scholarly journals Bifunctional, Copper-Doped, Mesoporous Silica Nanosphere-Modified, Bioceramic Scaffolds for Bone Tumor Therapy

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongshi Ma ◽  
Zhenjiang Ma ◽  
Qufei Chen ◽  
Wentao Li ◽  
Xiangfei Liu ◽  
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In the traditional surgical intervention procedure, residual tumor cells may potentially cause tumor recurrence. In addition, large bone defects caused by surgery are difficult to self-repair. Thus, it is necessary to design a bioactive scaffold that can not only kill residual tumor cells but also promote bone defect regeneration simultaneously. Here, we successfully developed Cu-containing mesoporous silica nanosphere-modified β-tricalcium phosphate (Cu-MSN-TCP) scaffolds, with uniform and dense nanolayers with spherical morphology via 3D printing and spin coating. The scaffolds exhibited coating time- and laser power density-dependent photothermal performance, which favored the effective killing of tumor cells under near-infrared laser irradiation. Furthermore, the prepared scaffolds favored the proliferation and attachment of rabbit bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and stimulated the gene expression of osteogenic markers. Overall, Cu-MSN-TCP scaffolds can be considered for complete eradication of residual bone tumor cells and simultaneous healing of large bone defects, which may provide a novel and effective strategy for bone tumor therapy. In the future, such Cu-MSN-TCP scaffolds may function as carriers of anti-cancer drugs or immune checkpoint inhibitors in chemo-/photothermal or immune-/photothermal therapy of bone tumors, favoring for effective treatment.

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noboru Matsumura ◽  
Kazuya Kaneda ◽  
Satoshi Oki ◽  
Hiroo Kimura ◽  
Taku Suzuki ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Significant bone defects are associated with poor clinical results after surgical stabilization in cases of glenohumeral instability. Although multiple factors are thought to adversely affect enlargement of bipolar bone loss and increased shoulder instability, these factors have not been sufficiently evaluated. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors related to greater bone defects and a higher number of instability episodes in patients with glenohumeral instability. Methods A total of 120 consecutive patients with symptomatic unilateral instability of the glenohumeral joint were retrospectively reviewed. Three-dimensional surface-rendered/registered models of bilateral glenoids and proximal humeri from computed tomography data were matched by software, and the volumes of bone defects identified in the glenoid and humeral head were assessed. After relationships between objective variables and explanatory variables were evaluated using bivariate analyses, factors related to large bone defects in the glenoid and humeral head and a high number of total instability episodes and self-irreducible dislocations greater than the respective 75th percentiles were evaluated using logistic regression analyses with significant variables on bivariate analyses. Results Larger humeral head defects (P < .001) and a higher number of total instability episodes (P = .032) were found to be factors related to large glenoid defects. On the other hand, male sex (P = .014), larger glenoid defects (P = .015), and larger number of self-irreducible dislocations (P = .027) were related to large humeral head bone defects. An increased number of total instability episodes was related to longer symptom duration (P = .001) and larger glenoid defects (P = .002), and an increased number of self-irreducible dislocations was related to larger humeral head defects (P = .007). Conclusions Whereas this study showed that bipolar lesions affect the amount of bone defects reciprocally, factors related to greater bone defects differed between the glenoid and the humeral head. Glenoid defects were related to the number of total instability episodes, whereas humeral head defects were related to the number of self-irreducible dislocations.


Author(s):  
Yu Qu ◽  
Hui Zhuang ◽  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Yufeng Wang ◽  
Dong Zhai ◽  
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Although calcium phosphate cements (CPC) have been clinically used to repair bone defects caused by bone tumor resection, traditional CPC cannot kill the remaining tumor cells after surgery and prevent...


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Wang ◽  
Xiao Chang ◽  
Guixing Qiu ◽  
Fuzhai Cui ◽  
Xisheng Weng ◽  
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It still remains a major challenge to repair large bone defects in the orthopaedic surgery. In previous studies, a nanohydroxyapatite/collagen/poly(L-lactic acid) (nHAC/PLA) composite, similar to natural bone in both composition and structure, has been prepared. It could repair small sized bone defects, but they were restricted to repair a large defect due to the lack of oxygen and nutrition supply for cell survival without vascularization. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether nHAC/PLA composites could be vascularized in vivo. Composites were implanted intramuscularly in the groins of rabbits for 2, 6, or 10 weeks (n=5×3). After removing, the macroscopic results showed that there were lots of rich blood supply tissues embracing the composites, and the volumes of tissue were increasing as time goes on. In microscopic views, blood vessels and vascular sprouts could be observed, and microvessel density (MVD) of the composites trended to increase over time. It suggested that nHAC/PLA composites could be well vascularized by implanting in vivo. In the future, it would be possible to generate vascular pedicle bone substitutes with nHAC/PLA composites for grafting.


2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 907-917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Nau ◽  
Dirk Henrich ◽  
Caroline Seebach ◽  
Katrin Schröder ◽  
John H. Barker ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Mohammed soliman ◽  
Yousif Khira ◽  
.mohamed Elzoheiry ◽  
ahmad abdelwahab

Author(s):  
Evangelos Daskalakis ◽  
Enes Aslan ◽  
Fengyuan Liu ◽  
Glen Cooper ◽  
Andrew Weightman ◽  
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