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LANGMUIR
Volume 20, Issue 4, Pages 1356-1361Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la035606q
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- NIDCD NIH HHS [NIDCR 03223] Funding Source: Medline
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Calcification of octacalcium phosphate [Ca8H2(PO4)(6).5H(2)O, OCP] on differently packaged Ultem and Surefold intraocular implant lens surfaces has been studied in vitro in solutions supersaturated with respect to OCP at pH = 7.10 and 37 degreesC. No mineral deposition was observed on the lenses packaged in Ultem vials even after treatment with behenic acid, one of the fatty acids identified on explanted lenses. Following treatment with behenic acid, nucleation of OCP occurred on the lenses from Surefold vials, which incorporate silicone gaskets; induction periods preceding calcification were about 6 h. No mineralization was found on the lenses in vials with other gasket materials, including polytetrafluoroethylene, fluorocarbon elastomer, and polypropylene. The results of this study indicate that both silicone and fatty acids such as behenic acid play important roles in inducing the in vivo calcification of OCP on IOL, lenses; all of the lens treatment steps were necessary for nucleation induction.
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