Effectiveness of BMP-2 and PDGF-BB Adsorption onto a Collagen/Collagen-Magnesium-Hydroxyapatite Scaffold in Weight-Bearing and Non-Weight-Bearing Osteochondral Defect Bone Repair: In Vitro, Ex Vivo and In Vivo Evaluation

Jietao Xu, Shorouk Fahmy-Garcia, Marinus A. Wesdorp, Nicole Kops, Lucia Forte, Claudio De Luca, Massimiliano Maraglino Misciagna, Laura Dolcini, Giuseppe Filardo, Margot Labberté, Karin Vancíková, Joeri Kok, Bert van Rietbergen, Joachim Nickel, Eric Farrell, Pieter A.J. Brama, Gerjo J.V.M. van Osch*

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Abstract

Despite promising clinical results in osteochondral defect repair, a recently developed bi-layered collagen/collagen-magnesium-hydroxyapatite scaffold has demonstrated less optimal subchondral bone repair. This study aimed to improve the bone repair potential of this scaffold by adsorbing bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) and/or platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB) onto said scaffold. The in vitro release kinetics of BMP-2/PDGF-BB demonstrated that PDGF-BB was burst released from the collagen-only layer, whereas BMP-2 was largely retained in both layers. Cell ingrowth was enhanced by BMP-2/PDFG-BB in a bovine osteochondral defect ex vivo model. In an in vivo semi-orthotopic athymic mouse model, adding BMP-2 or PDGF-BB increased tissue repair after four weeks. After eight weeks, most defects were filled with bone tissue. To further investigate the promising effect of BMP-2, a caprine bilateral stifle osteochondral defect model was used where defects were created in weight-bearing femoral condyle and non-weight-bearing trochlear groove locations. After six months, the adsorption of BMP-2 resulted in significantly less bone repair compared with scaffold-only in the femoral condyle defects and a trend to more bone repair in the trochlear groove. Overall, the adsorption of BMP-2 onto a Col/Col-Mg-HAp scaffold reduced bone formation in weight-bearing osteochondral defects, but not in non-weight-bearing osteochondral defects.

Original languageEnglish
Article number111
JournalJournal of Functional Biomaterials
Volume14
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Feb 2023

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This research was conducted in the EuroNanoMed III Project under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (reference number: EURONANOMED2017-077; grant agreement no 723770) with funding provided by the Applied and Engineering Sciences section of the Dutch Research Council, The Netherlands (NWO-TTW), the Science Foundation of Ireland (Grant Number SFI/16/ENM-ERA/3458), and the Ministero della Salute (IMH), Italy.

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