Journal
BIOACTIVE MATERIALS
Volume 6, Issue 11, Pages 3999-4013Publisher
KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.03.045
Keywords
ZnLiCa alloys; Biodegradable metal; Critical-sized bone defect; Orthopedics; Porous scaffold; In vivo
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51931001]
- NSFC (China) [52011530392]
- CNR (Italy) [52011530392]
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The novel biodegradable metal system of ZnLiCa ternary alloys showed comparable tensile strength to pure Ti and great potential for bone defect regeneration. The alloys demonstrated good biocompatibility and osteogenesis-promoting effects.
A novel biodegradable metal system, ZnLiCa ternary alloys, were systematically investigated both in vitro and in vivo. The ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of Zn0.8Li0.1Ca alloy reached 567.60 +/- 9.56 MPa, which is comparable to pure Ti, one of the most common material used in orthopedics. The elongation of Zn0.8Li0.1Ca is 27.82 +/- 18.35%, which is the highest among the ZnLiCa alloys. The in vitro degradation rate of Zn0.8Li0.1Ca alloy in simulated body fluid (SBF) showed significant acceleration than that of pure Zn. CCK-8 tests and hemocompatibility tests manifested that ZnLiCa alloys exhibit good biocompatibility. Real-time PCR showed that Zn0.8Li0.1Ca alloy successfully stimulated the expressions of osteogenesis-related genes (ALP, COL-1, OCN and Runx-2), especially the OCN. An in vivo implantation was conducted in the radius of New Zealand rabbits for 24 weeks, aiming to treat the bone defects. The Micro-CT and histological evaluations proved that the regeneration of bone defect was faster within the Zn0.8Li0.1Ca alloy scaffold than the pure Ti scaffold. Zn0.8Li0.1Ca alloy showed great potential to be applied in orthopedics, especially in the load-bearing sites.
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