Evaluation of PMI-5011, an ethanolic extract of Artemisia dracunculus L., on peripheral neuropathy in streptozotocin-diabetic mice

Int J Mol Med. 2011 Mar;27(3):299-307. doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2011.597. Epub 2011 Jan 11.

Abstract

We previously reported that PMI-5011, an ethanolic extract of Artemisia dracunculus L., alleviates peripheral neuropathy in high fat diet-fed mice, a model of prediabetes and obesity developing oxidative stress and pro-inflammatory changes in the peripheral nervous system. This study evaluated PMI-5011 on established functional, structural, and biochemical changes associated with Type I diabetic peripheral neuropathy. C57Bl6/J mice with streptozotocin-induced diabetes of a 12-week duration, developed motor and sensory nerve conduction velocity deficits, thermal and mechanical hypoalgesia, tactile allodynia, and intra-epidermal nerve fiber loss. PMI-5011 (500 mg/kg/day for 7 weeks) alleviated diabetes-induced nerve conduction slowing, small sensory nerve fiber dysfunction, and increased intra-epidermal nerve fiber density. PMI-5011 blunted sciatic nerve and spinal cord 12/15-lipoxygenase activation and oxidative-nitrosative stress, without ameliorating hyperglycemia or reducing sciatic nerve sorbitol pathway intermediate accumulation. In conclusion, PMI-5011, a safe and non-toxic botanical extract, may find use in the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Artemisia / chemistry*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / drug therapy*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / metabolism
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / pathology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / physiopathology
  • Diabetic Nephropathies / drug therapy*
  • Diabetic Nephropathies / metabolism
  • Diabetic Nephropathies / pathology
  • Diabetic Nephropathies / physiopathology
  • Dietary Fats / administration & dosage
  • Dietary Fats / adverse effects
  • Epidermis / innervation*
  • Epidermis / metabolism
  • Epidermis / pathology
  • Epidermis / physiopathology
  • Hyperalgesia / drug therapy
  • Hyperalgesia / metabolism
  • Hyperalgesia / pathology
  • Hyperalgesia / physiopathology
  • Hyperglycemia / metabolism
  • Hyperglycemia / pathology
  • Hyperglycemia / physiopathology
  • Lipoxygenase / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism
  • Oxidative Stress / drug effects*
  • Phytotherapy*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Sciatic Nerve / metabolism
  • Sciatic Nerve / pathology
  • Sciatic Nerve / physiopathology
  • Spinal Cord / metabolism
  • Spinal Cord / pathology
  • Spinal Cord / physiopathology

Substances

  • Dietary Fats
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • PMI-5011
  • Plant Extracts
  • Lipoxygenase