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The impact of leuprolide acetate-loaded calcium phosphate silicate cement to bone regeneration under osteoporotic conditions

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BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS
Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages -

Publisher

IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1748-605X/ac07c0

Keywords

leuprolide acetate; osteoporotic bone fracture; calcium phosphate silicate cement; osteoclast activity; bone regeneration

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [51872042]
  2. Fundamental Research Funds for Northeastern University [N181908006]

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This study developed a novel injectable bone cement for repairing bone fractures under osteoporotic conditions. LA-CPSC bone cement was found to enhance bone regeneration and reduce osteoclast activities, showing potential as a viable solution for bone fracture repair in osteoporotic patients.
Osteoporosis is detrimental to the health of skeletal structure and significantly increases the risks of bone fracture. Moreover, bone regeneration is adversely impaired by increased osteoclastic activities as a result of osteoporosis. In this study, we developed a novel formulation of injectable bone cement based on calcium phosphate silicate cement (CPSC) and leuprolide acetate (LA). Several combinations of LA-CPSC bone cement were characterized and, it is found that LA could increase the setting time and compressive strength of CPSC in a concentration-dependent manner. Moreover, the in vitro results revealed that LA-CPSC was biocompatible and able to encourage the osteoblast proliferation via the mTOR signalling pathway. Furthermore, the LA-CPSC was implanted in the osteoporotic rats to evaluate its effectiveness to repair bone fractures under the osteoporotic conditions. The biomarker study and micro-CT analyses indicated that LA-CPSC could effectively reduce the osteoclast activities and promote the bone regeneration. In conclusion, our study demonstrated that LA-CPSC injectable bone cement should be a viable solution to repair bone fractures under the osteoporotic conditions.

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