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Covalently immobilised type I collagen facilitates osteoconduction and osseointegration of titanium coated implants
Hai-Yong Ao1,2, You-Tao Xie2, Sheng-Bing Yang1
1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopedic Implants, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Background/Objective:
Plasma-sprayed titanium coating (TC) with rough surfaces has been successfully applied in hip or knee prostheses. This study aimed to investigate the osteoconduction and osseointegration of Type I collagen covalently immobilised on TC (TC-AAC) compared with those of TC.
Methods:
In vitro, the migration of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) on TC and TC-AAC was observed by scanning electron microscopy and visualised fluorescent live/dead assay. In vivo, a rabbit model with femur condyle defect was employed, and implants of TC and TC-AAC were embedded into the femur condyles.
Results:
Collagen immobilised on TC could promote hMSCs' migration into the porous structure of the TC. Micro computed tomography images showed that bone trabeculae were significantly more abundant around TC-AAC implants than around TC implants. Fluorescence micrographs indicated more active new-bone formation around implants in the TC-AAC group than in the TC group. The measurement of bone-implant contact on histological sections indicated significantly greater osteointegration around TC-AAC implants than around TC ones.
Conclusion:
Immobilised Type I collagen could improve the osteoconduction and osseointegration of TC implants.
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