BiomatterPub Date : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.4161/biom.21931
Barbe Rentsch, Ricardo Bernhardt, Dieter Scharnweber, Wolfgang Schneiders, Stefan Rammelt, Claudia Rentsch
{"title":"Embroidered and surface coated polycaprolactone-co-lactide scaffolds: a potential graft for bone tissue engineering.","authors":"Barbe Rentsch, Ricardo Bernhardt, Dieter Scharnweber, Wolfgang Schneiders, Stefan Rammelt, Claudia Rentsch","doi":"10.4161/biom.21931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/biom.21931","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tissue engineering and regenerative techniques targeting bone include a broad range of strategies and approaches to repair, augment, replace or regenerate bone tissue. Investigations that are aimed at optimization of these strategies until clinical translation require control of systemic factors as well as modification of a broad range of key parameters. This article reviews a possible strategy using a tissue engineering approach and systematically describes a series of experiments evaluating the properties of an embroidered and surface coated polycaprolactone-co-lactide scaffold being considered as bone graft substitute for large bone defects. The scaffold design and fabrication, the scaffolds properties, as well as its surface modification and their influence in vitro are evaluated, followed by in vivo analysis of the scaffolds using orthotopic implantation models in small and large animals.</p>","PeriodicalId":8891,"journal":{"name":"Biomatter","volume":"2 3","pages":"158-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/biom.21931","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31318846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiomatterPub Date : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.4161/biom.22011
Stefan Rammelt
{"title":"Letter from the editor: improving biomaterials through matrix engineering.","authors":"Stefan Rammelt","doi":"10.4161/biom.22011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/biom.22011","url":null,"abstract":"The term extracellular matrix (ECM) has generated various associations throughout the history of medical research. While the spontaneously organizing fibers of connective tissue were originally thought to be the basis of life, the advent of the cellular concept by Rudolf Virchow put the ECM into the second line reducing their function to a mere scaffold and glue (“collagen”). Over the past decades our knowledge of the composition of the physiologic ECM has increased steadily and many possible interactions of several ECM components with cytokines and cell receptors have been discovered, making the ECM a promising target for improving the performance of biomaterials. The reviews in this Special Issue of Biomatter reflect the work of a Collaborative Research Center (TRR 67) of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) based in Leipzig and Dresden, Germany, dedicated to matrix engineering in soft and hard tissues.","PeriodicalId":8891,"journal":{"name":"Biomatter","volume":"2 3","pages":"114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/biom.22011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31317305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiomatterPub Date : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.4161/biom.21563
Yvonne Förster, Claudia Rentsch, Wolfgang Schneiders, Ricardo Bernhardt, Jan C Simon, Hartmut Worch, Stefan Rammelt
{"title":"Surface modification of implants in long bone.","authors":"Yvonne Förster, Claudia Rentsch, Wolfgang Schneiders, Ricardo Bernhardt, Jan C Simon, Hartmut Worch, Stefan Rammelt","doi":"10.4161/biom.21563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/biom.21563","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Coatings of orthopedic implants are investigated to improve the osteoinductive and osteoconductive properties of the implant surfaces and thus to enhance periimplant bone formation. By applying coatings that mimic the extracellular matrix a favorable environment for osteoblasts, osteoclasts and their progenitor cells is provided to promote early and strong fixation of implants. It is known that the early bone ongrowth increases primary implant fixation and reduces the risk of implant failure. This review presents an overview of coating titanium and hydroxyapatite implants with components of the extracellular matrix like collagen type I, chondroitin sulfate and RGD peptide in different small and large animal models. The influence of these components on cells, the inflammation process, new bone formation and bone/implant contact is summarized.</p>","PeriodicalId":8891,"journal":{"name":"Biomatter","volume":"2 3","pages":"149-57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/biom.21563","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31318247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiomatterPub Date : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.4161/biom.21377
Mihaela Mateescu, Emmanuelle Rguitti, Arnaud Ponche, Michel Descamps, Karine Anselme
{"title":"Biomimetic evaluation of β tricalcium phosphate prepared by hot isostatic pressing.","authors":"Mihaela Mateescu, Emmanuelle Rguitti, Arnaud Ponche, Michel Descamps, Karine Anselme","doi":"10.4161/biom.21377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/biom.21377","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two types of completely densified β-TCP tablets were synthesized from a stoichiometric β-TCP powder. The first ones (TCP) were conventionally sintered, while the second ones (TCP-T) were sintered and treated by hot isostatic process (HIP). The HIP produced completely densified materials with relative densities greater than 99.9% and a transparent appearance of tablets. Samples were immersed in culture medium with (CM) or without serum (NCM) in static and dynamic conditions for a biomimetic evaluation. Similarly, SaOs-2 cells were cultured on samples in a static or dynamic flow perfusion system. The results of surface transformation in absence of cells showed that the dynamic condition increased the speed of calcium phosphate precipitations compared with the static condition. The morphology of precipitates was different with nature of tablets. The immersion in CM did impede this precipitation. XPS analysis of TCP-T tablets showed the presence of hydroxyapatite (HA) precipitates after incubation in NCM while octacalcium phosphate (OCP) precipitates were formed after incubation in CM. The analysis of the response of SaOs-2 cells on surfaces showed that the two types of materials are biocompatible. However, the dynamic mode of culture stimulated the differentiation of cells. Finally, it appears that the HIP treatment of TCP produces highly densified and transparent samples that display a good in vitro biocompatibility in static and dynamic culture conditions. Moreover, an interesting result of this work is the relationship between the presence of proteins in the immersion medium and the quality of precipitates formed on hipped TCP surface.</p>","PeriodicalId":8891,"journal":{"name":"Biomatter","volume":"2 3","pages":"103-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/biom.21377","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31317304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiomatterPub Date : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.4161/biom.20921
Susanne Bierbaum, Vera Hintze, Dieter Scharnweber
{"title":"Functionalization of biomaterial surfaces using artificial extracellular matrices.","authors":"Susanne Bierbaum, Vera Hintze, Dieter Scharnweber","doi":"10.4161/biom.20921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/biom.20921","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Construction of biomaterials with the ability to guide cell function is a topic of high interest in biomaterial development. One approach is using components native to the ECM of the target tissue to generate in vitro a microenvironment that can also elicit specific responses in cells and tissues--an artificial ECM (aECM). The focus is on collagen as the basic material, which can be modified using a number of different glycoproteins, proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans. Preparation, immobilization and the biochemical characteristics of such aECM are discussed, as well as the in vitro and in vivo response of cells and tissues, illustrating the potential of such matrices to direct cell fate.</p>","PeriodicalId":8891,"journal":{"name":"Biomatter","volume":"2 3","pages":"132-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/biom.20921","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31318841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Functional aspects of the interaction between interleukin-8 and sulfated glycosaminoglycans.","authors":"Annelie Pichert, Denise Schlorke, Sandra Franz, Juergen Arnhold","doi":"10.4161/biom.21316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/biom.21316","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During the immune response, the cytokine interleukin 8 (IL-8, CXCL8) functions as a strong chemoattractant for polymorphonuclear leukocytes helping to direct these cells to infected/injured sites. This review focuses on the interaction of IL-8 with sulfated glycosaminoglycans expressed on cell surfaces and the extracellular matrix. This interaction contributes to the recruitment of polymorphonuclear cells from blood, penetration of these cells through the vessel wall, and their directed migration to inflammatory sites. Regulatory aspects of the interplay between IL-8 and heparan sulfate, the most abundant glycosaminoglycan, are highlighted. In this field, the large natural heterogeneity of glycosaminoglycans represents a great challenge that impedes the modeling of IL-8 functions. The interaction of IL-8 with newly developed artificial sulfated hyaluronan derivatives is also considered as these artificial substrates are an important tool for development of new materials in regenerative medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":8891,"journal":{"name":"Biomatter","volume":"2 3","pages":"142-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/biom.21316","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31318842","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiomatterPub Date : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.4161/biom.20866
Jürgen Schiller, Daniel Huster
{"title":"New methods to study the composition and structure of the extracellular matrix in natural and bioengineered tissues.","authors":"Jürgen Schiller, Daniel Huster","doi":"10.4161/biom.20866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/biom.20866","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The extracellular matrix (ECM) comprises a gel of numerous biopolymers that occurs in a multitude of biological tissues. The ECM provides the basic support and mechanical strength of skeletal tissue and is responsible for shape retention. At the same time, the ECM is responsible for the viscoelastic properties and the elasticity of soft tissues. As expected, there are several important diseases that affect and degenerate the ECM with severe consequences for its properties. Bioengineering is a promising approach to support the regenerative capacity of the body. Unfortunately, the biomechanical properties of bioengineered ECM often only poorly meet the standards of their native counterparts. Many bioengineered tissues are characterized by an increased glycosaminoglycan (GAG) but decreased collagen content. This leads to an enhanced water content that strongly alters the viscoelastic and thus the biomechanical properties. Therefore, compositional analysis is important to estimate the tissue quality. We will show that nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and soft-ionization mass spectrometry (MS) represent useful techniques for ECM research both in natural and bioengineered tissues. Both methods are strongly complimentary: while MS techniques such as matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization (MALDI) are excellent and very sensitive analytical tools to determine the collagen and the GAG contents of tissues, NMR spectroscopy provides insight into the molecular architecture of the ECM, its dynamics and other important parameters such as the water content of the tissue as well as the diffusion of molecules within the ECM.</p>","PeriodicalId":8891,"journal":{"name":"Biomatter","volume":"2 3","pages":"115-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/biom.20866","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31318839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiomatterPub Date : 2012-04-01DOI: 10.4161/biom.20709
Elizabeth Gunn, Dinesh Gundapaneni, Tarun Goswami
{"title":"Effect of cement fill ratio in loosening of hip implants.","authors":"Elizabeth Gunn, Dinesh Gundapaneni, Tarun Goswami","doi":"10.4161/biom.20709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/biom.20709","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Femoral loosening is one of the most prevalent causes of revision orthopedic surgeries. Cement mantle thickness has been directly correlated with femoral loosening. If the mantle is too thick, there is an increased risk of radiolucent lines and inconsistent densities. Also, the more bone that is reamed out during the procedure can lead to instability, especially if the quality of the bone is compromised due to osteoporosis. Too thin of a mantle can lead to a higher probability for cement fracture, loosening the prosthetic even further. This study has shown that there is an ideal thickness range between 2 to 5 mm that should be kept. From radiographic images one can measure the thickness of the cement mantle showing the loosening characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":8891,"journal":{"name":"Biomatter","volume":"2 2","pages":"87-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/biom.20709","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31410427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiomatterPub Date : 2012-04-01DOI: 10.4161/biom.21340
Sergey V Dorozhkin
{"title":"Calcium orthophosphates and human beings: a historical perspective from the 1770s until 1940.","authors":"Sergey V Dorozhkin","doi":"10.4161/biom.21340","DOIUrl":"10.4161/biom.21340","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The historical development of a scientific knowledge on calcium orthophosphates from the 1770s until 1940 is described. Many forgotten and poorly known historical facts and approaches have been extracted from old publications and then they have been analyzed, systematized and reconsidered from the modern point of view. The chosen time scale starts with the earliest available studies of 1770s (to the best of my findings, calcium orthophosphates had been unknown before), passes through the entire 19th century and finishes in 1940, because since then the amount of publications on calcium orthophosphates rapidly increases and the subject becomes too broad. Furthermore, since publications of the second half of the 20th century are easily accessible, a substantial amount of them have already been reviewed by other researchers. The reported historical findings clearly demonstrate that the substantial amount of the scientific facts and experimental approaches have been known for very many decades and, in fact, the considerable quantity of relatively recent investigations on calcium orthophosphates is just either a further development of the earlier studies or a rediscovery of the already forgotten knowledge.</p>","PeriodicalId":8891,"journal":{"name":"Biomatter","volume":"2 2","pages":"53-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/f6/f6/biom-2-53.PMC3549858.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31319237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiomatterPub Date : 2012-04-01DOI: 10.4161/biom.20710
Johanna Olofsson, T Mikael Grehk, Torun Berlind, Cecilia Persson, Staffan Jacobson, Håkan Engqvist
{"title":"Evaluation of silicon nitride as a wear resistant and resorbable alternative for total hip joint replacement.","authors":"Johanna Olofsson, T Mikael Grehk, Torun Berlind, Cecilia Persson, Staffan Jacobson, Håkan Engqvist","doi":"10.4161/biom.20710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4161/biom.20710","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many of the failures of total joint replacements are related to tribology, i.e., wear of the cup, head and liner. Accumulation of wear particles at the implants can be linked to osteolysis which leads to bone loss and in the end aseptic implant loosening. Therefore it is highly desirable to reduce the generation of wear particles from the implant surfaces. Silicon nitride (Si(3)N(4)) has shown to be biocompatible and have a low wear rate when sliding against itself and is therefore a good candidate as a hip joint material. Furthermore, wear particles of Si(3)N(4) are predicted to slowly dissolve in polar liquids and they therefore have the potential to be resorbed in vivo, potentially reducing the risk for aseptic loosening. In this study, it was shown that α-Si(3)N(4)-powder dissolves in PBS. Adsorption of blood plasma indicated a good acceptance of Si(3)N(4) in the body with relatively low immune response. Si(3)N(4) sliding against Si(3)N(4) showed low wear rates both in bovine serum and PBS compared with the other tested wear couples. Tribofilms were built up on the Si(3)N(4) surfaces both in PBS and in bovine serum, controlling the friction and wear characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":8891,"journal":{"name":"Biomatter","volume":"2 2","pages":"94-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4161/biom.20710","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31410429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}