Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2011, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (1): 22-28.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2011.00022

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Preparation and Biological Properties of HA Containing Astragalus Polysaccharides

CHANG Li-Na1 2,QU Shu-Xin2, LIN Sun-Zhong2, DUAN Ke2, WENGJie2   

  1. 1. School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University,Chengdu 610031, China; 2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Lab of Advanced Technologiesof Materials, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu610031, China
  • Received:2010-03-12 Revised:2010-05-12 Published:2011-01-20 Online:2010-12-23
  • Supported by:

    National Nature Science Foundation of China (50975239,30470484); Important Project of Ministry of Education (109137)

Abstract: Hydroxyapatite (HA) powders containing differentconcentrations of astragalus polysaccharides (APS) were synthesized by a wetchemical method. The effect of APS on the crystal structure, crystallinity andcrystal size of HA was characterized by XRD, the crystal morphologies of HA and HA/APS were characterized by TEM, the particle sizeand specific surface area of HA were detected by laser partical size distributionanalyzer, automated surface area and pore size analyzer, respectively. Furthermore,the effective concentration of APS on MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts, HA/APS onosteoblastic activity and differentiation was evaluated by Alamar blue, MTT andalkaline phosphatase assay. Cell morphologe was observed by light microscope.The results showed that the crystal structure, crystallinity andcrystal size of HA were not obviously effected by the presence of APS. Crystal morphologies of HA/APS was almost the samecompared with HA, the average particle size of HA was 1.17 μm and specificsurface area was 132.194 m2/g. The effect of APS on osteoblasts wastime and dose-dependent, APS concentrations within 80-200 μg/mL enhanced osteoblastic activity and ALPexpression, HA/APS enhanced osteoblastic activity and the osteoblasts hadintegrated morphology. It can be concluded that 0.5 g of HA containing 100-250 μm APS can promote osteoblastic activity. HA/APShas the promising potential as bone defect filling material for clinical applications.

Key words: hydroxyapatite, astragaluspolysaccharides, biological properties

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