Cellular behaviour of bone marrow stromal cells on modified Ti-Nb surfaces Articles uri icon

publication date

  • February 2018

start page

  • 452

end page

  • 459

volume

  • 140

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0264-1275

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1873-4197

abstract

  • The cellular behaviour of bone marrow stromal cells on titanium surfaces modified by niobium diffusion is presented in order to test their osteogenic differentiation response after culturing for 21 days. The surface modification of Ti substrates produced by powder metallurgy was performed through niobium diffusion treatments. Ti-Nb exhibited a beta-Ti surface together with a microstructural (beta / alpha + beta / alpha) and compositional (Ti-Nb) gradient which enhances hardness, wear resistance and lowers the elastic modulus making it more similar to the human bone. Furthermore, the Ti-Nb-NH4Cl by means of the activating agent achieved three times the hardness of Ti together with a porous surface. The in vitro osteogenic differentiation response of bonemarrowstromal cells on both Ti-Nb surfaces indicated the positive cell-material interaction. The osteogenic differentiation of cells was successful after 21 days, considering the positive response in terms of increased cell viability, lactate dehydrogenase-(LDH) activity, alkaline phosphatase-(ALP) activity expression (osteogenicmarker) and bone-like nodules deposition by ST-2 cells as a bone mineralization cue. Therefore, the positive effect of a low elastic modulus Ti-Nb surface and a porous nitride TiNbNH4Cl with suitable wettability and average roughness values on the osteogenic differentiation response of bone marrow stromal cells is demonstrated. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

subjects

  • Materials science and engineering

keywords

  • beta-gradient titanium; surface modification; powder technology; osteogenic differentiation; bone mineralization