Sterols from Candida lipolytica yeast grown on n-alkanes

The sterols of Candida lipolytica grown on n-alkanes were isolated by reverse phase HPLC and found to be mainly ergosterol, with small quantities of ergost-7-en-3β-ol, ergosta-7,22-dien-3β-ol, ergosta-7,24(28)-dien-3β-ol and ergosta-5,7,9(11),22-tetraen-3β-ol.     

Detection of the ergosterol and episterol isomers lichesterol and fecosterol in nystatin-resistant mutants of Neurospora crassa

Wild-type Neurospora crassa is completely inhibited by 5 ppm nystatin. Ultraviolet-induced mutants have been isolated that grow in the presence of 60 ppm of the antibiotic. Gas-liquid chromatographic, mass spectroscopic, and nuclear magnetic resonance analyses showed the wild-type sterols to be ergosterol (ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3β-ol) and episterol (ergosta-7,24(28)-dien-3β-ol) in a 3:1 ratio. The mutants contained lichesterol (ergosta-5,8,22-trien-3β-ol) and fecosterol (ergosta-8,24(28)-dien-3β-ol) in a 2:1 ratio, differing from the wild type only in the position of the B-ring unsaturation. A deficiency of an ergosta-8,24 (28)-dien-3β-ol:ergosta-7,24(28)-dien-3β-ol isomerase is indicated.     

Sterols of Xanthoria parietina: Evidence for two sterol ‘pools’ and the identification of a novel C,8 triene,ergosta-5,8,22-trien-3β-ol

Sterols extracted from Xanthoria parietina with organic solvents and released by saponification of the residual lichen tissue were analysed by GC-MS. The main components of the solvent-extractable sterols were two C₂₈ trienes and those of the more tightly bound sterols were ergost-5-en-3β-ol and two C₂₉ compounds. The structures of the C₂₈ compounds were shown to be ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3β-ol, Ia (ergosterol) and the previously unreported ergosta-5,8,22-trien-3β-ol, IIa, for which the name lichesterol is proposed. The main C₂₉ sterol was identified as (24R)-24-ethylcholesta-5,22-dien-3β-ol (poriferasterol).     

Two new sterols from Chlorella ellipsoidea

Eight sterols were observed in Chlorella ellipsoidea and the four major components were identified as ergosterol, 5α-ergost-7-en-3β-ol, 22-trans-ergosta-5,8(9),22-trien-3β-ol and ergosta-5,8(9)-dien-3β-ol. This is the first report of the latter two sterols from green plants.     

Investigations on the biosynthesis of steroids and terpenoids: XI. The 24-methylene sterol 24(28)-reductase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The microsomal fraction of Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been shown to catalyse the NADPH-dependent reduction of ergosta-5,7,22,24(28)-tetraen-3β-ol to ergosterol. This cell-free system together with whole-cell cultures of polyene-resistant mutants has been used to compare the rates of reduction of other 24-methylene sterols. The results indicate that the enzyme involved exhibits a marked specificity for ergosta-5,7,22,24(28)-tetraen-3β-ol and support the concept of a major terminal step in ergosterol biosynthesis.     

硬孔灵芝的化学成分研究

采用硅胶柱层析法进行分离纯化,从硬孔灵芝Ganoderma duropora的氯仿萃取物中分离得到甾类化合物8种。根据波谱数据,化合物1-8结构分别被鉴定为:麦角甾醇、麦角甾-7,22-二烯-3β-醇、麦角甾-7,22-二烯-3-酮、6,9-环氧麦角甾-7,22-二烯-3β-醇、过氧麦角甾醇、3,5-二羟基麦角甾-7,22-二烯-6-酮、β-谷甾醇和胡萝卜苷。     

The steroids and fatty acids of the basidiomycete Scleroderma polyrhizum

The fruit bodies of the Basidiomycete Scleroderma polyrhizum have been shown to contain the steroids ergosta-4,6,8(14) 22-tetraen-3-one and 5α,8α-epidoxyergosta-6,22-dien-3β-ol and also palmitic and oleic acids.     

盾叶薯蓣内生真菌Dzf13抗细菌活性成分

采用活性追踪分离的方法,从盾叶薯蓣内生真菌菌株Dzf13中分离到两个具抗细菌活性的化合物1和2,经理化和波谱分析鉴定为麦角甾-5,7,22-三烯-3β-醇(1)和5α,8α-过氧麦角甾-6,22-二烯-3β-醇(2).结果表明,化合物1和2对根癌土壤杆菌、黄瓜角斑病菌和番茄疮痂病菌等三种植物病原细菌的生长均表现出一定的抑制活性,尤其对黄瓜角斑病菌的抑制活性较强.结果还表明5α,8α-过氧麦角甾-6,22-二烯-3β-醇(2)的抗细菌活性要比麦角甾-5,7,22-三烯-3β-醇(1)强.     

Occurrence of 28- and 27-Carbon ecdysteroids and sterols in developing worker pupae of the leaf-cutting ant acromyrmex octospinosus (reich) (hymenoptera,formicidae: Attini)

The major ecdysteroids in large worker pupae of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus were characterized at the peak ecdysteroid concentration by using high-performance liquid chromatography, enzyme immunoassay, and mass spectrometry. In decreasing amounts, they were determined to be makisterone A, an unidentified C₂₈ ecdysteroid bearing a molecular weight of 494, 20-hydroxyecdysone (ratio of 1 to 6 as compared to makisterone A), and putative but negligible ecdysone. The presence of both C₂₈ and C₂₇ ecdysteroids is discussed in relation to the content of 4-desmethylsterols determined by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to be ergosta-5,7,24 (28)-trien-3β-ol, ergosterol, ergosta-5,7-dien-3β-ol and ergosta-7,24(28)-dien-3β-ol for the main sterols, and with a small amount of cholesterol.     

The sterol composition of mushrooms

Sterols were isolated from ten mushrooms, Hygrocybe punicea, Lampteromyces japonicus, Leucopaxillus giganteus, Lentinus edodes, Flammulina velutipes, Amanita caesarea, Coprinus atramentarius, Russula foetens, R. nigricans and R. senecis. The compositions of the sterol fractions were determined by GLC, combined GC/MS, and ¹H NMR. Ergosterol was present in all the mushrooms. Other sterols found were 5α-cholest-7-en-3β-ol and ergosta-5,7-dien-3β-ol. Ergosta-5,8,22-trien-3β-ol was isolated from F. velutipes.     

蓝柄丽齿菌的化学成分

从担子菌亚门蓝柄丽齿菌(Calodon suaveolens)中首次分离得到8个化合物,通过波谱学技术并借助必要的化学方法最终确定结构,它们是：(22E,24R)-麦角甾-7,22-二烯-3β-醇(1),(22E,24R)-5α,8α-过氧麦角甾-6,22-二烯．3β-醇(2),(22E,24R)-麦角甾．5,7,22-三烯-3β-醇(3),(22E,24R)-3β-羟基麦角甾-5,22-二烯-7-酮(4),对羟基苯甲酸(5),尿嘧啶(6),polyozellin(7),(4E,BE）-2-N-(2’-羟基棕榈酰)-1-O-β-D-吡喃葡萄糖基-9-甲基-4,8-sphingadienine(8)。     

Biosynthesis of Δ5.23 sterols in etiolated coleoptiles from Zea mays

In addition to the previously found ergosta-5, E-23-dien-3β-ol and 5α-ergosta-7, E-23-dien-3β-ol, the following Δ23 sterols have been identified in etiolated maize coleoptiles: cyclosadol, 4α, 14α-dimethyl-5α-ergosta-8, E-23-dien-3β-ol, 4α, 14α-dimethyl-9β, 19-cyclo-5α-ergosta-8, E-23-dien-3β-ol and 4α-methyl-5α-ergosta-7, E-23-dien-3β-ol. The incubation of maize coleoptile microsomes in the presence of cycloartenol and of [¹⁴C-methyl]S-adenosyl methionine gave a mixture of labelled 24-methylene cycloartanol and cyclosadol. No trace of cyclolaudenol could be detected in these conditions. It is suggested that Δ²³ sterols are products of the C-24 methyltransferase reaction and they probably do not arise from a Δ²⁴ → Δ²³ isomerization occurring at a later stage of the biosynthesis. The Δ¹³-sterols may play an intermediary role in the biosynthesis of 24-methyl sterols in this plant material.     

Fatty acid and sterol compositions in mushrooms of ten species of polyporaceae

The simple lipids present in ten species of Polyporaceae (Piptororus betulinus, Coriolus pargamenus, C. versicolor, C. heteromorphus, Formitopsis cytisina, F. pinicola, Microporus flabelliformis, Gloephyllum saepiarium, Crytoderma citrinum and Grifola frondosa) were investigated. The fatty acids that these species had in common were C₁₆-saturated acids (except in P. betulinus) and C₁₈-unsaturated acids. Ergosterol and ergosta-7,22-dien-3β-ol were isolated from these mushrooms. Lupeol was obtained from G. saepiarium. Ergost-7-en-3β-ol, lanosterol and 24-methylene-24,25-dihydrolanosterol were tentatively identified.     

Ergosta-5,23-dien-3β-ol and ergosta-7,23-dien-3β-ol,two new sterols from Zea mays etiolated coleoptiles

Ergosta-5,23-dien-3β-ol and ergosta-7,23-dien-3β-ol were identified for the first time in maize etiolated coleoptiles. They represent more than 11 % of the total 4-desmethyl sterol fraction. It is suggested that they could play some role in the biosynthesis of 24-methyl sterols of this material.     

Incorporation of methionine-[methyl-2H3] and mevalonic acid-[2-14C,(4R)-4-3H1] into Phycomyces blakesleeanus sterols

Ergosterol, episterol, 4α-methyl-5α-ergosta-8,24(28)-dien-3β-ol and 24-methylene-24,25-dihydrolanosterol, isolated from Phycomyces blakesleeanus grown in the presence of methionine-[methyl-²H₃], each contained two deuterium atoms; lanosterol, however, was unlabelled. The ¹⁴C:³H atomic ratio of the following sterols isolated from P. blakesleeanus grown in the presence of mevalonic acid-[2-¹⁴C,(4R)-4-³H₁], was: ergosterol, 5:3; episterol, 5:4; ergosta-5,7,24(28)-trien-3β-ol, 5:3; 4α-methyl-5α-ergosta-8,24(28)-dien-3β-ol, 5:4; 24-methylene-24,25-dihydrolanosterol, 6:5; lanosterol, 6:5. The significance of these results in terms of ergosterol biosynthesis is discussed.     

Effect of ay-9944 on sterol biosynthesis in Chlorella sorokiniana

When Chlorella sorokiniana was grown in the presence of 4 ppm AY-9944 total sterol production was unaltered in comparison to control cultures. However, inhibition of sterol biosynthesis was shown by the accumulation of a number of sterols which were considered to be intermediates in sterol biosynthesis. The sterols which were found in treated cultures were identified as cyclolaudenol, 4α,14α-dimethyl-9β,19-cyclo-5α-ergost-25-en-3β-ol, 4α,14α-dimethyl -5α-ergosta-8,25-dien-3β-ol, 14α-methyl-9β,19-cyclo-5α-ergost-25-en-3β-ol, 24-methylpollinastanol, 14α-methyl-5α-ergost-8-en-3β-ol, 5α-ergost -8(14)-enol, 5α-ergost-8-enol, 5α-ergosta-8(14),22-dienol, 5α-ergosta-8,22-dienol, 5α-ergosta-8,14-dienol, and 5α-ergosta-7,22-dienol, in addition to the normally occurring sterols which are ergosterol, 5α-ergost-7-enol, and ergosta-5,7-dienol.The occurrence of these sterols in the treated culture indicates that AY-9944 is an effective inhibitor of the Δ⁸ → Δ⁷ isomerase and Δ¹⁴-reductase, and also inhibits introduction of the Δ²²-double bond. The occurrence of 14α-dimethyl-5α-ergosta-8,25-dien-3β-ol and 14α-methyl-9β,19-cyclo-5α-ergost -25-en-3β-ol is reported for the first time in living organisms. The presence of 25-methylene sterols suggests that they, and not 24-methylene derivatives, are intermediates in the biosynthesis of sterols in C. sorokiniana.     

Studies on the Chemical Constituents of the Spores from Ganoderma lucidum Leyss et Fr,Karst

Two and ten compounds were isplated from the water portion and the ethereal soluble lipophilic fraction of Ganoderma lucidum respectively. On the basis of their chemical properties and co-TLC and IR spectral analysis, the two compounds from the water portion were identified as choline (Ⅰ) and betains (Ⅱ), ten compounds from thereal soluble fraction as tetra- cosanoic acid, stearic acid, palmitic acid, ergosta-7, 22-diene-3β-ol, nonadecanoic acid, benenic acid, tetracosane, hentriacontane, ergosterol and β-sitosterol. In addition, there are two compounds not be purified as contaminated by a small amount of ergosta-7, 22-diene-3β-ol.     

Formation of a 5 hydroxy sterol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The incorporation of [28 ¹⁴C] ergosta-7,24(28)-dien-3β-ol into ergosta-7,22-dien-3β,5α-diol by aerobically growing $\text{S.}\text{cerevisiae}$ has established its presence in this organism. This, coupled with previous work, is considered to be substantive evidence for the operation of a hydroxylation-dehydration mechanism in the introduction of Δ⁵ unsaturation in ergosterol biosynthesis in yeast.     

裂褶菌化学成分研究

经硅胶反复柱层析,从裂褶菌子实体的醇提物中首次分离得到8个化合物,利用波谱方法及理化性质鉴定为5,α8α-过氧麦角甾-6,22E-二烯-3β-醇(1)、麦角甾-7,22-二烯-3β醇(2)、(22E,24R)-麦角甾-7,22-二烯-3β,5α,6β-三醇(3)、烟酸(4)、苯甲酸(5)、D-阿拉伯糖醇(6)、甘露醇(7)、海藻糖(8)。     

褐薄小齿菌的化学成分研究

从褐薄小齿菌(Hydnellum concrescens)子实体中分离得到9个已知化合物,借助光谱手段,它们的化学结构分别鉴定为:friedelin(1),(22E,24R)-麦角甾-5,7,22-三烯-3β-醇(2),5α,8α-过氧-(22E,24R)-麦角甾-6,22-二烯-3β-醇(3),(22E,24R)-麦角甾-5,22-二烯-3β-羟基-7-酮(4),6-甲氧基-cerevisterol(5),thelephantin K(6),thelephantin I(7),thelephantin J(8),thelephantin L(9)。