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ArticleActa biomaterialia2025

Obesity prolongs the pro-inflammatory response and attenuates bone healing on titanium implants.

Derek Avery, Lais Morandini, Luke Sheakley, Asmaa Alajmi, Leah Bergey, Henry J Donahue, Rebecca K Martin, Rene Olivares-Navarrete

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Enhancing Bone Healing with a Priming Stimulus.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Derek AveryDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Lais MorandiniDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Luke SheakleyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Asmaa AlajmiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Leah BergeyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Henry J DonahueDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Rebecca K MartinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Rene Olivares-NavarreteDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States. Electronic address: ronavarrete@vcu.edu.

Funding

Virus Vector Shared ResourceP30CA016059 · NCI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI Renato Martins · 1985 to 2026
$51.0M
Role of Wnt Signaling in Macrophage Response to BiomaterialsR01DE028919 · NIDCR · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI OLIVARES-NAVARRETE, RENE · 2019 to 2023
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016059NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE028919
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is a metabolic disease resulting from excess body fat accumulation associated with chronic systemic inflammation. Obesity has been shown to impact the function and activity of neutrophils, macrophages, and T cells, contributing to higher circulating levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Biomaterial surface properties such as roughness and hydrophilicity can influence the behavior of immune cells in the peri-implant microenvironment. This study aimed to determine how obesity induced by a high-fat diet (HFD) affects the inflammatory response to modified titanium (Ti) implants and subsequent bone formation. Obese mice had significantly more neutrophils, pro-inflammatory macrophages, and T cells and fewer anti-inflammatory macrophages and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in the peri-implant tissue than lean mice. Obesity also increased circulating adipokines and pro-inflammatory cytokines when compared to lean animals. Bone formation around Ti implants was reduced in obese mice compared to controls. Adoptive transfer of bone marrow cells isolated from obese mice into wild-type mice demonstrated the localized impact of obesity on immune cell function and phenotype, promoting a pro-inflammatory peri-implant microenvironment and attenuating bone formation post-implantation. These results show that obesity significantly affects the inflammatory response to modified Ti implants, prolonging the pro-inflammatory response to the implanted biomaterial and compromising bone formation. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Obesity has been shown to significantly alter physiological processes, including the behavior of immune cells, inducing a state of systemic chronic inflammation. Our study demonstrates that obesity-induced via a high-fat diet alters immune cell response to implanted biomaterials, with increased pro-inflammatory response and attenuated immunomodulation that results in decreased biomaterial integration.

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Implants, ExperimentalInflammationObesityProstheses and ImplantsTitaniumWound HealingAnimalsCytokinesDiet, High-FatMacrophagesMaleMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOsteogenesisCytokinesTitaniumBiomaterialsBone formationHigh-fat dietInflammationObesityTitaniumWound healing

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PMID39586347
PMCPMC11735295

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