Journal: Bioactive Materials
Article Title: Tailoring nanotopography and antibacterial properties of calcium phosphate bone grafts via fluoride incorporation
doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2025.12.026
Figure Lengend Snippet: Bacterial viability of P. aeruginosa (a) and S. aureus (b). i) Quantitative analysis of the % of dead/total bacteria at 6 h incubation on the different CaP discs obtained by hydrolysis of α-TCP in sodium fluoride solutions (0 mM [0F], 0.5 mM [05F], and 10 mM [10F]) either in biomimetic (BM) or hydrothermal (AC) conditions and merged CLSM images of live/dead staining for representative samples. As controls, Flat and re-pressed fluoride-doped CaP nanostructures (CXF_AC or CXF_BM) were used. Red bacteria correspond to bacteria with damaged membrane, green bacteria correspond to viable bacteria. ii) BacTiterGlo measurements normalized with the area of bacteria adhered at 6 h of incubation on the CaP substrates. The red dotted line indicates the normalized metabolic activity of a Ti control. iii) SEM images of P. aeruginosa and S. aureus cultured onto different CaP discs. n = 3; ns, ∗, ∗∗, ∗∗∗ and ∗∗∗∗ indicate significance at p > 0.05, p ≤ 0.05, p ≤ 0.01, p ≤ 0.001 and p ≤ 0.0001, respectively.
Article Snippet: SaOS-2 cell line (HTB-85), RAW 264.7 cell line (TIB-71), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC-27853) and Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC-25923) were purchased from American Type Culture Collection (VA, USA).
Techniques: Bacteria, Incubation, Staining, Membrane, Activity Assay, Control, Cell Culture