TY - JOUR A1 - Winkler, T. A1 - Hoenig, E. A1 - Gildenhaar, Renate A1 - Berger, Georg A1 - Fritsch, D. A1 - Janssen, R. A1 - Morlock, M.M. A1 - Schilling, A.F. T1 - Volumetric analysis of osteoclastic bioresorption of calcium phosphate ceramics with different solubilities JF - Acta biomaterialia N2 - Commonly, to determine osteoclastic resorption of biomaterials only the resorbed area is measured. The depth of the resorption pit, however, may also be important for the performance of a material. To generate such data we used two calcium phosphate ceramics (Ca10 and Ca2). The solubility of the materials was determined according to DIN EN ISO 10993-14. They were scanned three-dimensionally using infinite focus microscopy and subsequently cultivated for 4 weeks in simulated body fluid without (control) or with human osteoclasts. After this cultivation period osteoclasts number was determined and surface changes were evaluated two- and three-dimensionally. Ca10 and Ca2 showed solubilities of 11.0 ± 0.5 and 23.0 ± 2.2 mg g-1, respectively. Both materials induced a significant increase in osteoclast number. While Ca10 did not show osteoclastic resorption, Ca2 showed an increased pit area and pit volume due to osteoclastic action. This was caused by an increased average pit depth and an increased number of pits, while the average area of single pits did not change significantly. The deduced volumetric osteoclastic resorption rate (vORR) of Ca2 (0.01–0.02 µm3 µm-2 day-1) was lower than the remodelling speed observed in vivo (0.08 µm3 µm-2 day-1), which is in line with the observation that implanted resorbable materials remain in the body longer than originally expected. Determination of volumetric indices of osteoclastic resorption might be valuable in obtaining additional information about cellular resorption of bone substitute materials. This may help facilitate the development of novel materials for bone substitution. KW - Biodegradation KW - Surface analysis KW - Simulated body fluid KW - Osteoclasts KW - Calcium phosphate ceramics PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2010.04.015 SN - 1742-7061 VL - 6 IS - 10 SP - 4127 EP - 4135 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-22554 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -