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Bone Formation by Human Oseoblasts on Implant Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

G. Gronowicz  and
M. Ahmad
G. Gronowicz
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
M. Ahmad
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
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Extract

We have developed an in vitro system to study the process by which osteoblasts attach and secrete extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins that subsequently mineralize in response to implant materials. In vivo mineralization is characterized by the sequential expression by osteoblasts of specific ECM proteins that are capable of calcifying in an orderly manner. A similar sequence of events is shown to occur in this in vitro system. The extent and pattern of mineralization was visualized by fluorescence light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and was dependent on the substrate to which osteoblasts adhered.

Materials and Methods

Disks (22 mm diameter) composed of Tivanium (Tiv) (Ti6AI4V, ASTM F-136) and Zimaloy (Zim)(CoCrMo, ASTM F-75), prepared identically to clinical orthopaedic implants, were supplied by Zimmer, Inc. Glass disks were used as controls. Osteoblast-like cells (Saos-2), derived from a human osteosarcoma, or primary human osteoblasts from a 41 year-old male patient were added to the disks in a-MEM medium with 10% fetal bovine serum,

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Biomaterials
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 4 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis '98, Microscopy Society of America 56th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 32nd Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia July 12-16, 1998 , July 1998 , pp. 938 - 939
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America

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