FORMATION AND METABOLISM OF TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE BY HUMAN FECAL FLORA
FORMATION AND METABOLISM OF TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE BY HUMAN FECAL FLORA
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-4731(76)90187-4
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
KELLY, WG
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作者:
BOKKENHEUSER, VD;WINTER, J;KELLY, WG
Incubation of deoxycorticosterone (DOC) with human fecal flora [bacteria] results in the formation of a variety of products depending on the experimental conditions. Fecal flora, diluted 101-107, reduced DOC (16 .mu.g/ml) to TH[tetrahydro-]DOC which was further metabolized to 3.alpha.-pregnanolone. Small amounts of 3.alpha.-pregnanolone, in turn, were transformed to pregnandione and 3.beta.-pregnanolone. Another structure, tentatively identified as 20.xi.21-dihydroxy-5.xi.-pregnan-3 one (metabolite X) was often formed in yields of 5-10% in the early phases of incubation. These findings were corroborated in experiments using purified THDOC and purified pregnanolone as substrates. Clostridium paraputrificum reduced DOC and progesterone in ring A in yields of 80%. Many nonsporing anaerobes also reduced DOC in ring A but in yields of < 8%. Some strains of anaerobic organisms transformed DOC to metabolite X which appeared to be an endproduct. Organisms responsible for 21-dehydroxylation have not yet been isolated.