作者:Ipsita Mazumder、Shashi B. Mahato
DOI:10.1016/0039-128x(93)90057-t
日期:1993.2
Metabolism of cholic acid, chenodeoxycholic acid, ursodeoxycholic acid, and deoxycholic acid by the grown cells of the bacterium Alcaligenes recti suspended in water was studied. Each isolated metabolite was characterized by the application of various spectroscopic methods. Cholic acid, chenodeoxycholic acid, ursodeoxycholic acid, and deoxycholic acid yielded methylated derivatives 3alpha-methoxy-7alpha, 12alpha-dihydroxy-5beta-cholanoic acid, 3alpha-methoxy-7alpha-hydroxy-5beta-cholanoic acid, 3alpha-methoxy-7beta-hydroxy-5beta-cholanoic acid, and 3alpha-methoxy-12alpha-hydroxy-5beta-cholanoic acid, respectively. In addition, cholic acid furnished 7alpha,12alpha-dihydroxy-3-oxochol-4-en-24-oic acid; chenodeoxycholic acid gave 7alpha-hydroxy-3-oxo-5beta-cholanoic acid and 7alpha-hydroxy-3-oxochol-4-en-24-oic acid while ursodeoxycholic acid yielded 7beta-hydroxy-3-oxochol-4-en-24-oic acid and 3-oxochola-4,6-dien-24-oic acid. The formation of various metabolites showed that two competitive enzymic reactions, i.e., selective methylation of the 3alpha-hydroxy group and dehydrogenation in the A/B rings, were operative. The methylation process was found to be enzymic involving an S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet)-dependent methyl transferase, and this reaction appeared to be inhibitory to the process of degradation of the ring system. In the other reaction sequence, degradation of the ring system was initiated by dehydrogenation of the 3alpha-hydroxy group. A 7beta-dehydratase activity producing the DELTA6 double bond was also noticeable in the metabolism of ursodeoxycholic acid.