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In vitro evaluation of biomaterials for bone tissue engineering Maria Chatzinikolaidou Biomaterials Dept. Materials Science and Technology University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208 GR71303 Heraklio, Crete, Greece [email protected] Research activities In vitro biocompatibility study of biomaterials, including cell adhesion, viability, proliferation and morphology of mammalian cell lines and stem cells Investigation of the osteoinductive potential of implantable biomaterials bone tissue repair Development of immobilization techniques for proteins on biomaterials surfaces Adsorption and desorption studies of proteins on biomaterials surfaces Cell adhesion shown by SEM Cell source: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells from donors’ iliac crest Biomaterial: organic-inorganic composite material, structured by twophoton polymerization After 4 hours After 3 days In collaboration with Prof. Maria Vamvakaki, Dr. Maria Farsari and Prof. Eleni Papadaki Cell adhesion and proliferation shown by SEM Cell source: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells from donors’ iliac crest Biomaterial: organic-inorganic composite material, structured by twophoton polymerization After 6 days In collaboration with Prof. Maria Vamvakaki, Dr. Maria Farsari and Prof. Eleni Papadaki Cell adhesion shown by SEM Cell source: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells from donors’ iliac crest Biomaterial: organic-inorganic composite material – meshes structured by two-photon polymerization After 4 hours In collaboration with Prof. Maria Vamvakaki, Dr. Maria Farsari and Prof. Eleni Papadaki Cell formations during adhesion Early event Late event Extracellular factors and integrin-derived signaling trigger activate actin polymerization at the leading-edge membrane (as an early event) and the formation of focal adhesions (as a later event) Biomaterials: The Intersection of Biology and Materials ScienceJohnna S. Temenoff, Antonios G. Mikos Cell morphology of MC3T3-E1 Visualization of vinculin and actin cytoskeleton by means of confocal microscopy Cell source: mouse pre-osteoblasts MC3T3-E1 Biomaterial: organic-inorganic composite material Overlay of double staining with ΤRΙTC-conjugated falloifin and FITC-conjugated anti-vinculin magnification 20x Cell morphology Visualization of vinculin and actin cytoskeleton by means of confocal microscopy Cell source: mouse pre-osteoblasts MC3T3-E1 Biomaterial: organic-inorganic composite material Overlay of double staining with ΤRΙTC-conjugated falloifin and FITC-conjugated anti-vinculin magnification 40x Acknowledgements Collaborations Prof. Maria Vamvakaki, UoC Dr. Maria Farsari, Prof. Costas Fotakis, IESL-FORTH Prof. Eleni Papadaki, UoC A reservoir for progenitor cells http://anatquest.nlm.nih.gov Organic-inorganic composite material Methacryloxypropyl trimethoxysilane (MAPTMS), (2-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and methacrylic acid (MAA) as the polymerizable monomers Zirconium n-propoxide (Zr(OPr)4, and the trimethoxysilane groups of MAPTMS serve as the inorganic network forming moieties