Journal
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 47, Issue 20, Pages 28274-28287Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.06.244
Keywords
Ferric hydroxyapatite; Zincite; Self-antibacterial; Paramagnetic; Cell proliferation; TNF-alpha activity; Bone tissue engineering
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- Department of Science and Technology, Government of India [DST/INSPIRE/04/2014/002020, ECR/2016/001027]
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A biphasic nanoassembly of Ferric-HAp-Zincite was successfully designed with excellent antibacterial activity and magnetic target efficiency, showing potential for orthopaedic and other biomedical applications.
Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is one of the most studied biomaterials for orthopaedic applications, yet its commercialization holds in a few of the lags, such as non-antibacterial activity and target deficiency. In this context, we aimed to design a biphasic nanoassembly of Ferric-HAp-Zincite (ZFHAp) via a one-step co-precipitation method. Ferric-HAp obtained Ca9.333Fe1.167(PO4)(7) phase in all the samples, and the secondary phases such as Ca9Fe(PO4)(7) and Ca28.8Fe3.2(PO4)(21)O-0.5 were governed by the Fe dopant concentration. Along with ferric-HAp, zincite phases were present in all the samples depending on the concentration of Zn precursor. The synthesized ZFHAp samples were hexagonal in structure with size <100 nm, and a dual morphology, i.e., rod-shaped (77.8 +/- 10 nm; major corresponding to HAp) and particulate shaped (30.9 +/- 5 nm; minor due to Zincite). Doping of iron imparted paramagnetism resulting in the magnetic target efficiency. ZFHAp samples showed excellent self-antibacterial activity against clinically significant two Gram-positive (E. hirae, S. aureus) and two Gram-negative (E. coli, S. paratyphi) bacteria with lower MIC values (60-80 mu g/ml). The antibacterial mechanism was found to be ROS independent and due to the linear release of Zn2+ and Fe3+ ions. The designed ZFHAp samples showed no cytotoxicity up to 5 mg/mL and exhibited 3 times higher bone cell proliferation along with the significant Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) activity. The prepared nanomaterials also did not show any inflammatory response to bone cells. These findings entitle ZFHAp as a potential candidate for orthopaedic as well as other biomedical applications subject to further clinical trials.
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