In vitro biocompatibility assessment of a nickel-titanium alloy using electron microscopyin situ end-labeling (EM-ISEL)
✍ Scribed by Assad, M. ;Yahia, L. H. ;Rivard, C. H. ;Lemieux, N.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 490 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9304
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✦ Synopsis
Shape memory nickel-titanium (NiTi) alloys are potential candidates for biomedical applications. However, their equiatomic composition (50 wt% Ni) is controversial, and concerns have been raised about their biocompatibility level because of the carcinogenicity potential. The relative in vitro genotoxicity of NiTi therefore was evaluated and compared to commercially pure titanium (cpTi), 316L stainless steel (SS 316L), and positive and negative controls. To do so, human peripheral blood lymphocytes were cultured in semiphysiological medium that previously had been exposed to the biomaterials. The electron microscopy in situ end-labeling (EM-ISEL) assay then was performed in order to provide quantification of in vitro chromatin DNA singlestranded breaks (SSBs). Chromosomes and nuclei were harvested and exposed to exonuclease III, which amplifies DNA lesions at 3Ј ends of breaks. After random priming, incorporation of biotin-dUTP was labeled by immunogold binding, which then was detected using electron microscopy. Cellular chromatin exposed to the positive control demonstrated a significantly stronger immunogold labeling than when it was exposed to NiTi, cpTi, SS 316L extracts, or the untreated control. Moreover, gold particle counts, whether in the presence of NiTi, cpTi, or the negative control medium, were not statistically different. NiTi genocompatibility therefore presents promising prescreening results towards its biocompatibility approval.