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Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, Vol. 10, No. 4, Oct-Dec., 2011, pp. 258-261 Bone marrow mesenchymal cell adhesion to polished and nitrided titanium surfaces Luciana Bastos Alves1, Fernanda Ginani2, José Sandro Pereira da Silva3, Clodomiro Alves Junior4, Carlos Augusto Galvão Barboza5
1PhD candidate, Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 2MSc candidate; Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 3PhD, Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 4PhD, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 5PhD, Department of Morphology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Received: July 07, 2011 Code Number: os11053 Abstract Aim: To evaluate the adhesion of mouse bone marrow mesenchymal cells (MBMMC) on different titanium surfaces. Keywords: mesenchymal stem cells, bone marrow, titanium. Introduction Titanium (Ti) is currently considered the biomaterial of choice for the manufacture of intra-osseous implants because this metal has exceptional physical and chemical properties that allow its installation in living tissues with no incompatibility among them. Ti is a very stable metal, although slight oxide formation occurs on its surface. This formation helps deposition and adhesion of the extracellular matrix on the bone-implant interface. These oxides form during the cutting, cleaning, and implant sterilization process and remain adherent to the surface. The foregoing properties allow the scarring and maintenance of tissue structure adhesion to the Ti surface1 . A wide range of approaches have been developed to thoroughly investigate cellular behavior on Ti surfaces. Maeda et al.2 (2007) observed that cell adhesion and proliferation, as well as the osteogenic differentiation of mouse mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to Ti discs were significantly similar to those on the plastic surface of the culture, indicating Ti as an excellent material for repairing hard tissue in the field of bone tissue engineering. However, the interaction between cells and some biomaterials, or the biocompatibility, depends on the material surface properties, such as energy, texture, roughness, and chemical composition. These properties determine the adhesion and behavior of cells in contact with the surface. The term “adhesion” to the biomaterial refers to the most important phase, since the quality of it will influence morphology and the capacity of cell proliferation and differentiation3 . The physicochemical properties of Ti implant surfaces are fundamental to the success of osseointegration. To improve the biological responses for obtaining rapid osseointegration, the surfaces have been modified by a wide range of process involving mechanical, chemical, and physical surface treatment methods, such as: the Ti plasma spray treatment, Ti oxide blasting, laser deposition of Ti carbide, and acid conditioning4 . Ionic nitriding is a surface treatment method which exhibits excellent mechanical properties, chemical stability, and biocompatibility when applied to Ti. This process, also known as plasma nitriding, consists of an ionizing gas or a gaseous mixture containing nitrogen using glow-discharge generated by a difference in potential between the sample (cathode) and the anode in a low pressure atmosphere. The ions produced in the plasma are accelerated towards the sample (cathode), colliding with it, and supplying enough energy to heat it to the nitriding temperature5 . The basic concept in using ionic nitriding to improve Ti surface properties is based on the possibility of forming nitrides or carbides below the alloy surface. Ti nitrides and carbides are brittle materials that improve tribologic surface properties; that is, they increase resistance to corrosion and surface roughness6 . Accordingly, the association of Ti implants with bone tissue culture may contribute to bone tissue regeneration7 . Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the adhesion capacity of mouse bone marrow MSCs to smooth and plasmanitrided Ti surfaces in the cathodic cage configuration. Material and methods The present study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN; protocol 008/09) and was divided into two stages. First, sample preparation was carried out using the surface treatment of Ti plates. A test was then performed in vitro with isolated mouse bone marrow cells cultivated on Ti discs. Sample preparation Grade II titanium discs (ASTM F86), 15 mm in diameter and 1.5 mm thick, were prepared according to the protocol established by Alves Jr et al.8 (2006). All the discs (n=12) were polished and then six discs were submitted to cathodic cage nitriding. A study of these surface characteristics have been previously published by da Silva et al.9 (2011). The discs were subsequently sterilized by gamma radiation (25 kGy dose) released at a mean dose of 8.993 kGy/h (2h 46 min at a distance of 50 mm), in a GAMMACELL 220 Excel irradiator (MDS Nordion, Ottawa, ON, Canada). Bone marrow cell culture Bone marrow was extracted from two male Swiss albino mice in accordance with the protocol established by Maniatopoulos et al.10 (1988). After anesthesia, the animals were dissected under aseptic conditions for femur and tibia removal. The marrow cavity was flushed out with α-MEM medium containing 50 mg/L of gentamicin sulfate and 2 mg/L of amphotericin B (Cultilab, Campinas, Brazil) and supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Gibco, Carlsbad, CA, USA). The extracted marrow was cultivated in basic medium (α-MEM 10% FBS) for 72 h in a humid atmosphere with 5% CO2 at 37ºC. After this stage, the medium was changed, thus making it possible to remove the non-adhered cells from the culture, and subsequent medium changes were performed every 3-4 days. In order to confirm the multi-lineage differentiation potential of periodontal ligament cells, aliquots of P1 cells were cultured in osteogenic, chondrogenic, or adipogenic differentiation media (StemPro® Differentiation Kits, Invitrogen Corp., Carlsbad, CA, USA) for up to 21 days. By light microscopy, the cells showed typical osteoblast/ osteocyte, chondroblast, and adipocyte morphology and produced characteristic extracellular matrix components. Bone marrow cell culture on Ti discs Bone marrow cells were cultivated in two 24-wells plates (TTP®), with a density of 1x104 cells per well. Twelve Ti discs were used, six from each group (polished and cathodic cage). The same cell density was cultivated in six wells without discs, as a positive control of cell proliferation. The disks are the same size of the well, so the growth area of disks and controls are the same. Cell viability and adhesion Data obtained by counting the cells that adhered to the Ti surfaces (the polished group [S1], and the cathodic cage group [S2]), in the 24-h period after plating were used to analyze cell adhesions. The number of cells collected from each well was obtained from a viable cell count using a hemocytometer and the trypan blue dye exclusion method. All the titanium samples were also evaluated by scanning electron microscopy to check the reproducibility of the results, according to the protocol established by Guerra Neto et al.11 (2009). Statistical Analysis The data were subjected to non-parametric analysis. Each counting value corresponds to the mean ± standard deviation of the mean (SD) of six samples per group. The differences between the groups were compared by the Mann Whitney statistical test. A statistical difference was considered when p<0.05. Results Results of mouse bone marrow cell adhesion to different titanium surfaces shows that the mean adhesion among mouse bone marrow cells was greater in the cathodic cage group [S2] (1.83 ± 0.83) than in the polished group [S1] (1.03 ± 0.26). However, no statistically significant difference was observed (p=0.12) between the two groups (Table 1). The control surface (plastic) showed the best result (2.32 ± 0.78), since it is the gold standard surface for cell adhesion and proliferation. However, no statistically significant difference was observed either (p=0.16) among the three groups (Table 2). Discussion Mesenchymal cells were first isolated from a cell suspension of bone marrow by Friedenstein and collaborators in the early 1970’s, and classified as adherent, fibroblastic and clonogenic cells, and it were initially called colony forming units – fibroblastic (CFU-F)12. This type cell is found in the bone marrow and it is called MSC13-15. From the extraction and culture of bone marrow of mouse is possible to obtain a population of adherent cells with fibroblastic, elongated, spindle-shaped and pointed, called multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells, according to the nomenclature proposed by the International Society for Cellular Therapy in 200516 . In the present experiment, the adhesion capacity of mouse bone marrow mesenchymal cells to different Ti surfaces was analyzed under conditions of cell cultivation. The plastic surface or polystyrene cell culture plate was used as a positive control, since it is the standard surface used in cell cultivation owing to its excellent hydrophilic characteristics2 . Material surface characteristics play an important role in cell adhesion because they provide the necessary adhesion conditions to adsorb and help in the cell adhesion process3 . Experimental studies7,17 comparing different surface types concluded that the best results were those obtained with textured surfaces, and that bone marrow cells and osteoblasts cultivated on different Ti surfaces adhere and respond better on rougher surfaces18-23. However, other evaluations of in vitro biocompatibility of Ti using cell culture have indicated that cell attachment was not affected by surface roughness24-26 . In this study, ionic nitriding or the plasma nitriding technique was used. Experiments11,22 with a cell line model (osteo-1 lineage and L929 mouse fibroblasts) demonstrated that cell adhesion to the Ti surface was favored by the low energy ion irradiation surface treatment (plasma). In agreement with the related literature, it was possible to observe that adhesion and an initial interaction between cell and substrate occurred irrespective of the surface. The best cell adhesion results were obtained by the control surface (plastic) according to the results obtained by Santiago et al.25 (2005) and Resende et al.27 (2010), who showed no statistically significant difference among the different titanium surfaces and a larger number of cells on the polystyrene surface. Even though more experiments are needed to explain the Ti cell adhesion mechanism, the results suggest that Ti surface characteristics are similar to those of a plastic surface, resulting in good cell adhesion capacity, in accordance with Maeda et al.2 (2007). This result reinforces the argument that ionic nitriding treatment to the surface (S2) may contribute to better adhesion of bone marrow mesenchymal cells, corroborating a number of studies on roughness and wettability8,18-19,20. Further studies, analyzing the capacity of proliferation and differentiation of these types of cells when in contact with the biomaterial may contribute to an understanding of the osseointegration process. Furthermore, molecular studies that analyze the types of adhesion bonds involved might be important in explaining the mechanism by which each cell type adheres to different surfaces. References
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