Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2017, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (14): 2186-2191.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2017.14.009

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Large-diameter TiO2 nanotubes with nano-hydroxyapatite offer an improvement in bone-forming ability

Lei Ze-ming1, Zhang Hang-zhou2, Tian Ang3, You Jun-hua4, Shi Xiao-guo3, Liu Xing-wang1, Wei Bo1, Bai Xi-zhuang1   

  1. 1 Department of Sports Medicine/Joint Surgery, People’s Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning Province, China; 2 Department of Sports Medicine/Joint Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning Province, China; 3 School of Materials and Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, Liaoning Province, China; 4 School of Material Sciences, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, Liaoning Province, China
  • Received:2016-12-20 Online:2017-05-18 Published:2017-06-10
  • Contact: Bai Xi-zhuang, Professor, Department of Sports Medicine/Joint Surgery, People’s Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning Province, China
  • About author:Lei Ze-ming, Studying for doctorate, Department of Sports Medicine/Joint Surgery, People’s Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81671811; the National Science Fund for the Youth, No. 81501857; Diagnosis and Treatment Capacity Construction for Key Clinical Departments in the Liaoning Provincial Hospital Reform, No. LNCCC-A03-2014; Special Science and Technology Research Project for Population and Health in Shenyang, No. F15-139-9-23

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Both hydroxyapatite (HA) and large diameter TiO2 nanotubes have excellent biocompatibility, but bone-forming ability of nano-HA (nHA) deposited large diameter TiO2 nanotubes is rarely reported.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the bone-forming ability of nHA/large-diameter TiO2  nanotube composite coating.
METHODS: Large-diameter TiO2  nanotubes were prepared by anodic oxidation method, and then nHA was electrochemically deposited on the surface of TiO2  nanotubes. Preosteoblasts MC3T3-E1 were co-cultured with the nHA/large diameter TiO2  nanotube composite, pure titanium and TiO2  nanotube coatings, respectively. At 0.5, 1, 2 hours after culture, the initial cell adhesion was observed. At 1, 3, 5 day after culture, cell proliferation was assessed. At 2 days after culture, cell morphology was observed. At 3 and 7 days after osteogenic induction, intracellular alkaline phosphatase activity was detected. At 14 days after osteogenic induction, mineralization of extracellular matrix was detected.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) After 2 hours of culture, the number of adherent cells on the composite coating was significantly lower than that on the TiO2 nanotube coating (P < 0.05), but slightly higher than that on the pure titanium coating with no statistical difference. (2) After 1, 3, 5 days of culture, the cell proliferation on the composite coating was significantly lower than that on the TiO2 nanotube coating (P < 0.05), but slightly higher than that on the pure titanium with no statistical difference. (3) The cells on the pure titanium showed a spindle-shape, while those on the TiO2 nanotube coating processed filopodia. The cells on the composite coating showed polygonal shape with a larger number of filopodia. (4) The intracellular alkaline phosphatase activity of the composite coating group was significantly higher than that of the pure titanium group and TiO2  nanotube group. The trend of mineralization of extracellular matrix was ranked from high to low: the composite coating group > TiO2  nanotube group > pure titanium group. To conclude, the nHA/large diameter TiO2  nanotube composite coating not only has good biocompatibility, but also has the ideal ability to promote bone formation.

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: Durapatite, Nanotubes, Osteogenesis, Tissue Engineering

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