Application

E-64d has been used as a lysosomal inhibitor in human acute promyelocytic leukemia NB4 cells and Huh-7cells. 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.