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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 99-B, Issue SUPP_5 | Pages 102 - 102
1 Mar 2017
Rakow A Schoon J Dienelt A John T Textor M Duda G Perka C Schulze F Ode A
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INTRODUCTION

The uncertainty of the biological effects of wear and corrosion from Metal-on-metal (MoM) implants has initiated a debate on their safety and use. Generally, the release of wear particles from MoM hip implants can clinically manifest in aseptic osteolysis. In our study, the effect of MoM-wear particles and particle originated Co and Cr ions on mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) was investigated [1]. The lead hypotheses were that (1) dissociated Co and Cr, originated from MoM-wear particles, accumulate in the bone marrow and (2) apparently impair the osteogenic function of local MSCs. This impairment could be one element contributing to the manifestation of periprosthetic osteolyses.

METHODS

The study was approved by the local ethical committee (EA1/194/13); all donors gave written informed consent. Blood (B), Synovial fluid (SF) periprosthetic tissue (PT) and bone marrow (BM) were collected from patients with at least one osteolytic lesion, undergoing a revision of a MoM hip implant. Patients undergoing primary THA served as controls. Metal wear particles were isolated from PT by enzymatic digestion and their size and shape characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Local and systemic levels of Co and Cr were analyzed by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy. MoM-MSCs and control-MSCs were isolated from BM for in vitro assessment of their viability, proliferation, migration and multilineage differentiation. In addition, control-MSCs were in vitro exposed to Co and Cr ions and assessed for their viability, proliferation and osteogenic differentiation.