Renal dehydropeptidase-I and leukotriene D4 dipeptidase inhibitor
REVIEW Cilastatin is a specific and reversible renal dehydropeptidase-I inhibitor. Since the antibiotic, imipenem, is hydrolyzed by dehydropeptidase-I, which resides in the brush border of the renal tubule, cilastatin is administered with imipenem to block the metabolism and thus the inactivation of imipenem so that antibacterial levels of imipenem can be attained in the urine. The drug also prevents the metabolism of leukotriene D4 to leukotriene E4 through the inhibition of leukotriene D4 dipeptidase.
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Xu, Yang; Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 2009, V23(14), P2195-2205
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