Effects of TiO2-containing phosphate glasses on solubility and in vitro biocompatibility.

Phosphate-based glasses with different amounts of titanium dioxide (TiO(2)), having the following molar composition 50P(2)O(5)-30CaO-9Na(2)O-3SiO(2)-3MgO-(5-x)K(2)O-xTiO(2), (where x = 0, 2.5, 5 mol %), were synthesised and characterized in terms of solubility (according to ISO 10993-14), and in vitro biocompatibility using human MG-63 osteoblast cells. Dissolution tests were carried out in Tris-HCl (pH 7.4) to simulate the physiological pH and in citric acid (pH 3.0) to simulate an acidic environment. The weight loss decreased with increasing TiO(2) content, a process further enhanced in acidic medium. TiO(2) reduced the pH changes usually caused by the dissolution products released. Cellular tests showed that all the glasses studied (0-5 mol % TiO(2)) and TiCl(4), used to investigate the biocompatibility of titanium ions, did not produce cytotoxic effects on human MG-63 osteoblasts for up to 5 days in culture. On the basis of these results, we suggest that TiO(2)-containing phosphate glasses could be promising substrates for bone tissue engineering applications.

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