Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2016, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (34): 5021-5026.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2016.34.001

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Effect of magnesium alloy scaffolds on osteoblast function

Wang Yong-ping1, Liu Xiao-rong2, Zhang Bing-chun3, He Yao-hua4   

  1. 1Department of Orthopedics, First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China; 2Department of Laboratory, Second People’s Hospital of Gansu, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China; 3Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning Province, China; 4Department of Orthopedics, Sixth Affiliated People’s Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200233, China
  • Received:2016-05-23 Online:2016-08-19 Published:2016-08-19
  • Contact: He Yao-hua, Chief physician, Department of Orthopedics, Sixth Affiliated People’s Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200233, China
  • About author:Wang Yong-ping, M.D., Associate chief physician, Department of Orthopedics, First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Scientific Research Foundation of the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, No. ldyyyn2013-01; the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81271961, 81572106

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: On the basis of the previous studies, the magnesium alloy is processed into porous scaffolds.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of porous magnesium alloy scaffolds on osteoblast function.
METHODS: MC3T3-E1 osteoblastic cell lines were seeded on the porous magnesium alloy scaffold or porous pure magnesium scaffold, respectively. After 6, 12 and 24 hours of incubation, the adhesion ability of osteoblasts on the scaffold was observed by acridine crange staining. At 1, 3 and 5 days after incubation, the proliferation ability of osteoblasts on the scaffold was evaluated by MTT assay; after 21-day incubation, the mineralization of osteoblasts was investigated using calcein staining.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The number of osteoblasts adherent to the porous magnesium alloy scaffold was significantly more than that adherent to the porous pure magnesium scaffold after 24-hour incubation (P < 0.05). And the proliferation assay showed that a significantly higher absorbance was observed on the porous magnesium alloy scaffold than that of the porous pure magnesium scaffold after 3 and 5 days of incubation (P < 0.05). Moreover, the number and area of mineralized nodules formed on the the porous magnesium alloy scaffold were greater than those on the porous pure magnesium scaffold after 21-day incubation (P < 0.05). These results show that the porous magnesium alloy scaffold with an excellent bioactivity can promote the adhesion, proliferation and mineralization abilities of osteoblasts.

Key words: Magnesium, Osteoblasts, Tissue Engineering

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