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Synthesis, Characterization, and in Vitro Biological Evaluation of Copper-Containing Magnetic Bioactive Glasses for Hyperthermia in Bone Defect Treatment Publisher Pubmed



Koohkan R1 ; Hooshmand T1 ; Mohebbikalhori D2 ; Tahriri M3 ; Marefati MT4
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  1. 1. Department of Dental Biomaterials, School of Dentistry, Research Center for Science and Technology in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, North-Kargar Street, Tehran, 14146, Iran
  2. 2. Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Daneshgah Street, Zahedan, Iran
  3. 3. School of Dentistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, 53233, WI, United States
  4. 4. School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University of Tehran, North-Kargar Street, Tehran, 14395, Iran

Source: ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering Published:2018


Abstract

Hyperthermia treatment induced by magnetic mesoporous glasses has been applied as a potential therapeutic approach for bone defects due to malignant tumors. The objective of this study was to synthesize and characterize the structural and biological properties of magnetic bioactive glasses (BGs) for producing multifunctional materials. The effect of the addition of copper (Cu) to the bioactive glass composition was also evaluated. Fe BG and FeCu BG as magnetic mesoporous BGs, and Cu BG as mesoporous BG were synthesized and dried by template sol-gel method. Then the synthesized bioglasses were characterized and analyzed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive electron disperse spectroscopy (EDS), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). In addition, the antibacterial behavior, cytotoxicity assay (MTT test), proliferation assay of HUVEC cell assay, and bioactivity (ALP activity test) of the synthesized BGs were evaluated. The characterization results exhibited that the synthesized powders formed mesoporous glasses with nanoparticle morphology, good surface area, and magnetic properties. The synthesized BGs also demonstrated suitable biological behavior. The magnetic saturation of bioactive glasses was increased by the addition of copper oxide. A two-phase structure was observed for the magnetic glasses compared to the copper-containing glasses, thus making them suitable for drug delivery systems. The antibacterial behavior was found to be better for the Cu BG and Fe BG compared to the FeCu BG. However, the least amount of cytotoxicity was observed for the Fe BG and FeCu BG, compared to the Cu BG. In addition, the Fe-containing BGs compared with the control group showed a lack of HUVEC cell proliferation and angiogenesis motivation. From the ALP assay, higher bioactivity for the magnetic bioglasses in the presence of mesenchymal cells was found. From the results of this in vitro study, the Cu-containing magnetic bioglass (FeCu BG) could be considered as a new generation of magnetic glasses for inducing hyperthermia in treatment of bone defects due to malignant tumors. However, further in vitro and in vivo studies are required to confirm their applications in healing of bone defects and tissue engineering. © 2018 American Chemical Society.
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