Anomalous Enantioselectivity in the Sharpless Asymmetric Dihydroxylation Reaction of 24-nor-5beta-cholest-23-ene-3alpha,7alpha,12alpha-triol: Synthesis of Substrates for Studies of Cholesterol Side-chain Oxidation

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Journal Lipids

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 1999 Aug 12

PMID 10443973

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Authors

N H ERTEL

B DAYAL

K Rao

G Salen

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Abstract

Recently we described a block in bile acid synthesis in cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX), a lipid storage disease related to an inborn error of bile acid metabolism. In this disease a defect in hepatic microsomal (24S) hydroxylation blocks the transformation of 5beta-cholestane-3alpha,7alpha,12alpha,25-tetrol into (24S) 5beta-cholestane-3alpha,7alpha,12alpha,24,25- pentol and cholic acid. Mitochondrial cholesterol 27-hydroxylation has also been reported to be abnormal in CTX subjects, but the relative importance of the enzymatic defect in this alternative microsomal pathway (namely, the 24S hydroxylation of 5beta-cholestane-3alpha,7alpha, 12alpha,25-tetrol relative to the abnormality in mitochondrial 27-hydroxylase) has not been established in CTX. To delineate the sequence of side-chain hydroxylations and the enzymatic block in bile acid synthesis, we synthesized the (23R and 23S) 24-nor-5beta-cholestane-3alpha,7alpha, 12alpha,23,25-pentols utilizing a modified Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation reaction on 24-nor-5beta-cholest-23-ene-3alpha, 7alpha, 12alpha-triol, a C26 analog of the naturally occurring C27 bile alcohol, 5beta-cholest-24-ene-3alpha,7alpha,12alpha-triol . Stereospecific conversion of the unsaturated 24-nor triol to the corresponding chiral compounds (23R and 23S), 24-nor-5beta-cholestane-3alpha,7alpha,12alpha,23 ,25-pentols, was quantitative. However, conversion of the unsaturated 24-nor triol to the chiral nor-pentols had absolute stereochemistry opposite to the products predicted by the Sharpless steric model. The absolute configurations and enantiomeric excess of the C26 nor-pentols and the C27 pentols (synthesized from 5beta-cholest-24-ene-3alpha,7alpha,12alpha-triol for comparison) were confirmed by nuclear magnetic resonance and lanthanide-induced circular dichroism Cotton effect measurements. These results may contribute to a better understanding of the role of the 24S-hydroxylation vs. 27-hydroxylation step in cholic acid biosynthesis.

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