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Effect of cell‐seeded hydroxyapatite scaffolds on rabbit radius bone regeneration
Author(s) -
Rathbone C. R.,
Guda T.,
Singleton B. M.,
Oh D. S.,
Appleford M. R.,
Ong J. L.,
Wenke J. C.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of biomedical materials research part a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1552-4965
pISSN - 1549-3296
DOI - 10.1002/jbm.a.34834
Subject(s) - materials science , mesenchymal stem cell , scaffold , biomedical engineering , callus , regeneration (biology) , bone formation , bone marrow , andrology , medicine , biology , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics
Highly porous hydroxyapatite (HA) scaffolds were developed as bone graft substitutes using a template coating process, characterized, and seeded with bone marrow‐derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs). To test the hypothesis that cell‐seeded HA scaffolds improve bone regeneration, HA scaffolds without cell seeding (HA‐empty), HA scaffolds with 1.5 × 10 4 BMSCs (HA‐low), and HA scaffolds with 1.5 × 10 6 BMSCs (HA‐high) were implanted in a 10‐mm rabbit radius segmental defect model for 4 and 8 weeks. Three different fluorochromes were administered at 2, 4, and 6 weeks after implantation to identify differences in temporal bone growth patterns. It was observed from fluorescence histomorphometry analyses that an increased rate of bone infiltration occurred from 0 to 2 weeks ( p < 0.05) of implantation for the HA‐high group (2.9 ± 0.5 mm) as compared with HA‐empty (1.8 ± 0.8 mm) and HA‐low (1.3 ± 0.2 mm) groups. No significant differences in bone formation within the scaffold or callus formation was observed between all groups after 4 weeks, with a significant increase in bone regenerated for all groups from 4 to 8 weeks (28.4% across groups). Although there was no difference in bone formation within scaffolds, callus formation was significantly higher in HA‐empty scaffolds (100.9 ± 14.1 mm 3 ) when compared with HA‐low (57.8 ± 7.3 mm 3 ; p ≤ 0.003) and HA‐high (69.2 ± 10.4 mm 3 ; p ≤ 0.02) after 8 weeks. These data highlight the need for a better understanding of the parameters critical to the success of cell‐seeded HA scaffolds for bone regeneration. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 102A: 1458–1466, 2014.