A novel MRI compatible mouse fracture model to characterize and monitor bone regeneration and tissue composition

Over the last years, murine in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contributed to a new understanding of tissue composition, regeneration and diseases. Due to artefacts generated by the currently used metal implants, MRI is limited in fracture healing research so far. In this study, we investigate...

Verfasser: Schmitz, Nina
Timmen, Melanie
Kostka, Katharina
Hörr, Verena
Schwarz, Christian
Faber, Cornelius
Hansen, Uwe
Matthys, Romano
Raschke, Michael J.
Stange, Richard
Dokumenttypen:Artikel
Medientypen:Text
Erscheinungsdatum:2020
Publikation in MIAMI:21.02.2023
Datum der letzten Änderung:21.02.2023
Angaben zur Ausgabe:[Electronic ed.]
Quelle:Scientific Reports 10 (2020) 16238, 1-10
Schlagwörter:Medical research; Translational research
Fachgebiet (DDC):610: Medizin und Gesundheit
Lizenz:CC BY 4.0
Sprache:English
Förderung:Finanziert über die DEAL-Vereinbarung mit Wiley 2019-2022.
Format:PDF-Dokument
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-81019714307
Weitere Identifikatoren:DOI: 10.17879/31029675508
Permalink:https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-81019714307
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Onlinezugriff:10.1038_s41598-020-73301-y.pdf

Over the last years, murine in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contributed to a new understanding of tissue composition, regeneration and diseases. Due to artefacts generated by the currently used metal implants, MRI is limited in fracture healing research so far. In this study, we investigated a novel MRI-compatible, ceramic intramedullary fracture implant during bone regeneration in mice. Three-point-bending revealed a higher stiffness of the ceramic material compared to the metal implants. Electron microscopy displayed a rough surface of the ceramic implant that was comparable to standard metal devices and allowed cell attachment and growth of osteoblastic cells. MicroCT-imaging illustrated the development of the callus around the fracture site indicating a regular progressing healing process when using the novel implant. In MRI, different callus tissues and the implant could clearly be distinguished from each other without any artefacts. Monitoring fracture healing using MRI-compatible implants will improve our knowledge of callus tissue regeneration by 3D insights longitudinal in the same living organism, which might also help to reduce the consumption of animals for future fracture healing studies, significantly. Finally, this study may be translated into clinical application to improve our knowledge about human bone regeneration.