Journal
ACTA BIOMATERIALIA
Volume 69, Issue -, Pages 342-351Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.01.016
Keywords
Bone materials; Hydroxyapatite; Whitlockite; Mesenchymal stem cells; Osteogenic differentiation
Funding
- National Institute of Health [EB021857, AR066193, AR057837, CA214411, HL137193, EB024403, EB023052, EB022403, AR070647]
- Air Force Office of Sponsored Research [FA9550-15-1-0273]
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The inorganic part of human bone is mainly composed of hydroxyapatite (HAP: Ca-10(PO4)(6)(OH)(2)) and whitlockite (WH: Ca18Mg2(HPO4)(2)(PO4)(12)) minerals, where the WH phase occupies up to 20-35% of total weight. These two bone minerals have different crystal structures and physicochemical properties, implying their distinguished role in bone physiology. However, until now, the biological significance of the presence of a certain ratio between HAP and WH in bone is unclear. To address this fundamental question, bone mimetic scaffolds are designed to encapsulate human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for assessing their osteogenic activity depending on different ratios of HAP and WH. Interestingly, cellular growth and osteogenic differentiation are significantly promoted when MSCs are grown with a 3-1 ratio of HAP and WH nanoparticles, which is similar to bone. One of the reasons for this synergism between HAP and WH in hydrogel scaffolds is that, while WH nanoparticles can enhance osteogenic differentiation of MSCs compared to HAP, WH counterintuitively decreases the mechanical stiffness of nanocomposite hydrogels and hinders the osteogenic activity of cells. Taken together, these findings identify the optimal ratio between two major minerals in bone mimetic scaffolds to maximize the osteogenic differentiation of MSCs. Statement of significance Human bone minerals are composed of HAP and WH inorganic nanoparticles which have different material properties. However, the reason for the coexistence of HAP and WH in human bone is not fully identified, and HAP and WH composite biomaterial has not been utilized in the clinic. In this study, we have developed bone mimetic HAP and WH nanocomposite hydrogel scaffolds with various ratios. Importantly, we found out that HAP can promote the mechanical stiffness of the composite hydrogel scaffolds while WH can enhance the osteogenic activity of stem cells, which together induced synergism to maximize osteogenic differentiation of stem cells when mixed into 3-1 ratio that is similar to human bone. (C) 2018 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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