Osteoinductive 3D printed scaffold healed 5 cm segmental bone defects in the ovine metatarsus

Abstract Autologous bone grafts are considered the gold standard grafting material for the treatment of nonunion, but in very large bone defects, traditional autograft alone is insufficient to induce repair. Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2) can stimulate bone regeneration and...

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Autores principales: Yunzhi Peter Yang, Kevin M. Labus, Benjamin C. Gadomski, Arnaud Bruyas, Jeremiah Easley, Brad Nelson, Ross H. Palmer, Kirk McGilvray, Daniel Regan, Christian M. Puttlitz, Alexander Stahl, Elaine Lui, Jiannan Li, Seyedsina Moeinzadeh, Sungwoo Kim, William Maloney, Michael J. Gardner
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/041118049a384bd1920ca166cdd8d42f
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Sumario:Abstract Autologous bone grafts are considered the gold standard grafting material for the treatment of nonunion, but in very large bone defects, traditional autograft alone is insufficient to induce repair. Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2) can stimulate bone regeneration and enhance the healing efficacy of bone grafts. The delivery of rhBMP-2 may even enable engineered synthetic scaffolds to be used in place of autologous bone grafts for the treatment of critical size defects, eliminating risks associated with autologous tissue harvest. We here demonstrate that an osteoinductive scaffold, fabricated by combining a 3D printed rigid polymer/ceramic composite scaffold with an rhBMP-2-eluting collagen sponge can treat extremely large-scale segmental defects in a pilot feasibility study using a new sheep metatarsus fracture model stabilized with an intramedullary nail. Bone regeneration after 24 weeks was evaluated by micro-computed tomography, mechanical testing, and histological characterization. Load-bearing cortical bridging was achieved in all animals, with increased bone volume observed in sheep that received osteoinductive scaffolds compared to sheep that received an rhBMP-2-eluting collagen sponge alone.