Extraction of type I collagen and preparation of a collagen-gelatin scaffold / 中国矫形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

[Objective]To develop an ideal method for extracting type I collagen from cortical bone and to prepare a collagen-gelatin scaffold.[Method]The cortical bone was disintegrated into bone matrix powder in a high speed mill and was subsequently dehydrated in alcohol,decalcificated in hydrochloric acid and defatted in chloroformmethanol(11,v/v).The osscins were extracted using improved pepsin digestion method after the bone matrix powder was dissolved,centrifuged,dialyzed and lyophilized.Type I collagen was then characterized by SDS-PAGE and amino-acid composition analysis.The biomaterial was made of type I collagen and gelatin using freeze-drying method,and the alignment regularities of microscopic channels and their course directions were observed under the scanning electronic microscope.The size of the micropores and the factor of porosity were also measured.[Result] The collagen extracted was confirmed to be type I collagen by SDS-PAGE and amino-acid composition analysis.All the scaffolds looked like circular cylinder,the microscopic channels were arranged in parallel manners,and the pore sizes of the channels were uniform.[Conclusion]Ossein extracted from cortical bone is a real type I collagen that can be applied in the construction of collagen products.