Elakkiya K, Bargavi P, Balakumar S
National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Chennai 600025, India.
Department of Oral Pathology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai 600077, India.
J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2023 Nov;147:106106. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.106106. Epub 2023 Sep 7.
Bioactive scaffolds with polymer and nanostructured bioactive glass-based composites are promising materials for regenerative applications in consequence of close mimics of natural bone composition. Poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA) is a highly preferred thermoplastic polymer for orthopedic applications as it has good biocompatibility. Different kinds of bioactive, biodegradable as well as biocompatible biomaterial composites such as Bioglass (BG), Hydroxyapatite (Hap), and Tricalcium phosphate (TCP) can be integrated with PMMA, so as to augment the bioactivity, porosity as well as regeneration of hard tissues in human body. Among the bioactive glass, 60S BG (Bioactive glass with 60 percentage of Silica without Sodium ions) is better materials among aforementioned systems owning to mechanical stability as well as controlled bioactive material. In this work, the fabrication of PMMA-CaP (calcium phosphate)-based scaffolds were carried out by Thermal Induced Phase Separation method (TIPS). X-ray diffractogram analysis (XRD) is used to examine the physiochemical properties of the scaffolds that evidently reveal the presence of calcium phosphate besides calcium phosphate silicate phases. The Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) studies obviously exhibited the microstructure of the scaffolds as well as their interconnected porous morphology. The PMMA/60S BG/TCP (C50) scaffold has the maximum pore size, measuring 77 ± 23 μm, while the average pore size ranges from 50 ± 20 to 80 ± 23 μm. By performing a liquid displacement method, the C50 scaffold is found to have the largest porosity of 50%, high hydrophilicity of 118.16°, and a compression test reveals the scaffolds to have a maximum compressive strength of 0.16 MPa. The emergence of bone-like apatite on the scaffold surface after 1 and 21 days of SBF immersion is further supported by in vitro bioactivity studies. Cytocompatibility and hemocompatibility analyses undoubtedly confirmed the biocompatibility behavior of PMMA-based bioactive scaffolds. Nano-CT investigation demonstrates that PMMA-CaP scaffolds provide more or less alike morphologies of composites that resemble the natural bone. Therefore, this combination of scaffolds could be considered as potential biomaterials for bone regeneration application. This detailed study promisingly demonstrates the eminence of the unique scaffolds in the direction of regenerative medicines.
具有聚合物和基于纳米结构生物活性玻璃的复合材料的生物活性支架,由于其与天然骨成分的紧密模拟,是再生应用中有前景的材料。聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯(PMMA)是一种在骨科应用中备受青睐的热塑性聚合物,因为它具有良好的生物相容性。不同种类的生物活性、可生物降解以及生物相容的生物材料复合材料,如生物玻璃(BG)、羟基磷灰石(Hap)和磷酸三钙(TCP),可以与PMMA结合,以增强人体硬组织的生物活性、孔隙率以及再生能力。在生物活性玻璃中,60S BG(含60%二氧化硅且无钠离子的生物活性玻璃)在上述体系中是较好的材料,因其具有机械稳定性以及可控的生物活性材料。在这项工作中,通过热诱导相分离法(TIPS)制备了基于PMMA-CaP(磷酸钙)的支架。X射线衍射分析(XRD)用于检测支架的物理化学性质,明显揭示了除硅酸钙磷相之外磷酸钙的存在。场发射扫描电子显微镜(FESEM)研究清楚地展示了支架的微观结构及其相互连接的多孔形态。PMMA/60S BG/TCP(C50)支架具有最大孔径,为77±23μm,而平均孔径范围为50±20至80±23μm。通过液体置换法,发现C50支架具有50%的最大孔隙率、118.16°的高亲水性,压缩试验表明该支架的最大抗压强度为0.16MPa。体外生物活性研究进一步证实了在SBF浸泡1天和21天后支架表面出现类骨磷灰石。细胞相容性和血液相容性分析无疑证实了基于PMMA的生物活性支架的生物相容性。纳米CT研究表明,PMMA-CaP支架提供了或多或少与天然骨相似的复合材料形态。因此,这种支架组合可被视为骨再生应用的潜在生物材料。这项详细研究有望证明独特支架在再生医学方向上的卓越性。