title: Utilization of activated U937 monocytic cells as a model to evaluate biocompatibility and biodegradation of synthetic calcium phosphate.
abstract: The use of calcium phosphate biomaterials as a bone substitute necessitates the use of normative biocompatibility and biodegradation techniques which must be fast, simple and reproducible. In the present study, we have developed an in vitro model to study and to compare different calcium phosphate ceramics. After activation with 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3 and phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate, the monoblastic U937 cells became multinucleated, expressed tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase and several markers of monocyte/macrophage differentiation. Activated U937 cells did not express the vitronectin receptor (VNR) (as revealed using monoclonal antibodies 23C6 or 13C2) but around 25% of the cells were strongly reactive with 211D, a novel monoclonal antibody that recognizes an osteoclast-specific membrane antigenic determinant. These cells remain active/viable with hydroxyapatite (HA) or beta-tricalcium phosphate (beta-TCP) ceramics. In conclusion, activated U937 cells are good candidates to use in a normative in vitro method to evaluate new biomaterials.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Matériaux d'Intérêt Biologique, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Blottière
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Daculsi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Anegon
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pouezat
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Passuti
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000592:standards; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002130:Calcium Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002516:Ceramics; D003804:Dentin / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016024:Receptors, Cytoadhesin / Q000378:metabolism; D019030:Receptors, Vitronectin; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D016023:Integrins; D016024:Receptors, Cytoadhesin; D019030:Receptors, Vitronectin; C485828:alpha-tricalcium phosphate; C485830:tetracalcium phosphate; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; C485838:calcium phosphate, monobasic, anhydrous; C020243:calcium phosphate; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D002117:Calcitriol; C485829:calcium phosphate, dibasic, anhydrous