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Adsorption and release of insulin-like growth factor-I on porous tricalcium phosphate implant

2000; Wiley; Volume: 49; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/(sici)1097-4636(20000305)49

1097-4636

P Laffargue, Patrice Fialdès, Patrick Frayssinet, Mohamed Rtaimate, Hartmut F. Hildebrand, X. Marchandise,

Bone health and osteoporosis research

In order to develop bone substitutes, the design of biomaterials like calcium phosphate ceramic loaded with bone growth factor are of great interest. However, it is necessary to control the amount of growth factor adsorbed onto ceramics and the kinetics of its release. Radiolabeling of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) with 125-iodine ([(125)I]-IGF-I) and its adsorption onto porous tricalcium phosphate (TCP) cylinders enabled us to establish the time-adsorption and time-release curves using various concentrations of IGF-I. The adsorption curve increased rapidly and then flattened out at 72 h; 90% of the maximum was already reached at 24 h; and 20% of the adsorbed IGF-I was released in water within 4 days. In human serum the release was faster at 82% within 4 days. In vivo evaluation on an animal model was then performed. Rabbits' bilateral femoral cylindrical bone defects were filled with the TCP cylinders, which were either carrying IGF-I or implanted alone as a control in each rabbit. Bone turnover and ceramic resorption were stimulated by IGF-I loaded TCP according to standard radiography, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, histology, and histomorphometry.