| Title | Innovative macroporous granules of nanostructured-hydroxyapatite agglomerates: Bioactivity and osteoblast-like cell behaviour |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| 2010 |
| Authors | Laranjeira, MS, Fernandes, MH, Monteiro, FJ |
| Journal | Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part AJ. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 3 A |
| Pagination | 891 - 900 |
| Date Published | 2010/// |
| 15493296 (ISSN) |
| Agglomeration, alkaline phosphatase, Apatite, article, Bioceramics, Biocompatible Materials, Biological Markers, Biological materials, Biological response, Biomaterials, Bone, bone morphogenetic protein 2, Bone morphogenetic protein-2, Bone Regeneration, cell adhesion, cell function, cell granule, cell migration, cell proliferation, Cells, Cultured, collagen type 1, Collagen type I, colony stimulating factor 1, Colony-stimulating factor, drug activity, Drug release, Durapatite, Expression levels, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Fourier transforms, Granulation, Granules, growth rate, human, human cell, Human osteoblast-like cells, Humans, hydroxyapatite, In-vitro, infrared spectroscopy, Interconnected porosity, Macro-porosity, Macropores, Macroporosity, Macroporous, materials testing, matrix, Mercury (metal), Mercury intrusion porosimetry, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Microstructured, Nano-materials, Nano-structured, nanomaterial, Nanomaterials, Nanostructured materials, Nanostructures, osteoblast, Osteoblast response, Osteoblast-like cells, Osteoblasts, Osteoprotegerin, Phosphatases, polyurethan, Polyurethane sponge, Polyurethanes, porosity, Porous structures, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Scanning electron microscopy, SEM, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, Surface area, surface property, X ray diffraction, X-Ray Diffraction |
| To modulate the biological response of implantable granules, two types of bioactive porous granules composed of nanostructured-hydroxyapatite (HA) agglomerates and microstructured-HA, respectively, were prepared using a polyurethane sponge impregnation and burnout method. The resulting granules presented a highly porous structure with interconnected porosity. Both types of granules were characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and mercury intrusion porosimetry. Results showed that nanostructed-HA granules presented higher surface area and porosity than microstructured-HA granules. In vitro testing using MG63 human osteoblast-like cells showed that on both types of surfaces cells were able to adhere, proliferate, and migrate through the macropores, and a higher growth rate was achieved on nanostructured-HA granules than on microstructured-HA granules (76 and 40%, respectively). In addition, these cells maintained similar expression levels of osteoblastic-associated markers namely collagen type I, alkaline phosphatase, bone morphogenetic protein-2, macrophage colony-stimulating factor, and osteoprotegerin. These innovative nanostructured-HA granules may be considered as promising bioceramic alternative matrixes for bone regeneration and drug release application. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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