Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 31, Issue 10, Pages 2728-2735Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.12.029
Keywords
Titanium; Human mesenchymal stem cells; Osteoblasts; Microstructured surfaces; Hydrophilic surfaces; Co-culture
Funding
- NIAMS NIH HHS [AR052102, R01 AR052102, R01 AR052102-04, R01 AR052102-03S1] Funding Source: Medline
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Microstructured and high surface energy titanium substrates increase osseointegration in vivo. In vitro, osteoblast differentiation is increased, but effects of the surface directly on multipotent mesenchymal stern cells (MSCs) and consequences for MSCs in the peri-implant environment are not known. We evaluated responses of human MSCs to substrate surface properties and examined the underlying mechanisms involved. MSCs exhibited osteoblast characteristics (alkaline phosphatase, RUNX2, and osteocalcin) when grown on microstructured Ti: this effect was more robust with increased hydrophilicity. Factors produced by osteoblasts grown on microstructured Ti were sufficient to induce co-cultured MSC differentiation to osteoblasts. Silencing studies showed that this was due to signaling via alpha 2 beta 1 integrins in osteoblasts on the substrate surface and paracrine action of secreted Dkk2. Thus, human MSCs are sensitive to substrate properties that induce osteoblastic differentiation; osteoblasts interact with these surface properties via alpha 2 beta 1 and secrete Dkk2, which acts on distal MSCs. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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