Novel metabolites of dehydroepiandrosterone and progesterone obtained in Didymosphearia igniaria KCH 6670 culture
作者:Tomasz Janeczko、Alina Świzdor、Jadwiga Dmochowska-Gładysz、Agata Białońska、Zbigniew Ciunik、Edyta Kostrzewa-Susłow
DOI:10.1016/j.molcatb.2012.05.009
日期:2012.10
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) (10) and its five derivatives: testosterone (1), androstenedione (2), 17 alpha-methyltestosterone (6), progesterone (13) and pregnenolone (14) were subjected to microbial transformation by the filamentous fungus Didymosphaeria igniaria KCH 6670. The predominant metabolism of the incubated 5-ene steroids (10 and 14) occurred through 3 beta-hydroxy-steroid dehydrogenase/5.4-en isomerase pathways resulting in the generation of a 4-en-3-oxo system on ring-A. The transformations of C-19 steroids (1, 2, and 10) included a hydroxylation at 7 alpha position, ketone-alcohol interconversion at C-17 and reduction of the double bond at C-4 and 3-keto group to the 3 beta-alcohol with 5 alpha-stereochemistry at A/B ring. D. igniaria also carried out 6(7)-dehydrogenation and 6,7 beta-epoxidation during transformation of DHEA. Under these conditions transformation of DHEA (10) gave four products: 7 alpha-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3,17-dione (4), 17 beta-hydroxyandrost-4,6-dien-3-one (11), 17 beta-hydroxyandrost-6 beta-epoxy-4-en-3-one (12) and 3 beta,17 beta-dihydroxy-5 alpha-androstane (5). The compounds 11 and 12 are identified as DHEA metabolites for the first time. The transformation of C-21 steroids (13 and 14) led to the mixture of mono-(mainly 11 alpha- and 15 beta-) and dihydroxy- (7 alpha,15 beta-: 14 alpha,15 beta-; 11 alpha,15 beta-; 11 alpha,14 alpha-) products. 7 alpha,15 beta-Dihydroxypregnan-4-en-3,20-dione (18) and 14 alpha,15 beta-dihydroxypregnan-4-en-320-dione (19) were found to be new compounds. The main product of transformation of 17 alpha-methyltestosterone (6) was 12 beta-hydroxy-17 alpha-methyltestosterone (7). The results of these transformations demonstrate the dependence of hydroxylation position on the structure of steroid nucleus. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.