Papers by Author: M.J. Cho

Abstract: For effective bone regeneration, various surface modifications have been tried. In an effort to improve osteogenic repair potential, we evaluated recombinant peptides containing the RGD domain as a bioactive molecule for tissue-engineered bone regeneration. The synthetic peptides slightly suppressed cellular proliferation in the in vitro culture system but induced favorable osteoblastic differentiation, which was determined by MTT and ALP activity staining, respectively. The synthetic peptide coated CMP granules, which were implanted into the mandibular bone defects showed more favorable bone repair compared to the non-coated CMP implantation. In addition, there were not any sign of inflammatory reaction. These findings suggest that synthesized peptides containing the RGD domain enhance cellular attachment and osteogenic activity in vivo condition and that the peptide-coated CMP granules can serve as a biocompatible bone substitute.

Abstract: Osteogenic repair is highly dependant upon the substrate carrier or matrix. As a part of the effort to develop a suitable scaffold optimizing bone regeneration, we evaluated the efficiency of bovine bone ash particles, prepared by ashing at 600 °C for 8 hrs and pulverizing to 150-250 µm size particles, as a scaffold for bone tissue regeneration. The non-cytotoxic bovine bone ash particles, evaluated by Agar over lay test, showed no disturbance in cellular proliferation and osteogenic differentiation in an in vitro cell culture system. Furthermore, the implanted bone ash particles in artificial bone defects on rat mandible revealed favorable biocompatibility and regeneration of bone and dentin associated with bone ash particles. The new bone and reparative dentin were well integrated with bone ash particles. These findings suggest that allogenic bone ash particles composed mainly of hydroxyapatite are applicable for repair of tooth related bone defects as well as pulp damaged tooth repair.