Reactive & Functional Polymers, Vol.125, 37-46, 2018
Bioactive Ti-base biomaterial with sustained anti-bacterial response for endosseous applications
This paper alms to develop a bloactive biomaterial based on porous titanium coated with chitosan (Chi) hydrogel film (Chi(hf)), which releases antibiotic, for tissue engineering of bone. The chosen antibiotic was Tetracycline (Tet); as a carrier, we used core-shell microcapsules of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) gel with k-carrageenan/chitosan polyelectrolite complex multilayer shell (xns). The structures of both Chi(hf) and Tet-loaded microcapsules (Tet-ms) were characterized by: FTIR, XRD, SEM, CISM, Fluorescence spectroscopy, and Fluorescence optical microscopy. The Tet release in pH 7.4 PBS is much slower from Tet-ms embedded in Chi(hf) than simply from Tetms. The values of mechanical properties of Chi films reveal significant adhesiveness to the "skin model" film, a good premise for implant anchorage and osseointegration. The in vitro biological study of the film that releases the antibiotic indicates a good biocompadbility and the assessment of antibacterial activity shows a prolonged release of Tet, avoiding the biofilm formation and its adhesion.