Biological safety of silk fibroin/nano-hydroxyapatite composites

doi:10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2016.38.004

Abstract

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Silk fibroin has excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability and unique mechanical properties. Its composite, silk fibroin/nano-hydroxyapatite, can simulate the composition and structure of nature bone tissue, contributing to remedying the insufficient mechanical properties of nano-hydroxyapatites.
OBJECTIVE: To observe the biological safety of silk fibroin/nano-hydroxyapatite composites.
METHODS: Silk fibroin/nano-hydroxyapetite composite biomaterial was synthesized by the coprecipitation method using silk fibroin, calcium chloride and diammonium phosphate as raw materials. According to the demands of International Standard Organization (ISO10993) and Technical Evaluation Standards of Biomedical Materials and Medical Instruments promulgated by Chinese Board of Health (GB/T 16886), experiments of cell toxicity in vitro, acute toxicity and hemolysis were investigated to evaluate the biocompatibility of silk fibroin/nano-hydroxyapetite composite.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: L929 cells co-cultured with silk fibroin/nano-hydroxyapatite composite leaching liquor had good cell morphology, metabolism and proliferation. The leaching extract of silk fibroin/nano-hydroxyapatite composite injected into mice intraperitoneally had no significant adverse reactions. And silk fibroin/nano-hydroxyapatite composite extracts caused 2.39% blood hemolysis, less than the international standards 5%. These experimental results on cell toxicity test in vitro, acute toxicity and hemolysis met the demands of ISO10993 and GB/T, which show the biological safety of the silk fibroin/nano-hydroxyapatite composite for clinical application.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：生物材料；骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性；组织工程

Key words: Silk, Nanocomposites, Hydroxyapatites, Tissue Engineering

CLC Number:

R318

Fan Chun-quan, Ye Xiao-jian.

Biological safety of silk fibroin/nano-hydroxyapatite composites

[J]. Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research, 2016, 20(38): 5650-5656.

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