Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 27, 89-101, Copyright © 1986 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Glucuronides of monohydroxylated bile acids: specificity of microsomal glucuronyltransferase for the glucuronidation site, C-3 configuration, and side chain length

A Radominska-Pyrek, P Zimniak, M Chari, E Golunski, R Lester and J St. Pyrek

The ability of rat liver microsomes to catalyze UDP-glucuronic acid- dependent glucuronidation of monohydroxy-bile acids was examined. The following bile acids were used as substrates, each as the 3 alpha and 3 beta epimer: 3-hydroxy-5 beta-cholanoic acid (C24), 3-hydroxy-5 beta- norcholanoic acid (C23), 3-hydroxy-5 beta-bisnorcholanoic acid (C22), 3- hydroxy-5 beta-pregnan-21-oic acid (C21), and 3-hydroxy-5 beta- androstane-17 beta-carboxylic acid (C20). The corresponding glucuronides were chemically synthesized to serve as standards and were characterized by thin-layer and gas-liquid chromatography as well as by nuclear magnetic resonance. Enzymatic glucuronidation reactions were optimized with respect to pH for each product formed and the kinetic parameters for each reaction were measured. Analytical techniques necessary to separate products from unreacted substrates and to identify them included thin-layer chromatography, gas-liquid chromatography, and nuclear magnetic resonance. It was found that the 3 alpha epimers of the five bile acids listed above enzymatically formed 3-O-glucuronides, C24 being the best substrate, followed by C21 and C20; C22 and C23 gave rise to only small amounts of this product. The 3 beta epimers of all bile acids tested were poorer substrates, although by a factor that varied widely. In addition to the expected hydroxyl- linked glucuronide, three of the 3 alpha-bile acids (C23, C22, and C20) and at least one 3 beta-bile acid (C20), gave rise to a novel metabolite in which the 1-OH of glucuronic acid was esterified with the steroidal carboxyl group (carboxyl-linked glucuronide).
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