Issue 18, 2022

Characterisation of Sr2+ mobility in osteoporotic rat bone marrow by cryo-ToF-SIMS and cryo-OrbiSIMS

Abstract

Strontium (Sr2+) ions are an effective therapeutic agent for the healing of osteoporotic bone fractures and are therefore used, for example, in form of strontium-modified bone cements. In order to reduce animal testing in further implant materials development in the future, a simulation of the Sr2+ release and transport in bone would be helpful. For such a simulation, knowledge of the experimental parameters for Sr2+ mobility in different compartments of bone (mineralised bone, bone marrow) is essential. In a previous study, we developed an experimental protocol for transport studies in bovine bone marrow by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). In the current proof-of-concept study, we investigated Sr2+ diffusion for the first time in bone marrow of rat bone sections. Additionally, orbitrap secondary ion mass spectrometry (OrbiSIMS) was applied for unambiguous signal identification of lipids and fatty acid species in rat bone marrow. Detailed 2D and 3D mass spectrometric imaging analyses, depth profiling as well as OrbiSIMS spectrometric analysis revealed faster Sr2+ diffusion in rat bone marrow areas with low intensity of lipid and fatty acid signals than in areas with higher lipid/fatty acid content. These results could be confirmed by histological staining and additional analysis of Sr2+ diffusion into pure fat sections.

Graphical abstract: Characterisation of Sr2+ mobility in osteoporotic rat bone marrow by cryo-ToF-SIMS and cryo-OrbiSIMS

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Jun 2022
Accepted
28 Jul 2022
First published
18 Aug 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Analyst, 2022,147, 4141-4157

Characterisation of Sr2+ mobility in osteoporotic rat bone marrow by cryo-ToF-SIMS and cryo-OrbiSIMS

C. Kern, R. Jamous, T. El Khassawna and M. Rohnke, Analyst, 2022, 147, 4141 DOI: 10.1039/D2AN00913G

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