Issue 38, 2021

The role of micro-vibration parameters in inflammatory responses of macrophages cultured on biphasic calcium phosphate ceramics and the resultant influence on osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

Abstract

Although in vitro studies have shown that biomaterials and mechanical stimuli can mediate inflammatory responses or regulate osteogenesis of MSCs, the underlying behaviour of the inflammatory response of macrophages on biomaterials mediated by mechanical stimuli, which regulates osteogenesis, is relatively unknown. Thus, it is imperative to explore the role of bionic mechanical stimulation in the biomaterial-mediated inflammatory response of macrophages. In this study, we used osteoinductive biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) ceramics as the model biomaterial and chose micro-vibration stimulation (MVs) with three variable parameters (frequency, magnitude, and time). Based on orthogonal experiments, nine combinations of MVs parameters were generated, and their effects on the BCP-mediated macrophage inflammatory response were investigated. MVs significantly affected the gene expression and cytokine secretion of macrophages grown on BCP ceramics and further influenced the behaviour of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) in a paracrine manner. Moreover, frequency seemed to be the most dominant factor (compared with magnitude and time) in regulating the inflammatory response of macrophages. The optimal combination of MVs parameters (frequency 10 Hz, magnitude 0.45 g, and time 60 min) could induce a healing-associated M2 phenotype, as evidenced by the downregulated pro-inflammatory gene (Il-1β, and Tnf-α) expression, the upregulated anti-inflammatory gene (Il10) expression, and the inhibited pro-inflammatory cytokine (Il-1β and Tnf-α) secretion of macrophages grown on BCP ceramics, and its conditioned medium (CM) could further promote osteogenic differentiation of BMMSCs. These findings provide valuable insights into the mechanical stimulus-mediated macrophage inflammatory response and osteogenesis in the presence of osteoinductive BCP ceramics and allow accurate evaluation of the biological performance of biomaterials in vitro, in order to optimize bone substitute materials to achieve the desired clinical performance.

Graphical abstract: The role of micro-vibration parameters in inflammatory responses of macrophages cultured on biphasic calcium phosphate ceramics and the resultant influence on osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Apr. 2021
Accepted
28 Jūn. 2021
First published
31 Aug. 2021

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2021,9, 8003-8013

The role of micro-vibration parameters in inflammatory responses of macrophages cultured on biphasic calcium phosphate ceramics and the resultant influence on osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells

J. Wu, Y. Tang, X. Pu, M. Wang, F. Chen, X. Chen, X. Zhu and X. Zhang, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2021, 9, 8003 DOI: 10.1039/D1TB00898F

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