Bradford John P, Hernandez-Moreno Gerardo, Pillai Renjith R, Hernandez-Nichols Alexandria L, Thomas Vinoy
Polymer and Healthcare Material/Devices, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Department of Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Materials (Basel). 2023 Dec 28;17(1):171. doi: 10.3390/ma17010171.
Osteoblastic and chemical responses to Poly (ether ether ketone) (PEEK) material have been improved using a variety of low-temperature plasmas (LTPs). Surface chemical properties are modified, and can be used, using low-temperature plasma (LTP) treatments which change surface functional groups. These functional groups increase biomineralization, in simulated body fluid conditions, and cellular viability. PEEK scaffolds were treated, with a variety of LTPs, incubated in simulated body fluids, and then analyzed using multiple techniques. First, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed morphological changes in the biomineralization for all samples. Calcein staining, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) confirmed that all low-temperature plasma-treated groups showed higher levels of biomineralization than the control group. MTT cell viability assays showed LTP-treated groups had increased cell viability in comparison to non-LTP-treated controls. PEEK treated with triethyl phosphate plasma (TEP) showed higher levels of cellular viability at 82.91% ± 5.00 ( = 6) and mineralization. These were significantly different to both the methyl methacrylate (MMA) 77.38% ± 1.27, ethylene diamine (EDA) 64.75% ± 6.43 plasma-treated PEEK groups, and the control, non-plasma-treated group 58.80 ± 2.84. FTIR showed higher levels of carbonate and phosphate formation on the TEP-treated PEEK than the other samples; however, calcein staining fluorescence of MMA and TEP-treated PEEK had the highest levels of biomineralization measured by pixel intensity quantification of 101.17 ± 4.63 and 96.35 ± 3.58, respectively, while EDA and control PEEK samples were 89.53 ± 1.74 and 90.49 ± 2.33, respectively. Comparing different LTPs, we showed that modified surface chemistry has quantitatively measurable effects that are favorable to the cellular, biomineralization, and chemical properties of PEEK.
通过使用多种低温等离子体(LTP),聚醚醚酮(PEEK)材料的成骨和化学反应得到了改善。表面化学性质得到了改变,并且可以通过改变表面官能团的低温等离子体(LTP)处理来实现。在模拟体液条件下,这些官能团可增加生物矿化和细胞活力。对PEEK支架进行了多种LTP处理,在模拟体液中孵育,然后使用多种技术进行分析。首先,扫描电子显微镜(SEM)显示所有样品在生物矿化方面的形态变化。钙黄绿素染色、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)和X射线光电子能谱(XPS)证实,所有低温等离子体处理组的生物矿化水平均高于对照组。MTT细胞活力测定表明,与未进行LTP处理的对照组相比,LTP处理组的细胞活力有所提高。用磷酸三乙酯等离子体(TEP)处理的PEEK在细胞活力方面表现出更高的水平,为82.91%±5.00(n = 6),矿化水平也更高。这些与甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)77.38%±1.27、乙二胺(EDA)64.75%±6.43等离子体处理的PEEK组以及未进行等离子体处理的对照组58.80±2.84均有显著差异。FTIR显示,TEP处理的PEEK上碳酸根和磷酸根的形成水平高于其他样品;然而,通过像素强度定量测量,MMA和TEP处理的PEEK的钙黄绿素染色荧光的生物矿化水平最高,分别为101.17±4.63和96.35±3.58,而EDA和对照PEEK样品分别为89.53±1.74和90.49±2.33。比较不同的LTP,我们发现改性表面化学具有定量可测量的效果,有利于PEEK的细胞、生物矿化和化学性质。
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