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Growth factor delivery system with nanoscaffold materials repairs canine mandibular defects  

Zhou Qing-mei, Sun Jian, Li Ya-li, Chen Li-qiang, Xu Yao-xiang   

  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical School, Qingdao  266003, Shandong Province, China
  • Received:2012-09-28 Revised:2012-10-30 Online:2013-05-21 Published:2013-05-21
  • Contact: Sun Jian, M.D., Professor, Chief physician, Master’s supervisor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical School, Qingdao 266003, Shandong Province, China sunjianqy@126.com
  • About author:Zhou Qing-mei★, Studying for master’s degree, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University Medical School, Qingdao 266003, Shandong Province, China bzzhou.163.com@163.com
  • Supported by:

    the Major Scientific Research Project of Qingdao Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, No. 08-2-1-5-NSH-5

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Scaffold materials are combined with cytokines to construct tissue-engineered bone, which cannot be limited by vascularization and cell culture. This reconstruction mode is able to induce a large-scale practical tissue-engineered bone.
OBJECTIVE: To observe the ability of chitosan microsphere/nano-hydroxyapatite/poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) scaffold with slow-released growth factors to repair critical mandibular defects in a dog.
METHODS: Animal models of bilateral critical mandibular bone defects were established in 12 hybrid dogs. One side was implanted a chitosan microsphere/nano-hydroxyapatite/poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) scaffold with bone morphogenetic protein 2, transforming growth factor-β1 and vascular endothelial growth factor 165 (experimental group); and the other side was implanted a chitosan microsphere/nano-hydroxyapatite/poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid). Manbidular specimens were harvested at postoperative weeks 4, 8 and 12 to carry out X-ray, histological and immunohistochemical examinations.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: After surgery, the X-ray gray value and osteocalcin integral absorbance value in the experimental group were higher than those in the control group at different time points (P < 0.05), showing that the osteogenic ability of the compound growth factor scaffold is superior to the scaffold without growth factor in the repair of bone defects. Histological observation results showed that the ossification time and effect in the experimental group were better than those in the control group at different time point after surgery, indicating that the chitosan microsphere/nano-hydroxyapatite/poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) scaffold with bone morphogenetic protein 2, transforming growth factor-β1 and vascular endothelial growth factor 165 can be faster and more effective to promote bone defect repair.

Key words: biomaterials, tissue-engineered bone materials, growth factor, bone morphogenetic protein 2, chitosan, hydroxyapatite, poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid), bone scaffold materials, mandibular bone defects, ossification, osteocalcin, other grants-supported paper

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