Ex vivo PMA-induced respiratory burst and TNF-a secretion elicited from inflammatory cells on machined and porous blood plasma clot-coated titanium

• The release of inflammatory mediators around implants and normal wounds may differ due to the presence of the solid surface. In this study, machined and sub-micron porous titanium implants with and without a 100nm thick blood plasma clot were inserted subcutaneously in rat for 3 or 24h. The cell recruitment to the interfaces, in vivo secretion of TNF-a and the ex vivo PMA-induced production of reactive oxygen species were subsequently investigated. The thin plasma clot coating gave rise to an increased ex vivo PMA-stimulated oxygen radical production by implant-associated cells at both implantation times, and an increased cell recruitment at 24h. The total TNF-a secretion was highest at sham sites and plasma clot-coated porous titanium at 24h. After 24h, the cell-type pattern in the exudate around the porous plasma-coated implant was more similar to that found at sham sites than that adjacent to the non-coated implants. No differences were observed between the machined Ti and the machined sub-micron porous Ti. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keyword

Coagulation

Fibrinogen

Inflammation

Plasma

Porous surfaces

TECHNOLOGY

TEKNIKVETENSKAP

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