I. Ono et al., PROMOTION OF THE OSTEOGENETIC ACTIVITY OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN BY BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH-FACTOR, The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 7(6), 1996, pp. 418-425
In this study, we investigated the promotive effect of basic fibroblas
t growth factor (bFGF) on the osteogenetic activity of bone morphogene
tic protein (BMP) used in conjunction with porous hydroxyapatite ceram
ic pellets. Results showed that there was extensive bone formation as
early as 3 weeks after insertion in the group that received pellets tr
eated with a relatively large amount of recombinant human (rh) BMP alo
ne as well as in the group in which pellets were treated with a small
amount of rhBMP combined with rhbFGF. Subsequently, osteogenesis withi
n the pores of the pellets of the two groups slowly progressed over li
me; by 9 weeks after insertion,most of the pellet pores were filled wi
th newly generated bone. In contrast, the group that received pellets
treated with rhbFGF alone showed little osteogenesis, as was the case
with the control group. The group that received the pellets treated wi
th the small amount of rhBMP as well as the rhbFGF group exhibited sig
nificantly greater bone induction than the group that received the pel
lets treated with the small amount of rhBMP alone. These results indic
ated that a very small amount of rhbFGF has a strong promotive effect
on the osteogenetic activity of rhBMP.