title: Inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis. Further studies of the metabolism of 5 alpha-cholest-8(14)-en-3 beta-ol-15-one in rat liver preparations.
abstract: 5 alpha-Cholest-8(14)-en-3 beta-ol-15-one is a potent inhibitor of sterol biosynthesis in mammalian cells in culture and has significant hypocholesterolemic activity upon oral administration to rodents and non-human primates. The conversion of the 15-ketosterol to cholesterol upon incubation with the 10,000 x g supernatant fraction of rat liver homogenate preparations under aerobic conditions has been reported (D.J. Monger, E.J. Parish and G.J. Schroepfer, Jr. (1980) J. Biol. Chem. 255, 11122-11129). Presented herein are results of studies of the metabolism of [2,4-3H]5 alpha-cholest-8(14)-en-3 beta-ol-15-one obtained upon incubation with the microsomal, cytosolic and the 10,000 x g supernatant fractions of liver homogenates of female rats under a variety of conditions. The results of these studies indicated metabolism of the 15-ketosterol to materials with the chromatographic properties of fatty acid esters of the 15-ketosterol, fatty acid esters of C27-monohydroxysterols, a component similar to the 15-ketosterol (possibly an isomer of the delta 8(14)-15-ketosterol), and a polar component. Detailed studies of the C27-monohydroxysterols obtained from incubation of the 15-ketosterol under anaerobic conditions indicated the formation of labeled 5 alpha-cholesta-8,14-dien-3 beta-ol and 5 alpha-cholest-7-en-3 beta-ol which were characterized by their behavior on silicic acid column chromatography, by the behavior of their acetate derivatives on medium pressure liquid chromatography on alumina-AgNO3 columns, and by co-crystallization of the labeled sterols with authentic unlabeled standards. The identification of 5 alpha-cholesta-8,14-dien-3 beta-ol and 5 alpha-cholest-7-en-3 beta-ol as metabolites of the 15-ketesterol, coupled with previous studies of the metabolism of 5 alpha-cholesta-8,14-dien-3 beta-ol and of 5 alpha-cholest-8(14)-ene-3 beta, 15 alpha-diol and 5 alpha-cholest-8(14)-ene-3 beta, 15 beta-diol has permitted the formulation of a scheme for the overall metabolism of the 15-ketosterol to cholesterol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Monger
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Schroepfer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002782:Cholestenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D002783:Cholestenones / Q000378:metabolism*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D002782:Cholestenes; D002783:Cholestenones; C015073:cholest-8(14)-en-3-ol-15-one; D002784:Cholesterol