ATP-responsive Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-90 for Superoxide Dismutase Delivery to Reduce Reactive Oxygen Species in MG-63 Cells

Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by alveolar bone loss, which affects the integrity of the tissue supporting the teeth. Previous studies have shown that reactive oxygen species (ROS) can promote the secretion of inflammatory factors and cause alveolar bone inflammatory reactions and bone resorption. Therefore, scavenging ROS is important for reducing the expression of inflammatory factors and improving the inflammatory environment of alveolar bone tissue. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is one of the most effective antioxidant enzymes for eliminating ROS, which can protect cells from ROS toxicity and reduce the level of intracellular oxidative stress and inflammation. However, SOD molecules have shortcomings, such as short half-life and insufficient stability, which limit the application of SOD in inhibiting periodontal bone resorption. The use of carrier zeolitic imidazolate framework-90 (ZIF-90) with ATP-responsiveness and good biocompatibility can protect SOD molecules, improve SOD stability, and achieve intracellular SOD delivery. Therefore, we fixed SOD into ZIF-90 using the co-precipitation method to prepare ATP-responsive SOD@ZIF-90 and designed a study to investigate the ability of ATP-responsive SOD@ZIF-90 to reduce the inflammatory response of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated human osteoblast MG-63. In our study, the ATP-responsive assembly efficiently suppressed the levels of ROS and pro-inflammatory cytokines, showing great potential to ameliorate the levels of oxidative stress, reduce inflammation, and increase osteoblast activity. This provides a novel idea for the application of SOD in alveolar bone resorption.