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JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH
Volume 17, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-015-2864-1
Keywords
Octacalcium phosphate; Gelatin; Hydrolysis; Hydroxyapatite; Osteoblasts; Tissue engineering; Nano-biochemistry
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- Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan [23106010, 25670829, 26670846, 26282133, 26293417]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26282133, 26293417, 25670829, 26670846, 15K11305, 26630423] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The present study was designed to investigate how hydrolysis of octacalcium phosphate (OCP) into hydroxyapatite is affected by the presence of gelatin (Gel) molecules and how osteoblastic cells respond to the resultant OCP hydrolyzate/Gel composites as the hydrolysis advances. OCP was prepared from a solution containing calcium and phosphate ions and Gel molecules, having a composition to produce a 40 wt% OCP as a final co-precipitate as the OCP/Gel. The precipitate was further incubated up to 40 h to advance the hydrolysis of OCP. These precipitates were processed to mold OCP/Gel sponges through lyophilization and dehydrothermal treatment. Chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and selected area electron diffraction revealed that the hydrolysis of OCP/Gel composite in hot water advanced in a time-dependent manner and faster than hydrolysis of OCP alone. The effect of Gel on the OCP hydrolysis was further examined in the presence of distinct concentrations of Gel molecules in hot water, showing that the Gel enhanced the hydrolysis as the concentration increased. Proliferation and differentiation of mouse bone marrow stromal ST-2 cells on the hydrolyzed OCP/Gel composites were compatible with Gel sponge alone after 21 days of culture, suggesting that these composites could be a candidate as a scaffold in bone tissue engineering.
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