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Mussel-inspired alkaline phosphatase-specific coating on orthopedic implants for spatiotemporal modulating local
Qihao Chai1, Hailun Xu2, Xianxing Xu2
1Department of Joint Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong Province 250021, PR China; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, the 903rd Hospital of PLA, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province 310009, PR China.
Abstract:
Inadequate initial osseointegration and consequent prosthesis loosening are the most severe complications after artificial arthroplasty. Proper immune responses are crucial for the successful implantation of artificial prostheses. Macrophages are central in osteoimmunomodulation because they exert distinct functions with highly plasticity. Herein, we developed an alkaline phosphatase (ALP) sensitive mussel-inspired coating on orthopedic implants for promoting osseointegration. First, the resveratrol-alendronate complexes were deposited on titanium implant surface through mussel-inspired interfacial interactions. Upon prosthesis implantation, macrophages first polarized towards M1 type to initiate inflammatory responses and bone regeneration. As osteogenesis progresses, increasing amounts of ALP secreted by osteoblasts was cleaved the resveratrol-alendronate complexes. Then, the released resveratrol further promoted osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs and induced locoregional macrophages M2 polarization. Our results demonstrated that the bioinspired osteoimmunomodulation coating remarkably facilitated the prosthesis-bone integration by spatiotemporally modulating macrophages switching from M1 to M2 polarization in response to a real-time healing signal during osteogenesis. In summary, the mussel-inspired osteoimmunomodulation coating technology may provide a new approach for promoting osseointegration after artificial arthroplasty.

