期刊
JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH
卷 291, 期 1, 页码 202-206出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2006.03.006
关键词
biomineralization; crystal structure; growth from solutions; collagen protein; hydroxyapatite; nanomaterials
Bones are biocomposites with hierarchical structure that require controlled mineral deposition during their self-assembly to form tissues with unique mechanical properties. Type I collagen proteins, acidic extracellular matrix proteins, play a critical role in mineral formation and many researches on artificial bones have been made inspired by nature using type I collagen derived from animal tissues. Here we report that recombinant human-like type I collagen, an acidic protein, can direct growth of hydroxyapatite (HA) nanocrystals in vitro in the form of self-assembly of nano-fibrils of mineralized collagen resembling extracellular matrix. The mineralized collagen fibrils aligned parallel to each other to form mineralized collagen fibers. HA nanocrystals grew on the surface of these collagen fibrils with the c-axis of nanocrystals of HA orienting along the longitudinal axis of the fibrils. These artificial analogs of bone have a potential clinical application in bone repair. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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