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Title: Vancomycin-Loaded, Nanohydroxyapatite-Based Scaffold for Osteomyelitis Treatment: In Vivo Rabbit Toxicological Tests and In Vivo Efficacy Tests in a Sheep Model
Authors: Alegrete, Nuno
Sousa, Susana R.
Padrão, Tatiana
Carvalho, Ângela
Lucas, Raquel
Canadas, Raphael F.
Lavrador, Catarina
Alexandre, Nuno
Gärtner, Fátima
Monteiro, Fernando J.
Gutierres, Manuel
Editors: Calejo, Isabel
Lee, Soonchul
Keywords: drug delivery
nanohydroxyapatite
osteomyelitis
vancomycin
Issue Date: 4-Feb-2023
Publisher: MDPI
Citation: Alegrete, N., Sousa, S. R., Padrão, T., Carvalho, Â., Lucas, R., Canadas, R. F., Lavrador, C., Alexandre, N., Gärtner, F., Monteiro, F. J., & Gutierres, M. (2023). Vancomycin-Loaded, Nanohydroxyapatite-Based Scaffold for Osteomyelitis Treatment: In Vivo Rabbit Toxicological Tests and In Vivo Efficacy Tests in a Sheep Model. Bioengineering, 10(2), 206. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10020206
Abstract: The treatment for osteomyelitis consists of surgical debridement, filling of the dead space, soft tissue coverage, and intravenous administration of antimicrobial (AM) agents for long periods. Biomaterials for local delivery of AM agents, while providing controllable antibiotic release rates and simultaneously acting as a bone scaffold, may be a valuable alternative; thus, avoiding systemic AM side effects. V-HEPHAPC is a heparinized nanohydroxyapatite (nHA)/collagen biocomposite loaded with vancomycin that has been previously studied and tested in vitro. It enables a vancomycin-releasing profile with an intense initial burst, followed by a sustained release with concentrations above the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) for MRSA. In vitro results have also shown that cellular viability is not compromised, suggesting that V-HEPHAPC granules may be a promising alternative device for the treatment of osteomyelitis. In the present study, V-HEPHAPC (HEPHAPC with vancomycin) granules were used as a vancomycin carrier to treat MRSA osteomyelitis. First, in vivo Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) toxicological tests were performed in a rabbit model, assuring that HEPHAPC and V-HEPHAPC have no relevant side effects. Second, V-HEPHAPC proved to be an efficient drug carrier and bone substitute to control MRSA infection and simultaneously reconstruct the bone cavity in a sheep model.
URI: https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/10/2/206
http://hdl.handle.net/10174/34656
ISSN: 2306-5354
Type: article
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