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Defect-related luminescent bur-like hydroxyapatite microspheres induced apoptosis of MC3T3-E1 cells by lysosomal and mitochondrial pathways

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When orthopedic joints coated by hydroxyapatite (HA) were implanted in the human body, they release wear debris into the surrounding tissues. The generation and accumulation of wear particles will induce aseptic loosening. However, the potential bioeffect and mechanism of HA-coated orthopedic implants on bone cells are poorly understood. In this study, defect-related luminescent bur-like hydroxyapatite (BHA) microspheres with the average diameter of 7–9 μm which are comparable to that of the wear-debris particles from aseptically loosened HA implants or HA debris have been synthesized by hydrothermal synthesis and the MC3T3-E1 cells were set as a cells model to study the potential bioeffect and mechanism of BHA microspheres. The studies demonstrated that BHA microspheres could be taken into MC3T3-E1 cells via endocytosis involved in micropinocytosis- and clathrin-mediated endocytosis process, and exert cytotoxicity effect. BHA microspheres could induce the cell apoptosis by intracellular production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which led to not only an increase in the permeability of lysosome and release of cathepsins B, but also mitochondrial dysfunction and DNA damage. Our results provide novel evidence to elucidate their toxicity mechanisms and might be helpful for more reasonable applications of HA-based orthopaedic implants in the future.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21301046, 51302062), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (B2017201125, B2017201100), the Second Batch of Top Youth Talent Support Program of Hebei Province and Distinguished Young Scholars Fund of Hebei University (2015JQ04).

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    Yi Jin, Shizhu Chen, Nan Li, Yajing Liu, Gong Cheng, Cuimiao Zhang, Shuxiang Wang & Jinchao Zhang

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Jin, Y., Chen, S., Li, N. et al. Defect-related luminescent bur-like hydroxyapatite microspheres induced apoptosis of MC3T3-E1 cells by lysosomal and mitochondrial pathways. Sci. China Life Sci. 61, 464–475 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-017-9258-3

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