Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol.103, No.12, 4967-4976, 2019
Microbiological synthesis of stereoisomeric 7(/)-hydroxytestololactones and 7(/)-hydroxytestolactones
Microbiological synthesis of 7- and 7-hydroxy derivatives of testololactone and testolactone was developed based on bioconversion of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) by fungus of Isaria fumosorosea VKM F-881 with subsequent modification of the obtained stereoisomers by actinobacteria. The first stage included obtaining of the stereoisomers of 3,7(/)-dihydroxy-17a-oxa-D-homo-androst-5-en-17-ones in the preparative amounts. Then the conversion of 7-hydroxylated D-lactones obtained by selected actinobacteria of Nocardioides simplex VKM Ac-2033D, Saccharopolyspora hirsuta VKM Ac-666, and Streptomyces parvulus MTOC Ac-21v was studied. Under the transformation of 3,7-dihydroxy-17a-oxa-D-homo-androst-5-en-17-one and its corresponding 7-stereoisomer by N. simplex VKM Ac-2033D and S. hirsuta VKM Ac-666 the 7- and 7-hydroxy-17a-oxa-D-homo-androst-4-ene-3,17-dione (7- and 7-hydroxytestololactone), 7- and 7-hydroxy-17a-oxa-D-homo-androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione (7- and 7-hydroxytestolactone) were obtained with molar yields in a range of 60.3-90.9 mol%. The crystalline products of 7-hydroxytestololactone, 7-hydroxytestolactone, and their corresponding 7-hydroxy stereoisomers were isolated, and their structures were confirmed by mass spectrometry and H-1-NMR spectroscopy analyses. The strain of Str. parvulus MTOC Ac-21v transformed 3,7(/)-dihydroxy-17a-oxa-D-homo-androst-5-en-17-ones into the corresponding 3-keto-4-ene analogs and did not show 3-ketosteroid 1(2)-dehydrogenase activity. The activity of actinobacteria towards steroid D-lactones was hitherto unreported.The results contribute to the knowledge of metabolic versatility of actinobacteria capable of transforming steroid substrates and may be applied in the synthesis of potential aromatase inhibitors.
Keywords:Bioconversion;Steroid Lactone;Actinobacteria;Nocardioides simplex;Saccharopolyspora hirsuta