Diastereomeric ecdysteroids with a cyclic hemiacetal in the side chain produced by cytochrome P450 in hormonally resistant insect cells |
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Authors: | Kayser Hartmut Ertl Peter Eilinger Philipp Spindler-Barth Margret Winkler Tammo |
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Institution: | Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Research and Technology, WRO-1060.4.04, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland. harmut.kayser@syngenta.com |
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Abstract: | A microsomal cytochrome P450 from a cell line of the insect Chironomus tentans has been shown to hydroxylate the steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone at C(26) to yield 20,26-dihydroxyecdysone, P1, which is further metabolized to P2 and P3. Based on (1)H NMR studies, acetonide formation and quantum chemical calculations, P2 and P3 represent novel slowly interconvertible geometrical isomers, occurring at a 3:1 ratio, presumably arising from hemiacetal formation between the 26-aldehyde group and the 22R-hydroxyl group to build a tetrahydropyran ring in the side chain. The stereochemistry at C(26) was S in P2 (trans-diol) and R in P3 (cis-diol), respectively. Both metabolites showed S configuration at C(25). With Chironomus cells, P2/P3 was inactive as both a hormonal agonist and antagonist, whereas 20,26-dihydroxyecdysone (P1) showed weak agonist activity. Thus, cytochrome P450-mediated inactivation of 20-hydroxyecdysone may be responsible for the hormonal insensitivity observed in some subclones of this cell line. |
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Keywords: | Steroids Cytochrome P450 Metabolites Structure Hormone Resistance Insects Nuclear magnetic resonance Quantum chemistry |
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