Osteogenic properties of polyacrylamide-modified gelatin methacryloyl grafted titanium alloy scaffold

doi:10.12307/2024.563

Abstract

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Titanium and its alloys are widely used in orthopedic implants due to their excellent biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, and mechanical properties. However, it has biological inertia itself, cannot provide a good growth environment for osteoblasts, and it is difficult to form good osseointegration.
OBJECTIVE: To construct a composite hydrogel material of gelatin methacryloyl and polyacrylamide on the surface of titanium alloy scaffold, and analyze its osteogenic ability in vitro.
METHODS: Gelatin methacryloyl was mixed with acrylamide. Crosslinking agent and catalyst were added to synthesize gelatin methacryloyl and acrylamide (Gelma-PAAM) composite hydrogel. The titanium alloy scaffold modified by affinity silane was mixed with the Gelma hydrogel and Gelma-PAAM composite hydrogel to complete the loading (recorded as Ti-Gelma and Ti-Gelma-PAAM, respectively). The swelling ratio and degradation rate of the two hydrogels on the surface of the scaffold were compared. The bonding state between hydrogels and titanium alloy was observed by scanning electron microscope. Rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were inoculated into Ti, Ti-Gelma and Ti-Gelma-PAAM scaffolds, separately. Cell proliferation, adhesion, and osteogenic differentiation were detected.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Compared with Gelma hydrogel, Gelma-PAAM hydrogel had higher swelling rate and lower degradation rate. (2) Scanning electron microscope showed that the surface of the two kinds of hydrogels was honeycomb structure. After being combined with porous titanium alloy scaffold, the film was wrapped on the surface of scaffold and filled with pores. Among them, the Gelma-PAAM composite hydrogel coated the scaffold more fully. (3) CCK-8 assay and live/dead fluorescence staining showed that bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells proliferated well after coculture with Ti-Gelma and Ti-Gelma-PAAM scaffolds and maintained high activity. After osteogenic induction culture, alkaline phosphatase activity, calcium deposition, and osteogenic gene expression of cells of titanium alloy scaffold group were the lowest, and alkaline phosphatase activity, calcium deposition, and osteogenic gene expression of cells of Ti-Gelma-PAAM scaffold group were the highest. (4) Phalloidin cytoskeletal staining exhibited that the cells of pure titanium alloy scaffold group and Ti-Gelma scaffold group were sparse and insufficiently extended, while the cells of Ti-Gelatin-PAAM group had the most adequate stretching and the densest filamentous actin. (5) The results show that Gelma-PAAM hydrogel has good biocompatibility and osteogenic ability, and is more suitable for osteogenic modification on the surface of titanium alloy than Gelma hydrogel.

Key words: hydrogel, titanium alloy surface modification, gelatin methacryloyl, polyacrylamide, osteogenesis, bone defect

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Chu Fuchao, Wang Zhenxin, Zhang Dazhen, Yuan Feng. Osteogenic properties of polyacrylamide-modified gelatin methacryloyl grafted titanium alloy scaffold[J]. Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research, 2024, 28(22): 3472-3477.

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