title: Characterization of tissue from the bone-polymethylmethacrylate interface in a rat experimental model. Demonstration of collagen-degrading activity and bone-resorbing potential.
abstract: In previous studies, we described a layer of tissue that formed around methylmethacrylate cement that had been implanted into the posterior cervical spine of dogs. We are now reporting on a rat model in which we induced, in the interface between the bone of the posterior elements of the dorsal spine and methylmethacrylate, the formation of a layer of tissue that was morphologically similar to the tissue that had been produced in the dogs. As in the dogs, we noted macrophages and giant cells and we demonstrated that the interface tissue synthesized several basement-membrane components (type-IV collagen, laminin, and fibronectin). In addition, we demonstrated the synthesis of an additional extracellular-matrix protein--type-VI collagen. We also showed that extracts of organ cultures of tissue from the rat model degraded type-I collagen into three-quarter and one-quarter-length fragments. Such enzymatic activity is characterized of mammalian collagenase, an enzyme that is known to play a critical role in the resorption of bone.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville 22908.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Coe
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Fechner
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Jeffrey
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balian
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Whitehill
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001843:Bone Cements; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000378:metabolism; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D003012:Microbial Collagenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001843:Bone Cements; D005353:Fibronectins; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D003094:Collagen; D003012:Microbial Collagenase