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Identification of 4-methyl-5-oxo-octane-1,8-dioic Acid and the Derivatives as Metabolites of Steroidal C,D-ring Degradation in Comamonas Testosteroni TA441

Identification of 4-methyl-5-oxo-octane-1,8-dioic Acid and the Derivatives as Metabolites of Steroidal C,D-ring Degradation in Comamonas Testosteroni TA441

Masae Horinouchi, Michal Malon, Hiroshi Hirota, Toshiaki Hayashi

J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2019 Jan;185:277-286.

PMID: 30026063

Abstract:

Comamonas testosteroni TA441 degrades steroids via 9,17-dioxo-1,2,3,4,10,19-hexanorandrostan-5-oic acid, which is presumed to be further degraded by β-oxidation. In the β-oxidation process, Coenzyme A (CoA)-ester of 9-oxo-1,2,3,4,5,6,10,19-octanor-13,17-secoandrost-8(14)-ene-7,17-dioic acid is produced and converted by β-ketoacyl-CoA-transferase encoded by ORF1 and ORF2 (scdL1L2) to cleave the remaining C-ring. In this study, we isolated and identified 4-methyl-5-oxo-octane-1,8-dioic acid and 4-methyl-5-oxo-3-octene-1,8-dioic acid from the culture of the ORF3 (scdN)-null mutant as metabolites of steroid degradation (ADD and cholic acid analogues; cholic acid, chenodeoxycholic acid, deoxycholic acid, and lithocholic acid). In addition of these compounds, UHPLC/MS analysis of the culture of the scdN-null mutant revealed significant accumulation of another compound, which was detected as a dominant peak of m/z 155 ([M-CO2]-) accompanied by a small peak of parental ion (m/z 199 [M-]). On the bases of experimental data, this compound was presumed to be 4-methyl-5-oxo-2-octene-1,8-dioic acid, whose CoA-ester was indicated to be converted by scdN-encoded CoA-hydratase into the CoA-ester of 3-hydroxy-4-methyl-5-oxooctan-1,7-carboxylic acid.

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