Cilastatin is an inhibitor of dipeptidase (dehydropeptidase I), a renal dipeptidase.
1 It inhibits human renal dipeptidase (K
i = 0.7 μM), porcine dipeptidase (IC
50 = 0.11 μM), and bacterial metallo-β-lactamase CphA from
A. hydrophila (IC
50 = 178 μM).
1,2,3 Cilastatin (200 μg/ml) protects primary porcine renal proximal tubular epithelial cells from nephrotoxicity and apoptosis induced by vancomycin (Item No.
15327).
4 In a mouse model of systemic infection, cilastatin in combination with imipenem (Item No.
16039) protects mice from
S. aureus,
E. coli, and
P. aeruginosa infection.
5 Cilastatin was designed to inhibit renal metabolism of imipenem and prolong its half-life.
2 Formulations containing cilastatin in combination with imipenem have been used to treat susceptible bacterial infections.