title: Fibronectin modulates osteoblast behavior on Nitinol.
abstract: We have previously demonstrated that primary rat osteoclasts behave differently when cultured on austenite and martensite Nitinol. In this study, we coated the two phases of Nitinol with plasma fibronectin and studied if this modifies the proliferation and cell cycle of MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts. The influence of the crystalline structure of Nitinol on the remodeling and conformation of fibronectin was also studied. The results on austenite demonstrated that fibronectin was more strongly remodeled and the cells spread better compared with the martensite phase. Interestingly, the conformation of the protein showed no differences between austenite and martensite. In addition, fibronectin improved cell proliferation in both phases, but the effect of fibronectin coating was stronger on the austenite surface. In addition, in both Nitinol phases, the proportion of cells in the G(1) phase was observed to grow in the presence of fibronectin. This could indicate cell differentiation on Nitinol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Oulu, PO Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland. virpi.muhonen@oulu.fi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Muhonen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fauveaux
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Olivera
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vigneron
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Danilov
authors.forename: M-D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Nagel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tuukkanen
mesh_terms: D000497:Alloys; D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002460:Cell Line; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D005353:Fibronectins; D051379:Mice; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; D005353:Fibronectins; C013616:nitinol