The combined effects of low intensity pulsed ultrasound and heat on bone cell mineralization

Authors

  • Judith Weidman Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Howard G. Ginsberg Neurosurgical Research, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Jahan Tavakkoli Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Keywords:

Animal cell culture, Bone, Fracture, Heat treatment, Mineralogy, Phosphatases, Ultrasonics, Additive effects, Alizarin Red, ALkaline phosphatase, Alkaline phosphatase activity, Bone cells, Bone fracture, Bone healing, Clinical study, Combined effect, Control groups, In-vitro, In-vivo, Lipus device, Low level, Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound, MC3T3-E1, Memphis, Statistical differences, Treatment group

Abstract

Low Intensity Pulsed UltraSound (LIPUS) has been shown to improve bone fracture healing in in vivo animal and human clinical studies. In vitro, this improvement has been shown through improved mineralization in bone cells. Low level heat of bone fractures has also been shown to improve healing. Moreover, low level heat has been shown to improve mineralization in bone cell cultures. The research version of a clinical LIPUS device was used in this study (Exogen&reg Bone Healing System, Smith & Nephew Inc., Memphis, TN). This study examines the concurrent effects of LIPUS and heat on MC3T3-E1 bone cells. The bone cells were split into four treatment groups: LIPUS, heat, LIPUS + heat, and control. The LIPUS treatment was delivered with the intensity of I SATA=30 mW/cm2 at the frequency of f=1.5 MHz for 40 minutes each day over 15 days. The heat treatment was applied at 40°C for 40 minutes each day over 15 days. The LIPUS + heat group received the treatments concurrently. Outside of heat treatment the cells were kept at 37 °C. The groups were tested for calcium mineralization using alizarin red staining and alkaline phosphatase activity in an alkaline phosphatase assay kit. All treatment groups showed statistically significantly improved mineralization when compared to the control cell cultures. Although die LIPUS and LIPUS + heat groups each showed almost a 4 fold increase in mineralization over the control, there was no statistical difference in mineralization between these two groups. Alkaline phosphatase activity was higher in both the LIPUS and the Control groups. Early results suggest that the concurrent effects of LIPUS and heat on MC3T3-E1 bone cells have no additive effect on mineralization.

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Published

2011-12-01

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Weidman J, Ginsberg HG, Tavakkoli J. The combined effects of low intensity pulsed ultrasound and heat on bone cell mineralization. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 2011 Dec. 1 [cited 2024 Sep. 8];39(4):37-43. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/2494

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 4 (2011)

Section

Technical Articles

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