Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
Volume 91A, Issue 3, Pages 786-794Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32290
Keywords
Ames test; fibroblast; genotoxicity; micronucleus; polyhydroxyalkanoates; umu test
Funding
- Malaysian IRPA [03-02-02-0035PR-0026/05-04]
- IRPA RM8 [09-02-05-3246 EA016]
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are naturally occurring biopolyesters that have great potential in the medical field. However, the leachables resulting from sterilization process of the biomaterials may exert toxic effect including genetic damage. Here, we demonstrate that although gamma-irradiation of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-50 mol % 4-hydroxybutyrate) [P(3HB-co-4HB)] did not cause any change in the morphology by scanning electron microscopy, there was a significant degradation of this copolymer where the molecular weight was reduced by 37% after sterilization indicating the generation of leachables. Therefore, further investigation on the ability of the extract of this poststerilized copolymer to induce mutagenic effect was performed using Ames test (S. typhimurium strains TA1535 and TA1537) and umu test (S. typhimurium strain TA1535/pSK1002). Additionally, the capability of the extract to induce clastogenic effect was determined using Chinese hamster lung V79 fibroblast cells. Our results showed that with and without the presence of S9 metabolic activation, no mutagenic effects were observed in both Ames and umu tests when treated with P(3HB-co-4HB) extract. Similarly, treatment of P(3HB-co-4HB) extract in V79 fibroblast cells showed no significant production of micronuclei when compared with the positive control (Mitomycin Q. Together, these results indicate that leachables of poststerilized P(3HB-co-4HB) cause no mutagenic and clastogenic effects. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res 91A: 786-794, 2009
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