Dr Farzad Foroutan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Academic and research departments
Publications
Foroutan Farzad, McGuire Jamie, Gupta Priyanka, Nikolaou Athanasios, Kyffin Benjamin, Kelly Nicole L., Hanna John V., Gutierrez-Merino Jorge, Knowles Jonathan C., Baek Song-Yi, Velliou Eirini, Carta Daniela (2019) Antibacterial Copper-Doped Calcium Phosphate Glasses for Bone Tissue Regeneration,ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering American Chemical Society
Calcium phosphate glasses are a promising new generation of biomaterials that can simultaneously induce tissue regeneration and controlled release of therapeutic molecules. In this work, novel calcium phosphate glasses containing 0, 2, 4, and 6 mol % Cu2+ were synthesized via room temperature precipitation reaction in aqueous solution. The effect of Cu2+ addition on the glass properties and structure was investigated using thermal analysis, 31P solidstate MAS NMR, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. All glasses crystallize at temperature >500 °C and are mainly formed by Q1 groups. The release of P, Ca, and Cu in solution over time was monitored via inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy. It was found that with increasing Cu content, the amount of P and Ca released decreases whereas the amount of Cu released increases. The effect of Cu2+ release on the antibacterial activity against S. aureus, a bacterial strain commonly found in postsurgery infections, has been investigated. The addition of copper has been shown to infer the glasses antibacterial properties. As expected, the antibacterial activity of the glasses increases with increasing Cu2+ content. Cytocompatibility was assessed by seeding human osteoblast-like osteosarcoma cells Saos-2 (HTB85) on the glass particles. A significant increase in cell number was observed in all the glasses investigated. The copper-doped calcium phosphate glasses have proven to be multifunctional, as they combine bone regenerative properties with antibacterial activity. Therefore, they have great potential as antibacterial bioresorbable materials for hard tissue
regeneration.
Kyffin Benjamin A., Foroutan Farzad, Raja Farah N. S., Martin Richard A., Pickup David M., Taylor Spencer E., Carta Daniela (2019) Antibacterial silver-doped phosphate-based glasses prepared by coacervation,Journal of Materials Chemistry B Royal Society of Chemistry
Phosphate-based glasses are materials of great interest for the regeneration and repair of damaged hard
or soft tissues. They have the desirable property of slowly dissolving in the physiological environment,
eventually being totally replaced by regenerated tissue. Being bioresorbable, they can simultaneously
induce tissue regeneration and deliver therapeutic agents (e.g. antibacterial ions) in a controlled way.
In this work, we have synthesised a series of glasses in the P2O5?CaO?Na2O system doped with Ag2O
using the coacervation method. The addition of silver is known to provide the glass with antibacterial
properties due to the release of Ag+ ions into the body fluid. The coacervation method is a facile,
water-based technique which offers significant advantages over the conventional melt-quench route for
preparing phosphate-based glasses which requires melting of metal oxide powders at high temperatures
(1000?1200 °C). The properties of the initial colloidal polyphosphate systems (coacervates) as a function
of the Ag2O content were characterised using rheology and liquid state 31P NMR. The effect of Ag+addition on the final dried glasses was investigated using thermal analysis, Raman spectroscopy and
X-ray diffraction. The antibacterial activity was assessed against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus),
a bacterial strain commonly found in post-surgery infections. A dose-dependent antimicrobial effect
was seen with an increasing silver content.