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Orthotopic bone formation by implantation of apatite-coated poly(lactide-co-glycolide)/hydroxyapatite composite particulates and bone morphogenetic protein-2
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- Issue Date
- 2008-10
- Publisher
- WILEY-BLACKWELL
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A, Vol.87A No.1, pp.245-253
- Abstract
- Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are the most potent osteoinductive growth factors. However, a delivery system is essential to take advantage of the osteoinductive effect of BMPs. In the present study, we tested the suitability of apatite-coated poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide)/nanohydroxyapatite (PLGA/HA) particulates as carriers for the controlled release of BMP-2. The release of BMP-2 from apatite-coated PLGA/HA particulates was sustained for at least 4 weeks in vitro. A delivery system of apatite-coated PLGA/HA particulates suspended In fibrin gel further slowed the BMP-2 release rate. In vivo implantation of either Fibrin gel + BMP-2 or Fibrin gel + apatite-coated PLGA/HA particulates showed enhanced new bone formation in critical-sized calvarial defects of rats 8 weeks after implantation, compared to implantation of fibrin gel only. Importantly, new bone formation was Much higher in the defects treated with BMP-2 delivery using apatite-coated PLGA/HA particulates in fibrin gel (Fibrin gel + PLGA/HA + BMP-2 group) than in the defects treated either with apatite-coated PLGA/HA particulates in fibrin gel (Fibrin gel + BMP-2 group) or with BMP-2 delivery using fibrin gel alone (Fibrin gel + BMP-2 group). BMP-2 and osteoinductive HA had an additive effect on orthotopic bone formation. In conclusion, the apatite-coated PLGA/HA particulates showed good results as carriers for BMP-2. The BMP-2 delivery system showed high osteogenic capability in a rat calvarial bone defect model. The local and sustained delivery system for BMP-2 developed in this Study may be useful as a carrier for BMP-2 and would enhance bone regeneration efficacy for the treatment of large bone defects. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- 1549-3296
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