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New Insights into the Ultrastructure of Bioapatite After Partial Dissolution: Based on Whale Rostrum, the Densest Bone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2019

Lingyi Tang ,
Li Zhang ,
Michael Yue ,
Da Tian ,
Mu Su  and
Zhen Li Open the ORCID record for Zhen Li [Opens in a new window]
Lingyi Tang
Affiliation:
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
Li Zhang
Affiliation:
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
Michael Yue
Affiliation:
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Da Tian
Affiliation:
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
Mu Su
Affiliation:
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
Zhen Li*
Affiliation:
College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210046, China
*
*Author for correspondence: Zhen Li, E-mail: lizhen@njau.edu.cn
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Abstract

Mineral particles in bone are interlaced with collagen fibrils, hindering the investigation of bioapatite crystallites (BAp). This study utilized a special whale rostrum (the most highly mineralized bone ever recorded) to measure the crystallites of bone BAp via long-term dissolution in water. The BAp in the rostrum has a low solubility (6.7 ppm Ca and 3.8 ppm P after 150 days dissolution) as well as in normal bones, which leads to its Ksp value of ~10−53. Atomic force microscopy results show tightly compacted mineral crystallites and confirm the low amount of collagen in the rostrum. Additionally, the mineral crystallites demonstrate irregular plate-like shapes with variable sizes. The small crystallites (~11 × 24 nm) are easily detached from BAp prisms, compared with the large crystallites (~50 nm). Moreover, various orientations of crystallites are observed on the edge of the prisms, which suggest a random direction of mineral growth. Furthermore, these plate-like crystallites prefer to be stacked layer by layer under weak regulation from collagen. The morphology of rostrum after dissolution provides new insights into the actual morphology of BAp crystallites.

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bioapatitedissolutionHRTEMmorphologyrostrum
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Biological Applications
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 25 , Issue 6 , December 2019 , pp. 1323 - 1330
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2019 

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