Mineralization of gellan gum hydrogels with calcium and magnesium carbonates by alternate soaking in solutions of calcium/magnesium and carbonate ion solutions

Marco A Lopez-Heredia, Agata Łapa, Katarzyna Reczyńska, Krzysztof Pietryga, Lieve Balcaen, Ana Carina Loureiro Mendes, David Schaubroeck, Pascal Van Der Voort, Agnieszka Dokupil, Agnieszka Plis, Chris V Stevens, Bogdan V Parakhonskiy, Sangram Keshari Samal, Frank Vanhaecke, Feng Chai, Ioannis S. Chronakis, Nicolas Blanchemain, Elżbieta Pamuła, Andre G Skirtach, Timothy E L Douglas*

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Abstract

Mineralization of hydrogels is desirable prior to applications in bone regeneration. CaCO3 is a widely used bone regeneration material and Mg, when used as a component of calcium phosphate biomaterials, has promoted bone-forming cell adhesion and proliferation and bone regeneration. In this study, gellan gum (GG) hydrogels were mineralized with carbonates containing different amounts of calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) by alternate soaking in, firstly, a calcium and/or magnesium ion solution and, secondly, a carbonate ion solution. This alternate soaking cycle was repeated five times. Five different calcium and/or magnesium ion solutions, containing different molar ratios of Ca to Mg ranging from Mg-free to Ca-free were compared. Carbonate mineral formed in all sample groups subjected to the Ca:Mg elemental ratio in the carbonate mineral formed was higher than in the respective mineralizing solution. Mineral formed in the absence of Mg was predominantly CaCO3 in the form of a mixture of calcite and vaterite. Increasing the Mg content in the mineral formed led to the formation of magnesian calcite, decreased the total amount of the mineral formed and its crystallinity. Hydrogel mineralization and increasing Mg content in mineral formed did not obviously improve proliferation of MC3T3-E1 osteoblast-like cells or differentiation after 7 days.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Volume12
Issue number8
Pages (from-to)1825-1834
ISSN1932-6254
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Calcium carbonate
  • Composite
  • Gellan gum hydrogels
  • Magnesium
  • Mineralization

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