Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE
Volume 1, Issue 4, Pages 541-545Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/nano.2006.1.4.541
Keywords
nanocomposites; tissue engineering scaffolds; polymer/ceramic composites; nanophase titania; degradation; poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)
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In the last 10 years, biodegradable aliphatic polyesters, such as poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA), have attracted increasing attention for their use as scaffold materials in bone tissue engineering because their degradation products can be removed by natural metabolic pathways. However, one main concern with the use of these specific polymers is that their degradation products reduce local pH, which in turn induces an inflammatory reaction and damages bone cell health at the implant site. Thus, the objective of the present in vitro study was to investigate the degradation behavior of PLGA when added with dispersed titania nanoparticles. The results of this study provided the first evidence that the increased dispersion of nanophase titania in PLGA decreased the harmful change in pH normal for PLGA degradation. Moreover, previous studies have demonstrated that the increased dispersion of titania nanoparticles into PLGA significantly improved osteoblast (bone-forming cell) functions (such as adhesion, collagen synthesis, alkaline phosphatase activity, and calcium-containing minerals deposition). In this manner, nanophase titania-PLGA composites may be promising scaffold materials for more effective orthopedic tissue engineering applications.
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