Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 31, Issue 9, Pages 2574-2582Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.12.008
Keywords
Biomimetic material; Bone regeneration; ECM (extracellular matrix); Integrin; Peptide; Scaffold
Funding
- National Institutes of Health [R01 EB-004496]
- Georgia Tech/Emory National Science Foundation ERC on the Engineering of Living Tissues [EEC-9731643]
- Cell and Tissue Engineering NIH Biotechnology [T32 CM-008433]
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Healing large bone defects and non-unions remains a significant clinical problem Current treatments, consisting of auto and allografts, are limited by donor supply and morbidity, insufficient bioactivity and risk of infection Biotherapeutics, including cells, genes and proteins, represent promising alternative therapies, but these strategies are limited by technical roadblocks to biotherapeutic delivery, cell sourcing, high cost, and regulatory hurdles. In the present study, the collagen-mimetic peptide, GFOGER, was Used to coat synthetic PCL scaffolds to promote bone formation in critically-sized segmental defects in rats GFOGER is a synthetic triple helical peptide that binds to the alpha(2)beta(1) integrin receptor involved in osteogenesis GFOGER coatings passively adsorbed onto polymeric scaffolds, in the absence of exogenous cells or growth factors, significantly accelerated and increased bone formation in non-healing femoral defects compared to uncoated scaffolds and empty defects Despite differences in bone volume, no differences in torsional strength were detected after 12 weeks, indicating that bone mass but not bone quality Was improved in this model This work demonstrates a simple, cell/growth factor-free strategy to promote bone formation in challenging, non-healing bone defects This biomaterial coating strategy represents a cost-effective and facile approach, translatable into a robust clinical therapy for musculoskeletal applications (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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