Human amnion collagen for soft tissue augmentation—biochemical characterizations and animal observations
✍ Scribed by Spira, Melvin ;Liu, Bingci ;Xu, Zenglu ;Harrell, Randall ;Chahadeh, Hassen
- Book ID
- 102874244
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 632 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9304
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✦ Synopsis
As bovine collagen is currently being scrutinized as to its immunogenicity in clinical use, a human source collagen, human amnion collagen (HAC), has been developed in our laboratory as an injectable biomaterial for soft tissue augmentation. Pepsin-extracted human amnion collagen was highly purified and reconstituted. Gamma irradiation was employed to ensure complete sterility and to produce cross-linking in collagen chains to improve implant persistence without the use of chemical additives. The purity and characteristics of human amnion collagen were proven by amino acid assay, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, immune blotting, and collagenase digestion. Animal studies comparing both irradiated and nonirradiated amnion collagen to bovine collagen (Zyderm8 and ZyplastB) were carried out in a rat model. Humoral immunity was evaluated by examining the sera for antibody reactivity towards the implanted human collagen by the ELISA test. Insignificant antibody levels against human amnion collagen were found. Animal observation revealed fibroplasia, vascular infiltration, and the development of adipocytes with the implant as well as a lack of inflammatory response following up to 12 months of implantation. The persistence rate of our human amnion collagen was equal to, or even longer than, that of both types of bovine collagen implants.