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Steroid modification by filamentous fungus Drechslera sp.: Focus on 7-hydroxylase and 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activities. Fungal Biol 2021; 126:91-100. [PMID: 34930562 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2021.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Fungal strain Drechslera sp. Ph F-34 was shown to modify 3-oxo- and 3-hydroxy steroids of androstane series to form the corresponding allylic 7-alcohols and 17β-reduced derivatives thus evidencing the presence of 7α-, 7β-hydroxylase and 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17β-HSD) activities. The growing mycelium predominantly hydroxylated androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione (ADD) at the 7β-position, while much lower 7α-hydroxylation was observed. Along with 7β-hydroxy-ADD and its corresponding 7α-isomer, their respective 17β-alcohols were produced. In this study, transformation of ADD, androst-4-en-17β-ol-3-one (testosterone, TS) and 3β-hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one (dehydroepiandrosterone, DHEA) by resting mycelium of Drechslera sp. have been estimated in different conditions with regard to the inducibility and functionality of the 17β-HSD and 7-hydroxylase enzyme systems. Steroids of androstane, pregnane and cholane series were evaluated as inducers. The inhibitory analysis was provided using cycloheximide (CHX). Steroids were assayed using TLC and HPLC methods, and the structures were confirmed by mass-spectrometry, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy data. 17β-HSD of the mycelium constitutively reduced 17-carbonyl group of ADD and DHEA to form the corresponding 17β-alcohols, namely, androsta-1,4-diene-17β-ol-3-one (1-dehydro-TS), and androst-5-ene-3β,17β-diol. Production of the 7α- and 7β-hydroxylated derivatives depended on the induction conditions. The inducer effect relied on the steroid structure and decreased in the order: DHEA > pregnenolone > lithocholic acid. β-Sitosterol did not induce hydroxylase activity in Drechslera sp. CHX fully inhibited the synthesis of 7-hydroxylase in Drechslera mycelium thus providing selective 17-keto reduction. Results contribute to the diversity of steroid modifying enzymes in fungi and can be used at the development of novel biocatalysts for production of valuable steroid 7(α/β)- and 17β-alcohols.
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Biotransformation of Cholesterol and 16α,17α-Epoxypregnenolone and Isolation of Hydroxylase in Burkholderia cepacia SE-1. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 2016:5727631. [PMID: 27340662 PMCID: PMC4909919 DOI: 10.1155/2016/5727631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Revised: 03/13/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The metabolism of cholesterol is critical in eukaryotes as a precursor for vitamins, steroid hormones, and bile acids. Some steroid compounds can be transformed into precursors of steroid medicine by some microorganisms. In this study, the biotransformation products of cholesterol and 16α,17α-epoxypregnenolone produced by Burkholderia cepacia SE-1 were investigated, and a correlative enzyme, hydroxylase, was also studied. The biotransformation products, 7β-hydroxycholesterol, 7-oxocholesterol, and 20-droxyl-16α,17α-epoxypregn-1,4-dien-3-one, were purified by silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography and identified by nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectroscopy. The hydroxylase was isolated from the bacterium and the partial sequences of the hydroxylase, which belong to the catalases/peroxidase family, were analyzed using MS/MS analyses. The enzyme showed activity toward cholesterol and had a specific activity of 37.2 U/mg of protein at 30°C and pH 7.0.
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Karpova NV, Andryushina VA, Stytsenko TS, Druzhinina AV, Feofanova TD, Kurakov AV. A search for microscopic fungi with directed hydroxylase activity for the synthesis of steroid drugs. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s000368381603008x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hydroxylation of DHEA and its analogues by Absidia coerulea AM93. Can an inducible microbial hydroxylase catalyze 7α- and 7β-hydroxylation of 5-ene and 5α-dihydro C19-steroids? Bioorg Med Chem 2014; 22:883-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.11.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Revised: 11/03/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Janeczko T, Świzdor A, Dmochowska-Gładysz J, Białońska A, Ciunik Z, Kostrzewa-Susłow E. Novel metabolites of dehydroepiandrosterone and progesterone obtained in Didymosphearia igniaria KCH 6670 culture. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2012.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Kristan K, Rižner TL. Steroid-transforming enzymes in fungi. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2012; 129:79-91. [PMID: 21946531 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2011.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2011] [Revised: 07/27/2011] [Accepted: 08/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Fungal species are a very important source of many different enzymes, and the ability of fungi to transform steroids has been used for several decades in the production of compounds with a sterane skeleton. Here, we review the characterised and/or purified enzymes for steroid transformations, dividing them into two groups: (i) enzymes of the ergosterol biosynthetic pathway, including data for, e.g. ERG11 (14α-demethylase), ERG6 (C-24 methyltransferase), ERG5 (C-22 desaturase) and ERG4 (C-24 reductase); and (ii) the other steroid-transforming enzymes, including different hydroxylases (7α-, 11α-, 11β-, 14α-hydroxylase), oxidoreductases (5α-reductase, 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/isomerase, 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, C-1/C-2 dehydrogenase) and C-17-C-20 lyase. The substrate specificities of these enzymes, their cellular localisation, their association with protein super-families, and their potential applications are discussed. Article from a special issue on steroids and microorganisms.
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- Katja Kristan
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Kołek T, Milecka N, Świzdor A, Panek A, Białońska A. Hydroxylation of DHEA, androstenediol and epiandrosterone by Mortierella isabellina AM212. Evidence indicating that both constitutive and inducible hydroxylases catalyze 7α- as well as 7β-hydroxylations of 5-ene substrates. Org Biomol Chem 2011; 9:5414-22. [DOI: 10.1039/c1ob05350g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lobastova TG, Gulevskaya SA, Sukhodolskaya GV, Donova MV. Dihydroxylation of dehydroepiandrosterone in positions 7α and 15α by mycelial fungi. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2009. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683809060076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Al-Awadi S, Afzal M, Oommen S. Studies onGeobacillus stearothermophilus– Part V: Transformation of 11α-hydroxyprogesterone. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/10242420500285710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Lobastova TG, Gulevskaya SA, Sukhodolskaya GV, Turchin KF, Donova MV. Screening of mycelial fungi for 7α- and 7β-hydroxylase activity towards dehydroepiandrosterone. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/10242420701568492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Poli A, Di Pietro A, Zigon D, Lenasi H. Possible involvement of G-proteins and cAMP in the induction of progesterone hydroxylating enzyme system in the vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2009; 113:241-7. [PMID: 19429428 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2009.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2008] [Revised: 11/06/2008] [Accepted: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Fungi present the ability to hydroxylate steroids. In some filamentous fungi, progesterone induces an enzyme system which converts the compound into a less toxic hydroxylated product. We investigated the progesterone response in the vascular wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum, using mass spectrometry and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Progesterone was mainly transformed into 15alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, which was found predominantly in the extracellular medium. The role of two conserved fungal signaling cascades in the induction of the progesterone-transforming enzyme system was studied, using knockout mutants lacking the mitogen-activated protein kinase Fmk1 or the heterotrimeric G-protein beta subunit Fgb1 functioning upstream of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) pathway. No steroid hydroxylation was induced in the Deltafgb1 strain, suggesting a role for the G-protein beta subunit in progesterone signaling. Exogenous cAMP restored the induction of progesterone-transforming activity in the Deltafgb1 strain, suggesting that steroid signaling in F. oxysporum is mediated by the cAMP-PKA pathway.
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- Anna Poli
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov Trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Lobastova TG, Khomutov SM, Vasiljeva LL, Lapitskaya MA, Pivnitsky KK, Donova MV. Synthesis of 3beta-hydroxy-androsta-5,7-dien-17-one from 3beta-hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one via microbial 7alpha-hydroxylation. Steroids 2009; 74:233-7. [PMID: 19071148 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2008.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2008] [Revised: 09/23/2008] [Accepted: 10/30/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The synthesis of 3beta-hydroxy-androsta-5,7-dien-17-one from 3beta-hydroxy-androst-5-en-17-one (dehydroepiandrosterone, DHEA) via microbial 7alpha-hydroxylation has been accomplished. At the first stage, 3beta,7alpha-dihydroxy-androst-5-en-17-one was obtained in high yield (71.2%) using a strain of Gibberella zeae VKM F-2600, which was first applied for DHEA conversion. The further route included the substitution of 7alpha-hydroxyl group with chlorine followed by a dehydrochlorination stage, and required minimal purifications of the intermediate products. The steroids obtained at every step were characterized by TLC,1H NMR, MS, UV- and IR-spectrometry. The combination of microbial and chemical steps ensured 54.6% yield of the target 3beta-hydroxy-androsta-5,7-dien-17-one from DHEA and can be applied for obtaining novel vitamin D derivatives.
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- Tatyana G Lobastova
- G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry & Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect Nauki 5, Pushchino, 142290 Moscow Region, Russia
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Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is 7alpha-hydroxylated by the cytochrome P4507B1 in the liver, skin and brain, which are targets for glucocorticoids. 7alpha-Hydroxy-DHEA produced anti-glucocorticoid effects in vivo but the interference between the glucocorticoid hormone binding with its receptor could not be determined. In the organs mentioned above, circulating inactive cortisone is reduced to active cortisol by 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11beta-HSD1). 7alpha-Hydroxy-DHEA is also a substrate for this enzyme. Studies of 11beta-HSD1 action on 7alpha-hydroxy-DHEA show the reversible production of 7beta-hydroxy-DHEA through an intermediary 7-oxo-DHEA. Both the production of 7alpha-hydroxysteroids and their interference with the activation of cortisone into cortisol are basic to the concept of native anti-glucocorticoids. The cytochrome P4507B1 responsible for 7alpha-hydroxy-DHEA production and 11beta-HSD1 are key enzymes for the modulation of glucocorticoid action in humans. This is a promising new area for research.
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- Sonia Chalbot
- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France
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Kim SB, Chalbot S, Pompon D, Jo DH, Morfin R. The human cytochrome P4507B1: catalytic activity studies. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2004; 92:383-9. [PMID: 15698543 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2004.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2004] [Accepted: 09/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The cytochrome P4507B1 (P4507B1) in the human hippocampus is responsible for the production of 7alpha-hydroxylated derivatives of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and other 3beta-hydroxylated neurosteroids. Minor quantities of the 7beta-hydroxylated derivatives are also produced. Neuroprotective action of these 7-hydroxysteroids was reported. Recombinant human P4507B1 was prepared from yeast coexpressing the human hippocampal P450 cDNA and the human P450 reductase genes. Microsomal P4507B1 activity was tested in the presence of NADPH and (14)C-labeled steroid substrates to deduce kinetic parameters and to study inhibitor responses. The K(M) values obtained for DHEA, pregnenolone, epiandrosterone, 5alpha-androstane-3beta,17beta-diol and estrone were 1.90 +/- 0.06, 1.45 +/- 0.03, 1.05 +/- 0.12, 0.8 +/- 0.04 and 1.20 +/- 0.26 microM, respectively. Production of limited amounts of 7beta-hydroxylated derivatives was also observed, but only with DHEA, 5alpha-androstane-3beta,17beta-diol and epiandrosterone. K(M) values determined for 7beta-hydroxylation were identical to those for 7alpha-hydroxylation. The DHEA 7alpha-hydroxylation was inhibited by estrone and estradiol (mixed type inhibition) and by the [25-35] beta-amyloid peptide (non-competitive inhibition). These results indicate that in human, the 7-hydroxylation catalysed by P4507B1 preferentially takes place on DHEA, 5alpha-androstane-3beta,17beta-diol and epiandrosterone with major and minor formation of 7alpha- and 7beta-hydroxylated derivatives, respectively. Both estrogens and a beta-amyloid component inhibit the P4507B1-mediated production of the 7-hydroxysteroid metabolites.
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- Sae-Bom Kim
- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), EA-3199, 2 rue Conté, Paris 75003, France
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Brasch J, Flader S, Roggentin P, Wudy S, Homoki J, Shackleton CHL, Sipell W. [Dehydroepiandrosterone metabolism by Epidermophyton floccosum]. Mycoses 2002; 45 Suppl 1:37-40. [PMID: 12073561 DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2002.tb04544.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Steroid hormones may be relevant for the fungus-host relation in dermatophytoses. In contrast to most other hosts of dermatophytes, humans are characterized by a high cutaneous concentration of the adrenal androgen dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its sulphate (DHEAS). To investigate whether the strictly anthropophilic dermatophyte Epidermophyton floccosum can metabolize this steroid hormone, cultures of E. floccosum were supplemented with DHEA. After 5 days of incubation the steroids in the culture supernatants were extracted and differentiated by gaschromatography and massspectrometry (GC-MS). The results show that a nearly complete metabolization of DHEA by E. floccosum leads to the formation of multiple new steroids/metabolites some of which have not been reported before. Therefore, this fungus could possibly mediate the hormone regulated cutaneous defense mechanisms of the host by an intraepidermal metabolization of DHEA.
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- J Brasch
- Universitäts-Hautklinik, Schittenhelmstr. 7, D-24105 Kiel, Germany.
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The course of the transformation of six 5-ene steroids with varying substituents at C-17 or/and C-3: dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), 5-androsten-3beta,17beta-diol, 17alpha-methyl-5-androsten-3beta,17beta-diol, 5-androsten-17-one, 5-androsten-3beta-ol and pregnenolone by Fusarium culmorum was investigated. Three substrates with oxygen functions at C-3 and C-17 i.e. DHEA, 5-androsten-3beta,17beta-diol and 17alpha-methyl-5-androsten-3beta,17beta-diol were hydroxylated entirely at 7alpha-axial, allylic position. The mixture of 7alpha-hydroxy- and 7alpha,15alpha-dihydroxyderivatives was formed during the transformation of pregnenolone and 5-androsten-17-one, from the latter 2alpha,7alpha-dihydroxyderivative was also obtained. 7alpha,15alpha- Dihydroxyderivative was the only product isolated from the 5-androsten-3beta-ol post-transformation mixture. The time-course of the DHEA transformation by F. culmorum shows that the substrate induces 7alpha-hydroxylase activity. DHEA was transformed by androstenedione induced F. culmorum cultures to a larger extent than by a noninduced microorganism; the selectivity of the transformation remained unchanged.
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- T Kołek
- Department of Chemistry, Agricultural University, Wrocław, Poland
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Transformation of physiologically important 3-hydroxy-steroids by the DHEA-induced 7alpha-hydroxylase of F. moniliforme was investigated. Whereas DHEA was almost totally 7alpha-hydroxylated, PREG, EPIA and ESTR were only partially converted into their 7alpha-hydroxylated derivatives because hydroxylation at other undetermined positions as well as reduction of ketone at C17 or C20 into hydroxyl also occurred. Cholesterol was not transformed by the enzyme. Kinetic parameters of the 7alpha-hydroxylation for these substrates were determined and confirmed that DHEA was the best substrate of the 7alpha-hydroxylase. Inhibition studies of DHEA 7alpha-hydroxylation by the other 3-hydroxy-steroids were also carried out and proved that DHEA, PREG, EPIA and ESTR shared the same active site of the enzyme. Induction effects of these steroids were compared, and DHEA appeared to be the best inducer of the 7alpha-hydroxylase of F. moniliforme.
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- A C Cotillon
- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France
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