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ArticlePolymers2021

A 3D Printed Composite Scaffold Loaded with Clodronate to Regenerate Osteoporotic Bone: In Vitro Characterization.

Stefania Cometa, Maria Addolorata Bonifacio, Elisabetta Tranquillo, Antonio Gloria, Marco Domingos, Elvira De Giglio

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Article in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Stefania CometaJaber Innovation s.r.l., Via Calcutta 8, 00100 Roma, Italy.
Maria Addolorata BonifacioDepartment of Chemistry, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via E. Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9923-8267
Elisabetta TranquilloDepartment of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering & Henry Royce Institute, School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0071-7354
Antonio GloriaInstitute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council of Italy, V.le J.F. Kennedy 54-Mostra d'Oltremare Pad. 20, 80125 Naples, Italy.
Marco DomingosDepartment of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering & Henry Royce Institute, School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Elvira De GiglioDepartment of Chemistry, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via E. Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9387-6201
National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology · ITUniversity of Manchester · GBNational Research Council · IT

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/R00661X/1, EP/P025021/1, EP/P025498/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Additive manufacturing (AM) is changing our current approach to the clinical treatment of bone diseases, providing new opportunities to fabricate customized, complex 3D structures with bioactive materials. Among several AM techniques, the BioCell Printing is an advanced, integrated system for material manufacture, sterilization, direct cell seeding and growth, which allows for the production of high-resolution micro-architectures. This work proposes the use of the BioCell Printing to fabricate polymer-based scaffolds reinforced with ceramics and loaded with bisphosphonates for the treatment of osteoporotic bone fractures. In particular, biodegradable poly(ε-caprolactone) was blended with hydroxyapatite particles and clodronate, a bisphosphonate with known efficacy against several bone diseases. The scaffolds' morphology was investigated by means of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and micro-Computed Tomography (micro-CT) while Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) revealed the scaffolds' elemental composition. A thermal characterization of the composites was accomplished by Thermogravimetric analyses (TGA). The mechanical performance of printed scaffolds was investigated under static compression and compared against that of native human bone. The designed 3D scaffolds promoted the attachment and proliferation of human MSCs. In addition, the presence of clodronate supported cell differentiation, as demonstrated by the normalized alkaline phosphatase activity. The obtained results show that the BioCell Printing can easily be employed to generate 3D constructs with pre-defined internal/external shapes capable of acting as a temporary physical template for regeneration of cancellous bone tissues.

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additive manufacturingbiocompatibilitybone substituteclodronatecomposite scaffold designhydroxyapatitemechanical analysispoly(ε-caprolactone)thermal analysisX-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

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PMID33401469
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