Shikonin is a major component of a Chinese herbal medicine named zicao. Shikonin is a potentTMEM16Achloride channelinhibitor with anIC₅₀of 6.5 μM^[1]. Shikonin is a specificpyruvate kinaseM2 (PKM2)inhibitor^[2]and can also inhibitTNF-αandNF-κBpathway^[3]. Shikonin decreasesexosomesecretion through the inhibition of glycolysis^[4]. Shikonin inhibitsAIM2inflammasome activation^[7].

Shikonin is an inhibitor of TMEM16A chloride channel with an IC₅₀of 6.5 μM^[1]. Shikonin is also a specific inhibitor of PKM2^[2]and can also inhibit tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and prevent activation of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pathway. Shikonin at concentrations higher than 50 μM significantly inhibits ormal human keratinocytes (NHKs) viability, compare with that of control (P<0.05). Pretreatment with Shikonin for 2 h attenuates TNF-α-induced NF-κB p65 nuclear translocation^[3]. Treatments of Shikonin at 5 and 7.5 μM significantly inhibit the cell viability starting from 12 h and the inhibitory effects are presented in time-dependent patterns compare with the 0 h group in both cell lines. It is found that 5 μM Shikonin displays greater inhibition compare to 2.5 μM at the time points from 24 to 48 h. The invasiveness of U87 and U251 cells is significantly attenuated when treated with Shikonin at 2.5, 5, and 7.5 μM compare with the control group at 24 and 48 h (p<0.01)^[4].

Shikonin significantly inhibits the increase in IL-1β and TNF-α expression levels in the rat model of osteoarthritis, compare with those in the osteoarthritis group (P<0.01). The NF-κB protein expression level is significantly suppressed by Shikonin in the rat model of osteoarthritis, compare with that in the osteoarthritis group (P<0.01). The induction of the iNOS level is suppressed by treatment with Shikonin in the rat model of osteoarthritis, compare with that in the osteoarthritis group (P<0.01). The administration of Shikonin markedly weakens the up-regulation of COX-2 protein expression in the rat model of osteoarthritis, as compare with that in the osteoarthritis group (P<0.01). The elevation of caspase-3 activity is significantly reduced by Shikonin treatment in the rat model of osteoarthritis, compare with that in the osteoarthritis group (P<0.01). The downregulation of Akt phosphorylation is also significantly recovered by treatment with Shikonin in the rat model of osteoarthritis, compare with that in the osteoarthritis group (P<0.01)^[5].

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紫草素

• Quinones
• Naphthalene Quinones

• Plants
• Boraginaceae
• Lithospermum erythrorhizonSieb. et Zucc.

Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.

DMSO : 25 mg/mL(86.72 mM;ultrasonic and warming and heat to 60℃)

请根据产品在不同溶剂中的溶解度选择合适的溶剂配制储备液；一旦配成溶液，请分装保存，避免反复冻融造成的产品失效。
储备液的保存方式和期限：-80℃, 6 months; -20℃, 1 month。-80℃ 储存时，请在 6 个月内使用，-20℃ 储存时，请在 1 个月内使用。

请根据您的实验动物和给药方式选择适当的溶解方案。以下溶解方案都请先按照In Vitro方式配制澄清的储备液，再依次添加助溶剂：

——为保证实验结果的可靠性，澄清的储备液可以根据储存条件，适当保存；体内实验的工作液，建议您现用现配，当天使用； 以下溶剂前显示的百
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• 1.

  请依序添加每种溶剂： 0.5%CMC-Na/saline water

  Solubility: 30 mg/mL (104.06 mM); Suspended solution; Need ultrasonic
• 2.

  请依序添加每种溶剂： 10% DMSO    40%PEG300   5%Tween-80   45% saline

  Solubility: ≥ 2.08 mg/mL (7.21 mM); Clear solution

  此方案可获得 ≥ 2.08 mg/mL (7.21 mM，饱和度未知) 的澄清溶液。

  以 1 mL 工作液为例，取 100 μL 20.8 mg/mL 的澄清 DMSO 储备液加到 400 μL PEG300 中，混合均匀；向上述体系中加入50 μL Tween-80，混合均匀；然后继续加入 450 μL生理盐水定容至 1 mL。

  将 0.9 g 氯化钠，完全溶解于 100 mL ddH2O 中，得到澄清透明的生理盐水溶液
• 3.

  请依序添加每种溶剂： 10% DMSO    90% (20%SBE-β-CDin saline)

  Solubility: ≥ 2.08 mg/mL (7.21 mM); Clear solution

  此方案可获得 ≥ 2.08 mg/mL (7.21 mM，饱和度未知) 的澄清溶液。

  以 1 mL 工作液为例，取 100 μL 20.8 mg/mL 的澄清 DMSO 储备液加到 900 μL20% 的 SBE-β-CD 生理盐水水溶液中，混合均匀。

  将 2 g 磺丁基醚 β-环糊精加入 5 mL 生理盐水中，再用生理盐水定容至 10 mL，完全溶解，澄清透明
• 4.

  请依序添加每种溶剂： 10% DMSO    90%corn oil

  Solubility: ≥ 2.08 mg/mL (7.21 mM); Clear solution

  此方案可获得 ≥ 2.08 mg/mL (7.21 mM，饱和度未知) 的澄清溶液，此方案不适用于实验周期在半个月以上的实验。

  以 1 mL 工作液为例，取 100 μL 20.8 mg/mL 的澄清 DMSO 储备液加到 900 μL玉米油中，混合均匀。