Interlaboratory studies on in vitro test methods for estimating in vivo resorption of calcium phosphate ceramics

Atsou Ito, Yu Sogo, Atsushi Yamazaki, Mamoru Aizawa, Akiyoshi Osaka, Satoshi Hayakawa, Masanori Kikuchi, Kimihiro Yamashita, Yumi Tanaka, Mika Tadokoro, Lídia Ágata de Sena, Fraser Buchanan, Hajime Ohgushi, Marc Bohner

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Abstract

A potential standard method for measuring the relative dissolution rate to estimate the resorbability of calcium-phosphate-based ceramics is proposed. Tricalcium phosphate (TCP), magnesium-substituted TCP (MgTCP) and zinc-substituted TCP (ZnTCP) were dissolved in a buffer solution free of calcium and phosphate ions at pH 4.0, 5.5 or 7.3 at nine research centers. Relative values of the initial dissolution rate (relative dissolution rates) were in good agreement among the centers. The relative dissolution rate coincided with the relative volume of resorption pits of ZnTCP in vitro. The relative dissolution rate coincided with the relative resorbed volume in vivo in the case of comparison between microporous MgTCPs with different Mg contents and similar porosity. However, the relative dissolution rate was in poor agreement with the relative resorbed volume in vivo in the case of comparison between microporous TCP and MgTCP due to the superimposition of the Mg-mediated decrease in TCP solubility on the Mg-mediated increase in the amount of resorption. An unambiguous conclusion could not be made as to whether the relative dissolution rate is predictive of the relative resorbed volume in vivo in the case of comparison between TCPs with different porosity. The relative dissolution rate may be useful for predicting the relative amount of resorption for calcium-phosphate-based ceramics having different solubility under the condition that the differences in the materials compared have little impact on the resorption process such as the number and activity of resorbing cells.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)347-355
JournalActa Biomaterialia
Volume25
Early online date29 Jul 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Dissolution; calcium phosphate; resorption

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