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Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 21, 571-584, Copyright © 1980 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Inhibition of sterol biosynthesis in animal cells by 14 alpha- hydroxymethyl sterols

GJ Schroepfer Jr, EJ Parish, RA Pascal Jr and AA Kandutsch

The chemical syntheses of a number of 14 alpha-hydroxymethyl sterols and 14 alpha -hydroxymethyl-15 alpha-hydroxysterols and their derivatives have been pursued to permit evaluation of their activity in the inhibition of sterol biosynthesis in animal cells in culture. Described herein are chemical syntheses of 7 alpha,8 slpha-epoxy-14 alpha-methyl-5 alpha-cholestan-3 beta,15 alpha-diol, 14 alpha-methyl-5 alpha-cholestan-3 beta,7 alpha,15 alpha-triol, 3 beta,15 alpha- diacetoxy-14 alpha-methyl-5 alpha-cholestan-7 alpha-ol, 3 beta,15 alpha- diacetoxy-7 alpha,32-epoxy-14 alpha-methyl-5 alpha-cholestane, 14 alpha- hydroxymethyl-5 alpha-cholest-6-en-3 beta,15 alpha-diol, 14 alpha- hydroxymethyl-5 alpha-cholest-7-en-3 beta,15 alpha-diol, 7 alpha,32- epoxy-14 alpha-methyl-5 alpha-cholestan-3 beta,15 alpha-diol, 14 alpha- hydroxymethyl-5 alpha-cholest-6-en-3-one, 14 alpha-hydroxymethyl-5 alpha-cholest-7-en-3-one, and 14 alpha-hydroxymethyl-5 alpha-cholets-7- en-15 alpha-ol-3-one. The effects of eight of the above compounds and of 14 alpha-hydroxymethyl-5 alpha-cholest-8-en-3 beta-ol, 14 alpha- hydroxymethyl-5 alpha-cholest-7-en-3 beta-ol, 14 alpha-hydroxymethyl-5 alpha-cholest-6-en-3 beta-ol, and 7 alpha,32-epoxy-14 alpha-methyl-5 alpha-cholestan-3 beta-ol on the synthesis of digitonin-precipitalbe sterols and on levels of HMG-CoA reductase activity in L cells and in primary cultures of fetal mouse liver cells have been investigated. All of the 14 alpha-hydroxymethyl sterols and 14 alpha-hydroxymethyl-15 alpha-hydroxysterols were found to be potent inhibitors of sterol synthesis and to reduce the levels of HMG-CoA reductase activity in these cells. Since hydroxylation of the 14 alpha-methyl group of 14 alpha-methyl sterol precursors of cholesterol can be considered as an obligatory step in the biosynthesis of cholesterol, the finding that 14 alpha-hydroxymethyl sterols are potent inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis and cause a reduction in the levels of HMG-CoA reductase activity raises the possibility that oxygenated sterol precursors of cholesterol, such as 14 alpha-hydroxymethyl sterols, may play an important role in the regulation of cholesterol synthesis and in the regulation of processes dependent upon mevalonate and sterol formation.
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