• 1. Institute of Orthopedics, Lanzhou General Hospital of Lanzhou Military Command of Chinese PLA, Lanzhou Gansu, 730050, P. R. China;
  • 2. Collage of Life Sciences and Technology, Gansu Agriculture University;
ZHAOHongbin, Email: zhao761032@163.com
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Objective To investigate the effect of repairing radial bone defect with scaffold material of attapulgite/collagen type I/poly (caprolactone) (ATP/Col I/PCL) in rabbits and the possibility as bone graft substitutes. Methods ATP/Col I/PCL materials were prepared via adding ATP to hexafluoroisopropanol after dissolved Col I/PCL (3∶2), and Col I/PCL materials via dissolving Col I/PCL (3∶2) in hexafluoroisopropanol served as control. The structure of scaffolds was observed under scanning electron microscope (SEM). Twenty-four Japanese white rabbits (male, 2 months old) were used to establish the bilateral radius defect model of 15 mm in length, and randomly divided into group A (6 rabbits, 12 defects), group B (9 rabbits, 18 defects), and group C (9 rabbits, 18 defects); then the Col I/PCL scaffold was implanted in the bone defect area in group B, the ATP/Col I/PCL scaffold in group C, no treatment was done in group A as control. The general condition of rabbits was observed after operation, and bone defect repair was evaluated by X-ray at 4, 8, and 12 weeks. At 12 weeks, the tissue of defect area was harvested for the general, SEM, Micro-CT, histological, and immunohistochemical staining to observe defect repair and material degradation. Results SEM observation showed that two kinds of materials were porous structure, ATP/Col I/PCL structure was more dense than Col I/PCL. All animals survived to the end of experiment, and no incision infection occurred during repair process.X-ray films showed that the bone marrow cavity was re-opened in defect area of group C with time, the repair effect was superior to that of groups A and B. At 12 weeks after operation, general observation showed that scaffold material had good fusion with the surrounding tissue in groups B and C, defect was filled with connective tissue in group A. SEM indicated that the surface and pore of the scaffold were covered with a large number of cells and tissues in groups B and C. Micro-CT demonstrated that the new bone volume, bone mineral content, tissue mineral content, and connectivity density of group C were significantly higher than those of groups A and B (P<0.05). The observation of histology and immunohistochemical staining indicated that there were lots of connective tissues in defect area of group A, and ALP, Col I, and OPN were weakly expressed; there were many collagen fibers in scaffold degradation area in group B, and the expression levels of ALP, Col I, and OPN were higher than those of group A; there was few new bone in group C, the degradation rate of the scaffold was slower than that of group B, and the expression of Col I and OPN were enhanced, while ALP was weakened when compared with groups A and B. Conclusion ATP/Col I/PCL composite scaffold material can degrade in vivo, and has dense three-dimensional porous structure, good biocompatibility, and high potentiality of bone repair, so it can be used as bone substitute material.

Citation: ZHANGXiaomin, SONGXuewen, WANGWei, LIZhenjun, ZHAOHongbin. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON BONE DEFECT REPAIR WITH COMPOSITE OF ATTAPULGITE/COLLAGEN TYPE I/POLY (CAPROLACTONE) IN RABBITS. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2016, 30(5): 626-633. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.20160126 Copy

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