lcsh:Medicine ,Skeletal Muscle Fibers ,Fossil bone ,Bone imaging ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Mechanical components ,Bone and Bones ,03 medical and health sciences ,Mice ,Imaging, Three-Dimensional ,Extant taxon ,biology.animal ,Naturvetenskap ,Animals ,Comparative Anatomy ,lcsh:Science ,Muscle, Skeletal ,Musculoskeletal System ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,Evolutionary Biology ,Multidisciplinary ,Fossils ,Tomography, X-Ray ,lcsh:R ,Fishes ,Vertebrate ,Paleontology ,Anatomy ,Organismal Evolution ,FRELON CAMERA ,Synchrotron microtomography ,Vertebrates ,Earth Sciences ,lcsh:Q ,Paleobiology ,Natural Sciences ,Zoology ,Synchrotrons ,Research Article - Abstract
International audience; Abstract Background Firm attachments binding muscles to skeleton are crucial mechanical components of the vertebrate body. These attachments (entheses) are complex three-dimensional structures, containing distinctive arrangements of cells and fibre systems embedded in the bone, which can be modified during ontogeny. Until recently it has only been possible to obtain 2D surface and thin section images of entheses, leaving their 3D histology largely unstudied except by extrapolation from 2D data. Entheses are frequently preserved in fossil bones, but sectioning is inappropriate for rare or unique fossil material. Methodology/Principal Findings Here we present the first non-destructive 3D investigation, by propagation phase contrast synchrotron microtomography (PPC-SRµCT), of enthesis histology in extant and fossil vertebrates. We are able to identify entheses in the humerus of the salamander Desmognathus from the organization of bone-cell lacunae and extrinsic fibres. Statistical analysis of the lacunae differentiates types of attachments, and the orientation of the fibres, reflect the approximate alignment of the muscle. Similar histological structures, including ontogenetically related pattern changes, are perfectly preserved in two 380 million year old fossil vertebrates, the placoderm Compagopiscis croucheri and the sarcopterygian fish Eusthenopteron foordi. Conclusions/Significance We are able to determine the position of entheses in fossil vertebrates, the approximate orientation of the attached muscles, and aspects of their ontogenetic histories, from PPC-SRµCT data. Sub-micron microtomography thus provides a powerful tool for studying the structure, development, evolution and palaeobiology of muscle attachments.
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- 2013
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