Description
Application
Calpain Inhibitor I have been used:
as a component of protease inhibitor cocktail for gel shift analysis
for treating HeLa cell cultures
for inhibition of 26 S proteasome in 26 S proteasome inhibition assays
Biochem/physiol Actions
Can initiate apoptosis in HL-60 cells but blocks dexamethasone-induced apoptosis in thymocytes and cycloheximide-induced apoptosis in metamyelocytes. Inhibits cyclin B degradation and arrests the cell cycle at G1/S and at meta-/anaphase. Blocks induction of nitric oxide synthase by LPS in macrophages.
Calpain Inhibitor I inhibits tumor necrosis factor-induced (TNF-induced) cleavage of Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and calpastatin in apoptosis. It also inhibits oxygen/glucose deprivation (OGD) induced cleavage of caspase-12 and Bcl-xL..