Corrosion occurs regularly following long-term implantation of stainless steel. Little is known about the inflammatory and immunological potential of stainless steel corrosion products. AISI 316L stainless steel was anodically dissolved in a physiologically solution, HBSS, through a chronoamperometric process by imposing an external constant current of 0.5 mA. The solution, containing 245 μg of Fe, 112 μg of Cr, 75 μg of Ni and 13 μg of Mo, was injected in the peritoneal cavity of male C57BL/6 mice. Five animals were used per survival period of time: 4, 16, 24, and 48 h, 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 weeks. Three control mice per survival period of time were injected with HBSS. For each assay, peritoneal samples were analysed not only for the total number of cells but also for the percentages of macrophages, lymphocytes and polymorphonuclear (PMN) cells, which were estimated by differential counting on Wright-stained cytocentrifuge preparations. Our follow-up study showed that stainless steel corrosion products induced an acute inflammatory response for a period of one week as demonstrated by the influx of PMN cells and macrophages. In contrast neither a chronic inflammation nor an immune response was observed indicating that the stainless steel solution caused a minor tissue response.
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Tracana, R.B., Sousa, J.P. & Carvalho, G.S. Mouse inflammatory response to stainless steel corrosion products. J Mater Sci: Mater Med 5, 596–600 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120337
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