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Casanova M, Herelle J, Thomas M, Softley R, Schindeler A, Little D, Schneider P, Müller R. Effect of combined treatment with zoledronic acid and parathyroid hormone on mouse bone callus structure and composition. Bone 2016; 92:70-78. [PMID: 27542660 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2016.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2016] [Revised: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 08/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In recent years, great interest in combined treatment of parathyroid hormone (PTH) with anti-resorptive therapy has emerged. PTH has been suggested to aid bridging of atrophic fractures and improve strength in closed fracture models. Bisphosphonate treatments typically result in a larger woven bone callus that is slower to remodel. The combination of both drugs has been demonstrated to be effective for the treatment of osteoporotic bone loss in many preclinical studies. However, the effect of combined treatment on fracture repair is still largely unexplored. In this study, we aimed to compare these drugs as single-agent and in combination in a murine closed fracture model. We wanted to assess potential differences in material properties, morphometry and in the development of the lacuno-canalicular network. A total of 40 female, 11-week-old wild type mice underwent a closed fracture on the midshaft of the tibia and were assigned to four groups (n=8-10 per group). Beginning on post-operative day 8, animals received different subcutaneous injections. Group 1 received a single injection of saline solution and Group 2 of zoledronic acid (ZA). Group 3 received daily dosing of PTH. Group 4 received a dual treatment, starting with a single dose of ZA followed by daily injection of PTH. Three weeks after fracture, all animals were euthanized and tibiae were assessed using micro-computed tomography (micro-CT), high-resolution micro-CT (HR micro-CT), Raman spectroscopy, quantitative histomorphometry, and deconvolution microscopy (DV microscopy). Combined treatment showed a significant increase of 41% in bone volume fraction and a significant decrease of 61% in the standard deviation of the trabecular spacing compared to vehicle, both known to be strong predictors of callus strength. An analysis via HR micro-CT showed similar results on all groups for lacunar numerical density, whereas mean lacuna volume was found to be higher compared to vehicle in treated groups, but only PTH mono-treatment showed a significant increase compared to vehicle (+45%). Raman spectroscopy did not reveal detectable changes in material properties of the bone calluses. Sclerostin staining, tartrate resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining and canalicular analysis with DV microscopy on a subset of samples did not display distinctive difference in any of the treatments. We therefore consider PTH+ZA treatment beneficial for bone healing. No clear negative effect on bone quality was detected during this study.
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- Michele Casanova
- Institute for Biomechanics, HCP H 22.1, Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Biomechanics, HCP H 22.1, Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Biomechanics, HCP H 22.1, Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Biomechanics, HCP H 22.1, Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Orthopaedic Research and Biotechnology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia; Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.
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- Orthopaedic Research and Biotechnology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia; Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.
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- Institute for Biomechanics, HCP H 22.1, Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland; Bioengineering Science Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
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- Institute for Biomechanics, HCP H 22.1, Leopold-Ruzicka-Weg 4, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Elastic properties of woven bone: effect of mineral content and collagen fibrils orientation. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2016; 16:159-172. [DOI: 10.1007/s10237-016-0808-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Yamamoto =M, Ikada Y, Tabata Y. Ultrastructure of bone tissue ectopically regenerated by biodegradable hydrogels incorporating bone morphogenetic protein 2. Inflamm Regen 2014. [DOI: 10.2492/inflammregen.34.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Ishimoto T, Nakano T, Yamamoto M, Tabata Y. Biomechanical evaluation of regenerating long bone by nanoindentation. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. MATERIALS IN MEDICINE 2011; 22:969-976. [PMID: 21360120 DOI: 10.1007/s10856-011-4266-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2010] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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It is crucial to measure the mechanical function of regenerating bone in order to assess the mechanical performance of the regenerating portion as well as the efficiency of the regeneration methods. In this study, nanoindentation was applied to regenerating and intact rabbit ulnae to determine the material properties of hardness and elasticity; viscoelasticity was also investigated to precisely evaluate the material properties. Both intact and regenerating bones exhibited remarkable viscoelasticity manifested as a creep behavior during load hold at the maximum load, and the creep was significantly greater in the regenerating bone than the intact bone. The creep resulted in an overestimation of the hardness and Young's modulus. Hence, during nanoindentation testing of bones, the effect of creep should be eliminated. Moreover, the regenerating bone had lower hardness and Young's modulus than the intact bone. The nanoindentation technique proved to be a powerful approach for understanding the mechanical properties of regenerating bone.
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- Takuya Ishimoto
- Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Liu Y, Manjubala I, Schell H, Epari DR, Roschger P, Duda GN, Fratzl P. Size and habit of mineral particles in bone and mineralized callus during bone healing in sheep. J Bone Miner Res 2010; 25:2029-38. [PMID: 20225262 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Bone healing is known to occur through the successive formation and resorption of various tissues with different structural and mechanical properties. To get a better insight into this sequence of events, we used environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) together with scanning small-angle X-ray scattering (sSAXS) to reveal the size and orientation of bone mineral particles within the regenerating callus tissues at different healing stages (2, 3, 6, and 9 weeks). Sections of 200 µm were cut from embedded blocks of midshaft tibial samples in a sheep osteotomy model with an external fixator. Regions of interest on the medial side of the proximal fragment were chosen to be the periosteal callus, middle callus, intercortical callus, and cortex. Mean thickness (T parameter), degree of alignment (ρ parameter), and predominant orientation (ψ parameter) of mineral particles were deduced from resulting sSAXS patterns with a spatial resolution of 200 µm. 2D maps of T and ρ overlapping with ESEM images revealed that the callus formation occurred in two waves of bone formation, whereby a highly disordered mineralized tissue was deposited first, followed by a bony tissue with more lamellar appearance in the ESEM and where the mineral particles were more aligned, as revealed by sSAXS. As a consequence, degree of alignment and mineral particle size within the callus increased with healing time, whereas at any given moment there were structural gradients, for example, from periosteal toward the middle callus.
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- Yifei Liu
- Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
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Tamimi F, Kumarasami B, Doillon C, Gbureck U, Nihouannen DL, Cabarcos EL, Barralet JE. Brushite-collagen composites for bone regeneration. Acta Biomater 2008; 4:1315-21. [PMID: 18486574 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2008.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2008] [Revised: 03/25/2008] [Accepted: 04/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Brushite-based biomaterials are of special interest in bone regeneration due to their biocompatibility and biodegradability; on the other hand, collagen is a well-known osteoconductive biomaterial. In the present study a new brushite-collagen composite biomaterial is reported. This new biomaterial was prepared by combining citric acid/collagen type I solutions with a brushite cement powder. The obtained biomaterial was a cement paste, with improved handling properties. The effect of collagen on the setting reaction of brushite cement was studied, and was found to speed up the cement setting reaction. The cement paste set into a hard ceramic material within 18.5+/-2.1min and had compressive strength similar to that of spongeous bone (48.9+/-5.9MPa in dry conditions and 12.7+/-1.5MPa in humid conditions). The combination of collagen with citric acid revealed an interesting synergistic effect on the compressive strength of the composite material. Moreover, this new biomaterial had excellent cohesion properties (ninefold better than brushite cement), and high cellular adhesion capacity (threefold higher than brushite cement). The composite biomaterial described in this study combines good handling properties, compressive strength, cohesion and cell adhesion capacity, along with the osteoconductive and biodegradable properties inherent in brushite and in collagen-based biomaterials.
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Yang L, Zhang Y, Cui FZ. Two types of mineral-related matrix vesicles in the bone mineralization of zebrafish. Biomed Mater 2007; 2:21-5. [DOI: 10.1088/1748-6041/2/1/004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Joos U, Wiesmann HP, Szuwart T, Meyer U. Mineralization at the interface of implants. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2006; 35:783-90. [PMID: 16697141 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2006.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2005] [Accepted: 03/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Osseointegration of implants is crucial for the long-term success of oral implants. Mineralization of the bone's extracellular matrix as the ultimate step of a mature bone formation is closely related to implant osseointegration. Osteogenesis at oral implants is a complex process, driven by cellular and acellular phenomena. The biological process of the maintenance and emergence of minerals in the vicinity of oral implants is influenced to a great extent by biophysical parameters. Implant-related structural and functional factors, as well as patient-specific factors, govern the features of osteogenesis. To understand the influence of these factors in peri-implant bone mineralization, it is important to consider the basic biological processes. Biological and crystallographic investigations have to be applied to evaluate mineralization at implant surfaces at the different hierarchical levels of analysis. This review gives insight into the complex theme of mineral formation around implants. Special focus is given to new developments in implant design and loading protocols aimed at accelerating osseointegration of dental implants.
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- U Joos
- Clinic for Cranio-, Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Münster, Germany.
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Meyer U, Wiesmann HP, Meyer T, Schulze-Osthoff D, Jäsche J, Kruse-Lösler B, Joos U. Microstructural investigations of strain-related collagen mineralization. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2001; 39:381-9. [PMID: 11601821 DOI: 10.1054/bjom.2001.0627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Distraction osteogenesis in rabbit mandibles after osteotomy can be used as an experimental model to study the microstructural features of mineralization of callus under defined mechanical loads. Our aim was to study the relation between the micromotions in the gap and the resulting features of mineralization of the matrix. We found that assembly of collagen and formation of crystals depended on the magnitude of the mechanical stress applied. At physiological bone strains (2000 microstrains), the callus had collagen type I in a mature bone-like extracellular arrangement, whereas at 20000 microstrains bundles were orientated predominantly towards the tension vector. Maximum loads (200000 microstrains) resulted in disorganized assembly of the collagen. Quantitative energy-dispersive analysis by X-rays confirmed that high strains were associated with substantially lower concentrations of calcium and phosphate. In contrast to bone-like apatitic formation of crystals at physiological strains, significantly fewer but larger crystals were detected by electron diffraction analysis in samples exposed to high strains. We suggest that mechanical stress regulates the assembly and mineralization of collagen during distraction osteogenesis.
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- U Meyer
- Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
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Microstructural evolution in external callus of human long bone. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0928-4931(00)00137-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wen HB, de Wijn JR, Cui FZ, de Groot K. Preparation of calcium phosphate coatings on titanium implant materials by simple chemistry. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH 1998; 41:227-36. [PMID: 9638527 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4636(199808)41:2<227::aid-jbm7>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A two-step chemical treatment has been developed in our group to prepare commercially pure titanium (cpTi) surfaces that will allow calcium phosphate (Ca-P) precipitation during immersion in a supersaturated calcification solution (SCS) with ion concentrations of [Ca2+] = 3.10 mM and [HPO4(2-)] = 1.86 mM. It was observed that a precalcification (Pre-Ca) procedure prior to immersion could significantly accelerate the Ca-P deposition process. In this work, the bioactivity of chemically treated cpTi and Ti6Al4V was further verified by applying commercially available Hanks' balanced salt solution (HBSS), an SCS with very low ion concentrations of [Ca2+] = 1.26 mM and [HPO4(2-)] = 0.779 mM, as the immersion solution. It was found that a uniform and very dense apatite coating magnesium impurities was formed if the Pre-Ca procedure was performed before immersion, as compared with the loose Ca-P layer obtained from the abovementioned high concentration of SCS. The formation of a microporous titanium dioxide thin surface layer on cpTi or Ti6Al4V by the two-step chemical treatment could be the main reason for the induction of apatite nucleation and growth from HBSS. Variations of pH values, Ca and P concentrations, and immersion time in HBSS were investigated to reveal the detailed process of Ca-P deposition. The described treatments provide a simple chemical method to prepare Ca-P coatings on both cpTi and Ti6Al4V.
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- H B Wen
- Biomaterials Research Group, Leiden University, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Su XW, Feng QL, Cui FZ, Zhu XD. Microstructure and micromechanical properties of the mid-diaphyses of human fetal femurs. Connect Tissue Res 1998; 36:271-86. [PMID: 9512895 DOI: 10.3109/03008209709160227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The microstructure, composition and the micromechanical properties across the thickness of femoral mid-diaphyses from 14 to 26 week human fetuses have been investigated. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were employed to examine structural changes with maturation. The fetal bones consist of layers of woven bone. From young to old fetuses and from outer to inner bone layers, the collagen fibrils become more cross-linked, densely packed and change from disordered to an ordered arrangement. The collagen fibril bundles are also more preferentially oriented and change from a chiefly circumferential to longitudinal direction. The sizes of the apatite crystals also increase with age. The Ca/P ratio remains constant around 1.55 for all the bone layers except the outmost layer which is lower than 1.2. An nano-indenter was used to evaluate the microhardness and elastic modulus of each bone layer. The increase of microhardness and elastic modulus correlates with the maturation of bone. The mechanical properties of the mid-diaphyses of human fetal femurs are anisotropic, which is due to the preferential orientation of collagen fibrils.
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- X W Su
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Wen HB, Cui FZ, Zhu XD. Microstructural features of non-union of human humeral shaft fracture. J Struct Biol 1997; 119:239-46. [PMID: 9245764 DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Microstructures of non-unions of human humeral shaft fractures were investigated by using scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray microdiffraction. The non-union has a trabeculae structural framework similar to woven bone. Among the trabeculae are cavities that are subdivided into small chambers by thin plates of collagen fibrils. Some chambers are filled with variously shaped mineralized particles several micrometers in size. The collagen fibrils in both the trabeculae and the thin plates were only slightly mineralized by hydroxyapatite. Vesicles loaded with noncrystalline calcium phosphate (NCP) were observed in most mineralized particles, and brushite crystals with special morphology were seen to be embedded in some particles in irregular shapes. X-ray microdiffraction results indicated that the mineral phases in the non-unions were mainly NCP in addition to small amounts of hydroxyapatite and brushite. NCP deposition and insufficient mineralization of the collagen fibrils may be two important microstructural features of the non-unions of human humeral shaft fractures different from normally repaired bone callus.
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- H B Wen
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China.
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