The solid-state proton NMR study of bone using a dipolar filter: apatite hydroxyl contentversusanimal age

Autor: Agnieszka Kaflak, Waclaw Kolodziejski, Stanislaw Moskalewski
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: RSC Advances. 9:16909-16918
ISSN: 2046-2069
DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01902b
Popis: The hydroxyl content of bone apatite mineral has been measured using proton solid-state NMR performed with a multiple-pulse dipolar filter under slow magic angle spinning (MAS). This new method succeeded in resolving and relatively enhancing the main hydroxyl peak at ca. 0 ppm from whole bone, making it amenable to rigorous quantitative analysis. The proposed methodology, involving line fitting, the measurement of the apatite concentration in the studied material and adequate calibration, was proved to be convenient and suitable for monitoring bone mineral hydroxylation in different species and over the lifetime of the animal. It was found that the hydroxyl content in the cranial bone mineral of pig and rats remained in the 5–10% range, with reference to stoichiometric hydroxyapatite. In rats, the hydroxyl content showed a non-monotonic increase with age, which was governed by biological processes rather than by chemical, thermodynamically driven apatite maturation.
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