title: BMP-2 can inhibit bone healing. Bone-chamber study in rabbits.
abstract: We came across a bone growing situation in which BMP-2 inhibits bone formation. Collagen sponges with BMP-2 were inserted in titanium bone chambers in rabbits. In this model, bone formation occurs spontaneously. With 2.4 and 0.12 micrograms BMP-2 per mm3 of the chamber volume, bone ingrowth was reduced to 16% and 42% of collagen controls, respectively. Sponges with 2.4 micrograms BMP-2 per mm3 that were placed in a similar titanium chamber in an intramuscular subfascial site induced bone formation in 4 cases of 5. The BMP-2 concentrations used are considered optimal for extraskeletal bone induction, and intramuscular sponges in rats all induced bone. The inhibitory effect is most likely model-related, but indicates unknown effects of BMP-2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Lund University Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jeppsson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aspenberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001846:Bone Development / Q000187:drug effects*; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015194:Diffusion Chambers, Culture; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D011817:Rabbits; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C525720:Bmp2 protein, rat; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta