Journal
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 6, Pages 883-892Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-015-0272-9
Keywords
Diabetic neuropathy; Fisetin; Neuroinflammation; NF-kappa B; Nrf2; Oxidative stress
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- Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemical and fertilizers, Government of India
- NIPER-Hyderabad
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The current study is aimed to assess the therapeutic potential of fisetin, a phytoflavonoid in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced experimental diabetic neuropathy (DN) in rats. Fisetin was administered (5 and 10 mg/kg) for 2 weeks (7th and 8th week) post STZ administration. Thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia were assessed by measuring tactile sensitivity to thermal and mechanical stimuli, respectively. Motor nerve conduction velocity (MNCV) was determined using power lab system and sciatic nerve blood flow (NBF) was determined using laser Doppler system. Nerve sections were processed for TUNEL assay and NF-kappa B, COX-2 immunohistochemical staining. Sciatic nerve homogenate was used for biochemical and Western blotting analysis. MNCV and sciatic NBF deficits associated with DN were ameliorated in fisetin administered rats. Fisetin treatment reduced the interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha in sciatic nerves of diabetic rats (p < 0.001). Protein expression studies have identified that the therapeutic benefit of fisetin might be through regulation of redox sensitive transcription factors such as nuclear erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B). Our study provides an evidence for the therapeutic potential of fisetin in DN through simultaneous targeting of NF-kappa B and Nrf2.
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