Abstract
Background: Toxic free Ti-based amorphous alloy has the potential to be used in biomedical fields due to itsexcellent biocompatibility and osseointegration.Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop a series of Ti44Zr10Pd10Cu6+ gif.latex?\timesCo23-gif.latex?\timesTa7 (gif.latex?\times = 0, 4, 8)and examine their biocompatibility, biological properties, and toxicity in osteoblast-like cells.Methods: Having developed the alloy ingots by induction melting, we used the cast rod as a plasma cathode in a filtered cathodic vacuum arc deposition chamber to coat a 25-nm thin film of amorphous alloy on cover glass slides. These coated cover glass slides were then examined for biocompatibility. The biocompatibility tests in SaOS2 osteoblast-like cells were performed using a methylthiazol tetrazolium assay and alizarin red staining. The medical grade Ti-6Al-4V alloys was studied in parallel as a control material.Results: There was no statistically significant difference in number of living cells between all novel alloyscompared with Ti-6Al-4V thin film. Alizarin red staining showed that all novel alloy thin film had significantlyhigher percentage area of calcification in comparison with Ti-6Al-4V thin film control (gif.latex?\rho < 0.05). In term of calcification size, the Ti44Zr10Pd10Cu10Co19Ta7 and Ti44Zr10Pd10Cu14Co15Ta7 showed significantly greater calcification than control (gif.latex?\rho < 0.05) while Ti44Zr10Pd10Cu6Co23Ta7 also demonstrated larger calcification in comparison with control but no statistical significance (gif.latex?\rho = 0.27).Conclusion: The results indicated that all investigated Ti-based alloys were found to be non-cytotoxic andsupport differentiation of osteoblast-like cells.
DOI
10.58837/CHULA.CMJ.63.2.4
First Page
89
Last Page
93
Recommended Citation
Tantavisut, Saran; Lohwongwatana, Boonrat; Khamkongkaeo, Atchara; Tanavalee, Aree; Tangpornprasert, Pairat; and Ittiravivong, Pubul
(2019)
"In vitro biocompatibility of novel titanium-based amorphous alloy thin film in human osteoblast-like cells,"
Chulalongkorn Medical Journal: Vol. 63:
Iss.
2, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58837/CHULA.CMJ.63.2.4
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https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/clmjournal/vol63/iss2/5