Steroidal monoglycosides from the Far Eastern starfish Hippasteria kurilensis and hypothetic pathways of polyhydroxysteroid biosynthesis in starfish

Steroids. 2009 Feb;74(2):238-44. doi: 10.1016/j.steroids.2008.11.007. Epub 2008 Nov 18.

Abstract

Five new steroidal monoglycosides, kurilensosides E (1), F (2), G (3), H (4) and 15-O-sulfate of echinasteroside C (5) were isolated along with the previously known echinasteroside C (6) from the alcoholic extract of the Far Eastern starfish Hippasteria kurilensis collected near Kuril Islands. Compounds 1-3 were determined to contain unusual polyhydroxysteroidal aglycons lacking 6-hydroxy group. Aglycon moiety of kurilensoside H (4) was shown to be the first case of marine polar steroids containing 4,5-epoxy functionality. Hypothetic pathways of the biosynthesis of polyhydroxysteroids and related glycosides in starfish and the existence of the late C-6 oxidation pathway in H. kurilensis are discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Glycosides / chemistry*
  • Hydroxysteroids / metabolism*
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Polymers / metabolism*
  • Starfish / chemistry*
  • Starfish / metabolism*
  • Steroids / chemistry*
  • Steroids / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Glycosides
  • Hydroxysteroids
  • Polymers
  • Steroids