Brian A Tinsley1, Alex Dukas1, Michael J Pensak1, Douglas J Adams1, Amy H Tang2, Michael S Ominsky3, Hua Zhu Ke4, Jay R Lieberman2. 1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, MARB 4th floor, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030. E-mail address for B.A. Tinsley: btinsley@uchc.edu. 2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1520 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033. 3. Department of Metabolic Disorders, Amgen, Inc., 1 Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. 4. Bone Research, UCB Pharma, 208 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3WE, United Kingdom.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP)-2 is a potent osteoinductive agent; however, its clinical use has been reduced because of safety and efficacy concerns. In preclinical studies involving a critical-sized defect in a rat model, sclerostin antibody (Scl-Ab) treatment increased bone formation within the defect but did not result in reliable healing. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate bone repair of a critical-sized femoral defect in a rat model with use of local implantation of rhBMP-2 combined with systemic administration of Scl-Ab. METHODS: A critical-sized femoral defect was created in rats randomized into three treatment groups: local rhBMP-2 and systemic Scl-Ab (Scl + BMP), local rhBMP-2 alone, and collagen sponge alone (operative control). The Scl + BMP group received local rhBMP-2 (10 μg) on a collagen sponge placed within the defect intraoperatively and then twice weekly injections of Scl-Ab (25 mg/kg) administered postoperatively. The femora were evaluated at twelve weeks with use of radiography, microcomputed tomography (microCT), histomorphometric analysis, and biomechanical testing. RESULTS: At twelve weeks, all Scl + BMP and rhBMP-2 only samples were healed. No femora healed in the operative control group. Histomorphometric analysis demonstrated more bone in the Scl + BMP samples than in the samples treated with rhBMP-2 alone (p = 0.029) and the control samples (p = 0.003). MicroCT revealed that the Scl + BMP group had a 90% greater bone volume within the defect region compared with the rhBMP-2 group and a 350% greater bone volume compared with the operative control group (p < 0.001). Biomechanical testing showed that the group treated with Scl + BMP had greater torsional strength and rigidity compared with the rhBMP-2 group (p < 0.001 and p = 0.047) and the intact femoral control group (p < 0.001). Torque to failure was lower in the rhBMP-2 group compared with the intact femoral control group (p < 0.002). Mean energy to failure was higher in the Scl + BMP samples compared with the rhBMP-2 only samples (p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In a critical-sized femoral defect in a rat model, local rhBMP-2 combined with systemic administration of Scl-Ab resulted in more robust healing that was stronger and more rigid than results for rhBMP-2 alone and intact nonoperative femora. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Our study demonstrated that combining an osteoinductive agent with a systemically administered antibody that promotes bone formation can enhance bone repair and has potential as a therapeutic regimen in humans.
BACKGROUND: Recombinant humanbone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP)-2 is a potent osteoinductive agent; however, its clinical use has been reduced because of safety and efficacy concerns. In preclinical studies involving a critical-sized defect in a rat model, sclerostin antibody (Scl-Ab) treatment increased bone formation within the defect but did not result in reliable healing. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate bone repair of a critical-sized femoral defect in a rat model with use of local implantation of rhBMP-2 combined with systemic administration of Scl-Ab. METHODS: A critical-sized femoral defect was created in rats randomized into three treatment groups: local rhBMP-2 and systemic Scl-Ab (Scl + BMP), local rhBMP-2 alone, and collagen sponge alone (operative control). The Scl + BMP group received local rhBMP-2 (10 μg) on a collagen sponge placed within the defect intraoperatively and then twice weekly injections of Scl-Ab (25 mg/kg) administered postoperatively. The femora were evaluated at twelve weeks with use of radiography, microcomputed tomography (microCT), histomorphometric analysis, and biomechanical testing. RESULTS: At twelve weeks, all Scl + BMP and rhBMP-2 only samples were healed. No femora healed in the operative control group. Histomorphometric analysis demonstrated more bone in the Scl + BMP samples than in the samples treated with rhBMP-2 alone (p = 0.029) and the control samples (p = 0.003). MicroCT revealed that the Scl + BMP group had a 90% greater bone volume within the defect region compared with the rhBMP-2 group and a 350% greater bone volume compared with the operative control group (p < 0.001). Biomechanical testing showed that the group treated with Scl + BMP had greater torsional strength and rigidity compared with the rhBMP-2 group (p < 0.001 and p = 0.047) and the intact femoral control group (p < 0.001). Torque to failure was lower in the rhBMP-2 group compared with the intact femoral control group (p < 0.002). Mean energy to failure was higher in the Scl + BMP samples compared with the rhBMP-2 only samples (p = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In a critical-sized femoral defect in a rat model, local rhBMP-2 combined with systemic administration of Scl-Ab resulted in more robust healing that was stronger and more rigid than results for rhBMP-2 alone and intact nonoperative femora. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Our study demonstrated that combining an osteoinductive agent with a systemically administered antibody that promotes bone formation can enhance bone repair and has potential as a therapeutic regimen in humans.
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