Study of the boron levels in serum after implantation of different ratios nano-hexagonal boron nitride-hydroxy apatite in rat femurs

Atila, Alptuğ and Halıcı, Zekai and Çadırcı, Elif and Karakuş, Emre and Palabıyık, Şaziye Sezin and Ay, Nuran and Bakan, Feray and Yılmaz, Şahin (2016) Study of the boron levels in serum after implantation of different ratios nano-hexagonal boron nitride-hydroxy apatite in rat femurs. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 58 . pp. 1082-1089. ISSN 0928-4931 (Print) 1873-0191 (Online)

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Abstract

Boron and its derivatives are effective in bone recovery and osteointegration. However, increasing the boron levels in body liquids may cause toxicity. The aim of our study is to investigate serum boron levels using ICP-MS after implantation of different ratios of nano-hBN-HA composites in rat femurs. All rats were (n = 126) divided into five experimental groups (n = 24) and one healthy group (6 rats); healthy (Groupl), femoral defect + %100HA (Group2), femoral defect + %2.5hBN + %97.5HA (Group3), femoral defect + %5hBN + %95HA (Group4), femoral defect + %10hBN + %90 HA (Group5), femoral defect + %100hBN (Group6). The femoral defect was created in the distal femur (3 mm drill-bit). Each implant group was divided into four different groups (n = 24) also 6 rats sacrificed for each groups in one week intervals during four weeks. In our results; at 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks after implantation near bone tissue, serum levels of boron were evaluated using ICP-MS. We demonstrated that neither short-term nor long-term implantation of hBN-HA composite resulted in statistically increased serum boron levels in experimental groups compared to healthy group. In conclusion, this study investigated the implant material produced form hBN-HA for the first time. Our data suggest that hBN is a new promising target for biomaterial and implant bioengineers.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Boron; Serum; Nano-hexagonal boron nitride; ICP-MS; Rat; Femur
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions: Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center
Depositing User: Feray Bakan
Date Deposited: 27 Nov 2015 14:43
Last Modified: 17 Jul 2019 16:17
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/27261

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