Application
E-64d has been used as a lysosomal inhibitor in human acute promyelocytic leukemia NB4 cells and Huh-7 cells. It has also been used as a protease inhibitor in free calcium physiological tyrode solution for perfusion into the isolated heart samples.
Biochem/physiol Actions
E-64d is an epoxysuccinyl peptide and an inhibitor of cysteine protease cathepsin B, calpains 1 and 2. E-64d by its cathepsin B protease inhibition functionality, may serve as a potential drug for treating traumatic brain injury (TBI) and Alzheimer′s disease (AD). It inhibits gametocyte surface antigen resulting in a decreased oocyst production in Plasmodium falciparum.
- UPC:
- 42203700
- Condition:
- New
- Weight:
- 1.00 Ounces
- HazmatClass:
- No
- WeightUOM:
- LB
- MPN:
- E8640-250UG