Porous calcium phosphate glass microspheres for orthobiologic applications

Orthobiologics is a rapidly advancing field utilising cell-based therapies and biomaterials to enable the body to repair and regenerate musculoskeletal tissues. This paper reports on a cost-effective flame spheroidisation process for production of novel porous glass microspheres from calcium phospha...

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Main Authors: Hossain, Kazi Md Zakir, Patel, Uresha, Kennedy, Andrew R., Macri-Pellizzeri, Laura, Sottile, Virginie, Grant, David M., Scammell, Brigitte E., Ahmed, Ifty
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author Hossain, Kazi Md Zakir
Patel, Uresha
Kennedy, Andrew R.
Macri-Pellizzeri, Laura
Sottile, Virginie
Grant, David M.
Scammell, Brigitte E.
Ahmed, Ifty
author_facet Hossain, Kazi Md Zakir
Patel, Uresha
Kennedy, Andrew R.
Macri-Pellizzeri, Laura
Sottile, Virginie
Grant, David M.
Scammell, Brigitte E.
Ahmed, Ifty
author_sort Hossain, Kazi Md Zakir
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description Orthobiologics is a rapidly advancing field utilising cell-based therapies and biomaterials to enable the body to repair and regenerate musculoskeletal tissues. This paper reports on a cost-effective flame spheroidisation process for production of novel porous glass microspheres from calcium phosphate based glasses to encapsulate and deliver stem cells. Careful selection of the glass and pore forming agent, along with a manufacturing method with the required processing window enabled the production of highly porous glass microspheres via a single-stage manufacturing process. The morphological and physical characterisation revealed porous microspheres with tailored surface and interconnected porosity (up to 76±5%) with average pore size of 55±8 µm and surface areas ranging from 0.34 to 0.9 m2g-1. Furthermore, simple alteration of the processing parameters produced microspheres with alternate unique morphologies, such as with solid cores and surface porosity only. The tuneable porosity enabled control over their surface area, degradation profiles and hence ion release rates. Furthermore, biocompatibility of the microspheres was assessed using human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) via direct cell culture experiments and analysis confirmed that they had migrated to within the centre of the microspheres. The novel microspheres developed have huge potential for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.
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spelling nottingham-517132020-05-04T19:39:07Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51713/ Porous calcium phosphate glass microspheres for orthobiologic applications Hossain, Kazi Md Zakir Patel, Uresha Kennedy, Andrew R. Macri-Pellizzeri, Laura Sottile, Virginie Grant, David M. Scammell, Brigitte E. Ahmed, Ifty Orthobiologics is a rapidly advancing field utilising cell-based therapies and biomaterials to enable the body to repair and regenerate musculoskeletal tissues. This paper reports on a cost-effective flame spheroidisation process for production of novel porous glass microspheres from calcium phosphate based glasses to encapsulate and deliver stem cells. Careful selection of the glass and pore forming agent, along with a manufacturing method with the required processing window enabled the production of highly porous glass microspheres via a single-stage manufacturing process. The morphological and physical characterisation revealed porous microspheres with tailored surface and interconnected porosity (up to 76±5%) with average pore size of 55±8 µm and surface areas ranging from 0.34 to 0.9 m2g-1. Furthermore, simple alteration of the processing parameters produced microspheres with alternate unique morphologies, such as with solid cores and surface porosity only. The tuneable porosity enabled control over their surface area, degradation profiles and hence ion release rates. Furthermore, biocompatibility of the microspheres was assessed using human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) via direct cell culture experiments and analysis confirmed that they had migrated to within the centre of the microspheres. The novel microspheres developed have huge potential for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. Elsevier 2018-05-31 Article PeerReviewed Hossain, Kazi Md Zakir, Patel, Uresha, Kennedy, Andrew R., Macri-Pellizzeri, Laura, Sottile, Virginie, Grant, David M., Scammell, Brigitte E. and Ahmed, Ifty (2018) Porous calcium phosphate glass microspheres for orthobiologic applications. Acta Biomaterialia, 72 . pp. 396-406. ISSN 1878-7568 Calcium phosphate glass; Porous microspheres; Stem cells https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742706118301715 doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2018.03.040 doi:10.1016/j.actbio.2018.03.040
spellingShingle Calcium phosphate glass; Porous microspheres; Stem cells
Hossain, Kazi Md Zakir
Patel, Uresha
Kennedy, Andrew R.
Macri-Pellizzeri, Laura
Sottile, Virginie
Grant, David M.
Scammell, Brigitte E.
Ahmed, Ifty
Porous calcium phosphate glass microspheres for orthobiologic applications
title Porous calcium phosphate glass microspheres for orthobiologic applications
title_full Porous calcium phosphate glass microspheres for orthobiologic applications
title_fullStr Porous calcium phosphate glass microspheres for orthobiologic applications
title_full_unstemmed Porous calcium phosphate glass microspheres for orthobiologic applications
title_short Porous calcium phosphate glass microspheres for orthobiologic applications
title_sort porous calcium phosphate glass microspheres for orthobiologic applications
topic Calcium phosphate glass; Porous microspheres; Stem cells
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51713/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51713/