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Bone diseases, such as osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, are the second most prevalent health problem worldwide. In Germany approximately 5 millions people are affected by arthritis. Investigating biomineralization processes and bone molecular structure is of key importance for developing new drugs for preventing and healing bone diseases. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) [2] was the primary technique used due to its advantages in characterising poorly ordered and disordered materials [3]. Compared to all the diffraction techniques that widely applied in structural investigations, the usefulness of NMR is independent of long range molecular order. This makes NMR an outstanding technique for studies of complex/amorphous materials. Conventional NMR experiments (single pulse, spin-echo, cross polarization (CP) [4], etc.) as well as their modifications and high-end techniques (2D HETCOR [5], REDOR [6], etc.) were used in this work. Combining the contributions from different techniques enhances the information content of the investigations and can increase the precision of the overall conclusions. Also XRD, TEM and FTIR were applied to different extent in order to get a general idea of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite crystallite structure. Results: - A new approach named “Solid-state NMR spectroscopy using the lost I spin magnetization in polarization transfer experiments” [7] has been developed for measuring the transferred I spin magnetization from abundant nuclei, which is normally lost when detecting the S spin magnetization. - A detailed investigation of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite core was made to prove that proton environment of the phosphates units and phosphorus environment of hydroxyl units are the same as in highly crystalline hydroxyapatite sample. - Using XRD it was found that the surface of the hydroxyapatite nanocrystals is not completely disordered, as it was suggested before, but resembles the hydroxyapatite structure with HPO4 2-(and some CO3 2-) groups instead of PO4 3- groups and water instead of OH- groups. - The organic-mineral interface of bone was studied in order to clarify which organic molecules are in the closest spatial proximity to the bone mineral phase and to investigate the influence of the organic matrix on the mineral formation. It was found that most probably these molecules are glycosaminoglycan rather than a protein.
A variation of the cross polarization (CP) experiment is discussed. The method requires two scans where the difference signal is equivalent to the I spin magnetization that is transferred to the S spins. The acquired signal is equivalent to F1 sum projection of a two-dimensional (2D) heteronuclear correlation experiment and is obtained by just two scans without the need to increment the indirect time domain t1. Any polarization transfer method and any kind of spin manipulations during the t1 incrementation period of a 2D NMR experiment can be applied. The method allows fast measurements of the CP transfer, particularly if various S spins signal overlap and is good for spectral editing of I spin signals with contact to S spins. Various examples for biomaterials are presented. Most importantly, this novel approach is ideal for detailed investigations of organicmineral interfaces in bone, here demonstrated for O-phospho-L-serine as simple model compound.
A solid-state NMR comparison of the mineral structure in bone from diseases joints in the horse
(2007)
In this work, subchondral cortical bone material is investigated from the joints of five horses, three of which presented with no clinical signs or radiographic signs of osteoarthritis and two of which suffered osteoarthritis joint disease, as judged by clinical and radiographic assessment and histological findings. The horse is a good model for osteoarthritis in humans, so the aim of this study is to use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) for a detailed investigation of the bone structure in bone material affected by osteoarthritis. In particular, we report on the assessment of the mineral structure of these samples as viewed by solid-state NMR.