846-46-8Relevant articles and documents
Miescher,Wettstein
, p. 112,116 (1939)
Kinetic analysis of androstenedione 5α-reductase in epithelium and stroma of human prostate
Weisser, Heike,Krieg, Michael
, p. 589 - 594 (1997)
In the human prostate, various androgen-metabolizing enzymes are present. Among these enzymes, testosterone 5α-reductase seems to be dominant. However androstenedione is also a potential substrate of the prostatic 5α-reductase. To address the question of to what extent the reduction of androstenedione to androstanedione occurs, the present study describes in detail the kinetic characteristics (K(m) and V(max)) and possible age-dependent alterations of this enzymatic step in epithelium and stroma of the human prostate. In normal prostate (NPR), the mean K(m) (nM) and V(max) (pmol/mg protein · h) were about twofold higher in stroma (K(m) 211; V(max), 130) than in epithelium (K(m), 120; V(max), 56), whereas in the benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), the mean K(m) (nM; mean ± SEM) and V(max) (pmol/mg protein · h: mean ± SEM) were about sixfold higher in stroma (K(m), 688 ± 121; V(max), 415 ± 73) than in epithelium (K(m), 120 ± 10; V(max), 73 ± 8). In BPH, those differences between epithelium and stroma were highly significant (p 0.001). However, the efficiency ratios (V(max)/K(m)) of neither BPH nor NPR showed any significant differences between epithelium (NPR, 0.47; BPH, 0.62 ± 0.06) and stroma (NPR, 0.70; BPH. 0.63 ± 0.05). With respect to age-related changes, only stroma showed a significant increase of K(m) (P 0.01) and V(max) (p 0.05) with age. In summary, in both epithelium and stroma of the human prostate, a 5α-reductase converts in measurable amounts androstenedione to androstanedione. The kinetic data were, in part, different between epithelium and stroma; the reason for this difference remains unclear. In comparison to other metabolic conversions, such as testosterone to dihydrotestosterone and androstenedione to testosterone, it is unlikely that, in the human prostate, the adrenal androgen androstenedione contributes significantly to the formation of testosterone and, further, of dihydrotestosterone.
Microbial Modifications of Androstane and Androstene Steroids by Penicillium vinaceum
?yczko, Paulina,Panek, Anna,Swizdor, Alina
, (2020/10/02)
The biotransformation of steroid compounds is a promising, environmentally friendly route to new pharmaceuticals and hormones. One of the reaction types common in the metabolic fate of steroids is Baeyer-Villiger oxidation, which in the case of cyclic ketones, such as steroids, leads to lactones. Fungal enzymes catalyzing this reaction, Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs), have been shown to possess broad substrate scope, selectivity, and catalytic performance competitive to chemical oxidation, being far more environmentally green. This study covers the biotransformation of a series of androstane steroids (epiandrosterone and androsterone) and androstene steroids (progesterone, pregnenolone, dehydroepiandrosterone, androstenedione, 19-OH-androstenedione, testosterone, and 19-nortestosterone) by the cultures of filamentous fungus Penicillium vinaceum AM110. The transformation was monitored by GC and the resulting products were identified on the basis of chromatographic and spectral data. The investigated fungus carries out effective Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of the substrates. Interestingly, introduction of the 19-OH group into androstenedione skeleton has significant inhibitory effect on the BVMO activity, as the 10-day transformation leaves half of the 19-OH-androstenedione unreacted. The metabolic fate of epiandrosterone and androsterone, the only 5α-saturated substrates among the investigated compounds, is more complicated. The transformation of these two substrates combined with time course monitoring revealed that each substrate is converted into three products, corresponding to oxidation at C-3 and C-17, with different time profiles and yields.
Chemoselective Oxidation of p-Methoxybenzyl Ethers by an Electronically Tuned Nitroxyl Radical Catalyst
Hamada, Shohei,Sugimoto, Koichi,Elboray, Elghareeb E.,Kawabata, Takeo,Furuta, Takumi
supporting information, p. 5486 - 5490 (2020/07/24)
The oxidation of p-methoxy benzyl (PMB) ethers was achieved using nitroxyl radical catalyst 1, which contains electron-withdrawing ester groups adjacent to the nitroxyl group. The oxidative deprotection of the PMB moieties on the hydroxy groups was observed upon treatment of 1 with 1 equiv of the co-oxidant phenyl iodonium bis(trifluoroacetate) (PIFA). The corresponding carbonyl compounds were obtained by treating the PMB-protected alcohols with 1 and an excess of PIFA.
Electrochemistry Broadens the Scope of Flavin Photocatalysis: Photoelectrocatalytic Oxidation of Unactivated Alcohols
Zhang, Wen,Carpenter, Keith L.,Lin, Song
supporting information, p. 409 - 417 (2019/11/25)
Riboflavin-derived photocatalysts have been extensively studied in the context of alcohol oxidation. However, to date, the scope of this catalytic methodology has been limited to benzyl alcohols. In this work, mechanistic understanding of flavin-catalyzed oxidation reactions, in either the absence or presence of thiourea as a cocatalyst, was obtained. The mechanistic insights enabled development of an electrochemically driven photochemical oxidation of primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols using a pair of flavin and dialkylthiourea catalysts. Electrochemistry makes it possible to avoid using O2 and an oxidant and generating H2O2 as a byproduct, both of which oxidatively degrade thiourea under the reaction conditions. This modification unlocks a new mechanistic pathway in which the oxidation of unactivated alcohols is achieved by thiyl radical mediated hydrogen-atom abstraction.
