Transforming growth factor‐β1 enhances bone healing to unloaded tricalcium phosphate coated implants: An experimental study in dogs
- 1 May 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Orthopaedic Research
- Vol. 14 (3), 343-350
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.1100140303
Abstract
Growth of bone into cementless prosthetic components is compromised after revision of failed joint prostheses and by osteoporosis, gaps, and micromotion. We studied the effects of recombinant human transforming growth factor‐β1 adsorbed on ceramic coated implants on the improvement of mechanical fixation and bone growth on the implant. Unloaded cylindrical grit‐blasted titanium alloy implants were inserted bilaterally into both the medial and lateral femoral condyles of 10 skeletally mature mongrel dogs. The implants measured 10 mm in length and 6 mm in diameter and were initially surrounded by a 2 mm gap. One implant had an uncoated titanium surface and three implants were coated with tricalcium phosphate and 0, 0.3, or 3.0 μg of recombinant human transforming growth factor‐β1. The dogs were killed at 6 weeks. Mechanical testing showed a 3‐fold increase in fixation for the 0.3 μg dose of recombinant human transforming growth factor‐β1 and a 2‐fold increase for the 3.0 μg dose. Histological analysis of bone growth on the implant demonstrated that maximal stimulation occurred with the 0.3 μg dose, but bone volume in the gap was maximally stimulated by the 3.0 μg dose and increased 2‐fold over control values. The majority of tricalcium phosphate was resorbed after the 6‐week observation period. This study suggests that recombinant human transforming growth factor‐β1 adsorbed onto implants coated with tricalcium phosphate ceramic can enhance mechanical fixation and bone growth on the implant. The use of transforming growth factor‐β1 on ceramic coated prosthetic components may help to improve the functional outcome of cementless total joint replacements.Keywords
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