Acute Intravenous Injection Toxicity Study of Escherichia coli-Derived Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Rat
Asian Spine Journal
;
: 113-118, 2014.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-106231
ABSTRACT
STUDY DESIGN:
Prospective in vivo toxicity study.PURPOSE:
To evaluate the conducted acute toxicity study of Escherichia coli (E. coli)-derived recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) with 6-weeks old Sprague-Dawley rats. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE rhBMP-2 has well-known osteoinductivity and it is used as a bone graft substitute. E. coli-derived rhBMP-2 can be mass-produced with relatively low costs. E. coli-derived rhBMP-2 facilitates osteoblastic differentiation and bone formation in vitro and in vivo. However, studies regarding side effects or toxicity of E. coli-derived rhBMP-2 have not been published. Thus, we conducted the acute toxicity study of E. coli-derived rhBMP-2 on 6-weeks old Sprague-Dawley rats.METHODS:
One mg of BMP-2 was diluted in 0.285 mL of glycine buffer to prepare high BMP-2 concentrations (3.5 mg/mL). Intermediate (0.9 mg/mL) or low (0.35 mg/mL) concentrations of BMP-2 solution was prepared by serial dilutions. The compound was administrated at a dose of 0, 0.7, 1.8, 7 mg/kg by single intravenous injection to five of male and female rats. After the injection, the gross general observations including changes of body weight and histopathological analysis was performed for 14 days.RESULTS:
No animal was found dead during the experiment and the body weight changes were both statistically insignificant in the control and experimental groups. No abnormal sign was shown in general observations and autopsy examinations.CONCLUSIONS:
Thus, the lethal dose of E. coli-derived rhBMP-2 should be higher than 7 mg/kg with a single intravenous injection.
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Main subject:
Osteoblasts
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Osteogenesis
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Autopsy
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Body Weight
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Body Weight Changes
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Prospective Studies
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Mortality
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Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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Transplants
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Toxicity Tests, Acute
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Asian Spine Journal
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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