Journal of Inorganic Materials ›› 2012, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (8): 883-886.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2012.11536

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Effect of Silk Fibroin Content on the Bionic Mineralization and In Vitro Cellular Compatibility of Silk Fibroin/Hydroxyapaptite Nanocomposites

ZHU Yun-Rong1, CHEN Yu-Yun2, XU Guo-Hua1, YE Xiao-Jian1, ZHONG Jian2, HE Dan-Nong2   

  1. (1. Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai 200003, China; 2. National Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology, Shanghai 200241, China)
  • Received:2011-08-25 Revised:2011-11-28 Published:2012-08-20 Online:2012-07-09
  • About author:ZHU Yun-Rong. E-mail: zyr13579@hotmail.com
  • Supported by:

    973 Program (2009CB930000); Natural Science Research Foundation of Shanghai (0852nm03100)

Abstract: Silk fibroin and hydroxyapatite nanocomposites (SF/HA) with various SF content were prepared. Effect of Silk fibroin content on the bionic mineralization and cellular compatibility in vitro of HA nanocrystals (n-HA) was investigated. The results show that SF content has an obvious effect on the nucleation and growth of n-HA. However, though SF content does not show obvious difference on the nucleation and growth of n-HA, it has obvious effect on the n-HA aggregation. When SF content is less than 20wt%, n-HA orderly disperses in SF matrix. While the SF content is more than 20wt%, the n-HA aggregation becomes disordered. The in vitro cellular compatibility experiments demonstrate that the SF/HA composites exhibit better cell affinity than pure n-HA. However, SF content has no obvious effect on the cell affinity of n-SF/HA 20wt% SF/HA and 30wt% SF/HA show better osteoblast proliferation.

Key words: hydroxyapaptite, silk fibrion content, nanocrystals, bionic mineralization, cytocompatibility

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