Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (7): 1319-1323.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.07.029

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Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 induces bone repair

Xie Xing-wen1, Jiang Hui2, Li Ning2, Li Sheng-hua3, Song Min2, Zhao Yong-li2, Hou Fei-yi2, Huang Jin2   

  1. 1 Institute of Bone Injury, Gansu Province Academy of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China
    2 Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730020, Gansu Province, China
    3 Gansu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China Tianjin Ke
  • Received:2012-06-17 Revised:2012-08-09 Online:2013-02-12 Published:2013-02-12
  • About author:Xie Xing-wen☆, Doctor, Associate chief physician, Institute of Bone Injury, Gansu Province Academy of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China 827975272@qq.com

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 has better biological activity, lower cost, better biocompatibility and earlier osteoinductive time than natural bone morphogenetic protein-2, which has become a hot topic on clinical orthopedic trauma disease prevention and treatment in recent years.
OBJECTIVE: To make a consumption of the advantages, disadvantages and the future development of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 in bone tissue engineering and bone repair.
METHODS: The first author searched CNKI and SPRINGERLINK (2005/2011) to retrieve the articles about the recent development of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 on bone tissue engineering and bone repair. The key words were “rhBMP-2, bone tissue engineering, bone repair materials” in Chinese and English, respectively. Totally 98 articles were searched, and finally 30 articles were retained to make a further research.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The content of natural human bone morphogenetic protein-2 is very low and the cost of gaining is high. This, to some extent, limits its clinical usage. However, recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 overcomes this disadvantage, and shows its great potential in bone tissue engineering and bone repair. According to the in vitro tests, it has good biocompatibility and no cytotoxicity for clinical application. Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 and recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-7 have now been applied to plastic surgery to induce bone regeneration. Because recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 is an exogenous cell growth factor, its clinical application often relays on multi-super-physiological doses, leading to a series of potential risks, such as, soft tissue edema, skin rash, and local inflammatory reaction, heterotopic ossification and immune response. Therefore, the safety studies of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 for the human body need to be researched in long run. It is the core issue to find an ideal carrier for the effective control of in vivo sustained release of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2.

Key words: tissue construction, academic discussion of tissue construction, recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2, bone tissue engineering, bone repair, biocompatibility, carrier, cell growth factors, the National Natural Science Foundation of China

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